If Bewitched.

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WEE must first consider if ♂ Lord of the twelfth afflict ☿ Lord of the Ascendant, or if ♂ afflict the ☽; or whether ☿ be Lord of the Ascendant and twelfth, or if ♄ Lord of the eighth do mischiefe the Ascendent; for without the Lord of the Ascendant or Ascendant it self, or the ☽ be afflicted by the Lord of the twelfth, there's no strong Witch-craft. Here finding the ☽ going to ☍ of ♄, both Planets in the sixt and twelfth houses, it gave suspition of Witch-craft, and there seemed to those that asked for all manner of Questions. 469 the Querent some reason for it, in regard the Physitians had prescribed much Physick, and it wrought no effect, but the Patient was worse and worse: I positively affirmed he was not bewitched, because ☿ was in a △ to ♃ and ♂, and ♀ in the twelfth, and ♄ much elongated from the cusp of the house, the ☽ applying, after her ☌ of ♄, unto ☿ Lord of the Ascendant, he above the earth, ascending towards the Meridian. I directed them again to advise with the Doctors, and civilly to acquaint them, that the Disease peccant was occult, and lay in the Reines and Secrets, and occasioned by too much Venerian sports, &c. That it was so, ♏ is on the cusp of the sixt, ♀ Lady of the Sign in the twelft; ergo, an occult secret Disease, and Venerian. ☽ in ♏ in the sixt, in ☍ to ♄ in the twelfth; this argues a Female Disease, closely obtained; for as it was a deed of darkness, so do neither ♄ or ☽ behold the Ascendant: I judged he was itchy, because ☿ was in ♓, a moyst Sign, and because ♏ the Sign of the sixt, and ♊ are aëry Signs, the Disease was all over his Bones, and in his joynts, and in his Blood, that being corrupted: I did not say it was a perfect Lues Veneria, but I gave caution to prevent it: This advice was followed, the course of Physick altered, and the afflicted party in or about three weeks perfectly recovered.

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Anno 1646