The Bloody Almanack: to which England is directed, to fore-know what shall come to passe, by that famous Astrologer, M. John Booker. Being a perfect Abstract of the Prophecies proved out of Scripture, by the noble Napier, etc

John Napier

Jan 1643 · For Anthony Vincent

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On the title-page to this tract is a woodcut, representing two stars with clouds about them. Above is "The guide of Astrologers"; "Astra regunt homines, sed regit astra Deus" appears below. Under the latter inscription is a half-length figure of a bearded man, with a staff in his left hand (? Booker). Near him is the Devil, holding a two-thonged whip. Behind the Devil is "The Crosse of Rome" a carriage, in which are seated the pope, a pilgrim holding a cross, and a naked human figure with a cross on the forehead. Below this is "Rome" a city with churches. On the right of Booker, if it be he, is "London" a city. Above the last is "The Joy of England", i.e. a king (probably King Charles the First) on a throne with two councillors seated at either hand, and two men kneeling at a bar before him. On the king's left is "The destruction of the World" showing a curtain half withdrawn from before a dark field or ground, on which lie many feathers or fallen leaves. A skull and cross-bones occupy the lower corner of the woodcut, below the last.

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To which England is directed....it was free but its interesting...