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A10201 Here begynneth the compost of Ptholomeus, prynce of astronomye: translated oute of Frenche in to Englysshe, for them that wolde haue knowlege of the compost; Compost et kalendrier des bergiers. English. Selections. Ptolemy, 2nd cent. Tetrabiblos. 1530 (1530) STC 20480; ESTC S115325 57,347 138

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colour with cōmunycacyons as well as other shuld do with syluer Honest women he shall loue / he wyll hate harlottes brothelles / and shall norysshe children vp in vertu and good maners And the lyghtes and the braynes of man is vnder the gouernaunce of Luna that is the moone ¶ Thus endeth the .vii. Planettes with theyr proprytes And here foloweth / to knowe the Fortunes and destenyes of man and woman borne vnder the .xii. Sygnes after the sayinge of Ptholomeus prynce of Astronomye Capitulo .xli. SO to know vnder what planet a man or woman is borne / It is nedefull to wete that there is .vii. planettes on the skye / that is to say / Sol / Venꝰ / Mars Mercurius / Iupiter / Luna / and Saturnus Of the .vii. Planettes is named the .vii. dayes of the weke / for euery daye hath his name of the Planet reygnynge in the begynnynge of it The auncyent Phylosophers saye that Sol domyneth the Sonday the cause is they say for the Sonne amōge other planettes is moste worthy wherfore it taketh the worthyest daye / that is the sonday Luna domyneth the firste houre of monday Mars the firste houre of tewysday Mercurius for wednysday Iupiter for thursday Venus for fryday / And Saturnus for saterday The day naturall hathe .xxiiii. houres / euery houre reygneth a planet ¶ It is for to be noted that whan a man wyll begyn to reken at sonday / he muste reken thus / Sol / Venus / Mercurius / Luna / Saturnus / Iupiter / Mars And whan the nombre is fayled / he must begyn at the houre that he wold know what planet reygneth The mōday he ought to begyn at Luna The tewysday at Mars The wednysday at Mercury The thursday at Iupiter The fryday at Venus The saterday at Saturnus And euer whan the nombres of the planettes is fayled / he must begyn by ordre as is aforesayd ¶ Also it is to be noted that the Grekes do begyn theyr day in the mornynge The Iewes at noone And the Crysten men at mydnyght there we ought lo begyn to reken For at one of the clocke on Sonday in the mornynge reygneth Sol / at .ii. reygneth Venus / at .iii. reygneth Mercury / at .iiii. reygneth Luna / at .v. Saturne / at .vi. Iupiter / at .vii. Mars / and at .viii. begynne agayne at Sol / at .iv. Venus / at .v. Mercury / at .vi. Luna / at .vii. Saturne and so by ordre in euery houre ¶ whan a childe is borne / it is to be knowen at what houre / and if it be in the begynnynge of the houre / in the myddes / or at the ende If it be in the begynnynge / he shal holde of the same planet / and of the other before If it be in the myddes / it shall holde of that onely If it be borne in the ende / it shall holde of the same / of that that cōmeth nexte after Neuerthelesse the planet that it is borne vnder shall nat rule other / that of the daye shall be aboue it / whiche is the cause that a childe holdeth of dyuers planettes / and hathe dyuers condycions ¶ He that is borne vnder Sol shall be prudent and wyse a great speker / that whiche he prayseth he holdeth vertuous in hym self ¶ who that is born vnder Venus is loued of euery man / good to godwarde and reguler ¶ who that is borne vnder Mercury is well berded / subtyll / mylde / verytable / and is nat moste prudent ¶ who that is born vnder Luna hath an hye forehed ruddy / mery vysage / shamefast / relygious ¶ who that is borne vnder Saturne is hardy / curteyse of lyuynge / is nat auarycyous ¶ who that is borne vnder Iupiter is hardy fayre vysage ruddy / chaste vagabounde ¶ who that is borne vnder Mars / is a great speker / a lyer / a thefe / a deceyuer / bygge of reed colour ¶ They that wyl knowe of this more euydently / let them tourne to the proprytes of the .vii. planettes before rehersed ¶ The prologue of Ptholomeus vpon the .xii. sygnes Capitulo .xlii. I Consyderynge the course of the celestiall bodyes and the power of the hye god omnypotent / the whiche hath made the sonne to shyne vpon the good and euyll / that gouerneth all thynges conteyned in the Fyrmament / and on the erthe haue taken vpon me for to endyte this lytell treatyse / for to instruete endoctryne the people nat lettred Firste to knowe god theyr maker Secondely to gouerne theyr bodyes / and eschewe infyrmytes And thyrdely to knowe the course of the fyrmament / and of the celestyall bodyes conteyned in it / with the disposicions of the .vii. planettes But who that wyll knowe his proprytes ought firste to knowe the Moneth that he was borne in and the sygne that the sonne was in the same daye I wyll nat saye that suche thynges shall be / but that the sygnes haue suche proprytes / as it is the wyll of god After Poetes and Astronomyers / Aries is the firste sygne that sheweth the Fortunes of men and women / as sayth Ptholomeus ¶ The firste sygne is Aries Good to let blode HEre is to be knowen that he which is borne in the sygne of Aries from mydde Marche to mydde Apryll shall be of good wytte / shall nouther be ryche nor poore he shall haue domage by his neyghboures / he shall haue power ouer deed folkes goodes / he shall be soone angry / and soone appesed / he shall haue dyuers fortunes and discordes / he wyll desyre doctryne / and haunte eloquent people / and shall be experte in many degrees / he shall be a lyer vnstedfaste of courage / and wyll take vengeaunce on his enemyes / and he shal be better dysposed in youthe in all thyngꝭ than in age / vnto .xxxiii. he shall be a forny catour / shal be wedded at .xxv. yere if he be nat / he shal nat be chaste / he shal be a medyatour for some of his frendes / and wyl gladly be besy in the nedes of other / he shall be wayted to be domaged / he shal haue a sygne in the sholder / in his hed / in his body / yet he shall be ryche by the dethe of other / his firste sone shal nat lyue longe / he shall be in daūger of .iiii. foted bestes / he shall haue great syckenes at .xxiii. yere if he escape he shal lyue .lxxxv. yere after nature ¶ The woman THe woman that is borne in this tyme shal be yrefull and suffre great wronges from daye to day / she wyll gladly make lesynges / and shall lose her husbande recouer a better / she shall be sycke at .v. yere of age / and at .xxv. she shall be in great daūger of deth / And if she escape she shal be in doubtetyll .xliii. yere and shall suffre great payne in the