William Lilly's History of His Life and Times, from the Year 1602 to 1681
William Lilly's History of His Life and Times, from the Year 1602 to 1681

Author: William Lilly

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-11-29

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13:

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"William Lilly's History of His Life and Times, from 1602 to 1681" is an autobiography of William Lilly, a seventeenth-century English astrologer. He developed the reputation of the most important astrologer in England through his social and political connections. In the book, Lilly, who predicted the Great Plague and the Great Fire, tells about his triumphs and adversities. He pays spacial attention to lawsuits and disputes, questioning the godliness of his art and the contents of his predictions, which sometimes offended or worried the publics.

William Lilly's History of His Life and Times from the Year 1602 To 1681
William Lilly's History of His Life and Times from the Year 1602 To 1681

Author: William Lilly

Publisher:

Published: 2007-12-01

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9781435383791

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Written by himself in the sixty-sixth year of his age, to his worthy friend, Elias Ashmole. Published from the original manuscript London, 1715. The author calculates nativities, casts figures, predicts events, and other appendages of astrology. He relates many anecdotes of the pretenders to foretell events, raise spirits, and other impostures, with such seeming candor, and with such an artless simplicity of style. Includes entertaining history of Doctor Dee, Doctor Forman, Booker, Winder, Kelly, Evans, the famous William Poole, and Captain Bubb Fiske, Sarah Shelborne, and many others. Illustrated.