Herein we consider the Signe, Lord thereof, and the House; The Sun signifies in that Royal Signe, great ones; the House signifies captivity, poison, Treachery: From which is derived thus much, That some very great man, what King, Prince, Duke, or the like, I really affirm I perfectly know not, shall, I say, come to some such untimely end."(6) Here is shown a typical example of astrological prophecy, which seems to tell something or nothing, according to the point of view of the reader.
According to a believer in astrology, after the execution of Charles I., five years later, this could be made to seem a direct and exact prophecy.

For example, he says: "You Kings, Princes, etc.,...

it premonisheth you...

to make your peace with God....

Look to yourselves; here's some monstrous death towards you....