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translation_n of_o the_o septuagint_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o be_v have_v thou_o compose_v the_o bond_n of_o pleyade_n and_o have_v thou_o open_v the_o fence_n or_o enclosure_n of_o orion_n second_o note_n that_o whatever_o intimation_n of_o influence_n any_o astrologer_n can_v draw_v from_o this_o text_n it_o will_v prove_v but_o a_o natural_a influence_n upon_o plant_n and_o natural_a body_n to_o further_a their_o natural_a effect_n nothing_o tend_v to_o prediction_n of_o voluntary_a act_n and_o humane_a event_n of_o man_n as_o man_n as_o that_o same_o friend_n of_o astrology_n have_v ingenious_o confess_v enough_o to_o this_o purpose_n although_o say_v he_o all_o thing_n be_v govern_v by_o the_o influence_n of_o the_o heaven_n yet_o many_o eminent_a thing_n do_v happen_v in_o the_o air_n and_o in_o the_o body_n of_o man_n who_o original_a cause_n be_v from_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o heaven_n as_o sometime_o the_o influence_n be_v help_v forward_o 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