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 ce, but ruddy, high sanguine complexion, strong valiant and active.

An Introduction to Astrologie.

[KINGDOMS, COUNTRIES, CITIES.] Italy, Bohemia, the Alpes, Turkie, Sicilia, Apulia, Rome, Syracusa, Cremona, Ravenna, Damasco, Prague, Lintz, Constuentia, Bristol.

[QUALITY AND PROPERTY OF VIRGO.] Virgo it’s an earthly, cold, melancholly, barren, feminine, nocturnail, Southern Sign; the house and exaltat ion of Mercury, of the earthly triplicity.

[PLACES.] It signifies a Study where Books are, a slocet, a Dairy-house, Corne-fields, Granaries, Malt-houses, Hay-ricks, or of Barley, Wheat or Pease, or a place where Cheese and Butter is preserved and stored up.

[DISEASES.] The Worms, Winde, Choslicke, all Obstructions in the bowels and miseraicks, croking of the Guts, infirmenesse in the Stones, and disease in the belly.

[KINGDOMS, COUNTRIES, CITIES.] Greece, the south part thereof, Croatia, the Athenian territory, Mesepotamia, Affrica, the southwest of France, Paris, Hierasalem, Rhodes, Lyons, Thoulous, Rafil, Heidelburge, Brundusiam.

[SHAPE AND FORM.] A slender body of mean height, but decently composed; a ruddy brown complexion, black hair, well—favoured or lovely, but no beautiful creature, a small shrill voyce, all members inclining to brevity; a witty discreet soul, judicious and excellently well spoken, studious and given to History, whether Man or Woman; it produceth a care, understanding, if Mercury be in this Sign, and Moon in Cancer, but somewhat unstable.

[NATURE AND PROPERTY OF LIBRA.] Libra is a Sign aeriall, hot and moyst, Sanguine, Masculine, Moveable, Equinoctiall, Cardinall, Humane, Diumnall, of the Aerinall Triplicity, and Western, the chief House of Venus.

[DISEASES.] All Diseases, or the Stone or Gravell in the reines of the Backe, Kidnies, heats and diseases in the Loynes or Hanches, Impostumes or Ulcers in the Reines, Kidnies or Bladder, weaknesse in the Backe, corruption of Blood.

[PLACES.] In the Fields it represents ground neer Winde-mils, or some stragling Barn or outhouse, or Saw-pits, or where Coopers work or Wood is cut, sides of hils, tops of Mountains, grounds where Hawking and Hunting is used, sandy and gravelly Fiel is, pure dleer Ayre and sharp, the upper rooms in Houses, Chambers, Garrets, one Chamber within another.

[SHAPE AND FORM.] It personates a well framed body straight, tall and more