Part II.

CHAP. XXXV.
OF THE IMAGES OF THE ZODIAC WHAT VIRTUES, THEY BEING ENGRAVEN, RECEIVE
FROM THE STARS.
BUT the celeftial images, according to whofe likenefs images of this kind are framed, are many in the heavens ; fome vifible and confpicuous, others only imaginary, conceived and fet down by the Egyptians , Indians , and Chaldeans ; and their parts are fo ordered, that even the figures of fome of them are diftinguifhed from others ; for this reafon they place in the circle of the Zodiac twelve general images, according to the number of the figns ; of thefe, they conftituting Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius, for the fiery and oriental triplicity, report that it is profitable againft fevers, palfy, dropfy, gout, and all cold and phlegmatic infirmities ; and that it makes him who carries it to be acceptable, eloquent, ingenious, and honourable ; becaufe they are the houfes of Mars, Sol, and Jupiter. They made, alfo, the image of a lion againft melancholy phantafi.es, dropfy, plague, and fevers, and to expel difeafes, at the hour of the Sun, the firft degree of the fign Leo afeending, which is the face and decanate of Jupiter ; but againft the ftone, and difeafes of the reins, and againft hurts of beafts, they made the fame image when Sol, in the heart of the lion, obtained the midft of heaven. And again, becaufe Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius, do conftitute the aerial and occidental triplicity, and are the houfes of Mercury, Venus, and Saturn, they are faid to put to flight difeafes, to conduce to friendfhip and concord, to prevail againft melan- choly, and to caufe health •, and they report that Aquarius efpecially frees from the quartan. Alfo, that Cancer, Scorpio, and Pifces, becaufe they con- ftitute the watery and northern triplicity, do prevail againft hot and dry fevers, alfo againft the heftic, and all choleric paffions ; but Scorpio, becaufe among the members it refpefts the privy parts, doth provoke to luft ; but thefe did frame it for this purpofe, his third face afeending, which belongs to Venus ; and they made the fame, againft ferpents and fcorpions, poifons and evil fpi- rits, his fecond face afeending, which is the face of the Sun, and decanate ol
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men in fafety, and alfo places in fecurity, beeaufe it is the exaltation of Mars.
CHAP. XXXVL
OF THE IMAGES OF SATURN »
BUT now what images they did attribute to the planets. Although of thefe tilings very large volumes have been written by the antient wife men, fo that there is no need to declare them here, notwithftanding I will recite a few of them ; for they made, from the operations of Saturn, Saturn afeending in a flone, which is called the load-ftone, the image of a man, having the countenance of a hart, and camel’s feet, and fitting upon a chair or elfe a dragon, holding in his right hand a feythe, in his left a dart, which image they hoped, would be profitable for prolongation of life ; for Album afar, in his book Sadary proves that Saturn conduces to the prolongation of life ; where, alfo, he fays that certain regions of India being fubjedt to Saturn, there men. are of a very long life, and die not unlefs by extreme old age. They made, alfo, an image of Saturn, for length of days, in a fapphire, at the hour of £aturn, Saturn afeending or fortunately conhituted ; whofe figure was an old man fitting upon a high chair, having his hands lifted up above his head,
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