vi EPISTLE TO THE READER. 
Fifthly, There is a way to cure diseases sometimes by Sympathy, and so every 
planet cures his own disease; as the Sun and Moon by their Herbs cure the eyes, Sa- : 
turn the spleen, Jupiter the Liver, Mars the gall and diseases of choler, and Venus dis- 
eases in the instruments of Generation. 
From my House in Spitalfields, NICH. CULPEPER. 
next door to the Red Lion, 
September 5, 1653. 
TO HIS DEAR CONSORT, 
MRS. ALICE CULPEPER. 
My dearest, 
THE works that I have published to the world (though envied by some illiterate — 
physicians) have merited such just applause, that thou mayest be confident in proceed- 
ing to publish any thing I leave thee, especially this master-piece; assuring my friends 
and country men, that they will receive as much benefit by this, as by my Dispensatory, — 
and that incomparable piece, called, Semiotica Uranica enlarged, and English Physician. 
These are the choicest secrets, which I had many years locked up in my own breast. 
I gained them by my constant practice, and by them I maintained a continual repu- — 
tation in the world, and I doubt not but the world will honour thee for divulging ; 
them; and my fame shall continue and increase thereby, though the period of my Life | 
and Studies be at hand, and I must now bid all things under the sun farewell: fare- 
well my dear wife and child; farewell Arts and Sciences, which I so dearly loved; — 
farewell all worldly glories, adieu readers. | 
Nicholas Culpeper. 
