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The book of knowledge : treating of the wisdom of the ancients : in four parts : I. Shewing the various and wonderful operations of the signs and planets ... on the bodies of men, &c. II. Prognostications for ever necessary to keep the body in health; with several choice receipts in physic and surgery. III. An abstract of the art of physiognomy and palmestry ... IV. The farmer's calendar ... (1806)

Erra Pater, Lilly, William, 1602-1681, Duyckinck, Evert, 1764?-1833, publisher · New-York : Published by Evert Duyckinck ... · leaf 64

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ed from the superior bodies, for The Book of- Knowledge, 63 there is no part of the face of man but what is un-der the peculiar influence or government, not on-ly of the seven planets, but also of the twelve signsof the zodiac, and from each governing part it isthe nature and inclination of a man… … By this the reader may see at the first glance,that the forehead is governed by J Mars; theright eye is under the dominion of 0 sol ; the lefteye is ruled by the C Moon, or Luna ; the right 64 The Book of Knowledge. ear is the care of % Jupiter, the left of T? Saturn ;the ruling of the nose is…

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