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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

by Henry Howard Earl of Northampton

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  • 16th century
  • Language: English

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Traditions: Astrology, Prophecy, oracles, and revelation

Subjects: Early works to 1800, Astrology, Prophecies, Anonymous (armorial)

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Why this book is in the catalog

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

  • Astrology

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

    • Astrology· via Open Library
    • Astrology· in subtitle
    • Astrology· in subject
    • Astrology· in edition subtitle
  • Prophecy, oracles, and revelation

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Prophecies” and “Prophecy”. Retained metadata contains “Prophecies” in the title, “Oracles” in the subtitle, “Prophecies” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

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

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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

Open Library record

1583Printed by Iohn Charlewood, printer to the right honourable earle of ArundellEnglishNo ebook

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  • Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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openlibrary-work:OL7712902W
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