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Rh arms or other arms, according to the kind of person it is; his vocation will be locksmith, furrier, smith, fabricant of all sorts of firearms; he will be inclined to wantonness, a lover of play, a liar, a swearer, promising one thing and doing another, and will have unrighteous quarrels. In station he may reach the rank of captain, master of the camp, general of the army, chevalier, or Grand Master of Malta, governor of the city, of the castle, or military engineer, mathematician, and on account of his valor will be welcome with princes and lords; will live seventy-two years, and will have only one wife and few children, and will not be in danger of sudden death. He will be a good surgeon, a good anatomist, provost, bowman, sergeant, baker, cook, and violent.

"Wednesday, Mercury's day, promises a man of great mind that he shall be a philosopher, orator, doctor, or astrologer, successful in mechanical practice and arts, as with plants, trees, and merchandise, and may arrive to great dignities, as of ambassador, president, counselor, preacher, orator, good writer, doctor, on good terms with pilgrims, messengers, idlers, vagabonds, counterfeiters, a player with false cards, an adept in occult philosophy, will be wicked with the wicked and good with the good; he will suffer from heart disease, trembling of the limbs, and gouts in the joints; he will have three wives, the change-of whom will be good for him; he will have seven or eight children, and will live about fifty years or more. He will be schoolmaster, watchmaker, and instrument maker.

"The star of Jupiter, Thursday, influences a man to great benignity, affability, honesty, discretion, and piety, and to be welcome with princes and kings; he will not be troubled in the courts', and will be rich according to his quality; will be fortunate in marriage, in the service of the prince and great lords, and will reach the quality of nobility or some ecclesiastical dignity; also successful in arms, and with plants, trees, and buildings, minerals, and herbs; and he will profit greatly in voyages, will have a quantity of friends, and will travel in countries where he had no thought of going. If incited by his father or mother, he will have contracts, will be wanton, will have two wives, and many children who will rise in position, and he will live eighty years. He will be a profitable man, liberal, fond of honor, proud, keen, and healthy, affable, jealous of his wives, and will have much knowledge.

"The man who is born on Friday, under the star of Venus, will be by nature very fond of music and of all pleasant things, or will instruct the children of the choir, or will be chapel master, organist, or player of musical instruments, or else a confectioner, glover, perfumer, druggist, or tailor, or something appertaining to