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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![se eat re eee Sen 2 ——S + aimee TE eco ne antes copni ; + ee ee ge eS a ee ie ee i = Migs = . 2 4. ™ Sk a ae = e4gen. — i ¥o erhaitafwentonT reatife. fith l'hold hint not, onely, an enemieto himfelfe, but, befides to the, publike fafetie, that for the coufenage of fome impos ftors, fhall therefore reie& and condemne the found direéti- on and artificiall remedies , which the learned phy fitian.pre« ferrbeth for the health.of man... : onde hating _ Yetinot to let thefe titles pafle vnexamined, which he hath before remembred, whereas he attributeth them onely.to the Profeffours of Aftrologie;lan{wer, that either they pertaine not'to Aftroldgie atall., or-not otherwife then as the Profef- fours theteof did ioyne-enchantinent , forcerie , witchcraft, fouthfaying,and al kind of valawful diuinations with it, That the (haldat, Aathematsci,and Azagi did pradtife all thefe.artes, appeareth fir{t in the word of God, Dan. 2.ver.2.where,with Aitrélogers, the Chaldeans; Magitsans,and Sorcerers,are ioy* ned. And in theig.verfe(as TremeHis and othershaue noted) the word Chaldes is abfolately and {pecially vfed for all the kindes beforeremembred:: This’ allo Diodorss Stcu]us,lib.2: cap.8 Feporteth that the Chaldes (who: with the Babylonians had the fame’ refpeét and honour, which the: Priefts hada- mong the Egyptians,inal-diuine.and humane affaires)did not onely excellin Aftrologie but befides: profefled: Augurie; interpretation of dreamés,nchatments,and thelike, whereb they both repell harmes frofh men , and procure their edie Tullie,1.de dssinatione,maketh the'word Chaldzi to be Gentit, non Artis vocabulum. sti} a aston ») Asforthofewhome they:call AZathematics, T am taughtby Tobannes MU ercurius Mar|fhemins toantwer; that the foluti= of'of: this word, depenideth much vpon the. Orthograpbie cus with an afpiration, and without an afpiration: For At ates maticus without.an afpirationis fo called ofthe: Greeke word eeréveits which fignifieth to be madde,or vaine. From whence Matematiia is héld; as it were a madnes,and vanitic. And this is thate-A atematscke'profeffion, which the Emperour fors biddeth: Bat cALarhemaricus, asit is writtenby 47. Chamber, with.an afpirationgis:deriued :of ylddydy which fignifieth to leakne, fromwhencethe Matheniaticall/aitsjare called Dz/ci- = nn ——SSSSS— = ———— 2 — SS =](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30331031_0034.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
