and for as myche as saturne ??e planete naturaly ys coold
and drye, and is enemye to al kynde / Forwhy, euery snow, 16
euery hayl, euery tempest, & also ??e humour of malencoly
come?? of hi{m}. & he ha?? his influence vpon derk leed, &
vpon derk [*]placis vnder ??e erf[8], foul{e} and stynkynge, and derke
[[* Fol. 21b.]]
[Footnote 8: Erf = er??e.]
wodis, and vpon
foule, horrible, solitarie placis, as it is pr{e}ued in 20
vitas patru{m}, ??at is to seye, in lyues & colac{i}ou{n}s of fadris /
[The Moon too is full of bane.]
And also ??e moone, naturely coold and moist, ha?? his influence
vpon ??e ny??t, and vpon myche moisture, and vpon ??e placis
wha{n}ne 4. weyes meti?? togidere. forso??e in alle siche placis ??ei 24
wole a-bide and schewe hem to her foloweris / but forso??e ??o
[???Jubiter and Sol | .B.??™]
[Jupiter and Sol, on the other hand, make devils flee, and
betoken the joy of heaven, as Saturn and the Moon do hell.]
??ingis ??at ben of ??e nature of Iubiter and of sol, goode planetis,
arne displesynge to hi{m}, and contrarie, and naturaly deuelis fle
awei fro he{m}, for ??ei haue greet abhominaciou{n} of ??er v{er}tuous 28
influence / ??{er}fore it schewi?? weel ??{a}t ??o ??ingis ??at ben in ??is
world, su{m}me ??er ben ??at bitokene ??e glorious yoie of heuene,
and su{m}me ??ing ??at figure ??e derknesse of euerlastynge peynes
of helle / Forso??e ??e su{n}ne and iubiter, goode planetis, & 32
gold, pure metal, and alle pure ??i{n}gis ??at gladen a man, figurynge
by resou{n} ??e ioie of heuene / and blak Saturne, and ??e
spotty moone, figure & bitokene ??e condicioun of helle / and
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