A defence of judiciall astrologie, in answer to a treatise lately published by M. John Chamber / [Sir Christopher Heydon].
- Christopher Heydon
- Date:
- 1603
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A defence of judiciall astrologie, in answer to a treatise lately published by M. John Chamber / [Sir Christopher Heydon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![fdevatis; non'veperio plures quam ab Aitronomis fant nerate: Whichis direétly contrarie to that which 44. Chamber and Pererius {appofe. And fo conftantis Clevixs inthis point, that there he taketh away all -obieétions to the contrarie, and anfwereththat'placein ihe 15:0 Genefis, where God biddeth Abrakamsto number the ftarres. : This then beeing with more reafon denyed, then itis af- firmed by him, he affumes neuertheleffe, that which will not be graunted, and thereupon inferreth, that sf the farres which catife the effects be unkuowne , the effetts them/elues tan not be knowne, feemngienery thing muft be knowne by his canfes. Andto admit dp affirmeth , yet will it not greatly aduantage his caufe, fith thefe vnknowne ftarres , can conftitute no fore enall difference inthings. For as Scotus teacheth, all that they could in likelihood performe,werebutto intend, or remit the vertues of the more illuftrious and knowne ftarres. For I thinke he will not denie , but that in all reafon , the knowne {tarres are‘of vreater vertue then thofe remote, and inuifible ftarres can be. Wherefore this beeing fo, either they are of like vertue to the former , or of vnlike and differing properties. Ifhe afirme the firft; ie ftandeth with all reafon to giue the denomination of the effeét to the more principal] {tarres , ra ther then to the yvnknowne , becaufe thefe are but coope. yating and helpmg vnto the other, and therefore the a@tion to beafcribed vntothe principal agents. Butif he fay thefe vnknowne ftarresare of an vnlike , and differing vertue: yet feeing the vnknowne muft in all fenfe and probabilitie be the more weake,(as they are both further remote, and leffe by his owne fuppofition) the vertue of thofe that.are knowne , can not but preuaile For though thofe imaginarie ftarres,be ad- mitted ‘to diminith from the greatnefle of the effeé inthe knowne ftatres; yet confidering the effects depend vpon both caufes ;they are moft properly attributed to thofe which are the more powerfull and knowne. As for example, he can not but know by ex: erience in his owne profeflion ; for in preparing Opium ,he mixeth Saffron, Mirrhe, and Cafforenm, ‘beeing all of d)contrarie nature : yet neuerthelefle , though aib Pi thefe wu](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30331031_0143.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
