Book II, Chap. LIX. Of the seven governers of the world, the Planets, and of their various names serving to Magicall speeches.

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MOreover they did call those seven governors of the world (as Hermes cals them) Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, Venus, Mercury, and the Moon, by many names, and epithites; viz. calling Saturn Coelius, sithe-bearer, the father of the Gods, the Lord of the time, the high Lord, the great, the wise, the intelligent, ingenious revolutor, of a long space, an old man of great profundity, the author of secret contemplation, impressing, or depressing great thoughts in the hearts of men, destroying and preserving all things, overturning force and power, and constituting, a keeper of secret things, and a shewer of them, causing the loss, and finding of the author of life and death. So Jupiter is called as it were a helping Father, the King of heaven, Magnanimous, thundering lightning, unconquered, high and mighty, great and mighty good, fortunate, sweet, mild, of good will, honest, pure walking well, and in honor, the Lord of joy, and of judgements, wise, true, the shewer of truth, the judge of all things excelling all in goodness, the Lord of riches, and wisdome Mars is called Mavors, powerfull in war, bloody, powerful in arms, a sword bearer, magnanimous, bold, untamed, generous, lightning, of great power and furious hast, against who none can defend himself if he resist him, who destroyes th• strong, and powerfull, and deposeth Kings from their throne the Lord of heat and power, the Lord of fiery heat, and the planet of blood; who inflames the hearts of contende• and gives them boldness. The Sun is called Phaebus, Diespit Apollo, Titan, Pean Phanes, Horus, Osiris, as it is in that Ora•
The Sun, Osyris, Dionysius gay,
Apollo, Horus, King ruling the day
Who changeth times, who giveth winds and rain,
The King of Stars, and the immortall flame.
He is called also Arcitenens, burning fiery, golden flaming radiating, of a fiery hair, of a golden hair, the eye of the world, Lucifer, seeing all things, ruling all things, the creator of light, the King of Stars, the great Lord, good, fortunate, honest, pure, prudent, intelligent, wise, shining over the whole world, governing, and vivifying all bodies that have a soul, the prince of the world keeping all the Stars under himself, the light of all the Stars, darkening, burning overcoming their vertue by his approach, yet by his light and splendor giving light and splendor to all things: in the night he is called Dionysius, but in the day Apollo, as if driving away evill things. Therefore the Athenians called him Alexicacon, and Homer Vlion. i. e. the driver away of evil things. He is also called Phaehus from his beauty and brightness, and Vulcan from his fiery violence, because the force thereof consists of many fires. He is also called the Sun, because he contains the light of all the Stars: hence he is called by the Assyrians 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Adad, which signifies only, and by the Hebrews 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Schemesch, which signifies proper. Venus is called the Lady, nourishing, beautifull, white, fair, pleasing, powerfull, the fruitfull Lady of love and beauty, the progeny of Ages, the first parent of men, who in the beginning of all things joyned diversity of sexes together with a growing love, and with an eternall off spring propagates kinds of men and Animals, the queen of all delights, the Lady of rejoycing, friendly, sociable, pittifull, taking all things in good part, alwaies bountifull to mortals, affording the tender affection of a mother to the conditions of them in misery, the safegard of mankind, letting no moment of time pass without doing good, overcoming all things by her power, humbling the light to the low, the strong to the weak, the noble to the vile rectifying, and equalling all things: and she is called Aphrodite, because in every sexe, she is found to be of every mind: and she is called Lucifera, i. e. bringing light, bringing the yeers of the Sun to light; and she is called Hesperus, when she follows the Sun, and Phosperus, because she leads through all things though never so hard. Mercury is called the son of Jupiter, the cryer of the gods, the interpreter of gods, Stilbon, the Serpentbearer, the rod-bearer, winged on his feet, eloquent, bringer of gain, wise, rationall robust, stout, powerfull in good and evil, the notary of the Sun, the messenger of Jupiter, the messenger betwixt the supernall and infernall gods, male with males, female with females, most fruitfull in both sexes; And Lucan cals him the Arbitrator of the gods. He is also called Hermes i. e. interpreter, bringing to light all obscurity, and opening those things which are most secret. The Moon is called Phebe, Diana, Lucina, Proserpina, Hecate, Menstruous, of a half form, giving light in the night, wandring silent, having two horns, a preserver, a night-walker, horn-bearer, the queen of heaven, the chiefest of the Dieties, the first of the heavenly gods and goddesses, the queen of spirits, the mistris of all the Elements, whom the stars answer, seasons return, Elements serve; at whose nod lightnings breath forth, seeds bud, plants increase, the initiall parent of fruit, the sister of Phaebus, light, and shining, carrying light from one planet to another, enlightning all powers by its light, restraining the various passings of the Stars, dispensing various lights by the circuits of the Sun, the Lady of great beauty, the mistris of rain and waters, the giver of riches, the nurse of mankind, the governor of all States kind, mercifull, protecting men by Sea and land, mitigating all tempests of fortune, dispensing with fate, nourishing all things growing on the earth, wandering into divers woods, restraing the rage of Goblins, shutting the openings of the earth dispensing the light of the Heaven, the wholsome rivers of the Sea, and the deplored silence of the infernals, by its nodsruling the world, treading hell under her feet; of whose majesty the birds hasting in the Aire are affraid, the wild beasts stragling in the mountains, Serpents lying hid in the ground fishe swiming in the Sea; But of these and the like names of Sta•• and planets, and their Epithites, Sirnames, and callings upon, •• he that will know more, and make more curious enquiry, must betake himself to the hymnes of Orpheus, which he that truely understands, hath attained to a great understanding of naturall Magick.