Speculum ægrotorum. The sicke-mens glasse or, A plaine introduction wherby one may giue a true, and infallible iudgement, of the life or death of a sicke bodie, the originall cause of the griefe, how he is tormented and afflicted, what thinges are medicinable to the diseased person: and the day and houre in which he shall recouer, or surrender his vitall breath. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of the foure humors, and how they are ingendered and distributed in our humane bodies: with certaine and manifest signes to discerne of what complexion any man is: and the operation that eating, drinking rest and exercise, worketh in euery person: with certaine speciall preseruatiues for the eye-sight. Composed by Iohn Fage, student in phisicke, and practitioner in astrologie.

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Title: Speculum ægrotorum. The sicke-mens glasse or, A plaine introduction wherby one may giue a true, and infallible iudgement, of the life or death of a sicke bodie, the originall cause of the griefe, how he is tormented and afflicted, what thinges are medicinable to the diseased person: and the day and houre in which he shall recouer, or surrender his vitall breath. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of the foure humors, and how they are ingendered and distributed in our humane bodies: with certaine and manifest signes to discerne of what complexion any man is: and the operation that eating, drinking rest and exercise, worketh in euery person: with certaine speciall preseruatiues for the eye-sight. Composed by Iohn Fage, student in phisicke, and practitioner in astrologie.
Author: Fage, John, student in phisicke.
Publication: London :: Printed [by E. Allde] for VVilliam Lugger, and are to be solde at his shop vpon Holborne-bridge,; 1606.
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Subject terms: Medicine -- Early works to 1800.; Astrology -- Early works to 1800.
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Suppose the Moone be in the fourth degree of Aquarius, and Saturne, in the 11. degree of the said signe, then should the Moone apply to Saturne, for as much as her bodie is within the Semidia∣meter of his beames. Or if the moone were in the 10. degree of Taurus and Mars, in the 16. degree of Leo, then shee should behold Mars with a Quartile aspect.

But if the Moone were in the 20. degree of Capricornus and Sa∣turne in the 8. degree of Libra, then should the Moone be free from the Quartile of Saturne, for because his maliciousnesse extendeth no farther then the semidiameter of his beames (which is but 9. degr.) and their distance from a true aspect is 12. degr. yet notwithstan∣ding the ill fortunes doth afflict the sick person, when they adioyne or aspect the beames of the Moone, with their Semidiameter (but not intercidentically) for the farther the Moone is from their con∣iunction or aspect, the lesse they torment the diseased: and contrarily the fortunes (Iupiter and Venus) the nearer their bodies or Aspect approacheth to the moone, the more they intermeddle their vertues, and the sooner mittigateth the sicke mans paines.

Note that of the Aspectes the Quartile and Opposition are haie∣full and maleuolous Aspects, especially the Opposition.

And the Sextile and Trine aspects are fauourable and friendly aspects, chiefly the Trine.

The Conjunction is variable, for it is very good with good Pla∣nets, and extreame euill with ill.

Also sometimes it shall be necessarie to know the latitude of the Planets.