auaile by reason of the three markes in his breste Let him not passe from one Countrey to another because chaunge is not profitable to him If therefore he wil be fortunat let him continue in one place certeyne The .iiij. Chapter mencioneth the iudgement of Leo touchynge the male Where note that what soeuer man Childe is borne in this signe First touching the vniuersal disposition of the body serch the .iij. perticuler signes of Leo aforesayde and there see the condicions equall of the same And touchyng the disposition of the mynde he shal be naturally wittie subtile eloquent coragious irefull and sollen For he wyll be soone angrie and soone pleased againe His stomack and subden angre is such that by reason of his natural animositie he shall susteyne muche contumelie and displeasure He shal be very couetous arrogant bold wilful to al thyngs which he séeth or heareth in so muche as what soeuer he eyther heareth or séeth al that doth greatly please hym and that he embraseth and desyreth to enioye and do the same accordyng to the exigence and maner of the thynge he heareth or séeth and specially yf the thyng heard or séene be stable and able to be suffered but within a whyle after he wyll be werye thereof and care nothynge for it Lykewyse he is bountifull and liberall because he can not kéepe secrete the thynge he possesseth and althoughe he woulde kéepe it secrete he can not but with great difficultie He is naturally gentle and quiet but yet a derider and mocker And touching his life and maner therof he shall haue .vij. termes or special sicknesses whereof the firste thrée shall be verye vehement The first shal be when he is .x. yeres old The second when he is .xx. And the .iij. when he is .xl. And yf he passe and skape the sayd .iij. diseases then naturally and with happines inough he shal attayne to .lxxx. and .viij. yeres In lyke maner touchyng his good fortune he shal with good successe abyde the brunttes of malyce and the state of hys lyfe He shall haue dominion ouer his Countrey and shal vanquish his enemies although he shal obiect him self to many afflictions daungers from the whiche he shall by Godds helpe right well eskape From xxx yeres vpwarde he shall aspyre to his better fortune and then shal sée his substaunce augment Of honourable personages he shal purchase muche welth and thereby hys house shal be plentifull of money and abundaunt of ryches Concernyng hys euyll fortune he shall haue a fall from an hygh place and shal haue payne in one of his feete and by water shal susteyne trouble He shall not kepe his first wyfe Twesday shal be his contrary daye wherein if he be wise let him doe no newe matter or beginne anye enterprise In the .v. Chap. is entreated the iudgement of Leo touching the female Who accordinge to the maner and state of her body shall haue a broad brest and small thighes which are tokens of boldnes and stoutnes of stomack She shal be verye menstruous and fertile inough not withstandinge she shall haue but few Children with certein other conditions of her bodye before declared in the iij. perticuler signes After the disposition of her mynde she shal be naturallye subtile wittie desirous of learnyng She shal be chaste shamefast courtilike diligent and of good stomack by reason whereof she shal be very prone subden to angre yet shal be soone again appeased And not withstanding her angre yet in her owne housholde very liberall by whose meanes the house shal be plentiful of meate drink And because of her natural subtiltie she shal be very bolde for as muche as what soeuer she heareth or séeth if it seeme to comprise anye subtiltie or difficulty of matter imidiatly she wil desire to know it She is liberal because she can not keepe close suche things as she hath She is very lowly humble if she chaunce to be spotted w t any sinne imediatly she will fall downe prostrat vpon the ground humbly aske mercy forgeuenes of her Creator Concerning her lyfe and maner thereof she shall suffer the lunatike passion a notable payne of her hart stomack which if she eskape she shal liue till she be .lxxxv. yeres of age She shall also be pained in her toes She shall haue sufficient reuengement vpon her enemies And after her euyll fortune she shall haue many fortunes For first she shal haue a fal from an high place and her body hurt w t iron or fier When she is .xxiij. yeres old she shal be married and by her husband atteyn to promotion Her husband shall not lyue long but shall die by meane of poyson or witchecrafte And at length shall marry another who shall loue her derely Of her neighbour she shall receyue damage in her treasure When she is .xij. yeres old vnlesse she take good hede shall be deceyued by oppression vpon her bodye and shall lese her maiden-head She shal be troubled in the water and in daunger of lyfe Thursday is her contrary day and therefore let her do no notable thyng vpon that day washe her head or put on any apparell And here is also to be noted that the best remedy to auoyde all her misfortunes is first to addresse her selfe by prayer to our Lorde GOD onelye with all her heart And to carye aboute her precious Stones suche as be orient and glisterynge And then easly she shal ouercome al her misaduentures by gods helpe The .vj. Chapter determineth the general iudgement of Leo is to be noted that this signe hath a singuler fortune in warfare dominion besides which they y t be borne in Leo haue pains in the stomack apostumes pestiferous agues Such as be borne in the seruice of great men the same this signe presenteth to their seruice He shal be fortunat to gold brasse horses and to suche marchandise as be of colour red Frō the mid of October to the mid of Aprill from the mid of Iuly to the mid of August he shall prosper otherwise not And touching the weke he shall haue .iij. happie dayes to wete Sonday Twesdaye Wednesday Saterday is his infortunate daye But Munday Thursday Friday be indifferēt Likewise his fate is towards the East and therefore let him place his chamber dore bed windowe and all his affaires into that parte especiallye yf they be notable Virgo the syxte celestiall and principall sygne ☿ ♠THe .v. treatise of this booke entreateth of the .vj. entier and celestiall signe called Virgo with the three principall partes thereof The first being the head of Virgo The seconde the first parte of the tayle and the thirde the seconde part of the same And is diuided into .vj. Chapters The firste Chapter mencioneth the head The .ij. the firste part of the taile And the .iij. the .ij. part The .iiij. the iudgement of Virgo touching the male The .v. the female And the
greate trouble the space of eyghte monethes and after that she is eskaped from it she shall lyue two and seuentye yeares She shal comme to greate honour and haue manye Chyldren and shall bee called the mother of Chyldren yet hereof she shall haue some misfortune because her fyrst Chylde shall bee a doughter and not a sonne accordyng to the constellation As for the mans parte beynge enclined to the contrarye and surmountinge the naturall complexion of thys mayde sometyme for the meetynge of certayne perticuler causes whyche maye alter the complexion of the man and of the woman and maye somme thynge chaunge it She shall bee burned and hurte with fyer And yf it chaunce that her fyrste Chylde bee a sonne he shall not bee a trewe male because of the opposition and inclination of the mother whereof I haue already spoken At .xxv. yeares of her age she shall haue suyte with her father or mother or agaynste them both yf thei lyue The Saterdays shal be contrary to her vnlucky therefore that day she maye not beginne anye notable worke The .v. Chapter reciteth the common fortune of Pisces They that be borne in this signe haue their fortune in art of a handy crafts man and in marchandise of cloth if thei be faire also in metalls and in marchaundise of fleshe and namely in marchandise of corne wheate and barley and moreouer in horse in diuinitie the ciuill law thei shal be subiect to whot sicknesses burninge as to feuers fretting of the belly poison specially at y e yeres of 44 68 thei shal haue 3 lucky daies in y e weke Monday thursday fryday the twesday saterday vnlucky y e wednesday sonday indifferēt Furthermore thei haue 6 good yeres 6 bad thei haue their good fortune toward the south therfore thei must dispose their doore bed such like affaires that waye thei be cholerick wherby thei be balde thei must weare grey apparell or black and not red grene white or blewe ¶ Besides that whiche is written in the Prologue set before the treatises here expressed by Chapters you muste number reken this letter N. amonge y e numerall letters that signifie y e number and it is as much as two beyng compoundes and made twise of the letter I. Nowe for to finde the totall or principall signe you must diuide the number by .12 Of a thousande there remaineth the number of 4. Of 900 nothing Of 800 8. Of 700 4. Of 600 nothing Of 500 8. Of 400 4. Of 300 nothing Of 200 8. Of 180 nothing Of 160 4. Of 140 8. Of 120 nothing Of 100 4. Of 80 8. Of 60 nothing Of 50 2. Of 40 4. Of 30 6. Of 20 8 The number that commeth of the letters of number muste bee diuided by 30 for to finde the particuler signe of the chylde that is borne because there be 30 particuler signes and because of the tayle of Virgo whiche is diuided into two partes whereof foloweth the diuision of the numbers by 30. Of 1000 10. Of 900 2. Of 800 20. Of 700 10. Of 600 nothing Of 500 20. Of 400 10. Of 300 nothing Of 200 20. Of 180 nothing Of 160 10. Of 140 20. Of 120 nothing Of 100 10. Of 80 20. Of 60 nothing Of 50 20. Of 40 10. Furthermore you must note that the number whiche commeth of the numerall letters of the name of the Chylde and of hys mother muste bee diuided by 29 whereof the diuision foloweth Of 1000 remaineth 14. Of 900 1. Of 800 17. Of 700 4. Of 600 20. Of 500 6. Of 400 23. Of 80 22. Of 60 2. Of 50 21. Of 300 10. Of 200 26. Of 180 6. Of 160 15. Of 140 24. Of 120 4. Of 100 13. Of 40 11. Of 30 1. The numerall letters signifiyng the number I. one II. two V. fyue X. tenne L. fyftye C. a hundred D. fyue hundred M. thousand Some men wyll not admitte N. for a signifiynge letter of two amonge the other seuen yet there bee certayne names wherein this letter may serue in the steede of other letters FINIS OF PHISIOnomie Nowe for as muche as the maners of the mynde do folow the temperature of the bodye I haue thought it meete and conuenient to adde here some signes of the Phisionomie accordyng to the quantitie or qualitie of some partes of the bodye  ¶ Sygnes ¶ Nature The head Great Of a dulle wytte Asses Verye smale Fooles  Meane Of a good wytte Naturall Sharpe poynted lyke a Sugar lofe Vnshamefast Vaunters Wyth Heare ryght vpwarde Fearefull Passion Wyth Heare ryghte downewarde Symple  Wyth Heare much curled Fearefull Ethiopians Wyth thycke Heare Euyll  Wyth Heare curled at the ende Of good courage Lyons The forhead Verye smale Hard to be taught Hogges Rounde Of a dull wytte Asses Longe Flatterers Dogges Square Couragious Lyons Without wrynckles Flatterers Passion Rough and wrynckled Hardye Lyons Hangyng ouer the eyes Sadde Passion Hygh and loftye Liberall Lyons the eares Smale Gesters Appes Great Dulle Asses Blacke and hangyng Folyshe Asses Meane Of good wytte Natural The eye-browes Ioyned together Sadde  Seperated muche Fooles Hogges Fyne and softe Couragious Lyons Thyn and hard Vncleanelye Hogges Thycke hangynge downewarde Fooles  the eyes Somewhat redde Shamefaste Passion Moyste and shynnynge Merye Of good maners Watrye weepyng Drunkardes Passion Runnyng Sleepye Passion Verye lytle Faynte hearted Apes Verye great Slowe Oxen. Meane Of good disposition Naturall Farre into the head Malicious Apes But a lytle into the head Couragious Lyons Bolt out of the head Fooles Asses Somewhat great and not farre inwarde Meeke and gentle Oxen Oft wynkynge Fearefull Passion Redde Angrye Passion Verye blacke Fearefull  Blewe Fearefull  Blacke yellowyshe Of a good stomacke  Chollerycke Furious Goates Sparkelynge Merye shamelesse Dogges Of many colours Fearefull Passion Bryght and cleare Lecherous Cockes The nose Rounde blunt and great Couragious Lyons Lyke a Haukes byll Couragious Egles With great endes Couetous Oxen. Sharpe at the ende Angrye Dogges Flatte in the middes Lecherous Buckes Wyde and open Angrye Passion Verye blacke Fearefull Ethiopians Verye white Fearefull Women Somewhat browne Stronge Meanesse Aberne Of a good heart Lyons Freckled Subtell Foxes Redde Wyttye  Enflamed Angrye Passion The face Sharpe poynted Faythfull Dogges the Chyn Wyth a rough nodde Liberall Lyons Great Stronge  Longe Fearefull and eaters  the necke Sklender and smale Weake Women Fleshye Angrye Bulles Shorte Deceytfull Wolues Meane Couragious Lyons The backbone hearye Vnshamefast Brute beastes the hands The fingers coupled Vncleanelye Hogges Short and great Rashe and cruell  Nayles large and whyte Manlye  Narrowe and longe Cruell  Oblyque or awrye Impudent  Smale Craftye and subtyll  Breast With heare Inconstant Byrdes Wythout heare Shamelesse Women Ample and large Stronge Lyons Nauell Farre from the brest Gluttons  Equally distant Prayse worthye  the place about the priuye mēbers Ful of bones or sharpe Stronge Male Fleshye and fatte
maisters by fortune of one man he shall atteyne vnto great promocion He shal trauell farre shal haue to do w t many affayres receiue much sorow by meanes of a strauÌ„ger He shal purchase maners farmes shal finde money that is hidde he shall be enriched by his wyfe And touchyng his euyll fortune he shall vndoubtedlye susteyne diuers and sundrye troubles and daungers He shal be hurte with a sworde in daunger of drownynge he shall fall from an high place and shal be in peryll of fier He shall receyue hynderaunce by his owne children and shal be poore tyll he be twentye yeres olde hys seruice and good iournes shall bee counted ingrate displeasaunt aâ—â—â—xed to vnthankfulnes He shal haue victorie ouer his enemies A great maÌ„ shal rule ouer hym and of him accordinge to the force of this signe he shal be externated and banished for some notable facte Wednesday is his contrary and moste vnfortunate and therfore vpon that day let him not washe his head nor put on anye newe apparell or doe anye notable thynge The .iiij. Chapter discloseth the iudgement of Cancer touching the female and is to be noted that the maide borne in the saide signe after the disposition of her bodye shal be lusty and of stronge complexion She shal be well proporcioned neate somwhat fatte nimble and wel made She shal be very wittie wise prouident and subtile irefull diligent shamefast double minded painfull bold whote of mynde and spitefull but her angre wyl be soone appeased through the vehemencie of her angre wyll spare for no talke but vtter her stomack And she is vnmerciful and wil haue no compassion vpon one that wepeth She shall haue al great fluxe before she be .xxxij. yere old and at .xxxij. she shal be in danger of death Lykewyse at .lxxx. yeres she shal be in lyke daunger of death because through the force of her constellation she shal be subiect to great peryll And at lxxx.vj yere she shall dye Touchyng her good fortune when she is .xxx. yeres olde she shall haue a sonne and after .xxxviij. she shall atteyne vnto great promocion She shall haue Chyldren by .iij. husbandes and by all thrée shal be in great honour She shall continually be enryched and shall possesse much Cattail And touchinge her euill fortune she shall be greatly enuied and shal be hurt with a sworde She shal be troubled with water suffer displeasur in her body by fier shal be very muche vexed with the collick In the 38 yere of her age she shal suffer much peril through her nieghbors she shall lese her first husbaÌ„d her husband shal loue another mans wife In the .viij. moneth of her xxx yere she shall by her parents negligence suffer some danger by a whot burning iron whereby she shal be in daunger of death The .v. chap. entreateth of the indifferent fortune of CaÌ„cer wher is to be noted y t the borne in this signe is fortunate in his affaires chiefly marchandise in cattel not apt to be ridden especiallye such as be of colour of white his fortune shal be better vpon land then water in such things as may be caried or traÌ„sported by water chiefly y e colour beiÌ„g whit He is likewise verye fortunat in tillage in ambassage when y e Mone is growing or before the ful for when it decreaseth then he is infortunat The borne in this signe shall suffer muche coughing consumption in the lungs plurisie breaking out the skapes such like if it be a maid y e is borne in this signe beside these inward diseases she shal be in danger of drowning His weke dayes whiche are good be MoÌ„day Thursday friday His euil day is Twesday As for Wednesdaye and Saterdaye be indifferent His better fortune is towardes the Southe and therefore let him direct all hys affayres that waye and that waye also place his chamber doore and bedde He that is borne in this signe is naturallye sanguine muche disposed to Cholor mixte wyth Phleame And therefore let him weare his apparell of coloure Redde and Whyte Redde because of Fyer and blood and White by reason of Phleame Leo the fyfte celestiall and principall sygne ☉ ♌ THe .d. treatise discloseth the effect of Leo beyng the fifte total signe and is deuided into three partes That is to saye into the head belly and taile and hath sixe Chapters The first entreateth of the head of Leo. The seconde of the belly The third of the tayle The fourth of the iudgement of Leo touchyng the male The fifte of the female And the sixte of y e equal fortune of both He shall haue thre naturall markes in his brest shal be marked in the throte legge or middle of the hande And shall haue a strype vpon his bellye his colour shall be whyte mixte with a roseall colour His heares shal be of colour somewhat redde but his eyebrowes somewhat blacke and shal haue much heare Also concernyng the mynde he shall be lowly gentle not ambicious but pacient He shall suffer infirmitie but the same he shall tolerate with muche pacience In eating he shal be very moderat after the qualitie of this signe Likewise angrie he shall be and lecherous in so much that although he marry a wyfe of his owne afinitie yet he shal be disposed to lecherye He shall haue two maner of sickennesses The firste at .xxiij. yeres olde at what tyme he shal be sicke of the smale Poxe or of an ague The seconde shal be at .xliiij. yeres olde Both whiche yf he eskape he shall lyue lxxxx yeres and shal die in exile and out of his owne Countrey Lykewyse concernyng hys good fortune he shall raigne and beare rule ouer his owne Countrey and shall haue authoritie to iudge either suche as is a thefe or malefactour or of another man or els such as was his owne fugitiue or Verlet Moreouer he shal be of power to do many thyngs with Lords Piers of Realmes He shal be very happye in matters of husbandrye He shall haue a verye fayre and beautifull wyfe whose colour shal be salowe lyke to one that hath the greene sicknes and she shal be one of hys owne kynred whome when he hath marryed GOD wyll gyue vnto him muche substaunce according to the efficatie and influence of this signe He shall auoyde many perylles and shall enioye goodes abundaunt He shall haue paines in one his of feete and shal be bereft of both He shal be depriued of one of his bones And vpon hys belly shall be hurte either with iron or fier In his affayres he shal not accomplishe his wyl except it be in Wynter tyme or in the Spryng Sixe monethes he shal be fortunat in hys busynes euen accordynge to hys Hearts desire That is to saye in September October Nouember December Ianuary and Februarye In Sommer Autumne he shall not be so fortunate He shall lese much goods and his labour shall litle
shall passe to vnknowen places he shall not abide in his owne countrey but wander from place to place and from cytye to cytye And by reason of such alteration obteyne great riches When he is three and thyrtie yeres of age he shall see his money and substaunce encrease At thre and twentie he ought to marry but if he marrie a maide she shall die And she being dead he ought to marrye another maide by whome he shal be made more riche and welthie He shall be verye fortunate and happie in vanquishing his enemies Touchinge his euill fortune in the fifte yere of his age he shall haue a wounde on his head arme or bealy and bitten with a Dogge he shall haue a marke with a sworde or elles with fier and sometimes in daunger of drowning Monday is his contrarie daye and therefore vpon that daye let him attempt no new enterprise The fifte Chapter mencioneth the iudgement of Taurus touchinge the woman Whatsoeuer female or woman that is borne in this signe after her bodies disposition shal be marked in the face legge or thigh She shal be of a good vnderstanding doubtfull carefull murmuring She shal be be painefull and obsequious and maried to many husbandes by whome she shall haue many Chyldren She shall haue a naturall paine in her eyes feete And ouercommyng al her diseases which are thertene in number she shall atteyne to foure skore yeres and accordynge to her good fortune she shal obteyn a certein promocion She shall encrease in ryches by occasion of husbande men and straungers She shall susteyne a notable infamie or slaunder because in her youth she shall abuse her bodie Other mens goodes she shall make her owne whereby she shall vse thefte She shall continuallye be reproued of lyke offence and in the ende delyuered from the same and then chaunge her dwellyng place The sixte Chapter maketh mencion of the generall fortune of Taurus Wherefore it is to be knowen that this signe hathe a singuler and notable fortune in all inequitable beastes that can not be ridden be they fayre or not fayre especiallye suche as are of colour whyte Moreouer thys signe hath fortune in all thynges that maye be geuen It hath also fortune in thynges that belonge to womens apparell or fortune and other delectations It hath also fortune in all feminine kynde It hathe fortune in whyte garmentes The borne in this signe hath a speciall lucke towardes the Southe and therefore let him direct his chamber doore and bedde towards that parte Lykewyse let hym dispose all hys busynes that wayes Concernyng the euyll fortune the borne in this signe from the middes of September tyll the middes of Marche is moste fortunate aboue other tymes of the yere He is also vnhappie amonges frendes because he is naturally colde and drie and thereby melancolyke so consequently sadde and of sadde conuersation whereby lyke as he procureth frendes in hast euen so he loseth and forgoeth them againe He shall be fortunate in harde enterprises and shall vanquishe his enemies yf he passe foure and thirtie yeres he shall be very longe lyued He ought to beware of poysons Collickes Squinsies Apostumes Vlcerations whiche growe in the Throte wherewith amonges others he shall be vexed Gemini the thirde celestiall and principall sygne ☿ ♊ THE thyrde treatise of this booke hath a discourse of the thyrde principall and entier signe celestial called Gemini and is diuided into syre Chapters lyke vnto the other whiche immediatly before precedeth Whereof the first entreateth of the head of Gemini the seconde of the bealye and the thyrde of the tayle The fourth of the iudgement of Gemini touchynge the male The fifte concernyng the female and the sixte treateth of the generall fortune of Gemini Concernynge his lyuynge and maner thereof he shall be troubled with the payne of the backe and shall be vexed with an euyll spirite He shall lose certayne of his teeth and shall lyue tyll he be .vii. or twelue yeres old .xl. or .lxxxiiii. and shall dye in his bedde And after hys good fortune he shall haue much goods and shal be greatly praised of men His honour shall with better successe happen in age then in youth And touchyng his euil fortune he shall haue .ij. wiues but that directly hath not respect to the euil fortune but indifferent He shal apply with diligence his owne affaires yf he be borne in y e latter part of the night he shal be a seller of flesh a marchaunt of Catail which are apt to be eaten and saleable in the shambles And so consequently shal be a sheder of blood His wordes swete and pleasaunt notwithstandynge he shall be riotous and vnthryftye He shall lyue tyll he be tenne yere olde and yf he escape hys sicknes then he shall lyue tyll he be thyrtye and yf hys lyfe be prolonged any further then he shall liue til he be .xliiii. if he reuiue his sticknes then he shall liue .lxxii. He shall be troubled with the payne of the backe and vered with an euill sprite He shal haue much substaunce and rule ouer his owne affayres If he be borne in the seconde houre of the naturall day then after his bodies disposition he shal be hearie and haue a spotte in his eyes and shall lease many of hys teeth Likewyse yf he be borne in the thyrde houre of the daye he shal be happy and of nature whote and moyste But if he bee borne in the nyght then he shal be a seller of fleshe or a sheder of bloode and shall lyue of suche substaunce as happeneth to him by marriage The fourth Chapter determineth the iudgement of Gemini touchynge the male And whosoeuer is borne in Gemini in whether parte of the same soeuer he be borne first touchynge the disposition of hys bodye he shall haue an indifferente and comelye stature beautifull and fayre of face stronge and of greate force He shall haue great authoritie and thynges of muche value to be solde Hys bodye shall be naturally marked And after the disposition of the mynde he shall be an ingenious and cunnynge Artificer and muche geuen vnto excellent Artes. He shall bee naturallye wyse and shall truste muche therein and by reason of the same what so euer he entendeth to goe aboute and accomplyshe he shall brynge it the sooner vnto good effecte Lykewise he is pleasaunt and merciful easie to be spoken vnto and by vertue of this constellation shal be acceptable in al men He shall not be muche curious ouer his owne affaires he shall be sobre and moderate in meate and drinke and yet not withstanding luxurious and geuen to women He shall be contencious and vnquiet with his neighbours by reason of his prone disposition to angre and cholor And for his said promptitude to choler he shall susteyne muche peryll and blame and yet not withstandyng a
nature cold and drye Therefore his apparell ought to be of some darke or blacke colour The fifte Chapter toucheth the iudgement of Virgo concerninge the female Wherefore note that the mayde or woman borne in this signe shall be marked in the said places as is described in this Chapter precedent Touchynge the disposition of her mynde she shall be wittie shamefaste chaste gentle beneuolent and glad to please al men wherby she shal be beloued of all men But she shal be somewhat curste and that only belongeth to her euyl fortune Aboute .xvij. yeres of her age she shall marry and her first husband she shall not loue who shall dye and afterwards marry the .ij. Her first Chyld shal be of excellent beautye She shal be enrapped with many sorowes She shal suffer diuers maladies which yf she eskape she shall lyue .lxx. yeres .vj. monethes v. dayes Her fortunat dayes bée Wednesday and Sunday Her infortunat day is Saterday Therfore vpon that day let her begynne no new worke but abstayne from all notable busynes They that be borne in this signe as wel men as women shall suffer much payn in their thighes féete and head Her fortune is towards the South c. as in the former Chap. And both kynds shal be liberall The .vj. Chapter compriseth the common fortune of Virgo Where is to bée noted that the borne in this signe haue their fortune in tillage and in al things generally thervnto apperteining especially in all things that be sowen They be subiecte to paines of the thighes and feete as fistulas or such like ache in the head dropsie the flixe or collick besides others before mencioned And emonges other countreis thei shal visit the citie of Ierusalem the riuer of Euphrates Spaine other countreys adioyning And their good fortune or chief dominiō is towards the South Their fortunate dayes are Sundaye Twesday Wednesdaye Their infortunate is Fridaye and Saterday but Friday to them that be borne in this signe is euer infortunate He that is borne in this signe as is aforesaide is melancholike colde and drie And therefore let him weare black apparell or such as be of darke colour and of no lyght colour because this signe is altogether melancolick that is to saye earthie Libra the seuenth celestiall and principall sygne ♀ ♎ THe .vij. treatise doeth demonstrate the effect of the .vij. Celestial signe called Libra and is diuided into .v. Chapters The firste determineth the head of Libra The .ij. the tayle of Libra This signe hath but onely the sayde two principall partes The .iij. Chapter mentioneth the iudgement of Libra touchyng the male The .iiij. touchynge the female The .v. and last the generall and common fortune of Libra The .iij. Chapter entreateth of the iudgement of Libra touchyng the male Where note that who so euer shal be borne in this signe first touching the disposition of the body he shal be wel made proporcioned He shall haue a naturall marke vppon one of his armes Touchinge the disposition of the mynde He shal be a great fornicator merye holde fortunate especially vpon the water He shall excogitate and serche out many secretes shal be verye perylous He shall be very desirous to wander in the world to viewe the fashions therein and the sundrie vanities and condicions thereof and for that cause shall traiuell into many countreys He shal be freatynge inwardly by fittes and by fittes also shal be quiet Towarde straungers he wyll vse flatteryng wordes and sweete communication but towardes hys owne seruauntes if thei be euill he will vse sharpe and croked wordes He shal be suspected of a great crime but it shal be so close as it can not be proued He shall suffer great paine in hys necke ioyntes and bellye and shall haue .iij. especiall sickennesses The firste shal be when he is .xv. yeres of age The .ij. when he is xxxviij And the .iij. when he is lxxxx at what tyme he shall dye Concernynge his good fortune in his youth he shall be neyther poore nor ryche but afterwardes he shall accumulate vnto hymselfe great substaunce He shall occupye and haue to do with other mens money He shall triumph ouer his enemies Touchyng his euyll fortune he shall be wounded with yron a clubbe or wyth a stone emonges the rest of his misfortunes He shal be in daunger of a sword and therfore let hym beware thererf He shall continue in the place where he was borne not withstandyng for a time he shall trauell into farre countreys whiche fortune maye be to him indifferent he shal forgoe his first wife whiche also is a fortune indifferent Thursday is his contrarye day and therefore vpon that daye let him not washe his head and put on no new apparel nor beginne any notable enterprise The .iiij. Chapter declareth the iudgement of this signe touchinge the female where note that the maide borne therein first touchinge the disposition of the bodye she shal be faire and of excellent beautie Touchinge the disposition of her mynde she shal be frendlye amiable wittie and a louer of her owne familie Concernynge her lyfe and maner thereof she shall suffer a naturall payne in her stomacke She shall haue two diseases The firste shal be daungerous and when she is two yeres olde And the seconde when she is .lxxviij. yeres of age After her good fortune she shall haue in occupyinge a great masse of money In her seconde husbande she shall greatly reioyce and shall triumph ouer her enemyes Accordynge to her euyll fortune she shall haue a strype or wounde in some place of her bodye Shee shall haue twoo husbandes and by the deathe of her first husbande she shall bee vnfortunate Thursdaye is her vnluckye daye And therefore let her not washe her head vpon that daye or begynne anye thynge notable The fifte Chapter describeth the common and vniuersall fortune of Libra Where note that Libra hath hys fortune in beastes equitable or apte to be ridden especiallye if thei be of colour white Likewise Libra his fortune is in al faire things in the bargains thereof especially if thei be white generally in al beautiful things belonging to worldly delectatiō chiefly in womens aparel in al things proceding frō the water in al things y t be transported frō a far and that be of smalest weight The borne in this signe are aboue others giuen to embrace lerning the study of the sciences The good and fortunat dayes are Monday and Fryday The infortunate daye is Wednesday The borne in this signe shall be troubled with infirmities diseases of the belly as with y e dissenterie lienterie grypynges and other paynes procedyng of wynde and chiefely about the backe bone They be naturally of sanguine complexion and thereby whote and moyste And because he is fortunate in things that be whyte therfore let hym vse whyte apparell The good fortune of thys Signe is towardes the West And therefore hys house bedde and all hys
by waye of rewarde he shall receyue Horsses Shepe Oxen and other beastes Thys natiue shall bee in greate daunger and excepte he take héede he shall be hurte wyth a sworde Saterdaye shall be his contrarye daye and therefore vppon that daye let hym not wash his Head or put on any new garment or elles attempte any straunge enterprise And some affirme that he that is borne aboute the ende of thys Sygne shall be of neyther kynde or of bothe that is to saye as well male as female The fifte signe declareth the effecte of Scorpio concernyng the woman Who hath her recourse to the partes of thys signe before mencioned in eche Chapter Notwithstandyng ouer and besids the premises thus much is to bée spoken For fyrste you shall note that she shall bée of a frendlye condicion obedient seruiceable fearefull and shamefaste She shall bée wrathfull and haue him in deadly hatred that doth her anye displeasure She shall haue Chyldren by three husbandes and wyth them shall lyue in greate felicitie She shall vanquyshe her enemies but yet tylle she bee thyrtye yeares of age she shall susteyne muche sickennesse Neuerthelesse of Cattayle she shall haue haboundaunce and manye people shall bee vnder her gouernement But yet in her youth she shall abuse her bodye in playinge the Harlot yf the force of the iminent constellation do take his effecten bitte she shall bee with a Dogge and in the ende shal be blinde Of her brethren and parentes she shall receyue much trouble Saterday shal be to her infortunat day therfore vpon that daye let her not washe her head put on any newe garmentes or doe any other straunge facte The syxte Chapter entreateth of the generall fortune of Scorpio Therefore the borne in thys Sygne is naturallye moyste Phlegmatycke or Sanguine And suche shall bee singulerlye fortunate of all thynges that bée of coloure redde and in byinge and sellynge of all suche The lyke fortunate in all thynges factible or to bee forged wyth or in the fyer extrahible or belongynge to the same and in marchaundyse of vnknowynge thynges And therefore as muche as he can lette hym weare suche garmentes as bee Redde The lyke fortunate in Warrefare and Tillage and in all Beastes belongynge to the same Fortunate in Hospitalytye whether it bee doone for money sake lucre or for Goddes sake The vnfortunate Dayes bee Thursdaye and Saterdaye The reste bee good especiallye Twesdaye He shall bee affected wythe the Chyragre or Goute in the Handes Wyth the Sciatica and payne in the Head And yf Saturne bée founde to bée asscendent than he shall haue great payns in his toes Hys fortune is towards the South and therefore let hym dispose hys affayres that waye and conuert to that part hys chamber Doore Bedde Wyndowe and the lyke Sagitarius the .ix. celestiall and principall sygne ♃ ♠THe .ix. treatise maketh relation of the .ix. celestiall and principall signe called Sagitarius whiche is diuided into two partes that is to saye the head and the tayle conteynynge fiue Chapters The firste entreateth of of the head of Sagitarius The .ij. of the taile The .iij. of the iudgement of Sagitarius concernynge the male The iiij of the female And the .v. and laste of the generall fortune therof And ouer and besydes the sayde fyue Chapters there is a generall rule nexte after the second Chapter not wythstandyng the generalitie mencioned in the ende of this treatise Touchyng the disposition of the mynde he shall by nature haue a good wytte and a sharpe and therewithall constant and firme He shall loue wyse men and shall embrace all suche as bee of discretion Therefore touchynge thys parte of nature and the naturall constellation bearyng rule in this natiuitie he shall acquire vnto hym selfe possession wyth wyse men And althoughe that he haue a couetous mynde naturally disposed to auarice by reason of the concourse of certain starrs yet by meanes of the dominion of thys Signe he shal be studious of good thinges and shal be inclined to vertue and especially to the vertue of liberalitie And therefore he shall not be muche inclined to the opposite or contrarye nor yet to extorte other mennes goods And because principally he is bent to vertue it will folow that he shal be of great authoritie exalted in hygh degree of honour Moreouer although he be naturallye inclined to liberalitie and not to rapine or extorcion yet he shal be procliue and giuen to many vices that is to say to pryde couetousnes lecherie and glotonye and chiefly to pryde lytle esteemyng other mennes doyngs or sayings very haultye in so muche that what soeuer question any do aske of him be shal get no answere at hys handes And by reason of hys pryde aforesayde he shal be a great Cauillour Lyer Chyder and full of contention He shall haue a verye pestiferous and venemous tongue And although he be naturally inclined to a certeyne spice of liberalitie for that he wyll couet to possesse nothyng vniustly yet he shall bée desirous to gette substaunce and couetously to enioye it Whereby consequently it appeareth that wholly he is not gyuen to couetousnes but to a certayn spyce therof to a desire to haue Lykewyse he is inclined to Lechery For with thrée women specially he shall haue to do but some tymes by natures impedimēt he shal not proiect his séed although he be very desirous therevnto He is much disposed also to glottony chiefly to catyng of herbes and in his meate doth greatly loue them Furthermore note here that the premisses do not only belong to the man but to the woman also subiect to that constellation Concernyg hys lyfe and maner therof He shall bée long sick and shall haue a payne in hys heart He shal haue thrée speciall sickennesses The first when he .xx. yeres of age The .ij. when he is .xlvij. The .iij. and last when he is .lxxx. Touchyng his good fortune he shall bée in great estimation and honour He shall haue manye children amongs al he shal haue a twinne or two borne at one byrthe and of them he shall see the thyrd generation He shal atteyn to his fathers enheritaunce In all hys affayres he shall prosper and dayly he shall sée his goods encrease He shal come into the worlde wyth his owne starre that is to say he shall enioy all thyngs accordyng to the influence of his signe He shall haue much trouble in the water He shall fall into a riuer but he shall eskape drownyng He shall lose the most part of all hys goods and shall fall into the hands of his enemie and sometymes into handes of a woman a she enemie He shall bee bitten with a beast in the middest of one of his fingers of hys right hand and shall dye an exile out of hys countrey His most derest frend beloued aboue others he shal lese and he shall bée wonderfully troubled with deuilles and euill spirites After the disposition of the mynde he shal be very ready to