¶ Of the sygne of Scorpio. Good to let blode.
HE whiche is borne ī the sygne of Scor¦pius / from myd Octobre to myd No∣uembre shal haue good fortune: he shal be a great fornycatour. The firste wyfe that
Here begynneth the compost of Ptholomeus, prynce of astronomye: translated oute of Frenche in to Englysshe, for them that wolde haue knowlege of the compost.
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- Here begynneth the compost of Ptholomeus, prynce of astronomye: translated oute of Frenche in to Englysshe, for them that wolde haue knowlege of the compost.
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- [[London] :: Imprynted by me Robert Wyer, dwellynge at the sygne of seynt Iohn Euangelyste, in seynt Martyns Parysshe in the Felde, in the bysshop of Norwytche rentes, besyde Charyng crosse,
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- Astronomy, Greek -- Early works to 1800.
- Astrology -- Early works to 1800.
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"Here begynneth the compost of Ptholomeus, prynce of astronomye: translated oute of Frenche in to Englysshe, for them that wolde haue knowlege of the compost." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A10201.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.
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he shall haue in maryage shall become relygy¦ous / he wyll serue gladly to ymages / he shall suffer payne in his pryue membres at the age of .xv. yere / he shall be hardy as a Lyon / and amyable of forme many facultes shal be gy∣uen hym / he shal be a great goer in vysitynge dyuers countres for to knowe the customes & statutes of Cyties / & shall haue victory ouer all his enemyes / they may nat hynder hym in no maner wyse / he shall haue money by his wyfe / and shall suffer dyuers doloures of the stomacke: he shal be mery & loue the company of mery folke. In his ryght sholder shall be a sygne / by swete wordes & adulacions he shal be deceyued / he wyll often saye one & do ano∣ther / he shall haue a wounde with yron / he shal be bytten of a dog or of some other beest / he shal be in doubte and haue dyuers enemyes at the age of .xxxiii. yere / and if he escape / he shall lyue .lxxxiiii. yere after nature.
THe woman that shall be borne in this tyme shal be amyable and fayre / and shall nat be longe with her firste hus∣bande: and after she shal enioye with another by her good and true seruyce / she shal haue ho¦noure and victorye of her enemyes / she shall suffer payne in the stomacke / she shal be wy∣se & haue woundes in her sholdres / she ought
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to fere her latter dayes / whiche shal be doubte full by venym / and she shal lyue .lxx. yere af¦ter nature. The dayes of Mars and Saturne to them ben ryght agreable / and the dayes of Iupiter to them ben cōtrary: they shal be swe¦te of wordes & pryckynge with theyr tayles / & they wyll murmure detractynge other: and say otherwyse than they wolde be sayd by.