That some very great man, what King, Prince,.

shall, I say, come to such untimely end." But by the doubter the complete prophecy could be shown to be absolutely indefinite, and applicable as much to the king of France or Spain as to Charles I., or to any king in the future, since no definite time is stated.

Furthermore, Lilly distinctly states, "What King, Prince, Duke, or the like, I really affirm I perfectly know not"-- which last, at least, was a most truthful statement.

The same ingenuity that made "Gen.
Monk" the "dreadful dead man," could easily make such a prediction apply to the execution of Charles I.Such a definite statement that, on such and such a day a certain number of years in the future, the monarch of England would be beheaded--such an exact statement can scarcely be found in any of the works on astrology.

It should be borne in mind, also, that Lilly was of the Cromwell party and opposed to the king.
After the death of Charles I., Lilly admitted that the monarch had given him a thousand pounds to cast his horoscope.