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] ...

[illustration] depiction of Capricorn: goat

CAPRI∣corne is a sygne of xxviii. sters, and hath the herbe Lapa∣thū, a Docke and al other herbes con∣teyned vnder Saturne. Also in the seuenth degree ryseth a sterre called the Scorpions herte the whiche gy∣neth influence to the herbe Aristolo∣gia the longer, and to Saffron, and to the stones Sardens, and Ame∣thystes, and to all thynges vnder Iupiter and Mars, in that degree Also Capricorne gouerneth the kne¦es, and to brynge the vertue of the Heauens and Sterres to these pla∣ces of the bodye, marke these thyn∣ges vnder these planettes sygnes, and constellacions, geuynge influ∣ence in this sygne, and do as before is sayde.