A litell treatyse of astrouomy [sic] very necessary for physyke and surgerye, declarynge what herbes, and all kynde of medecynes are appropryate and vnder the influence of the planetes, sygnes and constellacyons : and also the partes and members of the bodye thereto correspondynge, and howe ye shall brynge the vertue of the heuens aud [sic] nature of the sters to euery parte of mans bodye beynge deseasad or sycke to the soner recoueraunce of helth : and also howe to chose the most luckey dayes and tymes for the aboue sayde, the whiche shal be appoynted by the almanacke yerelye, accordynge to the course of the moone, passynge by all the signes and sterres in one reuolucion / gathered and set forth by Anthony Askham physicio[n] ...

{fleur-de-lys} The herbes, stones, gummes, and mettalles, that hath influence of the planette Venus.

¶ Of herbes.

PAnax, Callitrychum, Veruen, Violette Mai∣denheare, Valeryan, Tyme, Rose, Mirtus, Ambre, Muske, San∣ders. Coliandre, swete Fygs, Pears Oranges, and Pomgranattes.

Of stones, Berel, Chrysolite, Sma¦ragde, Saphire, grene Iasper, the Egle stone, Asure, Corall, and all o∣ther of sundry and grene coloure.

Of gummes, Ladanum, Benia∣min, Gallia, Muscate, and all swete smellynge Gummes.

Of mettalles, Syluer and yelow or redde brasse.

❧ Of the partes of mans bodye that Venus gouerneth.

❧ Venus ruleth the fleshe and fat∣nes of the wombe, the share and na∣uell and also the backe & buttockes.

¶ The signes of heauen, in whom Venus hath dominacion.

¶ Venus is the ladye of Taurus, and Libra and of Pisces, bicause of her exaltacion, and in al thinges cō∣teyned vnder these thre sygnes.

☞ what constellacyons are ru∣led by Venus.

❧ Venus ruleth the nauell of An∣dromeda, in the .xxii. degre of Aries, Aldebaran in the thyrde degree of Gemini the great dogge in the .xvii. degre of Cancer, the great Beare in the seuen degre of Libra, the vyrgin spicke, in the .xvii degre of Libra the Elpheia in the thyrde degre of Sa∣gittary, the vultur cades in the .xvi. degree of Aquarye and of all other herbes, stones, Gummes, and met∣talles, that are cōteyned vnder these

constellacyons, at the dayes of those degrees aforesayde.