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1744

HUDIBRAS,

IN THREE PARTS,

Written in the Time of

THE LATE WARS:

Corrected and Amended.

WITH

LARGE AΝΝΟΤΑΤIONS,

AND A PREFACE,

BY

ZACHARY GREY, LL. D.

Adorn'd with a new Set of Cuts.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

Printed by J. BETTENHAM, for W. Innys, A. Ward,
Meff. J. and P. Knapton, D. Browne, S. Birt, T. Long-
man, T. Woodward, C. Hitch, J. Oswald, J. Shuckburgh,
J. Hodges, E. Wicksteed, Meff. Ward and Chandler,
G. Hawkins, Mess. J. and R. Tonson, M. Cooper,
R. Wellington, and C. Bathurst.

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HUDIBRAS

:

The ARGUMENT of

THE THIRD CANTO.

The Knight, with various Doubts possest,

To win the Lady goes in Quest
Of Sidrophel, the Rofy-Crucian,

To know the Deft'nies Resolution;

With whom b'ing met, they both chop Logick,

About the Science Aftrologick;
Till falling from Dispute to Fight,
The Conj'rer's worsted by the Knight.

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OUBTLESS the Pleasure is as great
Of being cheated, as to cheat :

This whole Canto is design'd to expose Aftrologers, FortuneTellers, and Conjurers. In Banter of whom, Dr. James Young, (in his Tract, intitled, Sidrophel Vapulans, &c. 1699. p. 35.) informs us, "That in 'the Pontificate of some such holy Father as Gregory the Seventh, a Lover of the Black Art; one of the "Tribe craved of his Holiness, a Protector, or Patron-Saint for Aftrologers, like as other Arts had: The good Pontiff willing to oblige a Faculty he lov'd well, gave him the Choice of all " in Saint Peter's. The humble Servant of Urania, depending " upon the Direction of good Stars, to a good Angel, went to "the choice Hoodwinkt, and groping among the Images, the " first he laid Hand on was that of the Devil in Combat with " Saint Michael; had he chosen with his Eyes open, he could "not have met with a better Protector for so Diabolical an Art."

'Twas a Custom in Alexandria formerly, for Aftrologers to pay a certain Tribute, which they call'd Fool's-Pence, because it was taken from the Gains which Aftrologers made by their own ingenious Folly, and credulous Dotage of their Admirers. [Turkish Spy, vol. 8. book 4. chap. 10.] See Judicial Aftrology, expofed by Cervantes, Don Quixote. Vol. 3. chap. 25.

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