Signs of different Postures
Running signs, standing signs, sitting and lying signs.
[p. 59] Nor must you think it undesign'd, a CastOf busie Nature as she wrought in haste;That some shew running ¹⁴Postures in their frame,The Lion, Centaur, and the turning Ram;Erected some, Aquarius rears his Head,The Twins are upright, and the pious Maid:Some crouching Signs a lazy Posture show,Thus Taurus bends, as wearied by the Plough;The Scales press'd down appear, and Caper liesBy his own Frost contracted in the Skies:The Crab and Scorpio flat are found, they showThe Postures there which they maintain below,Whilst watry Pisces low, and gently glideIn Streams divided, always on their side.
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¹⁴ The Running Signs are Leo, Sagittarius, Aries; The standing or Erected Signs, Aquarius, Gemini, Virgo. The Crouching Signs, Taurus, Cancer, Libra, Scorpius, Caper, Pisces. (Creech’s note, 1697)
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The text is Thomas Creech's 1697 verse translation, checked word by word between three scans of the same type (the 1697 printing, the 1700 printing and a third copy). The long s is printed as s; every other spelling is Creech's. Pages are cited as the 1697 printing numbers them. The portrait is William Marshall’s engraving of Lilly from the front of the 1659 printing (Wellcome Library, public domain).