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CASE69839: Nativity for Sir Sanders Duncombe [Mr Sanders Duncombe] (PERSON22981)

Question asked by the patient on 14 December 1629 at 12:20

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Richard Napier the more babee

If feb 13. h 11. 30 ant m natus 1582 then die {sic} die . Corp of a sang cōp

[Astrological Chart]

<p. 9>

Sr Sanders Ducōb \47. y./ natus feb 13 h 15 21. his mother dyed when he was but 4 {illeg} \7/ yeres 5 or 6 y after her death vnwares leaping leaped into a well & was like to be drownd & 2 or 3 y wth his younger brothr sliding on the Ice fell into the water but wthout harme

20 y old travelled into franc & stayed 3 quarter of a yere & retured {sic} at the Death of his fathr being 21 y

Then living on yere in England he traveled into Italy wch beng {sic} about a yere there it was his hap riding on a mule to fall backward wth his mule also

then some few yeres after became servant to k Iames & then after to k Char The miklemas before the k went in to Scotland was sick of a dangerus burning feever then vppō the death of a frind fell into a weeping passion & thenc into extrene {sic} melanc |Write on monday next|

Notes:

Editorial Note:  This nativity is associated with the horary entry CASE69833.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 10, p. 9, p. 10 (p. 10 upper right, p. 9 bottom left, and p. 10 bottom right)

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), ‘CASE69839’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/cases/CASE69839, accessed 16 July 2025.