'_In_ Cripplegate Parish, _in_ Whitecross Street, _almost at the farther End near_ Old Street (_turning in by the sign of the_ Black Croe _in_ Goat Alley, _straight forward down three steps, at the sign of the_ Globe) _liveth one of above Thirty Years Experience, and hath been Counsellor to Counsellors of several Kingdoms, who resolveth these Questions following_-- 'Life Happy or Unhappy? If Rich, by what means attain it. What manner of Person one shall Marry? If Marry the Party desired. What part of the City or Country is best to live in? A Ship at Sea, if safe or not. If a Woman be with Child, with Mail or Female, and whether Delivered by Night or by Day? Sickness, the Duration, and whether end in life or death? Suits at Law, who shall overcome, With all lawful Questions, that depend on that most Noble Art of CHRISTIAN ASTROLOGY. 'Likewise, he telleth the Meaning of all _Magical Panticles_, _Sigils_, _Charms_, and _Lamens_, and hath a Glass, and helpeth to further Marriages. 'He hath attained to the Signet Star of the Philosopher. 'He likewise hath attained to the _Green_, _Golden_, and _Black Dragon_, known to none but _Magicians_, and _Hermetick Philosophers_; and will prove he hath the true and perfect Seed and Blossom of the _Female Fern_, all for Physician's uses. And can tell concerning every serious Person, what their Business is on every Radical figure, before they speak one Word; secondly, What is past in most of their Life, What is present, and what is to come; where that they have Moles, what colour they are, and what is the meaning of them, &c. 'He hath a Secret in Art, far beyond the reach or Knowledge of common Pretenders.'[153] [Footnote 153: _Harl. MSS._ 5931, 231.] In this case we see the astrologer using the jargon of the alchemists, to enhance his value in the eyes of his dupes. It was still familiar to the ears of the people, and Jonson's 'Alchemist' was a popular play. The succeeding examples are more commonplace:-- 'To be spoken with every day in the Week except _Saturday_ at the _Golden Ball_ (being the Third House on the Left Hand) in _Gulstone Square_, next Turning beyond _Whitechappel Bars_: And for the convenience of those who live in _Westminster_, _Southwark_, &c., He is to be spoken with every _Saturday_ at the _Golden Ball_ and _2 Green Posts_, (There being a Hatch with _Iron spikes_ at the door) near the Watch House in _Lambeth Marsh_. 'A Person who by his Travels in many Remote parts of the World, has obtained the Art of Presaging or Foretelling all Remarkable Things, that ever shall happen to Men or Women in the whole course of their Lives, to the great Admiration of all that ever came to him; and this he does by a Method never yet practised in _England_: He might give Multitudes of Examples, but will give but one of a Sort.