An edition of A defensative against the poyson of supposed prophecies (1583)

A defensative against the poyson of supposed prophecies

not hitherto confuted by the penne of any man, which being grounded, eyther uppon the warrant and authority of old paynted bookes, expositions of dreames, oracles, revelations, inuocations of damned spirites, iudicialles of astrologie, or any other kinde of pretended knowledge whatsoever, de futuris contingentibus, have beene causes of great disorder in the common wealth, and cheefely among the simple and unlearned people : very needefull to be published at this time, considering the great offence, which grew by most palpable and grosse errours in astrology

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An edition of A defensative against the poyson of supposed prophecies (1583)

A defensative against the poyson of supposed prophecies

not hitherto confuted by the penne of any man, which being grounded, eyther uppon the warrant and authority of old paynted bookes, expositions of dreames, oracles, revelations, inuocations of damned spirites, iudicialles of astrologie, or any other kinde of pretended knowledge whatsoever, de futuris contingentibus, have beene causes of great disorder in the common wealth, and cheefely among the simple and unlearned people : very needefull to be published at this time, considering the great offence, which grew by most palpable and grosse errours in astrology

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1583

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Printed by Iohn Charlewood, printer to the right honourable earle of Arundell

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English

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2 A defensative against the poyson of supposed prophecies: not hitherto confuted by the pen of any man, which being grounded, either vpon the warrant and authority of old painted bookes, expositions of dreames, oracles, reuelations, inuocations of damned spirits, iudicials of astrologie, or any other kinde of pretended knowledge whatsoeuer, de futuris contingentibus, haue beene causes of great disorder in the Common-wealth, especially among the simple and vnlearned people : very needfull to be published, considering the great offence, which grew by most palpable and grosse errors in astrologie 1620, Printed by Iohn Charlewood ... 1583, and reprinted by W. Iaggard and to be sold by Mathew Lownes ... in English - Now newly reuised, and diuided into diuers seueral heads and chapters.	zzzz Locate
3 A defensative against the poyson of supposed prophecies: not hitherto confuted by the penne of any man, which being grounded, eyther uppon the warrant and authority of old paynted bookes, expositions of dreames, oracles, revelations, inuocations of damned spirites, iudicialles of astrologie, or any other kinde of pretended knowledge whatsoever, de futuris contingentibus, have beene causes of great disorder in the common wealth, and cheefely among the simple and unlearned people : very needefull to be published at this time, considering the great offence, which grew by most palpable and grosse errours in astrology 1583, Printed by Iohn Charlewood, printer to the right honourable earle of Arundell in English	aaaa Locate

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Title-page varies: quotations from Job begin 1) 'Quomodo ... / How steadfast ...' or 2) 'Quare ... / Wherefore' or 3) are replaced by a lock of type ornaments.--STC (2nd ed.).

Signatures: [par.]⁴ *⁴ [sec.]² A-Y⁴ Aa-Rr⁴(Rr4 blank)

STC (2nd ed.) 13858.

Gift; Harold T. White and Mrs. Hugh D. Marshall; 26 December 1941; 41-2023.

Source unknown; 24210.3.2*.

Gabriel Harvey's copy, with his ms. annotations; armorial bookplate of William Horatio Crawford.

Sir Christopher Hatton's copy, bound in contemporary calf, with gilt armorial stamp of Hatton's on front cover.

This copy has the second state of the title-page; A1 and E4 are cancels.

Rebound in modern gilt morocco.

This copy has the third state of the title-page.

Published in: At London

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Pagination: [332] p.
Number of pages: 332

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Open Library: OL61508027M
OCLC/WorldCat: 612737152

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