The Signs for the several parts of the Body
Which sign rules which part of the body, from the Ram at the head to the Fishes at the feet.
[p. 67] Now learn what Signs the several Limbs obey,Whose Powers they feel, and where Obedience pay.The Ram defends the Head, the Neck the Bull,The Arms, bright Twins, are subject to your Rule:I'th' Shoulders Leo, and the Crab's obey'dI'th' Breast, and in the Guts the modest Maid:Ith' Buttocks Libra, Scorpio warms DesiresIn Secret Parts, and spreads unruly Fires:The Thighs the Centaur, and the Goat commandsThe Knees, and binds them up with double Bands.The parted Legs in moist Aquarius meet,And Pisces gives Protection to the Feet.
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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).