General Elections.
In the use of all Purgative Medicines, you must observe the Decurse of the Moon, in Scorpio, Aqua∣rius, and the third Decade of Pisces; although she be not joyned to Jupiter or Venus. For, the Conjunction of these Planets with the Moon, inhibits the vertue of the Purgative Medicine, in regard they affect the Body, and incline the Medicine to the nature of Nou∣rishment. In other Actions, [as in Buying of Houses, in Journeys, and the Commencement of Administra∣tions, &c.] Let the Moon be in Aries, Taurus, Can∣cer, Leo, Libra, or Aquarius, and Aspected by one or both of the Fortunate Planets. And as for the Day, let it be upon a Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.
And now, lest this Geniture should have seemed De∣fective, I present it wholly as I composed the same, unto the studious in Astrology: Indeed chiefly for that it is not in the Number of the Vulgar sort, but dili∣gently enough composed.