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SAgittarius is not altogether euil, for the Sunne dwellyng in it dothe geue fortune, & ministreth a courage to take anie thinge in hande, whatsoeuer thou purposest: and specially to trauel straūge countreys, and to passe the seas, and not to returne without great gaine. He shal also get frendes to come into the houses and courtes of princes, (not to gather vp the trenchers, or licke the disshes as the
common and viler sorte of courtiers do: but to be put in some office, as to be ste∣ward or suche like, to the which promo∣tion his agility and strength shal great∣ly prefer him. Moreouer, he shalbe alto∣gether geuen to ridinge, haukinge, hun∣tinge, daunsinge, and leapinge, playes and games, combates and conflictes, for the whiche he shall haue many enemies whiche shal enuy him and impugn him greuously, whome he shal not withstan∣dinge vanquishe and ouercome. He shall also possesse his fathers inheritance, whi¦che hapneth not vnto al mē. And often∣times it maketh them iuste, wittye, stil, harty, ingenious, faithful, gentle, firme and stable, paineful and boastinge. The woman also shal not much differ: for she shalbe full of anxietie, painful, merciful, and muche enuied and lien in waite for by euel men: but she shal ouercome them and be fertile in childe bearing. She shal mary about the age of .xvii. yeares, but if that mariage procede not, she shall not mary vntil the age of .xxiiii. yeares.