Humane and Brute Signs
Signs shaped like people and signs shaped like animals, and why it matters.
[p. 55] Some Signs bear ⁷Humane Shapes, some Signs exprestIn single Figures bear the Form of Beast:These Shapes direct us, and from those we knowHow each inclines, what Tempers Signs bestow;Their Figures will not let their Force escape,Their Tempers are agreeing to their Shape.
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⁷ The Humane Signs are Gemini, Libra, Virgo, Aquarius. The Brute, Aries, Taurus, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Leo, Cancer, Scorpius, 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).