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A defensatiue against the poyson of supposed prophesies

not hitherto confuted by the penne of any man, which being grounded, eyther vppon the warrant and authority of olde paynted bookes, expositions of dreames, oracles, reuelations, inuocations of damned spirites, iudicialles of astrologie, or any other kinde of pretended knowledge whatsoeuer, de futuris contingentibus: haue beene causes of great disorder in the common wealth, cheefly among the simple and vnlearned people: very needefull to be published at this time, considering the late offence which grew by most palpable and grosse errours in astrology.

by Henry Howard Earl of Northampton

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  • 16th century
  • Language: English

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Traditions: Prophecy, oracles, and revelation

Subjects: Early works to 1800, Controversial literature, Prophecy

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Prophecy, oracles, and revelation.

  • Prophecy, oracles, and revelation

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Prophecies” and “Prophecy”. Retained metadata contains “Oracles” in the subtitle, “Prophecy” in the subject metadata, and “Oracles” in the edition subtitle.

    • Prophecies· via Open Library
    • Prophecy· via Open Library
    • Oracles· in subtitle
    • Prophecy· in subject
    • Oracles· in edition subtitle

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not hitherto confuted by the penne of any man, which being grounded, eyther vppon the warrant and authority of olde paynted bookes, expositions of dreames, oracles, reuelations, inuocations of damned spirites, iudicialles of astrologie, or any other kinde of pretended knowledge whatsoeuer, de futuris contingentibus: haue beene causes of great disorder in the common wealth, cheefly among the simple and vnlearned people: very needefull to be published at this time, considering the late offence which grew by most palpable and grosse errours in astrology.

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1583Printed by Iohn Charlewood, printer to the right Honourable Earle of ArundellEnglishNo ebook

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