Book II, Chap. XLI. Of the Images of the Sun.

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FRom the operations of the Sun, they made an Image at the hour of the Sun, the first face of Leo ascending with the Sun, the forme of which was a king crowned, sitting in a chair, having a Raven in his bosom, and under his feet a Globe▪ he is cloathed in Saffron coloured cloathes; They report th•• this Image rendreth men invincible, and honorable, and help to bring their businesses to a good end, and to drive away vain dreams; also to be prevalent against feavers, and the plague; and they made it in a Balanite stone or a Rubin, at the hour o• the Sun, when it in his exaltation fortunately ascendeth; They ma•• another Image of the Sun in a Diamond, at the hour of the Sun, it ascending in his exaltation; the figure of which was a woman crowned with the gesture of one dancing and laughing, standing in a Chariot drawn with four horses, having in her right hand a looking glass, or buckler, in the left a staffe, leaning on her breast, carrying a flame of fire on her head; They report that this Image rendreth a man fortunate and rich, and beloved of all; and they made this Image, on a Corneoll stone at the hour of the Sun ascending in the first face of Leo, against Lunatick passions which proceed from the combustion of the Moon,