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ck, Devils—milk or Petty spurge, the white and red Brambles, the white called vulgarly by the Hearbalists Ramme, Lingwort, Onion, Scommony, Garlick, Mustard-seed, Pepper, Ginger, Leeks, Ditander, Hore—hound, Hemlock, red Sanders, Tamarindes, all Hearbs attracting or drawing choller by Sympathy, Raddish, Castoreum, Arsolarr, Assarum, Carduus, Benedictus, Cantharides.

[TREES.] All Trees which are prickly, as the Thorn, Chestnut.

[BEASTS AND ANIMALS.] Panther, Tyger, Mastiffe, Vulture, Fox; of living creatures, those that are Warlike, Ravenous and Bold, the Castor, Horse, Mule, Ostrich, the Goat, the Wolf, the Leopard, the wild Asse, the Gnats, Flyes, Lapwing, Cockarrice, the Griffon, Bear.

[FISHES.] The Pike, the Shark. the Barbel, the Fork-fish, all stinking Worms, Scorpions.

[BIRDS.] The Hawke, the Vultur, the Kite or Glead, (all ravenous Fowle) the Raven, Cormorant, the Owle, (some say the Eagle) the Crow, the Pye.

[PLACES.] Smiths, Shops, Furnaces, Slaughter—houses, places where Bricks or Charcoales are burned, or have been burnes, Chimneys, Forges.

[MINERALS.] Iron, Antimony, Arsenick, Brimston, Ocre.

[STONES.] Adamant, Loadstone, Blood—stone, Jasper, the many coloured Amatheist, the Touch-stone, red Lead or Vermilion.

[which usually appear after a long time of drinesse and fair Wheather, by improper and unwholesome Mysts.

[WINDS.] He stirreth up the Western Winds.

[ORBE.] His Orbe is onely seven degrees before and after any of his aspects.

[YEERS.] In man he governeth the flourishing time of Youth, and from 41 to 56; his greatest yeers are 264, greater 66, mean 40, lesse 15.

[COUNTRIES.] Saromatia, Lumbardy, Batavia, Ferraria, Gothland, and the third Climate.

[DAY OF THE WEEK.] He governeth Tuesday, and therein the first hour and eighth from Sun rise, and in Conception the third moneth.

[ANGEL.] Samael. His friends are onely Venus; Enemies all the other Planets.

An Introduction to Astrologie.

CHAP. XI.

Of the SUN, his generall and particular significations.

[SOL.] The Sun is placed in the middle of all Planets, and is called amongst the Ancients, both Poets and Historians, Sol, Titan, Ilioa, Phebus, Apollo, Pean, Osyris, Diespiter: It’s needlesse to mention his Colour, being so continuallly visible to all mortal men: He passeth through