With Capricorn riseth Ophieuchus
The Serpent-holder: those who handle snakes and come to no harm.
[p. 70] When Ophieuchus mounts, and joyns the Goat,Those that are born shall live an AntidoteTo strongest Poyson; they may safely takeThe frightful Serpent, and the Venom'd SnakeInto their Bosom: Whilst the Monsters ClingAbout their Bodies kils their fiercest Sting.
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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).