A Figure erected to know whether Sir WILLIAM WALLER, or

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The ascendant is for our Army the ☽ ♃ and ♀ for our General's, viz. Sir William & Major Generall Brown, a valiant & prudent citizen of London, who may justly Challenge a large share of honor in that days service: Sir Ralph Hopton Is signified by ♄ Lord of the seventh, his Army by ♑, in the descending part of heaven, which is usually given to the Friends and Assistants of the Enemy; there is only ♂ and ☋♄ in the ninth, so that by this it appeered Sir Ralph had no supply ready to attend that days success, &c. From the existence of the ☽ in her exaltation, and in the eleventh house with ♃, she being Lady of the ascendant, and having principal signification for us and our Army, engaged for the Parliament; I concluded all was, and would be well on our side, and the victory ours: by her separation from ♃, I said, I did verily conceive we had gained already from them some ammunition, or performed some service against them, which judgment was more strengthened by ☉, Lord of our assistants and substance, posited in the tenth house, in the very degree of his Exaltation; and though I did Imagine, by reason of the proximity of ♄ to ☉, we should not gain the whole, or have a perfect victory without diminution of some part of it, yet I was confident we should obtain a considerable proportion of their Ammunition, and obtain a compleat victory, the only thing enquired after; for that the ☽ did apply to ♀, and then to a ✶ of ☉, he angular, I acquainted the querent that within eleven or twelve hours after the question we should have perfect newes, and it pleasing and good; for considering the fight was within fifty miles of London, I ordered my time according to discretion, not allowing dayes for the time, but hours; for you see the ☽ is distant from ♀ eleven degrees, but withall is in her swift motion, and encreasing in light, all which were arguments of our successe, and the Enemies routing; as it did appear the same Friday by a Letter that came from the Army, certifying, that our General took the Thursday before, one hundred and twenty Commanders and Gentlemen, five hundred and sixty common Souldiers, much Ammunition. That according to natural causes in Art, the Enemy should be worsted, I had these reasons; first because ♄ the Lord Hopton's Significator is sub radiis, next, he is in his fall; thirdly, in no aspect of any Planet, but wholly peregrine and unfortunate, beholding the cusp of the seventh with a □ dexter, arguing losse to his Army, and dishonour to himself by fight, &c.

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29 March 1644