Briefe introductions, both naturall, pleasaunte, and also delectable vnto the art of chiromancy, or manuel diuination, and physiognomy with circumstances vpon the faces of the signes. Also certain canons or rules vpon diseases and sickenesse. Whereunto is also annexed aswel the artificiall, as naturall astrologye, with the nature of the planets. Written in the Latin tonge, by Ihon Indagine prieste. And now latelye translated into Englishe, by Fabian Withers.
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Briefe introductions, both naturall, pleasaunte, and also delectable vnto the art of chiromancy, or manuel diuination, and physiognomy with circumstances vpon the faces of the signes. Also certain canons or rules vpon diseases and sickenesse. Whereunto is also annexed aswel the artificiall, as naturall astrologye, with the nature of the planets. Written in the Latin tonge, by Ihon Indagine prieste. And now latelye translated into Englishe, by Fabian Withers.
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Indagine, Joannes ab, d. 1537.
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Londini :: Apud Iohannis Day [for Richarde Iugge],
1558.
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Palmistry -- Early works to 1800.
Physiognomy -- Early works to 1800.
Astrology -- Early works to 1800.
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"Briefe introductions, both naturall, pleasaunte, and also delectable vnto the art of chiromancy, or manuel diuination, and physiognomy with circumstances vpon the faces of the signes. Also certain canons or rules vpon diseases and sickenesse. Whereunto is also annexed aswel the artificiall, as naturall astrologye, with the nature of the planets. Written in the Latin tonge, by Ihon Indagine prieste. And now latelye translated into Englishe, by Fabian Withers." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03968.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2024.
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Of the ascendent in Gemini.
VVhosoeuer hathe this Horoscope, shal haue prosperitie & good fortune by his parentes, brethren, frendes, kins∣folke, and great menne.
According vnto Firmicus Pisces being in the middest of the heauen, causeth thē which are so borne, to get their liuynge by moiste and watery thinges, howbeit for a tyme he shall not liue of his owne costes, but shal get the stipende or fee of some prince or citie.
Sagittarius in the west doth contrari∣wise threaten destruction vnto his bre∣thren and kinred, whereby throughe di∣uers cares and vexations being put be∣sides his minde, he shal be a longe tyme tormented. After this his enemies wax∣inge fierce, and vyolentlye commynge vpon hym, and the waues of mischiefes styll increasynge: he shall be compelled to forsake hys owne natyue countrey,
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and shal be banished & driuen awaye as Cain was, vntil at lengthe by the helpe of God, he shall be restored into his for∣mer estate and condition.
Virgo likewise in the bottome of the heauen doth threaten the very same, but by chaunge and increase of time (accor∣dynge to the state of the incommodities and hurtes) it doth increase abundaunce and good fortune.
¶ Here you may behold the figure.
[illustration] astrological diagram
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