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             London's deliverance predicted in a short discourse shewing the cause of plagues in general, and the probable time (God not contradicting the course of second causes) when the present pest may abate, &c. / by John Gadbury.
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             London's
             Deliverance
             predicted
          
           :
           IN
           A
           Short
           Discourse
           Shewing
           the
           Causes
           of
           PLAGUES
           IN
           GENERAL
           ;
           AND
           The
           probable
           time
           (
           God
           not
           contradicting
           the
           course
           of
           second
           Causes
           )
           when
           this
           present
           PEST
           may
           abate
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           By
           JOHN
           GADBURY
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
        
         
           
             2
             Sam.
             24.
             25.
             
          
           
             So
             the
             Lord
             was
             intreated
             for
             the
             land
             ,
             and
             the
             Plague
             was
             stayed
             from
             Israel
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             C.
          
           for
           
             E.
             Calvert
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Black
           Spread-Eagle
           ,
           at
           the
           West-end
           of
           St.
           Pauls
           ,
           1665.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           worthily
           Accomplished
           ,
           My
           singularly
           approved
           good
           Friend
           ,
           Mr.
           Luke
           Cropley
           Of
           St.
           
             Michaels
             Bassishaw
          
           London
           ;
           The
           AUTHOR
           ,
           For
           many
           Eminent
           (
           and
           never
           to
           be
           forgotten
           )
           FAVOURS
           ,
           In
           the
           stead
           of
           a
           better
           acknowlegdement
           ,
           Humbly
           presents
           The
           following
           Discourse
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           Friendly
           Reader
           .
        
         
           ALthough
           many
           in
           these
           days
           ,
           have
           but
           an
           indifferent
           opinion
           of
           
             Astrology
             ,
             some
          
           out
           of
           Interest
           ,
           but
           most
           out
           of
           ignorance
           ,
           Damning
           and
           Reprobating
           it
           .
           For
           ignorance
           we
           know
           it
           is
           ,
           
             Mater
             devotionis
          
           ;
           and
           Interest
           what
           is
           it
           but
           
             filius
             diaboli
          
           ,
           the
           Son
           and
           He●r
           of
           Falshood
           !
           and
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           that
           the
           
             best
             of
             Sciences
          
           sit
           ,
           and
           suffer
           under
           the
           censure
           of
           such
           malicious
           and
           uncapable
           Judges
           .
           Yet
           ,
           when
           the
           world
           doth
           plainly
           see
           how
           far
           short
           
             all
             other
             Arts
          
           fall
           of
           giving
           satisfaction
           to
           mankind
           in
           the
           Causes
           and
           Limits
           of
           this
           most
           
             terrible
             Pest
          
           ,
           that
           we
           at
           present
           groan
           under
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           what
           is
           afforded
           by
           Astrology
           ;
           me
           thinks
           it
           should
           abandon
           and
           cashier
           
             its
             darling
             errors
          
           ,
           and
           cease
           to
           be
           at
           odds
           with
           ,
           ei●●er
           
             the
             Art
          
           ,
           or
           its
           honest
           and
           
             able
             Professors
          
           any
           longer
           .
        
         
         
           We
           see
           apparently
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Science
             of
             Physick
          
           (
           next
           unto
           Astrology
           I
           grant
           the
           
             most
             excellent
          
           of
           all
           
             Natural
             knowledge
          
           ,
           joyned
           with
           it
           ,
           the
           
             most
             worthy
             of
             all
          
           !
           but
           
             alone
             ,
          
           )
           is
           much
           too
           short
           to
           acquaint
           us
           ,
           either
           when
           such
           great
           and
           
             terrible
             Plagues
          
           shall
           come
           ;
           or
           
             when
             come
          
           ,
           at
           
             what
             time
          
           they
           shall
           cease
           .
           The
           Pulse
           of
           the
           times
           deceives
           them
           herein
           ;
           the
           excellent
           temperature
           of
           the
           season
           this
           year
           we
           see
           hath
           failed
           all
           their
           
             common
             Prognosticks
          
           ;
           and
           told
           them
           plainly
           ,
           the
           true
           and
           certain
           Causes
           of
           such
           
             astonishing
             effects
          
           ,
           are
           else
           where
           lodged
           ;
           nor
           can
           a
           Crisis
           or
           Indication
           thereof
           ,
           any
           where
           be
           found
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Study
           of
           
             Celestial
             influences
          
           ;
           unless
           it
           please
           God
           to
           vouchsafe
           an
           immediate
           
             revelation
             thereof
          
           unto
           any
           !
           in
           this
           sence
           ,
           I
           and
           every
           man
           must
           acknowledge
           the
           meanest
           Peasant
           may
           assoon
           as
           the
           mightiest
           Prince
           ,
           come
           to
           a
           prevision
           of
           the
           
             greatest
             alterations
          
           .
        
         
           In
           matter
           of
           Miracle
           ,
           we
           must
           be
           content
           to
           submit
           ;
           although
           we
           are
           Masters
           of
           the
           most
           
             demonstrable
             Arts
          
           in
           the
           world
           .
           But
           among
           all
           the
           
             Noble
             Science
          
           wherein
           a
           man
           may
           argue
           from
           the
           Cause
           to
           its
           effect
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           one
           by
           which
           this
           Pest
           could
           be
           foretold
           ,
           but
           Astrology
           .
           Nay
           ,
           the
           Learned
           Serarius
           himself
           (
           though
           a
           Physician
           )
           pretends
           not
           to
           predict
           the
           Plague
           by
           the
           Art
           of
           Physick
           ,
           but
           takes
           for
           his
           subject
           the
           Stars
           ,
           and
           other
           
             Celestial
             Phaenomena
          
           (
           as
           may
           be
           seen
           in
           his
           discourse
           of
           all
           the
           Planets
           meeting
           in
           
             Sagittary
             ,
             December
             1662.
          
           )
           as
           thereby
           allowing
           
             greater
             certainty
          
           in
           these
           things
           ,
           to
           the
           Axiomes
           of
           Astrology
           ,
           then
           he
           could
           hope
           to
           find
           in
           that
           
             worthy
             Study
             of
             Medicine
          
           .
        
         
           Howbeit
           ,
           Physick
           is
           a
           Study
           I
           exceedingly
           love
           and
           honor
           ,
           and
           its
           Learned
           and
           
             legal
             professors
          
           (
           whether
           Galenists
           or
           Chymists
           )
           I
           truely
           reverence
           .
           But
           I
           must
           be
           excused
           if
           I
           detest
           and
           
             protest
             against
          
           the
           unworthy
           
           practices
           of
           many
           ,
           who
           (
           under
           pretence
           of
           that
           worthy
           knowledge
           )
           so
           impudently
           and
           falsly
           boast
           of
           their
           success
           and
           skill
           in
           Physick
           ;
           painting
           both
           Posts
           and
           Walls
           with
           their
           
             Lying
             Oracles
          
           in
           Print
           :
           every
           one
           crying
           up
           his
           own
           stuffe
           ,
           for
           the
           Elixir
           ,
           or
           Panacaea
           ,
           &c.
           and
           all
           but
           to
           delude
           the
           
             credulous
             multitude
          
           !
           who
           (
           as
           one
           wittily
           and
           truly
           observ●s
           )
           find
           their
           
             Medicines
             dear
             enough
             ,
             when
             in
             taking
             they
             cost
             them
             their
             lives
             .
          
           Some
           of
           them
           pretend
           to
           cure
           the
           most
           malignant
           and
           
             inveterate
             diseases
          
           in
           six
           hours
           time
           ,
           others
           in
           twelve
           hours
           ,
           or
           a
           day
           or
           two
           ,
           at
           the
           furthest
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           believe
           them
           .
           And
           this
           they
           are
           so
           impudent
           as
           to
           promise
           (
           by
           their
           prints
           )
           infallibly
           to
           perform
           .
           An
           Artifice
           the
           wise
           and
           prudent
           Physician
           disdains
           ,
           as
           knowing
           the
           success
           of
           a
           cure
           to
           depend
           on
           his
           hand
           that
           first
           gave
           the
           wound
           ,
           viz.
           Gods.
           But
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           their
           
             pretended
             skill
          
           ,
           and
           
             shameless
             boastings
          
           ,
           we
           find
           but
           
             few
             good
             effects
          
           ;
           they
           all
           work
           
             great
             cures
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             weekly
             Bills
             increase
             .
          
           Certainly
           
             God
             Almighty
          
           (
           as
           if
           angry
           at
           such
           a
           presumptuous
           and
           shameless
           sort
           of
           men
           )
           
             is
             pleased
          
           (
           in
           opposition
           to
           their
           ●●ctitious
           pretences
           )
           
             to
             suffer
             this
             great
             sickness
             to
             destroy
             the
             more
             ,
             and
             devour
             the
             greater
             numbers
             .
          
           It
           was
           ●ronically
           and
           truly
           sung
           of
           old
           ,
           
             Saul
             hath
             slain
             his
             Thousands
             ,
             and
             David
             his
             Ten
             Thousands
             !
          
           But
           it
           may
           ●e
           truly
           and
           without
           Irony
           sung
           of
           this
           
             great
             City
          
           ;
           That
           be
           neglect
           of
           the
           People
           in
           sickness
           ;
           
             their
             ill
             looking
             uno
             ,
             penury
             ,
          
           and
           
             Nastiness
             ,
             &c.
             have
             slain
             their
             Thou●nds
          
           ;
           but
           the
           Ignorant
           and
           
             confident
             Practices
          
           of
           Il●erate
           and
           
             Impudent
             pretenders
             to
             Physick
             ,
             have
             ●urthered
             their
             Ten
             thousands
             !
          
           It
           is
           impossible
           for
           any
           ●t
           the
           eminently
           Learned
           ,
           truly
           to
           consider
           and
           be
           acquaind
           with
           the
           
             noble
             subject
             of
             Physick
          
           ;
           which
           is
           
             Man
             !
             ●e
             Microcosm
          
           and
           the
           Lord
           of
           the
           
             Creation
             !
             Gods
          
           
           Image
           !
           and
           yet
           every
           Bayard
           does
           now
           adays
           confidently
           run
           upon
           so
           great
           a
           Practice
           ,
           and
           attempts
           things
           out
           of
           
             his
             reach
          
           ,
           with
           as
           little
           remorse
           ,
           as
           a
           Carnifex
           doth
           the
           Execution
           of
           such
           as
           the
           Law
           hath
           condemned
           to
           death
           .
           There
           are
           such
           Nodi
           in
           Physick
           ,
           that
           the
           best
           of
           Physicians
           many
           times
           are
           to
           seek
           of
           what
           is
           proper
           to
           unty
           them
           .
        
         
           
             
               Nonest
               in
               Medico
               semper
               relevatur
               ut
               aeger
               :
            
             
               Interdum
               Docta
               ,
               plus
               valet
               Arte
               malum
               .
            
          
           If
           then
           ,
           the
           ablest
           of
           Physicians
           ,
           at
           sometimes
           are
           at
           a
           stand
           or
           non-plus
           ;
           how
           miserably
           must
           your
           
             pittiful
             Quacks
          
           be
           gravel'd
           at
           
             all
             times
          
           ?
           If
           men
           of
           Parts
           and
           Learning
           ,
           are
           sometimes
           apt
           to
           be
           at
           a
           loss
           ,
           in
           the
           curative
           part
           of
           Physick
           ;
           How
           strangely
           (
           and
           always
           )
           must
           they
           be
           mistaken
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           able
           to
           
             write
             true
             English
          
           ?
           nay
           scarce
           able
           to
           
             speak
             sence
          
           ?
           for
           
             some
             such
             there
             are
          
           ,
           that
           take
           on
           them
           the
           
             Glorious
             titles
             of
             Doctors
          
           ,
           to
           my
           knowledge
           .
           And
           yet
           they
           must
           (
           forsooth
           )
           be
           squirting
           out
           their
           filth
           and
           shame
           against
           the
           
             Learned
             Colledge
             of
             Physicians
          
           .
           The
           suffering
           ,
           nay
           permitting
           of
           which
           ,
           is
           a
           
             scandal
             upon
             Government
             at
             large
          
           ;
           For
           ,
           by
           the
           
             same
             rule
          
           ,
           any
           
             sort
             of
             men
          
           would
           destroy
           or
           
             cut
             off
             a
             part
             of
             Government
          
           ;
           let
           them
           but
           have
           liberty
           to
           go
           on
           and
           they
           will
           make
           but
           
             little
             conscience
             in
             destroying
             the
             whole
             .
          
           But
           it
           is
           but
           to
           
             add
             folly
          
           to
           misery
           ,
           to
           complain
           ;
           and
           seeing
           
             it
             is
             so
          
           ,
           I
           'll
           resolve
           to
           let
           these
           
             Cypres●
             trees
          
           alone
           ;
           and
           if
           men
           will
           be
           any
           longer
           contented
           an●
           
             born
             down
          
           with
           fair
           and
           
             glozing
             pretences
             ,
             Leaves
          
           ,
           instead
           of
           Fruit
           ;
           Let
           
             Master
             Emperick
             be
             their
             Doctor
          
           !
           they
           'll
           find
           
             their
             folly
             soon
          
           enough
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           though
           perhaps
           
             too
             late
          
           for
           Remedy
           .
        
         
           But
           a
           word
           or
           two
           of
           the
           book
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           done
           ▪
           
           have
           in
           the
           
             ensuing
             discourse
          
           touched
           upon
           
             several
             subjects
          
           ;
           yet
           none
           but
           what
           I
           adjudged
           necessary
           ;
           and
           if
           therein
           I
           have
           
             unmasked
             any
             vulgar
             errors
          
           (
           i.
           e.
           )
           shewn
           the
           
             Face
             of
             Truth
          
           without
           a
           Vizor
           ;
           I
           hope
           the
           ingenious
           will
           accept
           my
           endeavors
           kindly
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           ashamed
           or
           affraid
           to
           behold
           her
           brightness
           and
           glory
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           speak
           of
           the
           Causes
           of
           the
           Plague
           ,
           you
           are
           to
           understand
           that
           I
           tacitly
           acknowledge
           ,
           
             God
             the
             chief
             and
             supreme
             Cause
             of
             all
             things
             !
          
           and
           that
           it
           is
           in
           
             his
             power
          
           to
           alter
           or
           
             suspend
             second
             Causes
          
           ,
           even
           as
           he
           pleaseth
           ;
           but
           
             this
             he
             seldom
          
           ,
           nay
           never
           doth
           ,
           but
           by
           Miracle
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           days
           of
           Joshua
           and
           good
           King
           Hezekiah
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           I
           justly
           censure
           persons
           ,
           that
           out
           of
           a
           
             slavish
             fear
          
           leave
           their
           habitations
           ,
           thereby
           hoping
           to
           fly
           from
           the
           
             judgements
             of
             God
          
           ,
           I
           would
           not
           be
           understood
           as
           if
           I
           
             condemned
             all
          
           that
           leave
           the
           City
           .
           For
           many
           have
           done
           it
           rather
           out
           of
           Custom
           and
           for
           pleasure
           ,
           then
           any
           fear
           really
           ;
           and
           
             many
             more
          
           out
           of
           a
           
             prudent
             care
          
           ,
           rather
           then
           from
           a
           
             servile
             fear
          
           ;
           as
           judging
           it
           better
           to
           be
           subject
           to
           the
           ●●ll
           of
           a
           Slate
           or
           Tyle
           ,
           then
           a
           
             whole
             house
          
           ;
           to
           the
           fate
           of
           a
           
             little
             village
          
           ,
           then
           to
           the
           destiny
           of
           so
           
             great
             a
             City
          
           !
           and
           although
           I
           believe
           that
           the
           Plague
           is
           sent
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           to
           afflict
           the
           City
           ,
           as
           the
           Citizens
           ;
           the
           Houses
           ,
           as
           the
           owners
           of
           them
           :
           Yet
           I
           am
           perswaded
           that
           it
           is
           the
           
             greatest
             Plague
             to
             the
             City
          
           ,
           that
           so
           
             many
             have
             run
             out
             of
             it
             .
          
           We
           know
           the
           
             Famousest
             Edifices
          
           have
           a
           time
           to
           flourish
           ,
           and
           another
           to
           decay
           ;
           and
           as
           the
           Poeth
           saith
           ,
           
             
               Quandoquidem
               data
               sunt
               ipsis
               quoque
               fata
               fepulchris
               .
            
             
               Even
               
                 Tombs
                 themselves
              
               are
               subject
               unto
               Fate
               .
            
          
           
             And
             that
             it
             is
             a
          
           Fate
           most
           cruel
           
             to
             this
          
           great
           City
           ,
           
             to
             have
          
           
           her
           children
           
             so
             subject
             to
          
           fear
           ,
           
             that
             by
             their
          
           leaving
           her
           ,
           all
           trading
           
             is
             at
             an
          
           ebb
           ,
           and
           she
           in
           Summer
           forced
           to
           undergo
           a
           dismall
           ,
           dreadful
           Winter
           of
           Evil
           ;
           
             there
             is
          
           no
           one
           
             that
             hath
             any
          
           sence
           of
           humane
           sufferings
           ,
           
             but
             must
          
           truly
           and
           sorrowfully
           acknowledge
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           Apologize
           for
           my
           present
           attempt
           ;
           it
           is
           sufficient
           that
           I
           saw
           this
           
             great
             City
          
           wanted
           encouragement
           ,
           and
           knew
           that
           God
           (
           in
           mercy
           )
           had
           enabled
           me
           to
           
             present
             them
          
           with
           this
           
             Celestial
             Cordial
          
           ;
           and
           to
           be
           a
           messenger
           of
           good
           news
           unto
           them
           .
           Now
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           graciously
           vouchsafe
           to
           protect
           this
           great
           City
           and
           the
           Nations
           from
           so
           great
           a
           scourge
           for
           the
           Future
           :
           Bless
           and
           defend
           his
           
             Sacred
             Majesty
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Settle
           us
           in
           Peace
           ,
           and
           preserve
           the
           Government
           both
           of
           State
           and
           Church
           !
           is
           the
           
             Cordial
             fervent
             Prayer
          
           of
           the
           earnest
           implorer
           of
           
             Englands
             happiness
          
           ,
        
         
           
             From
             my
             house
             in
             Jewen
             Garden
             against
             the
             Sun
             in
             Jewen-street
             ,
             neer
             Aldersgate-street
             .
          
           
             John
             Gadbury
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           These
           few
           escapes
           of
           the
           Press
           :
           be
           pleased
           thus
           to
           correct
           .
           PAge
           .
           2.
           l.
           11.
           
             r.
             Apodictical
          
           ,
           p.
           8.
           l.
           2.
           
             r.
             and
             as
             these
             ,
             l.
          
           21.
           
             r.
             cause
             or
             causes
             ,
             p.
          
           29.
           l.
           10.
           dele
           the
           ,
           p.
           35.
           l.
           1.
           
             r.
             from
             a
             Sickness
          
           ,
           p.
           37.
           l.
           35.
           for
           with
           
             r.
             of
          
           .
        
      
       
         
           Licensed
        
         
           
             
               Aug.
               25.
               1665.
               
            
          
           
             Roger
             L'estrange
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Prooeme
           .
        
         
           WHether
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Democritus
           and
           his
           followers
           (
           who
           maintain
           that
           by
           the
           Worlds
           which
           perish
           without
           this
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           strange
           bodies
           which
           from
           that
           
             infinity
             of
             worlds
          
           run
           into
           this
           ,
           there
           arise
           many
           times
           the
           beginnings
           of
           Plague
           and
           Pestilence
           ,
           and
           of
           other
           extraordinary
           accidents
           )
           be
           true
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           take
           on
           me
           here
           to
           dispute
           ;
           because
           there
           would
           many
           eminent
           questions
           ,
           hard
           to
           be
           resolved
           (
           at
           least
           to
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           many
           )
           arise
           from
           such
           enquiries
           ,
           and
           possibly
           of
           little
           emolument
           unto
           the
           Readers
           .
           Or
           whether
           the
           particular
           corruptions
           which
           happen
           in
           divers
           Countries
           ,
           either
           by
           
             Earthquakes
             ,
             Excessive
             droughts
             ,
             extreme
             heats
             ,
          
           and
           
             unusual
             rains
          
           ,
           &c.
           do
           infect
           ,
           disease
           ,
           and
           alter
           the
           Winds
           and
           Rivers
           ,
           which
           arise
           out
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           
             humors
             of
             Man
          
           ;
           or
           whether
           the
           alteration
           of
           Drinks
           and
           Dyet
           ,
           and
           other
           customes
           ,
           &c.
           be
           not
           the
           proper
           and
           immediate
           causes
           of
           the
           Pestilence
           in
           mankind
           ,
           [
           both
           which
           are
           very
           likely
           ]
           is
           not
           my
           present
           intention
           to
           discuss
           .
        
         
           My
           design
           is
           ,
           not
           to
           trouble
           or
           consult
           either
           Physicks
           or
           Metaphysicks
           ;
           but
           as
           the
           Stars
           and
           their
           influences
           have
           been
           
             my
             Study
          
           for
           many
           years
           ,
           and
           are
           
           
             (
             sub
             Deo
          
           )
           the
           causes
           of
           all
           action
           and
           passion
           in
           this
           inferiour
           world
           (
           which
           is
           a
           
             Physical
             Science
          
           too
           ,
           I
           must
           acknowledge
           ,
           though
           few
           Physicians
           understand
           ,
           and
           fewer
           make
           use
           of
           it
           )
           so
           I
           shall
           make
           it
           my
           business
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           thence
           to
           discover
           the
           Cause
           and
           continuance
           of
           this
           
             great
             Pest
          
           ;
           being
           assured
           in
           this
           Learning
           to
           meet
           with
           Demonstration
           ,
           whereas
           all
           others
           afford
           but
           likelihoods
           of
           proof
           ,
           grounding
           things
           upon
           false
           Hypotheses
           .
           In
           Astrology
           (
           God
           not
           altering
           the
           course
           of
           second
           Causes
           ,
           as
           in
           Joshua's
           and
           Hezekia's
           time
           he
           did
           )
           there
           is
           an
           Apodyctical
           proof
           of
           the
           matter
           in
           Question
           ,
           without
           being
           beholden
           to
           the
           
             poor
             shifts
          
           and
           
             effeminate
             evasions
          
           ,
           that
           other
           Arts
           (
           not
           in
           conjunction
           with
           this
           )
           are
           constantly
           compell'd
           to
           lay
           hold
           on
           .
           My
           Method
           then
           shall
           be
           to
           consider
           ,
        
         
           
             1.
             
             The
             Causes
             of
             the
             Plague
             in
             general
             ▪
          
           
             2.
             
             How
             long
             a
             Pestilence
             may
             naturally
             last
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             Of
             the
             
               several
               Plagues
            
             that
             happened
             
               Anno
               1593
               ,
               1603
               ,
               1625
               ,
               1636.
            
             and
             how
             they
             increased
             and
             abated
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Of
             this
             
               present
               Plague
            
             ,
             when
             (
             according
             to
             natural
             causes
             )
             it
             may
             abate
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Whether
             the
             Plague
             be
             catching
             ?
          
           
             6.
             
             The
             Folly
             of
             People
             in
             flying
             from
             their
             habitations
             for
             fear
             of
             the
             Plague
             ,
             evinced
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             
               That
               this
               present
            
             Plague
             was
             foretold
             by
             Astrology
             ▪
          
           
             8.
             
             The
             Air
             unjustly
             suspected
             to
             lodge
             the
             Contagion
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             Conclusion
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           I.
           
        
         
           The
           Causes
           of
           the
           Plague
           in
           general
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           an
           Axiome
           agreed
           unto
           by
           all
           Philosophers
           ,
           That
           a
           Cause
           is
           
             that
             ,
             whereupon
             dependeth
             ,
             or
             whence
             issueth
             an
             effect
             ,
          
           or
           
             that
             by
             which
             any
             thing
             happeneth
             .
          
           Some
           hold
           that
           there
           are
           four
           causes
           of
           every
           thing
           ,
           
             viz.
             Causa
             Essentialis
             ,
             Materialis
             ,
             Formalis
             ,
          
           and
           
             Finalis
             .
             Plato
          
           mentioneth
           three
           kinds
           of
           Causes
           ,
           and
           distinguisheth
           them
           by
           these
           three
           Terms
           ,
           
             By
             which
             ,
             Of
             which
          
           ,
           and
           
             For
             which
          
           ;
           but
           taketh
           the
           most
           principal
           to
           be
           that
           ,
           
             By
             which
          
           ,
           it
           being
           the
           
             Efficient
             Cause
          
           .
           And
           that
           the
           Heavens
           are
           the
           Efficient
           and
           
             Essential
             Causes
          
           of
           Plagues
           ,
           or
           other
           Contagious
           diseases
           ,
           we
           need
           not
           doubt
           ,
           it
           being
           so
           congruent
           to
           Reason
           to
           believe
           .
        
         
           Physicians
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Plague
           is
           a
           disease
           most
           Malignant
           and
           Pestilential
           ;
           a
           Fever
           in
           the
           
             highest
             degree
          
           ,
           which
           doth
           suddenly
           putrifie
           and
           corrupt
           ,
           both
           the
           Solid
           and
           Fluid
           parts
           of
           the
           body
           ;
           which
           having
           done
           ,
           by
           an
           (
           almost
           )
           uncontrolable
           and
           unrepellable
           siecity
           ,
           dries
           up
           and
           destroys
           the
           
             Natural
             Powers
          
           ,
           then
           seizeth
           or
           preyeth
           upon
           the
           vitals
           ,
           and
           so
           lets
           in
           the
           everlasting
           Enemy
           ,
           DEATH
           .
           And
           sith
           by
           
             Divine
             Logick
          
           we
           are
           able
           to
           prove
           ,
           that
           all
           effects
           have
           suitable
           and
           corresponding
           Causes
           [
           Men
           do
           not
           gather
           Grapes
           of
           Thornes
           ,
           or
           Figgs
           of
           
             Thistles
             !
          
           ]
           It
           is
           most
           Rational
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           this
           so
           terrible
           disease
           ,
           must
           proceed
           from
           some
           Cause
           or
           Causes
           ,
           most
           Illustrious
           ,
           
           eminent
           and
           Celestial
           ;
           it
           being
           so
           remarkably
           terrifying
           wheresoever
           it
           settles
           ,
           or
           makes
           its
           abode
           .
           And
           for
           men
           to
           hope
           to
           find
           out
           a
           Cause
           [
           I
           mean
           of
           Energy
           and
           honor
           sufficient
           ]
           here
           below
           ,
           is
           to
           befool
           themselves
           with
           a
           
             vain
             ,
             empty
          
           ,
           and
           
             idle
             enquiry
          
           .
           For
           we
           know
           there
           is
           nothing
           sublunary
           but
           is
           its
           
             fellow
             effect
          
           ;
           and
           (
           though
           in
           a
           different
           manner
           )
           hath
           a
           dependancy
           on
           
             Celestial
             influences
          
           with
           it
           :
           and
           for
           an
           effect
           to
           produce
           an
           effect
           ,
           is
           all
           out
           as
           improbable
           and
           unlikely
           ,
           as
           for
           a
           Child
           to
           beget
           a
           Child
           .
           Therefore
           the
           true
           and
           certain
           Causes
           of
           this
           astonishing
           adversary
           [
           the
           Plague
           ]
           are
           no
           where
           to
           be
           found
           but
           in
           the
           Heavens
           .
           
             Qualis
             effectus
             ,
             talis
             Causa
          
           ;
           If
           the
           effect
           be
           eminent
           ,
           so
           must
           the
           Cause
           .
        
         
           All
           Astrologers
           with
           good
           reason
           affirm
           ,
           That
           all
           
             popular
             diseases
          
           are
           irritated
           by
           Mars
           and
           Saturn
           their
           Influences
           ;
           and
           indeed
           the
           skilful
           in
           the
           
             Sydereal
             Science
          
           ,
           may
           readily
           read
           those
           dismal
           effects
           in
           
             their
             Natures
             .
             Mars
          
           is
           a
           Planet
           
             fiery
             ,
             hot
          
           and
           
             dry
             ,
             Cholerick
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           Author
           of
           all
           Pestilential
           diseases
           :
           Saturn
           is
           a
           Planet
           
             Earthy
             ,
             cold
          
           and
           dry
           ,
           and
           Author
           of
           all
           tedious
           and
           
             durable
             infirmities
          
           .
           And
           it
           is
           observable
           that
           Mars
           (
           though
           his
           effects
           are
           violent
           ,
           like
           his
           Nature
           )
           never
           hurteth
           so
           cruelly
           ,
           or
           causeth
           so
           raging
           a
           Pestilence
           ,
           as
           when
           in
           Configuration
           of
           Saturn
           .
           Nor
           do
           their
           Conjunctions
           and
           Aspects
           in
           every
           part
           or
           place
           of
           Heaven
           produce
           such
           Malignant
           and
           
             cruel
             effects
          
           ,
           but
           only
           when
           they
           are
           conjoyned
           or
           configurated
           in
           
             earthy
             ,
             fiery
          
           or
           Humane
           signs
           or
           Asterisms
           ,
           and
           receive
           some
           assistance
           from
           the
           
             Conjunctional
             ,
             Opposite
          
           ,
           or
           
             Quadrantal
             Rays
          
           of
           Jupiter
           ,
           who
           (
           according
           to
           Astrologers
           )
           is
           
             significator
             sanguinis
          
           .
           Then
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           and
           at
           such
           times
           ,
           Mars
           by
           his
           Cholerick
           intemperate
           Nature
           ,
           causeth
           
           not
           onely
           the
           Plague
           ,
           but
           the
           raging
           sury
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           Saturn
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           destructive
           temper
           ,
           and
           inimical
           qualities
           to
           all
           natural
           existencies
           ,
           portends
           the
           Diuturnity
           and
           continuance
           thereof
           ,
           and
           the
           sweeping
           away
           of
           Multitudes
           thereby
           .
        
         
           And
           both
           these
           Planets
           Natures
           being
           so
           pernicious
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           indeed
           all
           other
           Generable
           and
           Corruptible
           things
           ,
           they
           possessing
           the
           two
           extremes
           of
           a
           
             mischievous
             temperature
          
           ,
           is
           (
           perhaps
           )
           one
           main
           reason
           why
           we
           have
           seldom
           any
           Plagues
           or
           Pestilences
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           accompanied
           ,
           of
           at
           least
           attended
           in
           the
           sequel
           with
           Wars
           and
           Famine
           .
           Hear
           the
           
             Learned
             Anton
          
           how
           ingeniously
           he
           expresseth
           their
           Natures
           and
           Qualities
           ,
           in
           his
           
             Philosophical
             Satyrs
          
           .
           Thus
           of
           Saturn
           ,
        
         
           
             —
             Saturns
             sullen
             face
             ,
          
           
             Pale
             and
             of
             Ashy
             colour
             ,
             male-content
             ,
          
           
             A
             Catiline
             to
             Mortal
             Temperament
             ,
          
           
             That
             would
             blow
             up
             the
             Capitol
             of
             Man
          
           
             With
             Envious
             influence
             !
             —
          
           
             And
             if
             there
             hate
             be
             in
             a
             Heav'nly
             brest
             ,
          
           
             This
             Planet
             with
             that
             Fury
             is
             possest
             .
          
        
         
           And
           of
           Mars
           he
           saith
           ,
        
         
           
             Blood
             ,
             Death
             ,
             and
             Tragick
             stories
             ,
             Mars
             
               doth
               yeild
            
             ,
          
           
             A
             Golgotha
             of
             Graves
             ,
             whose
             purple-field
          
           
             Dy'd
             Crimson
             with
             his
             fatal
             Massacres
             ,
          
           
             Craves
             bloody
             Inke
             and
             Scarlet
             Characters
             ;
          
           
             A
             Pen
             that
             like
             a
             Bullets
             force
             would
             reel
          
           
             A
             Marble
             Conscience
             —
          
        
         
           Other
           co-operating
           Causes
           there
           are
           of
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           
           as
           
             Comets
             ,
             Eclipses
          
           of
           the
           Luminaries
           ,
           and
           Grand
           Satellitiums
           of
           the
           Planets
           ,
           &c.
           which
           as
           they
           happen
           to
           be
           more
           or
           less
           in
           number
           ,
           so
           the
           Plague
           is
           either
           intended
           or
           remitted
           .
           And
           hence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           all
           Plagues
           are
           not
           alike
           mischievous
           in
           their
           devourings
           ;
           their
           Causes
           being
           sometimes
           more
           or
           less
           forcible
           then
           at
           others
           .
        
         
           Aristotle
           (
           that
           great
           Master
           of
           Reason
           )
           acknowledgeth
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           neither
           generation
           nor
           corruption
           ,
           but
           is
           effected
           by
           the
           
             Heavenly
             Motions
          
           .
           And
           any
           man
           though
           but
           meanly
           conversant
           in
           History
           ,
           may
           find
           ,
           that
           there
           never
           happened
           any
           eminent
           Plague
           ,
           or
           other
           prodigious
           Accidents
           ,
           as
           
             War
             ,
             Famine
          
           ,
           &c.
           but
           there
           were
           either
           
             Great
             Conjunctions
          
           ,
           or
           Aspects
           of
           the
           
             superior
             Celestial
             bodies
             ,
             terrible
             Comets
             ,
             Eclipses
          
           of
           the
           Luminaries
           ,
           and
           other
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           or
           Appeatances
           ,
           as
           the
           certain
           Causes
           and
           Precursors
           of
           them
           .
           Take
           a
           few
           instances
           .
        
         
           Anno
           1348.
           
           There
           happened
           a
           Plague
           so
           great
           in
           England
           (
           and
           indeed
           in
           other
           parts
           also
           )
           that
           the
           Chronicles
           tell
           us
           ,
           there
           were
           buried
           thereof
           in
           the
           
             Charter-house-yard
             London
          
           ,
           50000
           People
           .
           Nay
           ,
           Mr.
           Cambden
           saith
           ,
           that
           in
           that
           little
           Town
           of
           Yarmouth
           ,
           there
           (
           then
           )
           dyed
           about
           7000
           Persons
           .
           It
           is
           observable
           ,
           a
           little
           before
           this
           great
           Pestilence
           ,
           there
           happened
           a
           very
           great
           Comet
           in
           Taurus
           an
           Earthly
           sign
           ,
           as
           is
           witnessed
           by
           Leovitius
           ;
           and
           also
           a
           great
           Conjunction
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Jupiter
           ,
           and
           Mars
           ,
           in
           Aquarius
           .
           So
           terrible
           were
           the
           Effects
           of
           these
           Celestial
           Appearances
           then
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           dismal
           to
           mention
           :
           God
           of
           his
           Mercy
           grant
           ,
           that
           onely
           the
           Plague
           be
           our
           Portion
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           we
           laboring
           (
           now
           )
           under
           the
           like
           
             cruel
             influences
          
           ,
           if
           not
           greater
           .
        
         
         
           Anno
           1527.
           
           That
           great
           Plague
           ,
           called
           the
           
             Sweating
             Sickness
          
           began
           to
           rage
           :
           a
           great
           and
           terrible
           Comet
           ,
           of
           a
           bloody
           colour
           ,
           appeared
           but
           a
           little
           before
           in
           the
           Heavens
           .
           They
           then
           laboured
           also
           under
           the
           weighty
           effects
           of
           a
           Conjunction
           of
           
             Saturn
             ,
             Jupiter
          
           ,
           and
           Mars
           in
           Risces
           ,
           a
           watery
           sign
           ,
           perhaps
           a
           main
           reason
           why
           that
           Pestilence
           was
           attended
           with
           a
           Sweat.
           
        
         
           Anno
           1593.
           
           
             Anno
             Regni
             Elizab.
          
           35.
           
           There
           was
           another
           very
           great
           Plague
           ,
           the
           Celestial
           Causes
           of
           which
           were
           the
           two
           Conjunctions
           and
           Oppositions
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Mars
           from
           and
           in
           Capricorn
           and
           Cancer
           ,
           Tropical
           signs
           ;
           and
           an
           Opposition
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Jupiter
           from
           the
           same
           signs
           ;
           besides
           three
           great
           Eclipses
           of
           the
           Luminaries
           of
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           Anno
           1603.
           
           When
           the
           great
           Plague
           happened
           then
           ,
           we
           may
           remember
           that
           there
           was
           a
           Conjunction
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Jupiter
           in
           Sagittarius
           .
           And
           a
           little
           before
           that
           ,
           a
           great
           Eclipse
           of
           the
           Sun
           ;
           and
           a
           Comet
           also
           of
           great
           Magnitude
           appeared
           .
        
         
           Anno
           1625.
           
           That
           Contagion
           was
           the
           consequence
           of
           a
           great
           Conjunction
           of
           
             Saturn
             ,
             Jupiter
          
           ,
           and
           Mars
           ,
           in
           the
           Celestial
           sign
           Leo
           ,
           a
           sign
           of
           the
           fiery
           triplicity
           ,
           and
           representing
           the
           heart
           in
           the
           
             Microcosme
             ,
             Ergo
          
           ,
           the
           more
           dangerous
           .
        
         
           Anno
           1636.
           
           There
           happened
           another
           Plague
           in
           London
           ,
           but
           not
           so
           great
           as
           any
           the
           former
           :
           there
           were
           then
           
             two
             Conjunctions
          
           ,
           &c.
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Mars
           ;
           and
           two
           invisible
           Eclipses
           (
           I
           mean
           as
           to
           us
           )
           of
           the
           Sun
           ;
           the
           first
           on
           January
           27.
           the
           other
           on
           July
           22.
           one
           happening
           in
           Aquarius
           ,
           the
           other
           in
           Leo
           ,
           the
           greatest
           dignities
           of
           the
           Sun.
           
        
         
           I
           purposely
           omit
           an
           infinite
           of
           instances
           more
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           as
           the
           Conjunction
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Jupiter
           
           in
           
             Pisces
             ,
             Anno
          
           1643.
           and
           other
           concomitant
           configurations
           ;
           under
           the
           effects
           whereof
           ,
           we
           then
           laboring
           ,
           ●●ri●ok
           of
           the
           rage
           of
           a
           cruel
           
             Civil
             War
          
           ;
           and
           not
           onely
           so
           ,
           but
           a
           Plague
           brake
           forth
           very
           violently
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           South
           and
           Southwest
           parts
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           of
           
             England
             ▪
          
           and
           in
           the
           Northwest
           likewise
           .
           Thus
           then
           we
           see
           ,
           that
           immediately
           upon
           
             Eclipses
             ,
             great
             Conjunctions
          
           ,
           the
           Apparitions
           of
           Comets
           ,
           &c.
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           &c.
           hath
           constantly
           followed
           ;
           and
           these
           
             Celestial
             Causes
          
           have
           been
           more
           or
           fewer
           in
           number
           ,
           or
           greater
           or
           l●sser
           in
           Nature
           (
           for
           
             great
             Conjunctions
          
           have
           the
           preh●minence
           from
           
             meaner
             Conjunctions
             ,
             Aspects
             ,
             Eclipses
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           they
           from
           Comets
           or
           other
           Apparitions
           )
           so
           hath
           the
           Pestilence
           been
           more
           or
           less
           durable
           and
           raging
           :
           Ergo
           ,
           we
           may
           with
           good
           ground
           assert
           ,
           That
           the
           Configurations
           of
           the
           
             Planets
             ,
             Eclipses
          
           of
           the
           Luminaries
           ,
           and
           other
           
             Celestial
             Apparitions
          
           ,
           as
           
             Comets
             ▪
          
           &c.
           are
           the
           most
           certain
           efficient
           Causes
           of
           such
           Effects
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           If
           the
           Pestilence
           be
           not
           an
           effect
           of
           the
           before
           mentioned
           Causes
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           an
           effect
           of
           some
           other
           Causes
           ,
           more
           powerful
           then
           they
           ;
           but
           there
           is
           nothing
           in
           Nature
           of
           equal
           Energy
           with
           the
           
             Heavens
             :
             Ergo.
          
           If
           it
           could
           rationally
           be
           presumed
           to
           depend
           on
           other
           Causes
           ,
           we
           might
           (
           for
           our
           conviction
           )
           happily
           have
           a
           Plague
           when
           no
           
             such
             Causes
          
           are
           apparent
           ;
           but
           there
           is
           never
           any
           Pestilence
           ,
           but
           when
           either
           
             Comets
             ,
             Eclipses
          
           ,
           or
           
             great
             Conjunctions
          
           ,
           &c.
           happen
           :
           It
           therefore
           roundly
           (
           and
           without
           obstruction
           )
           follows
           ,
           
             That
             Plagues
             are
             caused
             by
             Celestial
             influences
             .
          
           For
           further
           confirmation
           of
           this
           truth
           (
           if
           what
           I
           have
           concisely
           spoken
           be
           not
           enough
           )
           read
           
             Origanus
             de
             Effecti●us
             Stellarum
             ,
             p.
          
           517.
           
           
             Peucer
             de
             Astrolog
             .
             Haly
             pars
          
           8.
           p.
           398.
           
           
             Cardan
             in
             P●ol
             .
             Guido
             Bonatus
             ,
             cummultis
             alii●
             .
          
        
         
           
             Foelix
             qui
             potuit
             rerum
             cognoscere
             causas
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           II.
           
        
         
           How
           long
           a
           Pestilence
           may
           naturally
           last
           ?
        
         
           MAny
           there
           are
           ,
           who
           hold
           an
           opinion
           that
           the
           Plague
           or
           Pestilence
           may
           last
           
             eight
             years
          
           ;
           some
           others
           believe
           it
           may
           endure
           
             fifteen
             years
          
           ;
           and
           others
           opinionate
           ,
           it
           may
           continue
           a
           longer
           or
           lesser
           time
           .
           Nay
           ,
           there
           is
           one
           that
           hath
           lately
           printed
           (
           but
           I
           confess
           with
           small
           shew
           of
           probable
           Reason
           )
           that
           this
           great
           
             City
             London
          
           ,
           hath
           not
           been
           free
           from
           the
           Plague
           since
           the
           year
           1636.
           which
           is
           now
           
             twenty
             nine
             years
             agone
             compleat
          
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           usual
           ,
           with
           those
           that
           determine
           thus
           positively
           of
           the
           duration
           of
           Plagues
           ,
           &c.
           to
           give
           any
           satisfactory
           Reason
           wherefore
           they
           so
           conclude
           ;
           so
           that
           we
           are
           left
           at
           liberty
           either
           to
           believe
           what
           they
           assert
           ,
           or
           examine
           whether
           their
           Assertions
           be
           true
           .
        
         
           If
           by
           the
           Plague
           ,
           they
           mean
           onely
           a
           Fever
           in
           the
           highest
           degree
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           definition
           formerly
           set
           down
           ;
           I
           am
           perswaded
           they
           say
           most
           true
           :
           for
           it
           will
           be
           very
           difficult
           to
           prove
           ,
           not
           onely
           that
           a
           Plague
           may
           not
           remain
           and
           continue
           eight
           or
           fifteen
           years
           in
           that
           sence
           ;
           but
           that
           we
           are
           at
           any
           time
           free
           from
           a
           Plague
           :
           Or
           that
           we
           (
           indeed
           )
           ever
           shall
           be
           ,
           either
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           the
           
             Erratick
             Stars
          
           have
           Motion
           ,
           or
           whilst
           the
           
             Earthly
             Globe
             endureth
          
           ;
           For
           ,
           while
           the
           Nature
           and
           influence
           of
           Saturn
           and
           
             Mars
             ▪
          
           &c.
           continue
           ,
           the
           diseases
           they
           signifie
           ,
           shall
           never
           totally
           abate
           :
           for
           ,
           should
           once
           
             their
             Energy
          
           for
           corruption
           be
           presumed
           to
           
           
             cease
             ,
             their
             power
          
           for
           generation
           must
           suffer
           a
           deliquium
           likewise
           ;
           It
           being
           as
           essentially
           necessary
           for
           the
           
             heavenly
             bodies
          
           to
           spend
           their
           influences
           in
           order
           to
           a
           corruption
           and
           destruction
           of
           the
           
             forms
             of
             things
          
           (
           there
           being
           nothing
           else
           really
           subject
           to
           a
           Mutation
           )
           as
           to
           employ
           their
           powers
           in
           the
           Generation
           or
           preservation
           of
           them
           .
           A
           Plague
           is
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           a
           
             Broom
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             Almighty
             !
          
           with
           which
           
             he
             sweepeth
          
           ,
           the
           most
           nasty
           and
           
             uncomely
             corners
          
           of
           the
           Universe
           ,
           that
           the
           
             more
             noble
             parts
          
           of
           it
           ,
           may
           remain
           secure
           and
           safe
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           by
           the
           duration
           of
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           for
           so
           many
           years
           ,
           they
           mean
           an
           enumeration
           of
           Fevers
           exalted
           to
           the
           highest
           degree
           
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           when
           a
           great
           number
           of
           
             particular
             Fates
          
           unite
           forcibly
           to
           make
           up
           the
           
             general
             calamities
          
           [
           as
           in
           all
           those
           Plagues
           which
           happened
           in
           the
           years
           1348
           ,
           1593
           ,
           1603
           ,
           1625
           ,
           1636.
           and
           now
           this
           1665.
           ]
           I
           say
           then
           ,
           they
           are
           most
           grossly
           mistaken
           .
           For
           a
           Plague
           in
           this
           later
           sence
           ,
           cannot
           last
           above
           
             four
             years
          
           ;
           neither
           did
           any
           of
           the
           Plagues
           ,
           in
           the
           years
           before
           mentioned
           last
           longer
           ,
           many
           of
           them
           not
           so
           long
           .
           And
           of
           this
           opinion
           is
           the
           Learned
           
             Cardanus
             ,
             Seg.
          
           7.
           
           Aphor.
           121.
           where
           he
           saith
           ,
           Pestem
           4.
           
             annis
             durare
             nunquam
             posse
          
           ;
           and
           Origanus
           ecchoing
           to
           him
           ,
           p.
           518.
           faith
           ,
           that
           
             experience
             sufficiently
             proveth
             ,
             that
             the
             Plague
             never
             remaineth
             in
             one
             place
             above
             four
             years
          
           ;
           but
           in
           that
           space
           of
           time
           ,
           the
           Contagion
           removeth
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           from
           one
           place
           to
           another
           ;
           as
           lately
           we
           know
           (
           by
           woful
           experience
           )
           that
           it
           came
           out
           of
           Turky
           into
           Germany
           ,
           out
           of
           Germany
           into
           Italy
           ,
           out
           of
           Italy
           into
           Holland
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           Holland
           into
           England
           ,
           where
           now
           it
           rageth
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           in
           less
           then
           
             four
             or
             five
             years
          
           time
           .
           And
           in
           this
           sence
           (
           faith
           
             Origanus
             )
             Cardanus
          
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           .
        
         
         
           We
           know
           also
           that
           an
           Eclipse
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           &c.
           cannot
           operate
           longer
           then
           four
           years
           ,
           scarcely
           so
           long
           .
           And
           it
           is
           sufficiently
           known
           unto
           Artists
           ,
           that
           the
           raging
           effects
           of
           a
           Conjunction
           of
           
             Saturn
             ,
             Mars
          
           ,
           or
           Jupiter
           ,
           &c.
           lasts
           not
           longer
           ,
           then
           while
           Saturn
           is
           transiting
           one
           Twelfth
           part
           of
           the
           Zodiack
           ;
           for
           in
           that
           time
           the
           fury
           of
           their
           influences
           is
           either
           wholly
           abated
           ,
           or
           taken
           off
           ,
           by
           Configurations
           and
           Appearances
           of
           a
           
             contrary
             Nature
          
           and
           Quality
           ;
           or
           else
           they
           are
           for
           some
           
             certain
             time
             suspended
          
           ;
           as
           in
           a
           Conjunction
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Jupiter
           ,
           &c.
           they
           may
           be
           ;
           
             such
             Conjunctions
          
           happening
           but
           seldom
           in
           comparison
           of
           
             other
             Configurations
          
           .
           And
           how
           opposite
           to
           reason
           it
           is
           for
           us
           to
           presume
           the
           Effects
           should
           remain
           in
           force
           when
           the
           cause
           is
           removed
           ,
           I
           submit
           to
           the
           judgements
           of
           the
           ingenious
           .
        
         
           Thus
           then
           we
           see
           ,
           the
           several
           opinions
           of
           the
           
             Plagues
             duration
          
           ,
           either
           of
           
             eight
             years
             ,
             fifteen
             years
          
           ,
           &c.
           is
           groundless
           and
           uncertain
           ;
           since
           it
           is
           proved
           that
           no
           Pestilence
           can
           last
           longer
           then
           
             four
             years
          
           time
           at
           the
           most
           ,
           unless
           the
           Authors
           of
           such
           appointments
           will
           say
           they
           are
           to
           be
           understood
           according
           to
           the
           first
           part
           of
           the
           Distinction
           ;
           which
           if
           they
           do
           ,
           then
           I
           aver
           (
           as
           before
           )
           that
           the
           world
           cannot
           onely
           be
           afflicted
           with
           the
           Plague
           ,
           for
           Eight
           or
           Fifteen
           years
           at
           a
           time
           ,
           but
           must
           be
           content
           to
           be
           united
           unto
           it
           for
           ever
           .
           The
           Angel
           is
           Gold
           ,
           as
           truely
           as
           the
           
             Five
             pound
             piece
          
           ,
           and
           endures
           the
           touch
           as
           boldly
           ;
           So
           the
           single
           violent
           Fever
           (
           which
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           the
           world
           to
           be
           a
           day
           freed
           from
           )
           is
           as
           truely
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           as
           the
           great
           
             united
             numbers
             of
             Fevers
          
           are
           ;
           and
           it
           differs
           no
           more
           in
           Nature
           and
           Essence
           from
           it
           ,
           then
           the
           light
           which
           appears
           at
           seven
           or
           eight
           of
           the
           Clock
           in
           the
           morning
           doth
           ,
           
           from
           that
           which
           shines
           at
           mid-day
           .
           And
           it
           is
           an
           illustrious
           Truth
           ,
           
             That
             single
             Bullets
             kill
             as
             certainly
             as
             Case●●ot
             :
          
           and
           it
           is
           not
           the
           great
           numbers
           that
           dye
           in
           War
           ,
           should
           make
           a
           private
           man
           (
           if
           right
           in
           his
           Wits
           )
           think
           a
           Duel
           less
           dangerous
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           III.
           
        
         
           Of
           the
           several
           Plagues
           that
           happened
           
             Anno
             1593
             ,
             1603
             ,
             1625
             ,
             1636.
          
           and
           how
           they
           increased
           and
           abated
           .
        
         
           HAving
           already
           declared
           the
           
             Efficient
             Causes
          
           of
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           and
           shewn
           how
           long
           it
           is
           probable
           for
           one
           to
           last
           
             (
             viz.
          
           to
           rage
           at
           one
           time
           )
           I
           shall
           in
           the
           next
           place
           consider
           of
           the
           four
           last
           several
           
             great
             Plagues
          
           which
           happened
           Anno
           1593
           ,
           1603
           ,
           1625
           ,
           1636.
           together
           with
           the
           Natural
           and
           true
           causes
           of
           their
           increase
           and
           abatement
           ;
           thereby
           evincing
           to
           my
           Reader
           ,
           that
           what
           I
           shall
           in
           the
           next
           Chapter
           write
           concerning
           this
           
             present
             Pestilence
          
           ,
           and
           its
           decrease
           ,
           shall
           be
           upon
           grounds
           most
           Rational
           and
           safe
           to
           be
           built
           on
           .
           First
           then
           it
           is
           meetly
           requisite
           ,
           that
           I
           exhibit
           briefly
           ,
           Table-wise
           ,
           the
           true
           increase
           and
           decrease
           of
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           in
           those
           
             four
             years
          
           ,
           which
           take
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
         
           
             
               A
               Table
               shewing
               the
               Increase
               and
               Abatement
               of
               the
               Plague
               in
               the
               years
               
                 1593
                 ,
                 1603
                 ,
                 1625
                 ,
                 1636.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Moneths
                 names
                 .
              
               
                 Week
              
               
                 1593
              
               
                 1603
              
               
                 1625
              
               
                 1636
              
            
             
               
                 March.
                 
              
               
                 17
              
               
                 3
              
               
                 3
              
               
                 4
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 24
              
               
                 31
              
               
                 2
              
               
                 8
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 31
              
               
                 29
              
               
                 6
              
               
                 11
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 April
                 .
              
               
                 7
              
               
                 27
              
               
                 4
              
               
                 10
              
               
                 2
              
            
             
               
                 14
              
               
                 33
              
               
                 4
              
               
                 24
              
               
                 4
              
            
             
               
                 21
              
               
                 37
              
               
                 8
              
               
                 25
              
               
                 14
              
            
             
               
                 28
              
               
                 41
              
               
                 10
              
               
                 26
              
               
                 17
              
            
             
               
                 May.
                 
              
               
                 5
              
               
                 29
              
               
                 11
              
               
                 30
              
               
                 10
              
            
             
               
                 12
              
               
                 38
              
               
                 18
              
               
                 45
              
               
                 55
              
            
             
               
                 19
              
               
                 42
              
               
                 22
              
               
                 71
              
               
                 35
              
            
             
               
                 26
              
               
                 58
              
               
                 32
              
               
                 78
              
               
                 62
              
            
             
               
                 June
                 .
              
               
                 2
              
               
                 62
              
               
                 30
              
               
                 69
              
               
                 67
              
            
             
               
                 9
              
               
                 81
              
               
                 43
              
               
                 91
              
               
                 87
              
            
             
               
                 16
              
               
                 99
              
               
                 59
              
               
                 165
              
               
                 103
              
            
             
               
                 23
              
               
                 108
              
               
                 72
              
               
                 239
              
               
                 79
              
            
             
               
                 30
              
               
                 118
              
               
                 158
              
               
                 390
              
               
                 104
              
            
             
               
                 July
                 .
              
               
                 7
              
               
                 927
              
               
                 262
              
               
                 593
              
               
                 81
              
            
             
               
                 14
              
               
                 893
              
               
                 424
              
               
                 1004
              
               
                 104
              
            
             
               
                 21
              
               
                 258
              
               
                 917
              
               
                 1819
              
               
                 120
              
            
             
               
                 28
              
               
                 852
              
               
                 1396
              
               
                 24●1
              
               
                 15●
              
            
             
               
                 August
                 .
              
               
                 4
              
               
                 983
              
               
                 1922
              
               
                 3659
              
               
                 206
              
            
             
               
                 11
              
               
                 797
              
               
                 1745
              
               
                 4115
              
               
                 283
              
            
             
               
                 18
              
               
                 651
              
               
                 2713
              
               
                 4463
              
               
                 321
              
            
             
               
                 25
              
               
                 449
              
               
                 2539
              
               
                 4218
              
               
                 429
              
            
             
               
                 
                 September
                 .
              
               
                 1
              
               
                 507
              
               
                 3035
              
               
                 3344
              
               
                 638
              
            
             
               
                 8
              
               
                 563
              
               
                 2724
              
               
                 2550
              
               
                 650
              
            
             
               
                 15
              
               
                 451
              
               
                 2818
              
               
                 1672
              
               
                 865
              
            
             
               
                 22
              
               
                 349
              
               
                 2195
              
               
                 1561
              
               
                 775
              
            
             
               
                 29
              
               
                 330
              
               
                 1732
              
               
                 852
              
               
                 928
              
            
             
               
                 October
                 .
              
               
                 6
              
               
                 327
              
               
                 1641
              
               
                 538
              
               
                 921
              
            
             
               
                 13
              
               
                 323
              
               
                 1149
              
               
                 511
              
               
                 752
              
            
             
               
                 20
              
               
                 308
              
               
                 642
              
               
                 331
              
               
                 555
              
            
             
               
                 27
              
               
                 302
              
               
                 580
              
               
                 134
              
               
                 458
              
            
             
               
                 November
                 .
              
               
                 3
              
               
                 301
              
               
                 554
              
               
                 89
              
               
                 838
              
            
             
               
                 10
              
               
                 209
              
               
                 442
              
               
                 92
              
               
                 715
              
            
             
               
                 17
              
               
                 107
              
               
                 251
              
               
                 48
              
               
                 573
              
            
             
               
                 24
              
               
                 93
              
               
                 105
              
               
                 27
              
               
                 476
              
            
             
               
                 December
                 .
              
               
                 1
              
               
                 94
              
               
                 102
              
               
                 15
              
               
                 312
              
            
             
               
                 8
              
               
                 86
              
               
                 52
              
               
                 15
              
               
                 167
              
            
             
               
                 15
              
               
                 71
              
               
                 96
              
               
                 6
              
               
                 85
              
            
             
               
                 22
              
               
                 39
              
               
                 74
              
               
                 1
              
               
                 76
              
            
          
           By
           this
           Table
           you
           may
           observe
           how
           the
           
             Sickness
             increased
          
           and
           decreased
           in
           the
           four
           several
           years
           mentioned
           ;
           give
           me
           leave
           now
           to
           shew
           you
           the
           
             Celestial
             Cause
          
           of
           its
           augmentation
           and
           diminution
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           Anna
           1593
           ▪
           by
           the
           Table
           (
           you
           see
           )
           th●
           Pestilence
           but
           meanly
           increased
           ,
           untill
           the
           moneth
           〈◊〉
           June
           ,
           and
           then
           there
           began
           to
           dye
           above
           an
           hundred
           week
           thereof
           ;
           the
           Envious
           Planet
           Saturn
           then
           cam●
           to
           the
           opposite
           point
           of
           the
           Ascendent
           of
           the
           figur●
           of
           the
           world
           that
           year
           .
           And
           in
           July
           when
           it
           bega●
           to
           rage
           ,
           the
           fiery
           Planet
           Mars
           passed
           the
           Quadrat●
           place
           of
           the
           Moon
           ;
           and
           the
           Sun
           the
           opposition
           〈◊〉
           
           Mars
           and
           Jupiter
           ,
           and
           Conjunctional
           place
           of
           Saturn
           .
           In
           August
           ,
           when
           Venus
           was
           stationary
           ,
           
             in
             loco
             Saturni
          
           ,
           you
           see
           it
           abated
           from
           almost
           a
           thousand
           a
           week
           to
           under
           five
           hundred
           .
           And
           in
           September
           ,
           when
           the
           same
           fortunate
           Planet
           came
           to
           the
           Trine
           of
           both
           the
           Luminaries
           ,
           the
           Plague
           constantly
           grew
           less
           tyrannous
           and
           prevailing
           .
           And
           when
           in
           October
           she
           came
           to
           the
           Trine
           of
           the
           Ascendent
           of
           the
           figure
           ;
           and
           in
           November
           that
           the
           benigne
           Planet
           Jupiter
           came
           to
           the
           Ascendent
           it self
           ,
           it
           vanished
           by
           degrees
           to
           almost
           nothing
           ;
           there
           being
           in
           the
           later
           week
           of
           December
           but
           39
           dying
           thereof
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           the
           year
           1603.
           the
           Pestilence
           was
           inconsiderable
           in
           its
           increase
           ,
           untill
           the
           last
           week
           in
           June
           ,
           and
           the
           moneth
           of
           July
           ,
           at
           which
           times
           the
           fiery
           Planet
           Mars
           came
           to
           the
           opposite
           point
           of
           the
           Ascendant
           of
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           and
           also
           passed
           the
           place
           of
           the
           Moon
           .
           And
           in
           
             August
             ,
             September
          
           ,
           and
           October
           ,
           when
           it
           raged
           most
           ,
           the
           cruel
           Planet
           Saturn
           was
           on
           the
           Ascendant
           ●ll
           the
           time
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           a
           manner
           stationary
           to
           do
           mischief
           .
           But
           in
           November
           when
           Venus
           came
           to
           the
           Trine
           of
           the
           Moon
           ,
           and
           Jupiter
           to
           the
           Ascendant
           and
           〈◊〉
           the
           Trine
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           Venus
           also
           to
           the
           Ascen●ant
           ,
           &c.
           the
           Plague
           began
           to
           cease
           its
           fury
           ,
           insomuch
           ●hat
           in
           the
           last
           week
           of
           December
           ,
           there
           dyed
           thereof
           ●ut
           
             seventy
             four
          
           ;
           there
           having
           in
           one
           week
           in
           Septem●er
           before
           ,
           dyed
           above
           3000
           persons
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Anno
           1625.
           
           The
           Sickness
           began
           to
           increase
           in
           May
           ,
           when
           Mars
           came
           to
           the
           opposite
           place
           of
           the
           Moon
           in
           the
           Vernal
           Figure
           .
           In
           June
           and
           July
           it
           en●reased
           greatly
           ;
           then
           Mars
           came
           to
           the
           Quadrate
           of
           ●he
           Ascendant
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           
             Cauda
             Draconis
          
           ,
           thereby
           ●dding
           an
           envenom'd
           fury
           to
           the
           Plague
           ;
           and
           the
           Sun
           
           then
           came
           also
           to
           the
           opposite
           point
           of
           Mars
           ,
           and
           gave
           it
           the
           greater
           cause
           to
           rage
           .
           In
           August
           ,
           when
           it
           raged
           most
           of
           all
           ,
           that
           there
           dyed
           most
           of
           that
           month
           above
           4000
           a
           week
           ;
           Mars
           came
           to
           the
           place
           of
           the
           
             Sun
             ,
             Jupiter
          
           to
           his
           opposite
           point
           ,
           and
           Saturn
           in
           Quadrate
           of
           the
           Ascendant
           ,
           and
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           Lord
           thereof
           ;
           
             transits
             and
             stations
             most
             prodigious
          
           and
           very
           naturally
           shewed
           the
           height
           of
           this
           grea●
           Sickness
           .
           In
           September
           ,
           when
           Jupiter
           came
           to
           the
           Trin●
           place
           of
           Venus
           ,
           and
           Venus
           to
           the
           Trine
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           place
           of
           the
           Moon
           ,
           this
           potent
           adversary
           began
           to
           loose
           its
           force
           .
           And
           in
           October
           ,
           when
           the
           Sun
           came
           to
           the
           Sextile
           place
           of
           the
           Moon
           ,
           and
           when
           Jupiter
           cam●
           to
           the
           same
           Aspect
           ,
           by
           Gods
           blessing
           ,
           this
           
             terribl●
             Pest
          
           abated
           apace
           ;
           and
           there
           being
           not
           one
           cruel
           Aspect
           to
           encrease
           it
           ,
           but
           what
           was
           counterpoised
           with
           two
           of
           auspicious
           import
           ,
           by
           the
           last
           week
           in
           December
           there
           dyed
           but
           one
           of
           that
           Contagion
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           In
           the
           year
           1636.
           toward
           the
           later
           end
           of
           April
           when
           the
           Sun
           came
           to
           the
           opposite
           point
           of
           Mars
           i●
           the
           figure
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           the
           Plague
           then
           first
           began
           In
           May
           and
           June
           ,
           when
           the
           Sun
           came
           to
           the
           opposit●
           point
           of
           the
           Ascendant
           ,
           Venus
           to
           the
           opposite
           point
           o
           Saturn
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           to
           the
           
             Dragons
             tail
          
           ,
           it
           increased
           but
           not
           much
           .
           In
           July
           ,
           when
           the
           Sun
           passed
           the
           opposite
           point
           of
           Saturn
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           the
           Quadrate
           pla●●
           of
           Mars
           ,
           it
           increased
           more
           ;
           and
           more
           without
           doub●
           it
           had
           ,
           but
           that
           Venus
           and
           Jupiter
           both
           ,
           came
           then
           t
           the
           Moons
           place
           .
           In
           August
           ,
           there
           happened
           
             two
             Eclipses
          
           ,
           and
           Mars
           came
           to
           the
           Ascendant
           of
           the
           world
           figure
           ,
           it
           now
           increased
           greatly
           .
           In
           September
           an
           October
           (
           the
           months
           this
           Sickness
           most
           of
           all
           increased
           )
           Mars
           was
           in
           the
           Ascendant
           upon
           the
           Quadra●●
           
           place
           of
           the
           Moon
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           passed
           the
           Quadrate
           place
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           &
           Conjunctional
           place
           of
           Saturn
           ;
           and
           the
           Sun
           likewise
           passed
           the
           place
           of
           Mars
           .
           All
           which
           were
           eminent
           causes
           of
           that
           great
           encrease
           ,
           the
           Sickness
           then
           had
           .
           In
           
             November
             ,
             Jupiter
          
           comes
           to
           the
           Sextile
           of
           the
           Ascendant
           and
           the
           Sun
           in
           Trine
           to
           his
           own
           place
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Pestilence
           began
           to
           grow
           less
           raging
           ,
           and
           by
           degrees
           decreased
           to
           (
           almost
           )
           nothing
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           short
           Examen
           ,
           we
           find
           that
           the
           
             furious
             and
             bostile
             beams
          
           of
           the
           fiery
           Planet
           Mars
           for
           the
           most
           part
           gives
           beginning
           to
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           eminent
           cause
           of
           its
           raging
           ;
           and
           Saturn
           gives
           it
           continuance
           .
        
         
           We
           find
           likewise
           ,
           that
           the
           
             friendly
             rays
          
           of
           the
           
             fortunate
             Stars
          
           ,
           do
           not
           onely
           abate
           the
           Pestilence
           in
           conclusion
           ;
           but
           when
           (
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           most
           violent
           Transits
           and
           Aspects
           of
           Mars
           and
           Saturn
           )
           the
           Plague
           most
           of
           all
           rageth
           ,
           they
           lessen
           the
           fury
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           as
           it
           were
           stationary
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           plain
           also
           ,
           that
           Saturns
           transits
           ,
           &c.
           are
           of
           longer
           duration
           ,
           and
           kill
           more
           then
           Mars's
           ,
           though
           Mars's
           for
           the
           time
           they
           last
           ,
           are
           most
           violent
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           Table
           foregoing
           ,
           compared
           with
           my
           observations
           thereon
           ,
           most
           plainly
           appears
           .
           And
           so
           I
           come
           to
           consider
           in
           —
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           IV.
           
        
         
           Of
           this
           
             present
             Plague
          
           ,
           and
           when
           (
           according
           to
           Natural
           Causes
           )
           it
           may
           abate
           .
        
         
           IN
           the
           first
           Chapter
           I
           have
           acquainted
           you
           with
           the
           
             Causes
             of
             Plagues
          
           in
           General
           ;
           and
           here
           I
           am
           to
           inform
           you
           of
           the
           Causes
           of
           this
           particular
           
             great
             Pest
          
           we
           now
           labor
           under
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           these
           several
           following
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           
             great
             Conjunction
          
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Jupiter
           October
           10.
           1663.
           in
           the
           Celestial
           sign
           Sagittary
           .
           2.
           
           A
           Conjunction
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Mars
           ,
           November
           12.
           1664.
           in
           Sagittary
           .
           3.
           
           An
           opposition
           of
           the
           Sun
           and
           
             Saturn
             ,
             June
          
           5.
           1664.
           from
           Sagittary
           and
           Gemini
           .
           4.
           
           A
           Quadrate
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Mars
           ,
           June
           27.
           1664.
           from
           Sagittary
           and
           Virgo
           .
           5.
           
           The
           Apparition
           of
           
             three
             Comets
          
           in
           the
           later
           end
           of
           1664.
           and
           beginning
           of
           1665.
           6.
           
           The
           Transit
           of
           Saturn
           through
           Sagittary
           unto
           his
           greatest
           dignities
           ,
           there
           to
           continue
           for
           above
           five
           years
           together
           .
           All
           which
           are
           Causes
           so
           powerfully
           impelling
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           to
           be
           feared
           the
           Pestilence
           we
           now
           partake
           of
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           
             the
             one
             moiety
          
           of
           the
           Effects
           thence
           to
           issue
           ,
           or
           thereon
           depending
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           connexion
           of
           Causes
           ,
           it
           is
           somewhat
           apparent
           that
           
             this
             Pest
          
           should
           have
           took
           its
           beginning
           at
           the
           later
           end
           of
           1664.
           and
           truly
           had
           not
           the
           Winter
           then
           been
           so
           extreamly
           sharp
           (
           it
           having
           a
           Frost
           of
           almost
           ten
           weeks
           continuance
           together
           )
           to
           have
           kept
           it
           back
           ,
           as
           we
           know
           it
           did
           ;
           it
           had
           beyond
           all
           question
           broke
           
           forth
           then
           .
           Nay
           ,
           and
           break
           forth
           it
           did
           then
           too
           ,
           as
           my self
           can
           experimentally
           testifie
           ;
           having
           been
           personally
           visited
           with
           it
           at
           Christmas
           that
           year
           .
           And
           my
           good
           friend
           Mr.
           
             Josias
             Westwood
          
           the
           Chirurgeon
           (
           whose
           assistance
           I
           then
           craved
           ,
           and
           advice
           I
           followed
           (
           I
           bless
           God
           )
           to
           my
           preservation
           )
           hath
           told
           me
           since
           ,
           
             That
             many
             of
             his
             Patients
             at
             that
             time
             were
             afflicted
             with
             the
             same
             distemper
             ,
             and
             yet
             obtained
             cure
             against
             it
             ,
             the
             Air
             being
             then
             so
             friendly
             to
             Nature
             ,
             and
             an
             enemy
             unto
             the
             Pestilence
             .
          
           And
           besides
           ,
           it
           was
           but
           prudence
           in
           people
           to
           keep
           it
           from
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           world
           (
           since
           few
           or
           none
           dyed
           thereof
           )
           as
           long
           as
           they
           could
           ;
           for
           we
           find
           that
           it
           came
           to
           a
           discovery
           soon
           enough
           ,
           to
           amaze
           and
           terrifie
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ;
           and
           hath
           bid
           fair
           for
           the
           Ruine
           of
           Trade
           of
           all
           kinds
           in
           this
           great
           (
           and
           once
           populous
           )
           City
           .
           Put
           now
           let
           us
           consider
           its
           progress
           and
           increase
           ,
           with
           the
           causes
           thereof
           ,
           and
           the
           possibility
           of
           its
           abatement
           ,
           with
           the
           time
           when
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           matter
           I
           shall
           consult
           ,
           but
           not
           trouble
           you
           with
           the
           Figure
           of
           the
           Suns
           Ingress
           into
           the
           Equinoctial
           sign
           Aries
           for
           the
           year
           1655.
           it
           being
           in
           almost
           every
           Almanack
           to
           be
           seen
           ;
           and
           thence
           draw
           down
           the
           several
           Arguments
           of
           encrease
           and
           abatement
           :
           and
           because
           the
           Pestilence
           was
           hardly
           perceptible
           untill
           the
           month
           of
           June
           ,
           I
           will
           begin
           there
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           that
           month
           (
           as
           if
           God
           and
           Nature
           had
           appointed
           this
           Sickness
           to
           be
           Ominous
           in
           earnest
           to
           these
           Nations
           )
           we
           may
           observe
           two
           most
           fatal
           transits
           to
           usher
           it
           in
           ,
           
             viz.
             Mars
          
           his
           then
           coming
           to
           the
           opposite
           point
           of
           the
           Ascendant
           ,
           and
           the
           Sun
           to
           the
           opposite
           point
           of
           
             Saturn
             .
             (
             Malum
             Principium
             ,
             malus
             finis
             sequitur
             .
             )
          
           
           A
           beginning
           of
           a
           Sickness
           so
           mischievous
           ,
           that
           greater
           can
           hardly
           be
           ;
           God
           grant
           the
           end
           be
           not
           as
           inauspicious
           :
           and
           although
           (
           I
           presume
           )
           it
           will
           not
           be
           of
           
             many
             months
          
           continuance
           to
           this
           great
           City
           ,
           yet
           we
           are
           not
           to
           suppose
           a
           Pestilence
           ended
           ,
           when
           it
           seemingly
           acquits
           one
           place
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           month
           of
           July
           the
           Pestilence
           began
           to
           encrease
           considerably
           ;
           especially
           toward
           the
           later
           end
           thereof
           :
           there
           were
           then
           
             fix
             oppositions
          
           of
           the
           
             Erratick
             Stars
             ▪
          
           and
           
             two
             Eclip●es
          
           ;
           and
           to
           add
           to
           these
           ,
           
             Mars
             ,
             Venus
          
           ,
           and
           Mercury
           (
           then
           )
           came
           to
           the
           Quadrate
           place
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           opposite
           point
           of
           Saturn
           by
           transit
           ;
           and
           the
           Sun
           then
           came
           to
           the
           opposition
           of
           Jupiter
           both
           by
           transit
           and
           aspect
           .
           All
           which
           were
           very
           great
           arguments
           of
           its
           encrease
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           mon●th
           of
           
             August
             ,
             Saturn
          
           comes
           to
           the
           Quadrate
           place
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           stationary
           upon
           it
           all
           the
           moneth
           ;
           and
           the
           
             two
             Eclipses
          
           last
           moneth
           ,
           do
           now
           begin
           to
           operate
           ,
           which
           are
           testimonies
           of
           very
           great
           A●gmenta●ion
           ;
           howbe●t
           ,
           the
           fortunate
           Planer
           Venus
           coming
           to
           the
           Sex●ile
           of
           her
           own
           place
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Moons
           ,
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           moneth
           ;
           and
           coming
           to
           a
           Trine
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           the
           later
           end
           thereof
           ,
           and
           Jupiter
           his
           then
           being
           stationary
           in
           Trine
           of
           the
           Sun
           also
           ,
           may
           so
           happily
           contemper
           the
           fury
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           not
           [
           now
           ]
           encrease
           or
           augment
           to
           any
           exceeding
           great
           height
           .
        
         
           A
           part
           of
           September
           is
           likely
           to
           prove
           somewhat
           dangerous
           ,
           because
           Saturn
           is
           in
           a
           manner
           still
           stationary
           ,
           and
           the
           Sun
           and
           Saturn
           then
           come
           to
           a
           
             Quadrate
             aspect
          
           ,
           and
           this
           in
           ill
           points
           of
           the
           Vernal
           figure
           ;
           Mars
           and
           Jupiter
           (
           who
           is
           
             Dominus
             Ascendentis
          
           )
           then
           also
           come
           to
           an
           opposition
           ,
           and
           both
           in
           square
           of
           Luna's
           place
           ;
           
           whence
           it
           is
           probable
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           second
           and
           last
           weeks
           of
           this
           moneth
           ,
           the
           Pestilence
           may
           admit
           of
           an
           abarement
           ;
           but
           indeed
           I
           much
           fear
           about
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           moneth
           an
           
             encrease
             considerable
          
           :
           nevertheless
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           and
           rationally
           believe
           
             (
             favente
             Deo
          
           )
           that
           this
           Pestilence
           cannot
           ascend
           to
           any
           higher
           degree
           ,
           then
           it
           may
           at
           that
           time
           reach
           unto
           .
        
         
           The
           moneth
           of
           October
           seems
           to
           promise
           well
           ,
           and
           the
           Pestilence
           therein
           ,
           cannot
           meet
           with
           any
           eminent
           cause
           for
           augmentation
           :
           yet
           I
           suppose
           the
           second
           and
           last
           week
           will
           make
           some
           
             s●ight
             offers
          
           at
           an
           encrease
           ,
           because
           then
           the
           Sun
           comes
           to
           the
           opposite
           place
           of
           the
           Moon
           ;
           and
           Venus
           hath
           a
           progressional
           motion
           to
           the
           opposition
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           Quartile
           of
           Saturns
           places
           .
        
         
           November
           and
           December
           in
           this
           respect
           (
           God
           not
           ●●us●rating
           the
           course
           of
           
             second
             Causes
          
           ,
           or
           taking
           advantage
           of
           us
           for
           
             our
             sins
          
           )
           I
           question
           not
           will
           prove
           very
           kindly
           ;
           and
           the
           
             City
             of
             London
          
           will
           begin
           to
           be
           in
           a
           better
           heart
           ,
           then
           in
           many
           moneths
           before
           .
           How●eit
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           supposed
           that
           this
           Pestilence
           should
           in
           so
           short
           a
           time
           totally
           vanish
           ;
           or
           that
           so
           great
           a
           Sickness
           should
           not
           leave
           some
           unkind
           impressions
           behind
           it
           ;
           but
           in
           comparison
           of
           what
           it
           hath
           been
           ,
           I
           dare
           assert
           ,
           that
           we
           shall
           [
           then
           ]
           be
           (
           in
           a
           manner
           )
           wholly
           acquitted
           from
           it
           ,
           and
           its
           
             violent
             ,
             raging
             ,
             destructive
             Qualities
          
           and
           Company
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           London
           hath
           at
           present
           been
           the
           Patient
           ,
           and
           hath
           felt
           the
           force
           of
           the
           
             Almighties
             scourge
          
           to
           purpose
           ;
           while
           
             most
             other
             places
          
           of
           England
           have
           escaped
           the
           
             ●ash
             .
             O
             Utinam
             ▪
          
           I
           wish
           with
           all
           my
           soul
           ,
           that
           London
           might
           be
           the
           Scape-Goat
           for
           them
           all
           !
           but
           ah
           !
           I
           fear
           ,
           I
           fear
           ,
           before
           the
           
             Planet
             Saturn
          
           be
           gotten
           quite
           
           out
           of
           Capricorn
           ,
           that
           those
           
             other
             parts
          
           of
           this
           Nation
           will
           drink
           deep
           of
           the
           
             same
             Cup.
             God
          
           and
           
             Nature
             punish
             none
             by
             proxy
          
           .
           It
           will
           not
           be
           this
           
             Cities
             sufferings
          
           ,
           that
           can
           excuse
           
             other
             Towns
          
           and
           Cities
           ,
           from
           the
           violent
           stroaks
           of
           so
           
             insatiate
             an
             enemy
          
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           V.
           
        
         
           Whether
           the
           Plague
           be
           Infectious
           or
           catching
           .
        
         
           I
           Shall
           not
           here
           stand
           to
           discourse
           largely
           of
           Atoms
           ,
           nor
           yet
           too
           strictly
           enquire
           into
           the
           Sympathies
           and
           Antipathies
           of
           things
           .
           Nor
           yet
           shall
           I
           trouble
           my self
           to
           enquire
           whether
           there
           are
           Spirits
           (
           in
           Nature
           )
           of
           so
           active
           and
           subtile
           a
           
             faculty
             ▪
          
           that
           can
           penetrate
           the
           Pores
           of
           the
           body
           insensibly
           ,
           and
           as
           easily
           as
           lightning
           is
           said
           to
           me●●
           the
           
             sword
             ▪
          
           and
           never
           singe
           the
           s●●bberd
           :
           Or
           whether
           there
           be
           a
           
             commanding
             quality
          
           in
           the
           body
           of
           man
           ,
           of
           power
           and
           ability
           sufficient
           to
           send
           forth
           infectious
           and
           dangerous
           Spirits
           or
           Atoms
           ,
           as
           Powder
           doth
           a
           Bullet
           out
           of
           the
           mouth
           of
           a
           
             Canon
             ,
             Musquet
          
           ,
           or
           Pistoll
           ;
           which
           shall
           admit
           of
           no
           Reverberation
           or
           Repulse
           ,
           from
           the
           body
           or
           butt
           it
           aims
           at
           :
           Or
           whether
           the
           body
           of
           one
           man
           be
           a
           trench
           or
           channel
           ,
           capable
           of
           receiving
           the
           pretended
           
             Noxious
             esfl●viums
          
           of
           another
           ;
           or
           whether
           
             Cables
             can
             be
             made
             of
             Cobwebbs
             !
          
           All
           such
           enquiries
           I
           shall
           leave
           to
           those
           that
           have
           leisure
           ,
           and
           take
           pleasure
           to
           disport
           themselves
           with
           words
           ,
           and
           the
           names
           and
           noises
           of
           things
           onely
           .
        
         
         
           That
           which
           I
           here
           aim
           at
           ,
           is
           to
           examine
           whether
           the
           
             Pestilence
             be
             infectious
             or
             catching
          
           ?
           If
           it
           be
           infectious
           and
           really
           catching
           in
           it self
           ;
           it
           must
           be
           so
           equally
           to
           
             all
             persons
          
           that
           approach
           it
           ,
           or
           that
           it
           approacheth
           ;
           and
           this
           ,
           either
           to
           
             some
             degree
             of
             danger
          
           ,
           or
           else
           unto
           death
           ;
           or
           else
           it
           must
           be
           infectious
           to
           some
           
             particular
             persons
          
           onely
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           infectious
           to
           
             all
             persons
          
           ,
           or
           catching
           to
           all
           alike
           ;
           then
           
             all
             persons
          
           that
           come
           into
           the
           sight
           ,
           or
           within
           the
           scent
           o●
           it
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           be
           subject
           unto
           i●
           ;
           and
           this
           either
           unto
           death
           ,
           or
           other
           lesser
           degree
           of
           danger
           .
           There
           cannot
           be
           a
           person
           ,
           either
           
             man
             ,
             woman
          
           ,
           or
           child
           ,
           that
           is
           either
           shut
           up
           in
           a
           house
           with
           
             persons
             infected
          
           ,
           or
           that
           shall
           talk
           with
           any
           of
           them
           so
           shut
           up
           ,
           though
           but
           at
           a
           window
           ,
           or
           through
           a
           
             Wicket
             ▪
          
           but
           m●st
           be
           supposed
           to
           pa●take
           of
           the
           infection
           ;
           ●o●●he
           T●lo●s
           of
           a
           Contagion
           in
           this
           sence
           lay
           hold
           on
           them
           all
           .
           But
           How
           wide
           this
           is
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           I
           leave
           to
           the
           judgements
           of
           any
           ,
           that
           have
           their
           
             five
             Sences
          
           free
           from
           infection
           ,
           and
           their
           Reason
           from
           depravation
           .
        
         
           In
           every
           great
           Pest
           ,
           experience
           convinceth
           this
           opinion
           of
           Error
           ;
           for
           in
           this
           
             great
             City
          
           we
           know
           (
           and
           see
           it
           daily
           now
           )
           that
           there
           are
           divers
           persons
           ,
           that
           have
           had
           (
           and
           yet
           have
           )
           the
           Sickness
           ,
           the
           very
           
             next
             door
          
           unto
           them
           ;
           on
           
             both
             sides
          
           of
           them
           ;
           before
           and
           
             behind
             them
          
           ;
           and
           yet
           their
           
             Persons
             ,
             Houses
          
           ,
           and
           Families
           not
           so
           much
           as
           concerned
           in
           it
           ,
           or
           touched
           with
           it
           .
           Many
           also
           are
           constantly
           visiting
           their
           Friends
           and
           Relations
           that
           are
           visited
           ;
           yet
           (
           by
           Gods
           blessing
           )
           they
           remain
           safe
           and
           sound
           .
           And
           many
           that
           I
           know
           (
           whose
           hard
           hap
           it
           hath
           been
           to
           be
           shut
           up
           (
           with
           others
           )
           in
           an
           
             infected
             house
          
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           there
           have
           been
           several
           buried
           )
           yet
           ,
           their
           good
           fortune
           hath
           been
           such
           ▪
           that
           they
           have
           not
           only
           
           been
           freed
           from
           it
           ,
           but
           have
           not
           had
           so
           much
           as
           a
           head-ach
           all
           that
           time
           ;
           or
           in
           any
           considerable
           time
           afterward
           .
           In
           this
           present
           Pestilence
           ,
           in
           
             Thames
             street
          
           a
           poor
           woman
           dyed
           of
           it
           ,
           having
           her
           
             Childsucking
             at
             her
             br●st
          
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ;
           yet
           was
           the
           infant
           preserved
           from
           it
           ,
           and
           was
           put
           unto
           a
           Nurse
           ,
           where
           it
           yet
           remains
           healthful
           (
           as
           I
           am
           credibly
           informed
           )
           and
           never
           had
           the
           least
           of
           prejudice
           (
           of
           that
           kind
           )
           attend
           it
           .
           Nay
           some
           there
           are
           (
           on
           my
           knowledge
           I
           speak
           it
           )
           that
           have
           
             lyen
             in
             the
             same
             bed
          
           with
           those
           that
           have
           had
           the
           soars
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           have
           nevertheless
           escaped
           free
           from
           all
           manner
           of
           detriment
           and
           danger
           thereby
           ▪
           How
           many
           are
           there
           of
           
             Physicians
             ,
             Chirurgeons
             ,
             Apothecaries
             ,
             Nurses
             ,
          
           &c.
           that
           are
           daily
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           yet
           escape
           not
           onely
           death
           ,
           but
           the
           disease
           it self
           ?
           If
           any
           shall
           reply
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           possibly
           have
           taken
           and
           do
           take
           Antidotes
           ,
           and
           thereby
           they
           escape
           ;
           I
           then
           demand
           ,
           If
           there
           be
           such
           a
           preserving
           vertue
           in
           any
           Anti●●te
           that
           can
           be
           made
           use
           of
           ;
           what
           is
           the
           reason
           that
           any
           that
           take
           Antidotes
           and
           Preservatives
           (
           as
           they
           are
           called
           )
           at
           any
           time
           are
           infected
           ,
           or
           do
           dye
           ?
           of
           which
           I
           could
           give
           many
           instances
           .
           Some
           we
           know
           ,
           have
           Fates
           attending
           them
           so
           strenuous
           ,
           that
           
             (
             S●lamander
          
           like
           )
           they
           can
           bid
           defiance
           to
           the
           flames
           of
           the
           greatest
           Pestilence
           ;
           as
           others
           we
           have
           known
           to
           be
           safe
           in
           the
           
             heat
             of
             a
             battle
          
           ,
           when
           men
           have
           fallen
           by
           the
           sword
           or
           bullets
           on
           
             every
             side
          
           of
           them
           .
           
             He
             that
             hath
             powerful
             Stars
             ,
             is
             not
             onely
             shot-free
             ,
             but
             Plague-free
             ;
             and
             a
             good
             Nativity
             ,
             is
             the
             certainest
             Am●let
             or
             Antidote
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             can
             have
             ,
             or
             be
             blessed
             with
             .
          
        
         
           I
           need
           not
           labor
           to
           be
           more
           perspicuous
           in
           this
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           plain
           and
           cleer
           of
           it self
           .
           Every
           Parish
           where
           the
           Vi●itation
           hath
           come
           ,
           affords
           instances
           
           more
           then
           enough
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           will
           be
           but
           a
           blotting
           of
           paper
           to
           endeavor
           a
           further
           eviction
           of
           this
           so
           obvious
           and
           
             Sun-like
             Truth
             ,
             That
             the
             Plague
             is
             not
             equally
             infectious
             ;
             nor
             are
             all
             persons
             in
             danger
             of
             catching
             it
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           If
           the
           Plague
           be
           presumed
           not
           
             infectious
             unto
             all
          
           ,
           but
           unto
           
             some
             particular
             persons
          
           onely
           ;
           I
           say
           then
           ,
           it
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           deemed
           or
           esteemed
           
             infectious
             at
             all
          
           ,
           at
           least
           not
           any
           more
           infectious
           ,
           then
           are
           all
           
             other
             diseases
          
           ,
           viz.
           
             Small
             Pocks
             ,
             Scurvey
             ,
             Pleuresie
             ,
             Ague
             ,
             Gout
             ,
             Palsey
             ,
             Tooth-ach
             ,
          
           &c.
           since
           (
           though
           the
           Notion
           of
           Infection
           be
           laid
           aside
           )
           there
           is
           not
           a
           person
           born
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           hath
           not
           at
           
             some
             time
          
           or
           other
           in
           his
           life
           (
           as
           his
           Nativity
           shall
           truly
           shew
           )
           some
           one
           disease
           or
           other
           .
           As
           persons
           Genitures
           are
           either
           mild
           and
           quiet
           ,
           or
           ragged
           and
           violent
           ,
           so
           accordingly
           do
           they
           partake
           of
           diseases
           in
           the
           course
           of
           their
           lives
           .
           Never
           was
           any
           person
           subject
           to
           
             violent
             diseases
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Plague
           ,
           &c.
           but
           had
           a
           
             violent
             Nativity
          
           to
           shew
           it
           ,
           and
           
             è
             contra
          
           .
           And
           he
           that
           hath
           the
           
             Sun
             ,
             Moon
          
           ,
           or
           Ascendant
           in
           his
           Radix
           ,
           directed
           to
           the
           hostile
           beams
           or
           body
           of
           Mars
           ,
           in
           dangerous
           places
           of
           the
           Heavens
           (
           as
           the
           books
           of
           Astrologie
           will
           truely
           inform
           you
           )
           shall
           never
           escape
           the
           Plague
           ,
           although
           the
           Kingdom
           he
           lives
           in
           (
           at
           that
           time
           )
           be
           free
           from
           it
           .
           And
           that
           the
           Pestilence
           can
           be
           otherways
           (
           in
           this
           later
           sence
           )
           catching
           ,
           I
           deny
           :
           All
           persons
           must
           grant
           that
           to
           the
           
             first
             person
          
           in
           a
           Pestilence
           it
           comes
           
             ●x
             Aftris
          
           ;
           if
           not
           ,
           I
           would
           fain
           know
           ,
           from
           what
           
             other
             Cause
          
           ?
           Then
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           possible
           for
           the
           
             first
             person
          
           to
           meet
           with
           the
           Plague
           without
           Infection
           from
           another
           ;
           why
           is
           it
           not
           so
           for
           a
           Second
           ,
           or
           for
           a
           Third
           ,
           or
           for
           a
           Thousand
           ?
           A
           Million
           ,
           &
           c
           ?
        
         
           Do
           we
           think
           that
           God
           and
           Nature
           cannot
           suit
           effects
           to
           their
           proper
           Causes
           ,
           without
           being
           beholding
           to
           an
           infection
           ,
           
           from
           so
           filly
           a
           worm
           as
           Man
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           as
           easie
           for
           Heaven
           to
           strike
           
             thousands
             of
             Millions
             of
             persons
          
           with
           the
           Pestilence
           at
           once
           ,
           as
           to
           afflict
           
             one
             poor
             individual
             mortal
          
           therewith
           ?
           
             Poor
             man
          
           !
           that
           hath
           hardly
           breath
           enough
           to
           help
           himself
           ,
           must
           vainly
           suppose
           he
           hath
           some
           to
           spare
           ,
           to
           hurt
           ,
           and
           
             offend
             others
          
           .
           We
           blaspheme
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Attributes
           of
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           when
           we
           restrain
           his
           power
           :
           it
           is
           not
           we
           that
           can
           or
           are
           able
           to
           infect
           one
           another
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           God
           by
           his
           Power
           over
           us
           that
           afflicts
           us
           all
           !
           and
           indeed
           the
           Plague
           carrieth
           not
           in
           it
           so
           much
           of
           infection
           ,
           as
           it
           doth
           of
           affliction
           ,
           and
           so
           we
           mortals
           find
           it
           .
        
         
           Beyond
           all
           peradventure
           ,
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             (
             i.
             e.
             )
             Small
             Pox
             ,
             Lues
             Venerea
             ,
          
           &c.
           are
           diseases
           in
           all
           respects
           as
           loathsome
           and
           dangerous
           ,
           as
           the
           Pestilence
           ;
           yet
           how
           few
           is
           the
           number
           ,
           that
           dread
           infection
           or
           Contagion
           from
           them
           ,
           in
           Comparison
           of
           the
           
             vast
             multitudes
          
           of
           men
           and
           women
           ,
           that
           bow
           the
           knee
           of
           their
           Reason
           to
           this
           !
           Nay
           I
           dare
           aver
           and
           maintain
           ,
           that
           although
           the
           Plague
           be
           a
           disease
           principally
           known
           by
           the
           spo●s
           ,
           yet
           compared
           to
           those
           other
           
             vile
             ,
             noxious
          
           ,
           and
           
             prodigiously-fcul
             distempers
          
           ,
           it
           is
           immaculate
           ,
           and
           a
           companion
           of
           far
           less
           
             dangerous
             tendency
          
           .
           I
           cannot
           but
           smile
           to
           think
           how
           many
           there
           are
           ,
           that
           
             look
             askew
          
           ,
           and
           hold
           their
           Noses
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           a
           Door
           with
           a
           
             Red
             Cross
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Lord
             have
             mercy
             upon
             us
          
           ,
           on
           it
           ;
           and
           yet
           never
           so
           much
           as
           grutch
           to
           eat
           and
           drink
           with
           
             their
             Relations
          
           ,
           that
           indeed
           are
           onely
           fit
           company
           for
           an
           Hospital
           ;
           or
           once
           grumble
           ,
           or
           
             think
             evilly
          
           of
           lying
           with
           a
           Husband
           or
           Wife
           many
           years
           together
           ,
           whose
           breaths
           or
           issues
           (
           for
           wholsomness
           )
           are
           many
           degrees
           
             below
             Carion
             ,
             a
             Jakes
          
           ,
           or
           Charnel-house
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           diseases
           be
           infectious
           or
           contagious
           ,
           to
           any
           person
           
           or
           persons
           ;
           it
           is
           their
           fear
           and
           imagination
           that
           makes
           it
           so
           unto
           them
           .
           Thus
           many
           persons
           (
           who
           are
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           of
           a
           slavish
           Nature
           and
           temper
           )
           come
           to
           fight
           with
           their
           own
           shaddows
           ,
           and
           are
           often
           (
           beyond
           cure
           )
           wounded
           in
           the
           
             imaginary
             encounter
          
           ;
           and
           others
           ,
           yeilding
           obedience
           to
           the
           same
           Tyrant
           ,
           meet
           distraction
           ;
           as
           O●estes
           in
           Euripides
           ,
           and
           Theoclymenus
           in
           Homer
           .
        
         
           
             Stultum
             facit
             ●ortuna
             quem
             v●lt
             perdere
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Fates
             first
             fool
             the
             Wight
             ,
             they
             mean
             to
             foil
             .
          
        
         
           There
           are
           none
           so
           apt
           to
           catch
           a
           Contagion
           ,
           as
           they
           that
           suffer
           their
           Reason
           and
           belief
           to
           wander
           in
           danger
           of
           a
           
             Captivity
             ▪
          
           ●en
           must
           be
           resolute
           ,
           and
           demur
           to
           their
           
             impelling
             Fate
          
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           avoid
           being
           victored
           by
           their
           
             adversary
             .
             Crede
             quod
             habes
             ,
             &
             habes
             .
          
           If
           thou
           believest
           the
           Pestilence
           cannot
           escape
           thee
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           assuredly
           have
           it
           ;
           thy
           Faith
           and
           Fancy
           will
           be
           certainly
           answered
           :
           whereas
           another
           of
           a
           
             generous
             confidence
          
           ,
           and
           
             cleer
             resolution
          
           (
           though
           in
           the
           very
           midst
           of
           it
           )
           shall
           be
           free
           ,
           and
           triumph
           over
           fear
           .
        
         
           Philosophers
           affirm
           ,
           that
           the
           Imagination
           doth
           work
           that
           within
           ,
           in
           the
           Understanding
           ,
           which
           the
           object
           doth
           without
           in
           the
           Sence
           .
           We
           find
           experimentally
           ,
           that
           our
           Reason
           and
           Understanding
           ,
           and
           all
           our
           
             noblest
             faculties
          
           ,
           are
           led
           Captive
           by
           our
           
             Imagination
             ad
             libitum
          
           ;
           and
           we
           are
           slaved
           by
           it
           in
           ignoble
           sort
           ,
           and
           yet
           remain
           such
           fools
           as
           to
           indulge
           our
           injurer
           :
           mistake
           me
           not
           ,
           I
           mean
           by
           imagination
           ,
           onely
           that
           
             truckling
             Passion
             ,
             Fear
          
           ,
           which
           may
           very
           well
           and
           properly
           be
           termed
           ,
           the
           
             Reverse
             of
             imagination
          
           ,
           rather
           then
           the
           thing
           it self
           .
           It
           being
           an
           
             indiscreet
             ,
             strange
          
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           a
           Learned
           Author
           aptly
           terms
           it
           )
           
             inconsiderate
             Passion
          
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           hath
           its
           ●ise
           from
           Terrors
           ,
           so
           it
           many
           times
           casteth
           us
           into
           very
           
             emine●t
             hazards
          
           .
           It
           is
           a
           Tyrant
           that
           
             hoodwinks
             Reason
          
           ,
           
           and
           layes
           the
           understanding
           in
           fetters
           ,
           and
           then
           torments
           us
           with
           Masks
           and
           Vizors
           of
           Danger
           ;
           as
           we
           use
           to
           
             affright
             children
          
           with
           Bugbears
           .
           How
           many
           have
           fallen
           into
           most
           
             grieuous
             diseases
          
           ,
           and
           other
           mischiefs
           of
           
             all
             kinds
          
           ,
           onely
           by
           imagining
           or
           fearing
           them
           ?
           
             The
             thing
             that
             I
             feared
             is
             fallen
             on
             me
             ,
          
           saith
           holy
           Job
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           then
           ,
           the
           infection
           is
           in
           our
           affections
           ,
           and
           keeps
           court
           in
           our
           minds
           ;
           we
           imagine
           great
           dangers
           from
           without
           us
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           their
           Rise
           and
           Original
           within
           us
           .
           It
           is
           a
           sure
           presage
           of
           danger
           ,
           to
           be
           slavishly
           affected
           with
           a
           sence
           of
           danger
           .
           The
           Timorous-troubled-yielding-mind
           ,
           brings
           a
           Contagion
           upon
           the
           whole
           Body
           ,
           although
           it
           inhabit
           the
           Fields
           ,
           and
           live
           from
           the
           sight
           or
           hearing
           of
           persons
           Infected
           .
           Albeit
           ,
           wisdom
           inviteth
           us
           sometimes
           to
           a
           
             reasonable
             doubting
          
           ,
           and
           Prudence
           directs
           us
           to
           shun
           
             apparent
             evils
          
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           an
           Argument
           of
           
             super-insaniated
             folly
          
           in
           any
           man
           to
           dread
           any
           thing
           to
           servility
           ,
           or
           to
           conceit
           or
           
             coyn
             dangers
             ▪
          
           where
           
             none
             really
          
           are
           to
           be
           found
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           VI.
           
        
         
           Evinceth
           the
           
             folly
             of
             people
          
           in
           flying
           from
           their
           habitations
           for
           fear
           of
           the
           Plague
           .
        
         
           THe
           Reason
           why
           many
           persons
           ,
           so
           willingly
           sacrifice
           to
           their
           Fears
           ,
           in
           flying
           from
           their
           habitations
           in
           the
           time
           of
           a
           Pestilence
           ,
           proceeds
        
         
           1.
           
           From
           the
           customary
           advice
           of
           Physicians
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           From
           a
           principle
           of
           Cowardise
           in
           themselves
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Physicians
           in
           most
           
             knotty
             distempers
          
           of
           a
           Chronick
           Nature
           ,
           advise
           their
           Patients
           to
           a
           change
           of
           their
           
           Air
           ,
           which
           
             (
             sine
             dubio
          
           )
           is
           very
           necessary
           ,
           that
           being
           one
           of
           the
           six
           
             non
             naturales
          
           ;
           for
           they
           cannot
           take
           too
           much
           care
           of
           that
           Patient
           ,
           who
           groans
           under
           the
           
             ty●
             anny
          
           of
           Sickness
           .
           But
           to
           prescribe
           (
           unto
           persons
           that
           
             a●l
             nothing
          
           )
           a
           necessity
           of
           removing
           ,
           because
           more
           persons
           then
           ordinary
           dye
           about
           them
           ,
           I
           see
           no
           clear
           Reason
           for
           .
           That
           ancient
           ,
           but
           questionable
           Oracle
           of
           
             Hippocrates
             ,
             —
             Cito
             ,
             Longe
             ,
             T●rde
          
           ;
           should
           it
           with
           
             other
             Oracles
          
           cease
           ,
           I
           prefume
           would
           be
           no
           injury
           ,
           but
           advantage
           to
           the
           humane
           race
           ;
           since
           it
           may
           truly
           be
           deemed
           ▪
           that
           the
           observation
           thereof
           hath
           destroyed
           many
           more
           persons
           ,
           then
           it
           hath
           preserved
           .
           If
           flying
           could
           preserve
           men
           from
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           it
           were
           an
           easie
           matter
           for
           a
           man
           to
           
             wrestle
             with
             the
             Almighty
          
           ,
           and
           prevent
           Divine
           vengeance
           ;
           the
           Creature
           might
           frustrate
           the
           intention
           and
           resolution
           of
           his
           Creator
           ,
           and
           earth
           might
           
             out-plot
             Heaven
          
           .
           But
           impossible
           it
           is
           ,
           for
           the
           
             wisest
             of
             Mortals
          
           to
           contrive
           so
           securely
           agai●●t
           the
           
             decrees
             of
             Eternity
          
           !
           or
           
             baffle
             Celestial
             Destiny
             ▪
          
        
         
           
             
               If
               Fates
               Decrees
               are
               sure
               ,
               in
               vain
               we
               fly
               them
               ;
            
             
               If
               they
               are
               not
               ,
               in
               vain
               we
               fear
               to
               try
               them
               .
            
          
           How
           many
           are
           there
           ,
           that
           by
           flying
           from
           dangers
           ,
           have
           fallen
           into
           the
           middest
           of
           dangers
           ?
           When
           men
           Plot
           to
           save
           themselves
           ,
           their
           contrivances
           often
           procure
           their
           ruine
           .
           In
           the
           year
           1348.
           when
           that
           
             great
             and
             terrible
             Pest
          
           happened
           ,
           many
           people
           by
           their
           Physicians
           advice
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           ,
           by
           their
           example
           ,
           not
           onely
           changed
           their
           habitation
           ,
           but
           their
           Nation
           also
           ,
           in
           hopes
           to
           avoid
           it
           .
           But
           behold
           !
           they
           that
           refused
           to
           trust
           God
           at
           Land
           ,
           were
           overtaken
           by
           that
           his
           judgement
           at
           Sea
           ,
           and
           were
           forced
           to
           make
           their
           Graves
           in
           the
           bellies
           of
           
             Fishes
             .
             De●s
             est
             abique
          
           .
           God
           is
           every
           where
           ,
           therefore
           
             flye
             quickly
             ,
             go
             far
             off
             ,
          
           or
           what
           thou
           wilt
           ,
           thou
           canst
           not
           
           fly
           from
           his
           presence
           .
           It
           is
           a
           more
           witty
           ,
           then
           true
           distinction
           for
           any
           man
           to
           flatter
           himself
           in
           ,
           by
           saying
           ,
           
             He
             flies
             not
             from
             God
             ,
             but
             from
             his
             Plague
             .
          
           For
           Gods
           judgements
           are
           never
           separate
           from
           him
           ;
           the
           Rod
           of
           his
           Anger
           is
           of
           such
           a
           Longitude
           ,
           that
           it
           can
           reach
           us
           every
           where
           .
           Men
           may
           flye
           from
           their
           houses
           ,
           their
           families
           ,
           their
           
             companions
             friends
          
           ,
           and
           relations
           ,
           and
           thereby
           become
           examples
           of
           fear
           and
           terror
           to
           others
           ;
           but
           t●ey
           cannot
           fly
           from
           God.
           In
           vain
           they
           at
           all
           attempt
           it
           .
        
         
           
           
             'T
             is
             vain
             to
             flee
             ,
             't
             is
             neither
             here
             nor
             there
             ,
          
           
             Can
             scape
             that
             hand
             ,
             untill
             that
             hand
             forbear
             ;
          
           
             Ah
             me
             !
             where
             is
             
               he
               not
            
             ,
             that
             's
             
               every
               where
            
             ?
          
           
             'T
             is
             vain
             to
             flee
             ,
             till
             g●●tle
             mercy
             shew
          
           
             Her
             
               better
               eye
            
             ,
             the
             further
             off
             we
             go
             ,
          
           
             The
             Swing
             of
             Justice
             
               deals
               the
            
             mightier
             blow
             .
          
        
         
           No
           advice
           is
           prosperous
           against
           Heaven
           :
           the
           Physician
           himself
           cannot
           escape
           by
           flying
           .
           He
           that
           shall
           undertake
           to
           prescribe
           against
           the
           God
           of
           Nature
           ,
           shall
           be
           proscribed
           by
           the
           God
           of
           Nature
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Men
           are
           not
           onely
           retrograded
           in
           their
           Reasons
           ,
           by
           their
           Physicians
           counfel
           or
           advice
           ,
           more
           then
           they
           are
           from
           a
           principle
           of
           Cowardice
           within
           them
           .
           They
           fear
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           
             fly
             .
             Cowards
          
           hoping
           to
           avoid
           dangers
           ,
           rush
           ignorantly
           into
           them
           .
           A
           Bullet
           may
           sooner
           kill
           him
           that
           runs
           from
           the
           battle
           ,
           then
           him
           that
           stoutly
           and
           resolutely
           joyns
           therewith
           ;
           the
           truly
           valiant
           often
           escape
           untoucht
           .
           A
           mans
           own
           wit
           (
           when
           bridled
           by
           fear
           )
           hunts
           him
           into
           those
           snares
           ,
           that
           above
           all
           things
           he
           would
           
             gladly
             shun
             .
             Cowardice
          
           throws
           contempt
           upon
           the
           great
           Creator
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           as
           arguing
           a
           distrust
           unworthy
           of
           his
           power
           .
           Can
           God
           preserve
           Daniel
           in
           the
           
             Lions
             Den
          
           ,
           and
           not
           secure
           
           thee
           from
           the
           Plague
           ,
           thinkest
           thou
           ?
           is
           it
           harder
           for
           him
           to
           keep
           thee
           sound
           among
           the
           sick
           ,
           then
           it
           was
           to
           protect
           the
           
             three
             children
          
           in
           the
           Oven
           from
           the
           devouring
           flames
           ,
           and
           consuming
           heat
           thereof
           ?
           In
           a
           Coward
           not
           onely
           Religion
           ,
           but
           Reason
           endures
           the
           Rack
           ;
           and
           where
           a
           
             generous
             confidence
          
           is
           wanting
           ,
           the
           faculties
           of
           the
           Soul
           are
           frozen
           .
           But
           a
           well-poyz'd
           Resolution
           ,
           is
           a
           bulwark
           against
           the
           most
           imminent
           dangers
           .
        
         
           
             Audaces
             fortuna
             juvat
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             The
             Gods
             
               befriend
               the
            
             nobly
             confident
             .
             —
          
        
         
           And
           valour
           (
           as
           one
           well
           observes
           )
           casts
           a
           kind
           of
           honor
           upon
           God
           ,
           in
           that
           we
           shew
           ,
           that
           we
           believe
           his
           goodness
           ,
           while
           we
           trust
           our selves
           in
           danger
           upon
           his
           care
           onely
           ;
           whereas
           the
           
             Coward
             eclipses
          
           his
           sufficiency
           ▪
           by
           unworthily
           doubting
           that
           God
           will
           not
           bring
           him
           off
           .
        
         
           Sinful
           Adam
           can't
           hide
           himself
           so
           closely
           ,
           but
           God
           can
           easily
           find
           him
           ;
           and
           if
           distrustful
           Jonah
           will
           flee
           to
           Tarshish
           ,
           God
           can
           raise
           a
           Tempest
           to
           overtake
           him
           .
           If
           God
           have
           appointed
           the
           Pestilence
           for
           thy
           Portion
           ,
           thy
           flying
           from
           it
           ,
           but
           throws
           thee
           into
           its
           embraces
           .
           Hence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Countries
           round
           about
           us
           ,
           come
           to
           be
           so
           suddenly
           seized
           with
           this
           Sickness
           ;
           the
           fears
           of
           the
           
             Heartless
             fugitives
          
           ,
           being
           as
           so
           many
           
             nimble
             Chariots
          
           ,
           to
           convey
           it
           unto
           the
           places
           ,
           whither
           they
           fly
           or
           travel
           .
           If
           men
           will
           be
           afraid
           to
           
             trust
             God
          
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           that
           he
           refuses
           to
           
             protect
             them
          
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           consider
           ,
           how
           
             small
             a
             number
          
           of
           
             worthy
             generous
             persons
          
           this
           
             Pest
             preys
             upon
          
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           the
           
             vast
             multitudes
          
           of
           the
           vulgar
           that
           are
           swept
           away
           by
           it
           .
           There
           hath
           not
           been
           
             six
             persons
          
           of
           eminent
           Note
           and
           consideration
           ,
           known
           to
           dye
           in
           this
           great
           and
           populous
           City
           since
           the
           Plague
           began
           .
           It
           feeds
           chiefly
           upon
           
           those
           people
           that
           fear
           hath
           slain
           to
           its
           hand
           .
           Persons
           of
           
             narrow
             souls
          
           &
           understandings
           ,
           of
           
             confused
             Intellects
          
           ,
           and
           
             Aguish
             constitutions
          
           ,
           are
           they
           that
           principally
           fall
           sacrifices
           unto
           this
           great
           devourer
           ;
           when
           those
           of
           a
           more
           
             refined
             Reason
          
           and
           understanding
           (
           as
           if
           supported
           by
           more
           
             noble
             Stars
          
           )
           remain
           secure
           from
           it
           .
           So
           we
           see
           ,
           a
           
             vertuous
             confidence
          
           is
           a
           security
           against
           the
           worst
           of
           Evils
           ,
           and
           a
           
             slavish
             timidity
          
           onely
           a
           herauld
           or
           harbinger
           to
           
             them
             .
             Lucan
          
           tells
           us
           ;
        
         
           
             —
             Fortunaque
             perdat
             ,
          
           
             Opposita
             virtute
             ,
             minas
             —
          
        
         
           
             Fates
             greatest
             Threats
             be
             lost
             ,
          
           
             Where
             vertue
             Rules
             the
             Rost
             .
          
        
         
           I
           read
           in
           a
           Book
           lately
           Printed
           upon
           occasion
           of
           this
           great
           
             Pestilence
             ▪
          
           that
           in
           the
           time
           of
           that
           
             raging
             Sickness
             ,
             Anno
          
           1348.
           many
           People
           kept
           themselves
           up
           close
           in
           their
           houses
           as
           in
           Castles
           ;
           and
           many
           retired
           into
           deserts
           and
           
             solitary
             places
          
           to
           secure
           and
           preserve
           themselves
           from
           its
           violence
           .
           But
           the
           Pest
           (
           as
           if
           it
           knew
           no
           limits
           ;
           nor
           could
           be
           contrould
           in
           its
           rage
           and
           fury
           ,
           untill
           the
           hand
           that
           scatter'd
           it
           ,
           restrained
           it
           )
           pursues
           those
           
             poor
             souls
          
           into
           their
           
             close
             corners
          
           ,
           and
           there
           destroys
           great
           numbers
           of
           them
           .
           And
           at
           the
           last
           ,
           when
           they
           saw
           ,
           they
           had
           (
           like
           a
           bird
           in
           a
           net
           )
           by
           striving
           ,
           entangled
           and
           endangered
           themselves
           the
           more
           ;
           they
           assumed
           a
           
             Christian
             and
             man
             like
             boldness
          
           ;
           and
           (
           resolving
           to
           welcome
           death
           in
           that
           terrible
           habit
           ,
           if
           it
           fell
           to
           their
           Lot
           ,
           they
           )
           
             went
             promiscuously
             together
             ▪
          
           and
           became
           serviceable
           to
           each
           other
           ,
           in
           administring
           to
           one
           anothers
           necessities
           ;
           and
           to
           crown
           this
           
             happy
             magnanimity
             and
             fearless
             Resolution
             ;
             it
             so
             pleased
             God
             ,
             the
             Plague
             stayed
             .
          
        
         
           And
           it
           is
           ingeniously
           observed
           by
           Mr.
           Kemp
           in
           his
           Treatise
           lately
           published
           ,
           
             pag
             ▪
          
           39.
           
           
             That
             in
             the
             ending
          
           
           〈◊〉
           
             great
             sickness
          
           1625.
           
             the
             people
             went
             promiscuously
             〈◊〉
             another
             ,
             and
             the
             houses
             were
             quickly
             filled
             with
             〈◊〉
             and
             fresh
             commers
             out
             of
             the
             Country
             ,
             and
             yet
             〈◊〉
             infection
             followed
             .
          
           Thus
           we
           see
           the
           conceit
           of
           〈◊〉
           hurts
           more
           then
           the
           thing
           it self
           :
           
             Minus
             afficit
             〈◊〉
             ●●tigatio
             ,
             quam
             cogitatio
             .
          
           And
           since
           peoples
           〈◊〉
           from
           their
           habitations
           ,
           doth
           rather
           betray
           them
           〈◊〉
           the
           arms
           of
           danger
           ,
           then
           any
           way
           secure
           them
           〈◊〉
           the
           thing
           they
           fear
           ,
           it
           argues
           
             professed
             Folly
          
           in
           any
           〈◊〉
           for
           men
           may
           as
           well
           abscond
           from
           the
           〈◊〉
           presence
           ,
           as
           to
           hope
           to
           hide
           themselves
           from
           
             his
             〈◊〉
          
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           VII
           .
        
         
           
             〈◊〉
             this
          
           present
           Plague
           was
           foretold
           by
           Astrology
           .
        
         
           〈◊〉
           to
           say
           much
           of
           that
           impertinent
           and
           
             worthless
             scoffer
          
           ,
           whose
           mouth
           Satan
           hath
           lately
           opened
           ,
           not
           only
           against
           most
           honorable
           and
           Learned
           Society
           of
           men
           in
           the
           world
           〈◊〉
           the
           
             Colledge
             of
             Physicians
             !
          
           ]
           but
           against
           the
           〈◊〉
           of
           the
           Stars
           and
           Heavens
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Augures
             Coeli
          
           (
           as
           〈◊〉
           pleased
           to
           term
           Astrologers
           )
           because
           I
           〈◊〉
           the
           Flux
           of
           his
           Pen
           ,
           he
           understandeth
           the
           
             Starry
             〈◊〉
          
           a
           little
           ;
           (
           if
           at
           all
           :
           )
           in
           that
           he
           [
           vainly
           ]
           goeth
           about
           to
           〈◊〉
           and
           Eclipse
           them
           .
           The
           man
           by
           his
           writing
           ,
           seems
           〈◊〉
           of
           that
           number
           ,
           who
           for
           fear
           of
           giving
           that
           honor
           〈◊〉
           
             Coelestial
             bodies
          
           is
           their
           due
           ,
           are
           not
           ashamed
           of
           〈◊〉
           more
           and
           
             greater
             energy
          
           to
           a
           dunghill
           ,
           or
           unto
           a
           
             〈◊〉
             Lake
          
           or
           Pond
           ,
           or
           a
           
             close
             sluttish
             ally
          
           ,
           &c.
           then
           unto
           
             〈◊〉
             and
             ever-busied
             Creatures
          
           ;
           whom
           God
           hath
           over
           us
           ,
           that
           as
           
             secondary
             Causes
          
           ,
           they
           might
           guide
           ●●ve●n
           all
           things
           in
           this
           inferior
           world
           .
           But
           these
           are
           〈◊〉
           prefer
           a
           
             Hog
             to
             Venus
          
           ,
           embrace
           a
           Cloud
           for
           Juno
           !
           〈◊〉
           
             Aesops
             Ape
          
           ,
           they
           cannot
           be
           content
           to
           hugg
           their
           
           own
           
             Ethiopian
             fancies
          
           ,
           &c.
           but
           must
           be
           idly
           adventurin●
           〈◊〉
           corrupt
           and
           poyson
           the
           better-informed
           judgements
           of
           others
           .
           Nor
           yet
           to
           examine
           his
           frivolous
           supposition
           of
           the
           Plague
           its
           taking
           beginning
           from
           the
           disease
           called
           the
           Scorbu●e
           ;
           or
           the
           
             Lues
             Venerea
          
           its
           Rise
           from
           a
           souldier
           copulating
           with
           a
           
             foul
             Mare
          
           ;
           as
           Holy
           Helmont
           and
           himself
           dream
           :
           a
           most
           beastly
           and
           
             unsavory
             suggestion
          
           !
           and
           bespeaks
           the
           Author
           and
           broacher
           thereof
           ,
           to
           be
           
             Sordidu●
             in
             co●tu
          
           ;
           as
           Astrologers
           say
           those
           are
           ,
           that
           have
           Sa●urn
           and
           Venus
           in
           their
           Nativities
           ,
           in
           Quadrate
           or
           
             Opposite
             Aspect
          
           from
           beas●ial
           signs
           .
        
         
           Not
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           to
           take
           further
           or
           other
           notice
           of
           the
           Author
           o●
           these
           and
           many
           other
           insolent
           and
           unworthy
           passages
           in
           tha●
           
             defiled
             Pamphlet
          
           ,
           he
           calls
           
             A
             consolatory
             advice
          
           ,
           &c.
           it
           being
           (
           a●
           I
           hear
           )
           under
           the
           examination
           of
           a
           better
           hand
           :
           I
           shall
           in
           thi●
           Chapter
           acquaint
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           this
           
             great
             Pest
          
           was
           predicted
           by
           Astrology
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           by
           one
           Astrologer
           alone
           ,
           but
           by
           several
           ;
           as
           by
           these
           several
           passages
           cited
           from
           several
           of
           thei●
           works
           is
           apparent
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Mr.
           
             John
             Booker
          
           in
           his
           
             Telescopium
             Uranicum
          
           ,
           1665
           mentioning
           a
           text
           of
           
             Haly
             de
             judiciis
             Astrorum
          
           ,
           of
           the
           effect
           of
           a
           □
           ♄
           and
           ♂
           (
           such
           an
           Aspect
           happening
           in
           the
           Vernal
           figure
           thence
           predicts
           ,
           
             That
             one
             part
             of
             the
             people
             of
             that
             Clyma●
          
           (
           meaning
           our
           own
           )
           
             shall
             be
             destroyed
             ,
             consumed
             and
             wast
             away
          
        
         
           2.
           
           William
           Andrews
           
             in
             his
             Almanack
             for
             1665.
             in
             the
             Judicials
             of
             the
          
           Aestival
           
             figure
             thereof
             ,
             hath
             these
             words
             :
          
           A●
           in
           regard
           he
           
             (
             that
             is
          
           ,
           Saturn
           )
           is
           in
           the
           eighth
           house
           [
           viz.
           
             the
             hou●
             of
             death
             and
             mortality
             ]
          
           he
           doth
           seem
           thereby
           to
           prenote
           MORTALITY
           ,
           which
           will
           destroy
           and
           bring
           MANY
           to
           the●
           Graves
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Thomas
           Trigge
           
             in
             his
          
           Calendarium
           Astrologicum
           ,
           〈◊〉
           
             in
             his
          
           Junes
           
             observation
             thereof
             ,
             hath
             these
             words
             :
          
           I
           〈◊〉
           much
           fear
           a
           sickly
           season
           in
           earnest
           ;
           from
           which
           evil
           God
           of
           〈◊〉
           mercy
           protect
           this
           great
           and
           populous
           City
           ,
           for
           Mars
           possesse●
           Gemini
           ,
           the
           Ascendant
           of
           London
           .
           
             And
             it
             's
             observable
             that
             th●
          
           Sickness
           
             then
             began
             to
             encrease
          
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           In
           my
           own
           Ephemeris
           for
           the
           present
           year
           1665.
           in
           th●
           moneth
           April
           ,
           at
           what
           time
           the
           Pestilence
           first
           began
           to
           she●
           it self
           ,
           I
           had
           these
           Poetical
           observations
           .
        
         
         
           
             
               If
               England
               keep
               but
               from
               Sickness
               free
               ;
            
             
               Then
               England
               
                 may
                 a
              
               happy
               Kingdom
               be
               .
            
          
           ●hereby
           you
           see
           ,
           I
           feared
           not
           onely
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           but
           the
           ●eat
           damage
           that
           thereby
           this
           Nation
           hath
           sustained
           ,
           and
           i●
           like
           yet
           to
           undergo
           thereby
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           And
           in
           my
           discourse
           of
           the
           Comets
           or
           
             Blazing
             Stars
             ,
             pag.
          
           47.
           thereof
           ;
           after
           a
           consideration
           of
           the
           Natural
           port●nts
           of
           the
           two
           first
           Comets
           ,
           I
           subjoyn
           these
           words
           ;
           
             When
             we
             consider
             these
             several
             dreadful
             significations
          
           (
           which
           I
           there
           at
           large
           mention
           ,
           
             a●
             any
             that
             list
          
           may
           read
           )
           
             it
             may
             put
             us
             all
             to
             our
             ●●●tany
             ,
             From
             War
             ,
          
           PLAGUE
           
             and
             Famine
             ,
             Libera
             nos
             Do●●ine
             !
             Good
             Lord
             deliver
             us
             .
          
        
         
           And
           in
           pag.
           51.
           of
           the
           same
           book
           ,
           as
           having
           a
           sufficient
           〈◊〉
           vision
           of
           the
           present
           Pest
           ,
           from
           the
           apparition
           of
           those
           
             ●●lestial
             Monitor's
          
           the
           Comets
           ,
           and
           other
           eminent
           occurring
           Causes
           ;
           I
           bewail
           the
           world
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           many
           and
           
             terrible
             afflictions
          
           they
           denounce
           unto
           it
           ,
           thus
           :
           
             The
             sword
             is
             an
             enemy
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             sword
             ,
             a
             man
             of
             resolution
             and
             magnanimity
             ,
             may
             contend
             with
             ,
             and
             be
             in
             hopes
             of
             a
             victory
             ;
             but
             the
          
           PLAGUE
           and
           FAMINE
           
             are
             adversaries
             there
             is
             no
             fence
             for
             ,
             or
             defence
             against
             .
             They
             are
             so
             sure
             an
             Ambush
             ,
             that
             the
             subtilty
             of
             all
             the
             Machiavils
             in
             the
             world
             cannot
             enervate
             or
             destroy
             ;
             enemies
             ,
             that
             the
             stoutest
             of
             men
             cannot
             take
             a
             revenge
             upon
             ,
             although
             they
             see
             their
             dearest
             friends
             murdred
             by
             them
             before
             their
             faces
             .
          
           And
           in
           pag.
           53.
           and
           54.
           in
           my
           Catalogue
           of
           places
           that
           were
           by
           those
           Comets
           ,
           &c.
           designed
           to
           suffer
           and
           become
           passive
           ;
           I
           name
           England
           and
           London
           .
           And
           although
           these
           predictions
           be
           particular
           enough
           as
           to
           the
           thing
           in
           question
           ,
           yet
           had
           it
           not
           been
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           lo●th
           to
           affright
           folks
           too
           much
           with
           the
           sence
           or
           thought
           of
           danger
           before
           it
           came
           ,
           I
           could
           have
           been
           
             much
             plainer
          
           ;
           and
           much
           plainer
           I
           was
           also
           ,
           in
           this
           very
           particular
           Pest
           (
           some
           years
           before
           it
           came
           )
           to
           many
           of
           my
           peculiar
           and
           
             better
             knowing
             friends
          
           ,
           as
           are
           yet
           in
           the
           City
           ;
           (
           some
           of
           them
           by
           my
           encouragement
           only
           ;
           )
           and
           I
           am
           confident
           are
           both
           ready
           and
           willing
           to
           a●●est
           the
           truth
           hereof
           ,
           if
           occasion
           required
           it
           ;
           or
           if
           that
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           now
           said
           from
           divers
           others
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           my self
           ,
           in
           print
           ,
           do
           not
           satisfie
           in
           this
           matter
           .
        
         
           Let
           this
           therefore
           (
           in
           this
           place
           )
           suffice
           ,
           to
           prove
           to
           the
           ingenious
           ,
           
           that
           by
           Astrology
           ,
           this
           present
           Pest
           was
           foretold
           ;
           even
           as
           Hippocrates
           (
           that
           Prince
           of
           Physicians
           )
           by
           the
           
             same
             Art
          
           ,
           was
           also
           enabled
           to
           predict
           that
           raging
           Plague
           which
           happened
           in
           his
           time
           ;
           for
           the
           which
           curious
           skill
           ,
           he
           is
           so
           honorably
           remembred
           by
           Sir
           
             Christopher
             Heydon
          
           ,
           in
           his
           unanswerable
           defence
           of
           Astrology
           ,
           as
           also
           by
           many
           other
           eminent
           and
           worthy
           Writers
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           VIII
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Air
           is
           unjustly
           suspected
           to
           lodge
           the
           Contagion
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           received
           generally
           for
           a
           truth
           ,
           that
           the
           Noble
           Element
           of
           Air
           doth
           harbor
           and
           lodge
           the
           Contagion
           ,
           and
           that
           men
           ,
           &c.
           sucke
           in
           a
           kind
           of
           
             venesick
             poisonous
             matter
          
           therewith
           ▪
           and
           so
           come
           to
           be
           infected
           with
           the
           Pestilence
           .
           Which
           i●
           true
           ,
           it
           proves
           Custome
           a
           most
           terrible
           Tyrant
           ,
           in
           following
           whereof
           ,
           the
           Magistrates
           shut
           up
           
             people
             infected
          
           in
           Houses
           or
           Rooms
           ,
           to
           prevent
           the
           spreading
           thereof
           :
           For
           ,
           if
           the
           Air
           be
           at
           such
           a
           time
           infected
           ,
           and
           doth
           really
           harbor
           the
           Contagion
           ;
           the
           hotter
           it
           is
           ,
           the
           more
           infectious
           it
           needs
           must
           be
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           plague
           in
           far
           greater
           danger
           of
           encreasing
           ,
           by
           this
           
             customary
             Care
          
           ,
           then
           if
           it
           were
           wholly
           omitted
           .
           Nay
           ,
           were
           the
           Air
           the
           Palace
           of
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           in
           a
           time
           of
           Sickness
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           even
           dangerous
           for
           persons
           to
           assemble
           either
           in
           Churches
           ,
           or
           
             Courts
             of
             Justice
          
           ;
           nay
           for
           many
           to
           talk
           together
           in
           a
           street
           ,
           since
           the
           uniting
           of
           breaths
           must
           make
           an
           addition
           of
           heat
           ,
           unto
           that
           which
           was
           
             too
             hot
          
           and
           pestilential
           before
           :
           but
           we
           accuse
           the
           
             Air
             unjustly
          
           to
           lodge
           the
           contagion
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           these
           Reasons
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Air
           is
           that
           Element
           ,
           whose
           office
           it
           is
           to
           preserve
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           without
           which
           nothing
           can
           remain
           alive
           ;
           and
           can
           we
           reasonably
           suppose
           it
           should
           be
           able
           to
           estrange
           it self
           so
           much
           from
           its
           
             native
             quality
          
           ,
           as
           to
           lodge
           within
           its
           bosom
           so
           
             destructive
             an
             enemy
             as
             infection
          
           ?
           The
           Air
           being
           a
           pure
           Element
           ,
           is
           attracted
           by
           the
           Lungs
           into
           mans
           body
           ,
           and
           without
           it
           (
           saith
           Dr.
           Brown
           )
           there
           is
           no
           durable
           continuation
           of
           Life
           .
           It
           preserves
           the
           body
           by
           ventilation
           ,
           and
           by
           its
           power
           alone
           ,
           the
           
           
             Natural
             flame
          
           or
           torch
           of
           life
           ,
           is
           kept
           from
           extinction
           .
           That
           therefore
           which
           by
           its
           natural
           vertue
           ,
           is
           the
           preserver
           of
           every
           thing
           that
           hath
           life
           ,
           cannot
           be
           presumed
           to
           entertain
           so
           unhappy
           and
           cruel
           an
           inmate
           ,
           as
           infection
           ,
           it
           being
           supposed
           the
           
             grand
             enemy
          
           to
           ,
           and
           destroyer
           of
           Life
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Anaximenes
           the
           Milesian
           ,
           in
           Plutarch
           ,
           maintaineth
           that
           
             Air
             is
             the
             principle
             of
             the
             world
             ;
             and
             as
             our
             soul
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             which
             is
             Air
             ,
             keepeth
             us
             alive
             ;
             so
             Spirit
             and
             Air
             maintain
             the
             being
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             .
          
           And
           we
           know
           it
           is
           for
           want
           of
           Air
           that
           the
           earth
           refuseth
           to
           bring
           forth
           its
           fruits
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           for
           the
           Aires
           sake
           we
           remove
           some
           Plants
           ,
           and
           open
           the
           roots
           of
           others
           ;
           or
           else
           they
           either
           dye
           ,
           or
           bring
           forth
           
             nothing
             worthy
          
           .
           Nay
           ,
           Fishes
           (
           as
           one
           ingeniously
           observes
           )
           though
           they
           breath
           not
           perceptibly
           ;
           yet
           we
           see
           the
           want
           of
           Air
           kills
           them
           :
           as
           when
           a
           long
           and
           tedious
           Frost
           ,
           imprisons
           a
           Pond
           in
           Ice
           .
           It
           cannot
           therefore
           be
           ,
           that
           
             that
             Element
          
           which
           hath
           all
           these
           noble
           and
           
             preserving
             qualities
          
           ,
           should
           lodge
           so
           foul
           a
           guest
           as
           the
           Contagion
           .
        
         
           
             3.
             
             The
          
           Air
           
             (
             saith
             learned
          
           Feltham
           )
           
             is
             not
          
           corruptible
           ;
           
             we
             speak
          
           falsely
           ,
           when
           we
           say
           the
           Air
           infecteth
           ;
           the
           Air
           it self
           ever
           clarifies
           ,
           and
           is
           always
           working
           out
           that
           taint
           ,
           which
           would
           mix
           with
           it
           .
           Every
           breath
           we
           take
           ,
           it
           goes
           unto
           our
           heart
           to
           cool
           it
           .
           Our
           Veins
           ,
           Arteries
           ,
           Nerves
           ,
           and
           in
           most
           Marrow
           ,
           are
           all
           vivified
           by
           their
           participation
           of
           Air
           ;
           and
           so
           indeed
           is
           every
           thing
           that
           the
           world
           holds
           ;
           as
           if
           this
           were
           the
           Soul
           that
           gave
           it
           livelihood
           .
           
             It
             were
             therefore
             great
             presumption
             ,
             for
             so
          
           defiled
           
             and
             unclean
             a
          
           Companion
           
             as
             the
          
           Contagion
           ,
           
             to
             attempt
             the
             taking
             up
             of
             so
             fair
             and
          
           pure
           quarters
           ,
           
             as
             the
          
           Air
           
             affords
             :
             And
             however
             the
          
           Air
           
             is
             come
             to
             be
             charged
             ,
             it
             is
          
           below
           Reason
           ,
           
             to
             think
             that
          
           Pure
           and
           Impure
           
             can
             at
             all
             agree
             .
             The
          
           Air
           
             therefore
             cannot
          
           lodge
           the
           Contagion
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           If
           the
           Contagion
           should
           keep
           its
           court
           in
           the
           Air
           ,
           as
           the
           Air
           it self
           altered
           ,
           so
           should
           the
           Contagion
           :
           but
           we
           see
           the
           contrary
           is
           true
           ,
           therefore
           the
           Air
           hath
           nothing
           to
           do
           in
           lodging
           with
           the
           Contagion
           .
        
         
           The
           Learned
           Sir
           
             C.
             H.
          
           saith
           ,
           
             In
             a
             general
             mortality
             ,
             we
             cannot
             impute
             an
             infection
             to
             the
             Air
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             operations
             of
             the
             Elements
             ,
             as
             to
             intensive
             or
             excessive
             heat
             or
             cold
          
           (
           which
           we
           must
           
           do
           ,
           did
           the
           Contagion
           truely
           lodge
           there
           )
           
             sith
             it
             is
             evident
             even
             by
          
           Aristotle
           
             himself
             ,
             that
             the
             Elements
             are
             altered
             ,
             and
             have
             their
             qualities
             from
             ▪
             heaven
             .
          
           And
           besides
           ,
           the
           long
           continuance
           or
           duration
           of
           a
           Pestilence
           ,
           as
           sometimes
           a
           
             whole
             year
          
           ,
           somtimes
           two
           or
           three
           ,
           doth
           sufficiently
           prove
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           be
           reasonably
           thought
           to
           proceed
           from
           the
           Air
           ,
           or
           the
           intention
           of
           heat
           and
           cold
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           elementary
           qualities
           ,
           because
           they
           vary
           many
           times
           in
           the
           
             same
             day
          
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           in
           
             succession
             of
             seasons
          
           :
           And
           we
           know
           ,
           that
           the
           state
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           &c.
           is
           of
           a
           quite
           different
           and
           contrary
           disposition
           in
           Winter
           to
           that
           which
           it
           is
           in
           Summer
           ;
           therefore
           the
           Contagion
           cannot
           remain
           in
           the
           Air.
           
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           in
           that
           great
           Pestilence
           in
           Germany
           which
           happened
           in
           the
           years
           1598.
           and
           1599.
           the
           Learned
           Physicians
           of
           Vienna
           themselves
           acknowledge
           (
           at
           the
           instance
           and
           request
           of
           the
           
             Archduke
             Matthias
          
           )
           t●at
           although
           they
           might
           presume
           some
           
             neer
             Cause
          
           thereof
           in
           the
           Air
           ,
           yet
           the
           true
           and
           
             certain
             causes
          
           of
           it
           were
           in
           the
           Heavens
           ,
           the
           Planets
           and
           their
           Aspects
           ,
           as
           is
           testified
           by
           Asuerus
           in
           Iatromathematicis
           ,
           p.
           206.
           
           My
           Author
           yet
           goes
           further
           ▪
           and
           says
           ,
           that
           they
           mentioned
           a
           preceding
           Comet
           in
           the
           
             earthly
             sign
             Taurus
          
           (
           such
           a
           one
           as
           happened
           with
           us
           at
           Christmas
           1664.
           )
           and
           some
           notable
           Conjunctions
           of
           the
           Planets
           ,
           to
           be
           
             (
             Post
             Deum
          
           )
           the
           true
           and
           
             absolute
             causes
          
           thereof
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           if
           these
           Learned
           persons
           had
           been
           fully
           satisfied
           ,
           that
           the
           Air
           had
           lodged
           the
           Contagion
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           infection
           had
           inhabited
           there
           ;
           they
           needed
           not
           to
           have
           climed
           to
           Heaven
           to
           find
           a
           more
           
             noble
             cause
          
           thereof
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           shall
           ask
           me
           (
           now
           )
           whence
           cometh
           the
           Pestilence
           ?
           since
           I
           deny
           it
           to
           inhabit
           the
           Air
           ;
           I
           answer
           ,
           
             that
             it
             comes
             from
             the
             Heavens
          
           ;
           as
           in
           the
           
             first
             Chapter
          
           I
           have
           already
           sufficiently
           p●oved
           ,
           and
           it
           were
           but
           
             actum
             agere
          
           ,
           to
           do
           it
           here
           again
           .
           But
           if
           then
           any
           shall
           enquire
           further
           ,
           how
           it
           comes
           ?
           I
           answer
           ,
           by
           that
           Magnetick
           power
           of
           the
           heavens
           ,
           by
           which
           all
           things
           in
           Nature
           ,
           and
           
             Natures
             self
          
           is
           preserved
           .
           As
           a
           Needle
           will
           work
           toward
           a
           Loadstone
           ,
           though
           thorow
           a
           board
           of
           considerable
           thickness
           ;
           so
           our
           bodies
           bend
           to
           the
           influences
           of
           the
           
             heavenly
             bodies
          
           ,
           by
           whose
           power
           and
           vertue
           ,
           they
           are
           
             attracted
             higher
          
           or
           
             tower
             ,
             in
          
           and
           
             through
             all
             the
             changes
             and
             chances
             of
             this
             mortal
          
           
           life
           .
           For
           ▪
           as
           my
           worthy
           friend
           Dr.
           
             Ed.
             Bolnest
          
           ,
           in
           his
           
             Med.
             Inst
          
           .
           ●
           .
           ●4
           .
           hath
           truly
           urged
           it
           ,
           
             There
             is
             nothing
             above
             ,
             but
             hath
             its
             lik●●ess
             below
             ;
             and
             whatever
             is
             below
             ,
             hath
             the
             same
             vertue
             with
             〈◊〉
             which
             is
             above
             .
             Heaven
             and
             earth
             ,
          
           the
           things
           above
           ,
           and
           things
           below
           ,
           are
           like
           
             two
             Lutes
          
           equally
           strung
           ;
           the
           one
           being
           touched
           ,
           the
           other
           answers
           it
           ,
           with
           a
           like
           sound
           .
        
      
       
         
           Conclusion
           .
        
         
           FRom
           what
           hath
           been
           said
           in
           the
           preceding
           discourse
           ,
           these
           several
           Conclusions
           naturally
           emerge
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           the
           true
           and
           proper
           
             natural
             causes
          
           of
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           are
           the
           Aspects
           and
           influences
           of
           the
           Heavens
           ;
           and
           when
           we
           attribute
           so
           great
           an
           effect
           to
           other
           less
           and
           
             inconsiderable
             causes
          
           ,
           we
           strangely
           erre
           :
           and
           make
           the
           Gates
           too
           big
           for
           the
           ●i●y
           :
           the
           building
           too
           ponderous
           for
           the
           foundation
           .
           A
           Mouse
           can't
           cast
           
             a
             shaddow
          
           like
           an
           Elephant
           ,
           nor
           a
           Molehill
           like
           the
           
             Alpine
             mountaines
          
           .
           If
           the
           effect
           be
           great
           ,
           so
           must
           the
           cause
           ,
           else
           
             Nature
             knew
             not
             Geometry
          
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           the
           Pestilence
           cannot
           last
           above
           
             four
             years
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           in
           
             one
             place
          
           or
           Country
           ;
           for
           in
           that
           time
           ,
           it
           either
           abateth
           of
           it self
           ,
           o●
           is
           removed
           unto
           some
           other
           Country
           ,
           &c.
           as
           
             Celestial
             causes
          
           please
           to
           pre-appoint
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           they
           that
           assert
           Plagues
           to
           continue
           ,
           sometimes
           eight
           ,
           sometimes
           
             fifteen
             years
          
           ,
           or
           more
           [
           I
           mean
           ,
           in
           its
           raging
           effects
           ]
           are
           wrong
           in
           their
           Conclusions
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           believed
           .
           He
           that
           by
           
             second
             causes
          
           appoints
           beginnings
           to
           Pestilences
           ,
           proportionates
           unto
           them
           proper
           Mediums
           and
           Periods
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           the
           several
           Plagues
           which
           happened
           Anno
           1593
           ,
           1603
           ,
           1625
           ▪
           and
           1636.
           received
           their
           
             beginnings
             ,
             increase
             ,
             abatements
          
           ,
           and
           
             periods
             ,
             proportionate
          
           to
           the
           energy
           of
           
             Celestial
             Influences
          
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           
             Stations
             ,
             Transits
          
           ,
           and
           ill
           Aspects
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Mars
           ,
           in
           a
           time
           of
           Sickness
           ,
           are
           the
           ●ugmentors
           thereof
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Transits
             ,
             Aspects
          
           and
           Station●
           of
           Jupiter
           and
           Venus
           ,
           the
           Alleviators
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           this
           
             present
             Plague
          
           (
           God
           not
           a●●ering
           or
           suspending
           
           the
           power
           he
           hath
           given
           to
           
             second
             ca●ses
          
           )
           will
           abate
           about
           the
           
             later
             end
          
           of
           September
           1665.
           and
           the
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           less
           apace
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           That
           the
           Pestilence
           of
           it self●
           is
           not
           catching
           :
           That
           it
           is
           the
           timidity
           of
           our
           affections
           ,
           which
           occasions
           the
           (
           supposed
           )
           Infection
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           That
           those
           persons
           which
           flye
           from
           the
           Plague
           ,
           are
           the
           most
           subject
           unto
           it
           ;
           by
           seeking
           to
           
             ●hu●
             dangers
          
           ,
           we
           often
           rush
           into
           them
           .
           God
           hath
           not
           a
           con●roversie
           ●o
           much
           with
           wood
           and
           stones
           ,
           as
           with
           
             men
             ▪
          
           and
           the
           rod
           of
           his
           anger
           ,
           is
           not
           so
           much
           for
           punishment
           of
           Cities
           and
           Houses
           ,
           as
           their
           
             Inhabitants
             .
             God
          
           can
           find
           us
           o●t
           ▪
           though
           
             we
             hide
             our selves
          
           behind
           
             Rocks
             and
             Mountains
          
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           That
           this
           present
           Plague
           was
           
             fore●old
             by
             Astrology
          
           ;
           and
           that
           no
           other
           Art
           whatsoever
           ,
           is
           capable
           of
           predictions
           of
           this
           kind
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           That
           the
           Air
           is
           
             unjustly
             suspected
             to
             lodge
             the
             Contagion
             :
          
           it
           being
           so
           noble
           an
           element
           ,
           and
           so
           advantagious
           ,
           that
           without
           it
           we
           cannot
           live
           or
           
             move
             ▪
          
           It
           is
           the
           only
           preserver
           of
           mankind
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Causa
             sine
             qua
             ●on
          
           ,
           of
           the
           vivification
           of
           all
           things
           .
           Which
           seriously
           considered
           ,
           whispers
           unto
           us
           ,
           this
           
             great
             truth
          
           :
        
         
           
             That
             th●
          
           shutting
           up
           of
           People
           in
           a
           time
           of
           Sickne●s
           ,
           and
           d●nying
           them
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           is
           no
           small
           propinquate
           cause
           
             (
             at
             least
          
           )
           of
           the
           increase
           of
           the
           Co●●agion
           .
        
         
           For
           by
           how
           much
           the
           more
           Men
           are
           abridged
           their
           
             Customary
             liberty
          
           ,
           by
           so
           much
           the
           more
           are
           they
           subject
           to
           Fear
           ;
           and
           the
           greater
           their
           Fear
           is
           ,
           th●
           seener
           do
           they
           meet
           the
           ill
           they
           dread
           .
           But
           see
           more
           of
           this
           in
           the
           
             sixth
             Chapter
          
           of
           the
           forego●ng
           d●s●curse
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           time
           of
           the
           
             Levitical
             Law
          
           ,
           men
           were
           not
           to
           be
           shut
           up
           above
           
             seven
             days
          
           ,
           and
           then
           on●ly
           the
           
             uncl●an
             pe●son
             ▪
          
           and
           this
           after
           the
           Priest
           had
           seen
           
             good
             reason
          
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           amended
           either
           before
           ,
           or
           at
           the
           
             seven
             days
          
           end
           ,
           then
           the
           Priest
           pronounced
           him
           clean
           .
           But
           we
           in
           this
           Age
           ,
           
             shut
             up
          
           not
           onely
           the
           
             unclean
             ▪
          
           but
           the
           Sound
           and
           Sick
           together
           ;
           (
           the
           onely
           way
           to
           be
           rid
           of
           all
           ;
           if
           at
           the
           least
           〈◊〉
           be
           such
           a
           thing
           as
           Infection
           )
           And
           i●
           in
           a
           Family
           of
           ten
           or
           more
           ,
           one
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           though
           all
           the
           rest
           be
           sound
           and
           healthy
           ,
           we
           
             shut
             up
             the
             living
             ,
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             ●he
             dead
          
           ;
           and
           debar
           them
           the
           benefit
           of
           (
           those
           great
           and
           known
           preservers
           of
           health
           )
           the
           Air
           ,
           and
           Exercise
           ,
           a
           Month
           at
           least
           together
           .
        
         
           A
           
             Custome
             strangely
             tyrannous
          
           !
           and
           I
           am
           afraid
           savors
           more
           of
           Barbarism
           then
           Christian●ty
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           is
           〈◊〉
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           Old
           ,
           and
           to
           Charity
           ;
           so
           beyond
           question
           it
           is
           ,
           a●●●ath
           been
           considerably
           detrimental
           ,
           and
           injurious
           to
           the
           Lives
           of
           very
           many
           thousands
           in
           this
           
             great
             City
             ▪
          
           whose
           only
           ●lory
           is
           in
           her
           numerous
           Inhabitants
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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