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CASE43799: Horary consultation concerning Mr Robert Burgess (PERSON28559)

Question asked by the patient on 29 August 1616 at 18:00

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Richard Napier Robart Burges of Archester 52 y Aug. 29. h. 6 p m 16i61

[Astrological Chart]

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master Burges

he sayth yt his sins be so great yt the cānot be for{given} & weepeth often. not ripe witted but mopish all {illeg} memory sences & wits & gifts taken from him 2 ye{res} he was a good pracher. he syth {sic} yt he hath syned agaynst the holy ghost. cryeth out agayst {sic} the temptat{ion} of sathan./

Notes:

1 ‘a dead palsye on ye left syde’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 158v (upper left, middle right, and bottom parts of page)

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), ‘CASE43799’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/cases/CASE43799, accessed 19 May 2025.