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these_o sign_n be_v name_v chiromancy_n i_o need_v not_o acquaint_v you_o nor_o what_o canon_n the_o ancient_n and_o modern_a philosopher_n have_v write_v concern_v the_o same_o only_o this_o i_o shall_v tell_v you_o my_o author_n have_v not_o only_o in_o this_o small_a tract_n reduce_v all_o to_o a_o concise_a and_o methodical_a discourse_n and_o add_v divers_a other_o of_o his_o own_o observation_n but_o also_o illustrate_v the_o practic_n part_n thereof_o with_o sundry_a notable_a example_n whereby_o he_o have_v manifest_v a_o astrological_a consent_n and_o harmony_n betwixt_o the_o hand_n and_o geniture_n of_o all_o men._n a_o work_n not_o attempt_v by_o any_o before_o he_o and_o whereas_o the_o master_n in_o this_o science_n have_v not_o assign_v the_o tubercula_fw-la or_o mount_v of_o the_o hand_n to_o the_o planet_n without_o some_o successive_a discrepancy_n nor_o although_o all_o of_o they_o deliver_v it_o for_o a_o general_a rule_n that_o by_o how_o much_o every_o one_o 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