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Nata est 1^o Iunij 1613. ho. 1. 4′. p^t mer.

Eclipsis ☾. 17^o. Augusti 1616. cuius dominatores ♄. et ♂ et potissimū ♄ tempore eclipseos in MC existentis in ⚹ ♂ dni MC.

M^r Sandy: I have sent by this bearer vnto you the figure of my daughters nativity, w^ch was taken precisely by instrument, and heretofore approved by accident. She is troubled w^th an exceeding cough, w^ch at the first was ioyned w^th a fever. Nowe I thinke the fever hath left hir: but she raiseth in coughing much Phlegme w^th paine by strayning his body, and she is almost pined away to nothing. So farre forth as I can iudge by Astrologie, wherein I have formerly taken some paines, I thinke hir infirmitie ceedeth, partly in that hir figure hath conformity w^th the Eclipse in August above written (whose effects are nowe a working according to the doctrine of Ptolemie) partly from a particular cause in the geniture it self viz Directio Horoscopi ad Lancem Astralem & Saturni transitus per oppositum gradus directionis, quo tempore mortus eam primo invasit. It may please you to iudg by yo^r skill in Phisick whether she be likely to recover this disease or not. When the ascendant (w^ch only heere is rogator of life) shall meet w^th the □ of ♂ & seconded by a sesquiquadrate of Saturne, I thinke hir life will be in great hazzard: but that shall not happen till she be ten yeares old. But being yet vnder foure yeares of age, considering so terrible occurses doe so neerely followe I suspect the worst & crave yo^r opinion herein: F;or Plus vident oculi quam oculus. And I think the weake sextile of ♃ being in his detriment & occidentall will not suffice to dissolve so forcible causes of evill So wishing yo^r helth & happyness, I take my leave

Thornton this 1. of May 1617.

Yo^rs to com̄ande

William Breden.