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In the following excerpt, first published in 1647, Lilly defines some appropriate considerations for the disciple of astrology.
My Friend, whoever thou art, that with so much ease shalt receive the be...
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The following is the text of the indictment filed against Lilly in 1654, charging him with unlawfully giving judgement on some stolen goods.
The Jurors for the Lord Protector of the Common Wealth of E...
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In the following excerpt from his autobiography, written in 1668, Lilly outlines how he came to be introduced to astrology.
It happened on one Sunday 1632, as my self and a Justice of Peace's C...
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Below is the epitaph written by Smalridge, then a scholar at Westminster, on the occasion of Lilly's death in 1681.
Our Prophet's gone; no longer may our EarsBe charm'd with Musi...
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In this essay, Walford details the historical background and significance of astrology, leading up to Lilly.
Astrology, which Mr. [G. O.] Fisher defines as "the Science of the Stars," is...
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Here, Lord summarizes Lilly's life and career, stating that he "may be considered as the last of the 'scientific' astrologers."
It is not for the present age, with i...
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In the following excerpt, Briggs gives a brief biographical overview of Lilly.
Every century is a period of change, but the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in England saw greater revolutions of th...
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Below, Parker assesses Lilly's works, from his first almanacs to his later books.
The first of Lilly's own almanacs, the Merlinus Anglicus of June 1644, was a relatively slender affair o...
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In the essay below, Curry discusses Lilly's primary role in establishing judicial astrology in mid-seventeenth-century England.
Two men in particular acted as the focus for judicial astrology i...
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Critical Essay by William Lilly
