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Bodies, and what harmony and sound is correspondent of every Star.

But understanding now, that of the seven Planets, Saturn, Mars, and the Moon have more of the voice then

of the Harmony. Saturn hath sad, hoarse, heavy, and slow words, and sounds, as it were pressed to the

Center; but Mars, rough, sharp, threatning [threatening] great and wrathful words: the Moon observeth a

mean betwixt these two; but Jupiter, Sol, Venus and Mercury, do possess Harmonies; yet Jupiter hath grave,

constant, fixed, sweet, merry, and pleasant Consorts; Sol venerable, settled, pure and sweet, with a certain

grace; but Venus lascivious, luxurious, delicate, voluptuous, dissolute and fluent: Mercury hath Harmonies

more remiss, and various, merry and pleasant, with a certain boldness: but the Tone of particulars, and

proportionated Consorts obeyeth the nine Muses. Jupiter hath the grace of the octave, and also the quinte,

viz. the Diapason with the Diapente: Sol obtains the melody of the octave voice, viz. Diapason; in like

manner by fifteen Tones, a Disdiapason; Venus keepeth the grace of the quinte or Diapente. Mercury hath

diatessaron; viz. the grace of the quarte: Moreover the ancients being content with four strings, as with the

number of Elements, accounted Mercury the Author of them, as Nicomachus reports, and by their Base

strings would resemble the earth, by their Parhypas or middle the water; by their note Diezeugmenon, or

Hyperboleon the fire; by the Paranete or Synemmenon, or treble, the Air; but afterwards Terpander the

Lesb*an [inhabitant of Lesbos] finding out the seventh string, equalled them to the number of the Planets.

Moreover, they that followed the number of the Elements, did affirm, that four humors, and did thin the

Dorian musick to be consonant to the water and phlegm, the Phrygian to choler and fire, the Lydian to

blood and air; the mixt Lydian [mixolydian] to melancholy and earth: Others respecting the number and

vertue of the Heavens, have attributed the Dorian to the Sun, the Phrygian to Mars, the Lydian to Jupiter,

the mixt Lydian [mixolydian] to Saturn, the Hypophrygian to Mercury, the Hypolydian to Venus, the

Hypodorian to the Moon, the Hypo mixed Lydian [Hypomixolydian] to the mixed Stars: Moreover they

refer these modes of Musick to the Muses, and the strings to the Heavens, but not in that order as we have

declared concerning the nine Muses, amongst our numbers and celestial souls; for they say Thalia hath no

Harmony, therefore ascribe her to Silence, and the Earth; but Clio with the Moon move after the

Hypodorian manner; the string Proslambanomenos or Air. Calliope and Mercury possess the Hypophrygian

maner, and the Chord, Hypate-Hypaton, or B. Mi. Terpsichore with Venus the Hypolydian manner, and

Parahypote, Hypaton; and for Melpomene and the Dorian manner with Licanos, Hypaton, or D. Sol. Re. are

applied to the Sun. Erato with Mars keep the Phrygian fashion, and the Hypatemise, or E.la.mi. Euterpe,

and the Lydian Musick, and Pachyparemeson agree with Jupiter; Polymnia and Saturn keep the mixt



Lydian [mixolydian] manner, and Lichanos Meson D.Sol.Re. To Urania and the fixt Stars the Jypo mixt

Lydian [hypomixolydian] Musick, and the string Mese, or A.le.mi.re are ascribed, as we reade them

expressed in these Verses.

Silent Thalia we to th' Earth compare,

For she by Musick never doth ensnare,

After the Hypodorian Clio sings,

Persephone likewise doth strike the Base strings;

Calliope also doth Chord sedond touch,

Using the Phrygian; Mercury as much:

Terpsichore strikes the third, and that rare,

The Lydian Musick makes so Venus fair. Melpomene, and Titan do with a grace

The Dorian Musick use in the fourth place.

The fift ascribed is to Mars the god

Of War, and Erato after the rare mode

Of th' Phrygians, Euterpe doth also love

The Lydian, and sixt string; and so doth Jove.

Saturn the seventh doth use with Polymny,

And causeth the mixt Lydian [mixolydian] melody.

Urania also doth the eight create,

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And musick Hypo-Lydian [hypolydian] elevate.

Moreover there are some who find out the harmony of the Heavens by their distance one from another. For

the space which is betwixt the Earth and the Moon, viz. an hundred and twenty six thousand Italian Miles,

maketh the Intervall of a Tone; But from the Moon to Mercury being half that space, maketh half a Tone;

And so much from Mercury to Venus maketh another half Tone; But from thence to the Sun, as it were a

threefold Tone and a half; and makes Diapente; But from the Moon to the Sun, maketh a twofold

Diatessaron with a half; Again from the Sun to Mars is the same space as from the Earth to the Moon,

making a Tone; from thence to Jupiter half of the same making half a Tone; So much likewise from Jupiter

to Saturn, constituting an half Tone, from whence to the starry firmament is also the space of an half Tone.

Therefore there is from the Sun to the fixed Stars a Diatessaron distance of two tones and an half, but from

the Earth a perfect Diapason of six perfect tones; moreover also from the proportion of the motions of the

planets amongst themselves, and with the eight Sphere, resulteth the sweetest Harmony of all; for the

proportion of the motions of Saturn to Jupiters motion, is two fold and an half; of Jupiter to Mars, a six fold

proportion; of Mars to the Sun, Venus and Mercury, which in a manner finish their course in the same time,

is a double proportion; but Saturns proportion to the starry Sphere is a thousand and two hundred, if it be

true which Ptolomy saith, viz. that, that Heaven is moved contrary to the primum mobile in an hundred

yeers, one degree. Therefore the proper motion of the Moon being more swift, maketh a more acute sound

then the starry firmament, which is the slowest of all, and therefore causeth the most base sound; But by the

violent motion of the primum mobile, is the most swift, and acute sound of all; but the violent motion of the

Moon is most slow and heavy, which proportion and reciprocation of motions yeelds a most pleasant

Harmony; from hence there are not any songs, sounds, or musicall instruments more powerfull in moving

mans affections, or introducing magicall impressions, then those which are composed of numbers,

measures, and proportions, after the example of the Heavens. Also the Harmony of the Elements is drawn

forth from their BAses, and Angles, of which we have spoken before; for between Fire and Aire, there is a

double proportion in the Bases, and one and an half in solid Angles; again in Planes, a double; there ariseth

hence an Harmony of a double Diapason, and a Diapente. Betwixt the Aire and Water, the proportion in

their Bases is double, and one and an half; hence Dipason, and Diapente; but in their Angles double; Hence

again Diapason; but between Water and Earth the proportion in the Bases, is threefold and a third part more;

from hence ariseth Diapason, Diapente, Diatessaron; but in the Angles one and an half, again constituting

Diapente. To conclude, betwixt Earth and Fire, in the Bases the proportion is one and an half, making

Diapente; but in the Angles, double, causing Diapason; but between Fire, and Water, Aire and Earth, there is

scarce any consonancy, because they have a perfect contrariety in their qualities, but they are united by the

imtermediate Element.


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