BOOK II. a?:d Expert F err jer. 5^ 



Hippiatrus. Which be r^^ Elements which do give life ami tm- 

 trimem itmo man-, and all other livhig Creatures ? 



Hippoferfts. They are four in number, thatis to {ay,F»Vr,y4;>, 

 Water and Earth ) whofe naturesaf you ihall pleafe, I will dif- 

 cufs elfewhere. 



Hippiatrus. No I pray let us have them both ftow and elfe^hercy 

 their natures y conditions^ and qualities, 



Hippoferus, The nature of Fire is to be hot and dry, Jir to be 

 hot and moift, Water to be cold and moift, and Eai th to be cold 

 and dry. 



Hippiatrus. Do youkrtovp the twelve Signs of the Zodiack, and 

 hfiW they do govern the body of man^ and of all Creatures} 



Hippoferus. Yes, I do know them all perfe(5lly ^ and thus are 

 they called Aries-fVaHrus/j emini^Cancer-t Leo-if^irgOf Libra^Scorpio, 

 Sagittarius-^Capricornus^ Aquarins-, Pifces : Thele do all govern the- 

 twelve moneths of the year, and are placed above the Zodiaek,. 



Hippiatrus. Do you kriow the names of the Planets, and their- 

 numbers ? 



Hippoferus-. That I do very well, and they be feven in num- 

 ber*,, to wit, SafurfJy 7f<piter^ A'fars-x Soly Venusj Mercury and ' 

 LHna\ 



Hippiatrus. What parts do the twelve Signs before mentio>}ted gc^ 

 vern ? 



Hippoferus, Aries governs the Head,, Taurus thtNeckt Gemini 

 the Shoulders 2ind Armesy Cancer the Stomach znd Breajf^ Leo tliQ 

 Hearty Virgo the Beliie and Guts, Libra the Reines and Buttocksy , 

 Scorpio the Privie pmrtSy Sagittarius the Thighes, Capricornw the* 

 Kneesy Aquarius the Legs, and Pifces the Feet. 



Hippiatrus. Jn what daies is it be(i for a Horfe to be let blood i* ' 



Hippoferus, If there be no extraordinary caufe,- as in cafe of 

 defperate fickneIs,or fo j then Jan, thethird,and the fifteen.F^-' - 

 ^r«4r;> the fourth and ninth, vl/^rc/; thefcventeen andeighteen* • 

 April the tenth and fixteen. /I^^/f the firll and thirteen. June fif- 

 teen and twenty. But for JuUe^ and Augufty by reafon that the- - 

 Canicular daies be then predominant, blood-letting is not fo good,' 

 but only in urgent cafe of necelTity. In 5f/)fff/»^fr the eleventhand' . 

 twenty eighth. O^^o^^r theeight and twenty three. A^o'y<?wt^rthe' 

 fifth and fixteenth.-D^cew^^r the fourteen aad twenty fixthi And' 

 thele dajrs do we hold to be the very befl:,. unle& dangerous 



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