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LIbra that vnder this sygne domyneth the great trees / and sygnyfyeth Iustyce and of man it gouerneth the reynes / & the nether parte of the bely / And regyons the countre of Romany and of Grece. Vnder the xviii. degree ryseth a sterre fyxed that Astro∣nomyers calle Porke espyke. They that ben
borne vnder the constellacyon ben well sha∣pen / and ben honest / and do thyng{is} that folke meruayle on / and reioyseth / and sygnyfyeth ryches by honest and precyous marchaundyse and ben comonly loued of lordes and ladyes and Libra is one of the houses of Venus / and Taurus is the other / in the whiche she reioy∣seth most. And is the exaltacion of Saturne For the wether begynneth to waxe colde in this monthe of Septembre / and Saturne is the planet and the lorde of colde that exalteth in great heyghte / whan that he entreth in to the sygne of Libra.