Book I. Tbe Temple of \N\ld^tn€. i8i

arechehoufcs of ^ercury^ Venus^ znd Saturn^ chey arc fa id co put to flight difeafcs, to conduce to frienddiip and concord, to prevail againft Melan- cholly, and to caufc health', and they report that Aquarm efpecially frecth from the Quartane. Alfo, that Cancer J Scorfh g^ndPifceSy becaufe they confti- tute thcwatry and Northern Triplicity,do prevail againft hot and dry Feavers; aUb againft theHe- ftick, and all Cholerick pafTions j but Scorpio^ be- caufe amongft the members it rcfpefteth the privy parts, doth provoke to luft : but thefe did frame it for this purpofe, his third face afcending, which belongeth to Venus 5 and they made the fame againft Serpents and Scorpions, poyfons, and evilfpiritsj his fecond face afcending, which is the face of the Suny and Dccanate of Jupiter \ and they report that it maketh him who carriech it ^ wife, of a good colour 5 and they report that the image of Cancer is moft efficacious againft SerpeiuSjand poyfoiis^when 50/ and Luna arc m Conjunction m it, and afcend in the firft a^d third face ; for this is the face of Venm, and theDecanate oi iuna\ but the fecond face of Lw«/J, the Decanatc of Jupiter : They report alfo that Serpents are tormented when the Sun is la Cancer i Alfo that laurits^ FergOy and Lapricorn^ be- - caufethey conftitute the earthly and Southern Tri- plicity, do cure hot infirmities, and prevail againft the Synocal Feaver, it maketh thofe that carry it grateful^acceptable, eloquent, devout and religious, becaufe they are the Houfes of Venw^ Mdrs^ and 6"^- turn : Capricorn alfo is reported to keep men infafie- ty, and alfo places in fccuxity, becaufe, it is the cxaltatioaofM^n.
M3 .. CHAP.
i82 TAe Temple tf/Wifdomc. Booicl
Chap XXXV,
of the Telefmaticall Images of the Facef^ and of thofe Images vphich are vpithont the Lodiack.
THere are befides in the Zodiack thirty fix Ima- ges, according to the number of the faces, of the which (as Forfhjryiwh) fencer the Babylonian long ^nce. wrote, who was a nioft aneicnt Mathe- matician, after ^\\omtht Arabians alfo wrote of thefe things Therefore it is faid, that in the fii-ft face of ^rif;, afcendeth the image of a black man, ftanding and cloathed in a white garment, girdled about, of a great body,with reddifti eyes, and great flrength, and like one that is angry ; and this i- mage fignifieth and caiifeth boldneffe , fortitude^ loftincfie and Ihamelcfnefle ; in thefecond face af- cendeth a form of a woman, outwardly cloathed with a red garment, and under it a white, fpread- ing abroad over her feet, and this image caufeth iioblcnefTe, height of a Kingdom, and greatneiTe of Dominion : in the third face arifeth the figure of a white man, pale, with reddifk hair, and cloathed with a red garment, who carding on the one hand a golden Bracelet, and holding forth a woden frai^, js wreitleiTeand likeoneinwrath^ becaufe he can- not perform that good he would. This image be- ftowtch wit , meeknelTc , joy and beauty : In the firft face oi^auriis afcendeth a naked man, an Ar*- cher, Harvefter or Husbandman, and gocth forth to fow, plough, buildjpeople, and divide the earthy ciccording to the rules of Geometry j in thefecond f2C5 afcendeth a na.k^d man^ hiding ia his hand a
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