¶ Of the perticuler fortunes of men aswel in prosperitie as inaduersitie.
ALTHOVGH it be impos∣sible to the Astronomer to shew before the particuler natures of all vnseperable thinges, and to discusse the secret and hidden operations & influences of al the sterres euen too the vttermost poynte, (which thyng Ptolomy knewe,) yet is it manyfest that diuers of those thynges which yerly we doo marke and intitle, and that we eyther promyse or threaten in oure symple Astrologicall Prog∣nostications, not at all aduentures but by the ordre and course of ye he∣uens mercked and studied vpon be∣fore, do chaunce after. And therfore accordyng to the accustomed maner we wyl set furth clerely and playn∣ly vnto you as nye as we can, aswel the fortune of such people as are vn∣der