Maim'd and intire Signs
Signs that are missing a part: the lame Bull, the clawless Scorpion.
[p. 59] But search minutely, and you find a ¹⁵MaimIn many Signs, the mighty Bull is lame,His Leg turns under, Scorpio's Claws are lostIn Libra's Scales, nor can the Centaur boastA Form compleat, tho' we distinctly findOne Eye, the other's lost, and Cancer's blind.Thus Heaven to wretched Mortals sends ReliefBy these Examples it corrects our Grief,Since Signs, on which our Fates depend, do shareThe like Misfortunes, which we grieve to bear.
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¹⁵ The Maim'd signs, Taurus, Scorpius, Sagittarius, Cancer. (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).