eive, and had, to tell and declare
to her the said Anne, where the said goods, so lost and stolen as
aforesaid, should be found and become: And also that he, the said
William Lilly, on the said tenth day of July, in the Year of our Lord,
1654, and divers other days and times, as well before as afterwards, at
the said Parish aforesaid, in the County aforesaid, unlawfully and
deceitfully did take upon him, the said William Lilly, by inchantment,
charm, and sorcery, to tell and declare to divers other persons, to the
said jurors, yet unknown, where divers goods, chattels, and things of
the said persons yet unknown, there lately before lost and stolen from
the said persons yet unknown, should be found and become; and divers
sums of monies of the said persons yet unknown, then and there
unlawfully and deceitfully, he the said William Lilly did take, receive,
and had, to tell and declare to the said persons yet unknown, where
their goods, chattels, and things, so lost and stolen, as aforesaid,
should be found and become, in contempt of the laws of England, to the
great damage and deceit of the said Alexander and Anne, and of the said
other persons yet unknown, to the evil and pernicious example of all
others in the like case offending, against the form of the statute in
this case made and provided, and against the publick peace, &c.

_Anne East,
Emme Spencer,
Jane Gold,
Katherme Roberts,
Susannah Hulinge_.

_Butler's Character of_ WILLIAM LILLY.

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"A cunning man[20], hight SIDROPHEL.
That deals in destiny's dark counsels,
And sage opinions of the moon sells;
To whom all people, far and near,
On deep importances repair;
When brass and pewter hap to stray,
And linen slinks out of the way:

[Footnote 20: _A cunning man, hight_ Sidrophel. 'William Lilly,
the famous astrologer of those times, who in his yearly
almanacks foretold victories for the parliament with as much
certainty as the Preachers did in their sermons; and all or most
part of what is ascribed to him by the Poet, the reader will
find verified in his "Letter," (if we may believe it) wrote by
himself to Elias Ashmole, Esq.' For further curious information
respecting William Lilly, the reader may consult _Dr. Grey's
Notes to Hudibras_, vol. ii. page 163, &c. Edition 1819, in 3
vols, 8vo.]

When geese and pullen are seduc'd,
And sows