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Howe th Astronomers do Suppose
that the disposition of the heauens
doe guie [sic] victorie

Ca. 10.

Albeit hetherto we haue saide, (and yt reasonablie)
that he ought to have victorie in battell man to man, that
wth moste iustice doe fighte, because we firmlie accompte and
beleue God to be protector and defendor of Iustice and truth
yet manie times accordinge to the opinion of Astronomers
the heavenlye plannetts doe worke their influence in our
earthlie bodies, where they frame a disposition to good or evell
to winne or lose thorough the aspecte and [?] of their
properties And thorough their opposition doe channge or
bodies, and as Aristotle thinketh be of such force
as they alter the complexion of men, gevinge good or evell
influence, more in one place then in an other, accordinge to
their aspecte and the multitude of starrs. ffor this
reason, yf one gentleman sholde provoke an other, when
his ascendent were in the seaventh howse, wch is the howse
of th ennemie, and speciallie yf the mone shineth vppon him
that is provoked, wth a favourable grace, and good aspecte
vndoubtedlie, the provoker shalbe victored, thoughe in proper
force & compannions he hathe the aduanntage. But
when the provoker hath his Significator favourable, and
duringe that time moveth battell, she shalbe victorious. And
likewise we saye of the other starrs, and plannetts celestiall
as they be well or evell dispozed, so there they helpe or hinder
victorie. If two gentlemen determine to fighte, and have
the heavens equallie dyspozed to them both, yt shall come
to passe that in their fight shalbe equall success, or els he
shall remaine victorious, that in his [?] hath moste
forcible constellacion. The Astronomers suppose that