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beginning told you at large, and now in the end more briefly ; the which things, to the end, you may the better underftand them, I will fet you an example of a Figure which my Lord of Tays commanded me to make, to know whether the French King Fmncis the firft of that name , and the Emperour Charles of Au^ ftric^tey the fifth of that name, ftiould fpcak together : which Figure be'ng made, and by fortune, Acqtiifitia being in the firft honfe, went ftrait into the feventh, which is the houfe of Kings and Emperours, which was the caufe that I ftraight way judged that the Em- perour fhould (peak with the King ; and fo likewife (hall ye judge of the fecond if it pafs into the third, to know (as by way of example) if the demand be made for fubftance it fignifieth that thefubftancc ftiall come into the hands of the kinsfolks of him which made the queftion according to the content of the demand, and the fignification of the houfe where the faid Figure is : if the fecond pafs into the third, fifth, or fixth, or into any of the others following, you ftiallalfo judge accor- ding CO the fignification of the houfe where it is .• the like fliall ye do by the third if it pafs into the fourth, or into any of the other unto the twelfth, fo fhall ye do by the fourth if flic pafs into the fifth, or into any of the other houfes following: and foal! the others judging as is aforefaid, according to the fignification of the houfes where they go, and sccording to the good or ill of the faid Figures. And ye mud note tbas: they never pafs but one time to (lay the judgment , aU though that a Figure formed have many of one fort, and all alike, whereof I will fpeak raoreacUrge hereaf- ter, in declaring the example that I will fee.
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Cf the good or ill Houfes ^ and which they be ^ tchere the Figures he in their places.
THe good boufes, to be briefj are the firft, fifth, tenth, and eleventh -, the mean houfes be the (e- cond, third, fourth, and ninth : the evil hotifes be the fixth, fcventh, eighth, and twelfth houfes.
The Uoufes whercm the Figures be found te be goQd^
^quifitio is good for profit, and amongft all other Figures it is good in the firft , (econd , and tenth houfes.
^miffio is good for lofs of fub(kncc, and therefore is good in the eighth houfc , and very ill in the fe- cond.
fonum Major is good for gain in things where a pcrion hath hope to win, and therefore it is very good in the fifth, fixth, ninth and eleventh houfes,
fortu^a Minor h good in any affair, wherein a per- ioti would go quickly, and is therefore very good in the fecond houle, and ill in the eighth houfe;
Lnitu is good for joy, as well prefcat as to come , a'^d for thatcaufe is found good almoin in all the hou- fes, and cfpecially iti the fifth, and ill in the fisth, eight, and twelfth houfes.
Iri/IhiahsL very ill Figure in all the houfes, burin the eighth and twelfth houles, where llie is good : and mc^n in the firO and fecond houfes.
yili^w ia good for a man which ho^^ctb to have gain
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or profit in any thing, and alfo to have entrie into any place, and in this refped is found good in the firft and fourth houfcs.
Rnbeus is ill in all good things, and good in all ill things, and many times figniricth death, (he is never found in the firfl: houfc to make a judgment as is toli you before, (he is ill in the fccond, fourth, feventh and tenth houfes, and almoft in all the other, faving in cer- tain demands.
PuelU is very good in all things that ye may demand, and efpecially in things of women , and Ae is very good in the ninth and fifth houfes.
PHsr is very ill in all the queftions and demands which may be made m all the houfes, faving in the fc^ cond and fixth, where he is mean.
Career is a Figure likewife ill in all the houfes, and efpecially in the (ixth, eighth, Seventh , and twelfth houfes, and (ignifieth always to be (laid.
Con]m[ll9 is good with good, and ill with ill, and fignifieth always a recoverment and rcftitution of things fcattered or loft , and fiie is found good in the fevcnch, ninth, and tenth houfes, and ill in the eighth, and (Ignifieth death, and in the twelfth figniheth to be kept in prilon.
Caput draconts is good with good, and ill with ill, and is good in the feventh and fccond houfes, and Qicwcth to have a good idue m the things where a man hopeth to have gain, .
(^apidadraeonis is very good with the ilJ, and very ill with the good, in matter oflofs (he is good , and to pafsout of an aflair: Hie is found good in the fourth, fixth, ninth, and twelfth houfes, and ill in the fecond : ye murt note that in the ninth i]»eis goo^ to learn
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i^cience, and ill to journey, fignifymg fpoiling and robbing, £he is alio ill in this place for all other things.
Fofidus i» rometlmc good and fometime bad, with good {he is good, and with ill fhe is ill, (he is good in the tenth, and ill in the eighth houfe.
Via is a Figure which brcaketh and fpoileth all the goodncfs of the others, faving in demands of journeys and voyages, and to go from place to plice to the which (he is very good ; (lie is good in the third, fifth, and feventh houfcs, becaufe fhc (ignifieth that Letters fliall come which (hall bring good news : in the twelfth bonfe fhe is common.
In all the Tclefmcs it muft beobferved that the fi- gures of Aflromancic and Geomancie rauft unite, and then Superiours will communicate their vertues to In- ferioursupon the proper Metals at the very moment of time, be careful therefore to obferve the hour and minute you make a Telefmatical Gamahe, and follow thefe Rules and you cannot err.
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