y dispel devils' temptations and despair, and bring a
man to reason.]

Forso[th]e [th]ese medicyns putti[th] awey wickid [th]ou[gh]tis and an
heuy herte malencolious; [th]ei gladith and clense [th]e brayn and
alle hise my[gh]tis, and brynge yn gladnes and merye [th]ou[gh]tis.
[th]ei putte awey
also [th]e craft of [th]e feendis temptac{i}ou{n}s, and 12
ymagynaciouns of dispeir. [th]ei distroie, & make a man to for[gh]ete
almaner of yueles, and naturaly bryngi[th] him a[gh]en to resonable

['Saturne. [gamma].']

[Saturn is an enemy to all creatures, and has power over foul
solitary places, as Vitas Patrum says.]

witt. and for as myche as saturne [th]e planete naturaly ys coold
and drye, and is enemye to al kynde / Forwhy, euery snow, 16
euery hayl, euery tempest, & also [th]e humour of malencoly
come[th] of hi{m}. & he ha[th] his influence vpon derk leed, &
vpon derk [*]placis
vnder [th]e erf[8], foul{e} and stynkynge, and derke

[[* Fol. 21b.]]

[Footnote 8: Erf = er[th]e.]

wodis, and vpon
foule, horrible, solitarie placis, as it is pr{e}ued in 20
vitas patru{m}, [th]at is to seye, in lyues & colac{i}ou{n}s of fadris /

[The Moon too is full of bane.]

And also [th]e moone, naturely coold and moist, ha[th] his influence
vpon [th]e ny[gh]t, and vpon myche moisture, and vpon [th]e placis
wha{n}ne 4. weyes
meti[th] togidere. forso[th]e in alle siche placis [th]ei 24
wole a-bide and schewe hem to her foloweris / but forso[th]e [th]o

['Jubiter and Sol | .B.']

[Jupiter and Sol, on the other hand, make devils flee, and
betoken the joy of heaven, as Saturn and the Moon do hell.]

[th]ingis [th]at ben
of [th]e nature of Iubiter and of sol, goode planetis,
arne displesynge to hi{m}, and contrarie, and naturaly deuelis fle
awei fro he{m},
for [th]ei haue greet abhominaciou{n} of [th]er v{er}tuous 28
influence / [th]{er}fore it
schewi[th] weel [th]{a}t [th]o [th]ingis [th]at ben in [th]is
world, su{m}me [th]er ben
[th]at bitokene [th]e glorious yoie of heuene,
and su{m}me [th]ing
[th]at figure [th]e derknesse of euerlastynge peynes
of helle / Forso[th]e [th]e su{n}ne and iubiter, goode planetis, & 32
gold, pure metal,
and alle pure [th]i{n}gis [th]at gladen a man, figurynge
by resou{n} [th]e ioie of heuene / and blak Saturne, and [th]e