“ And if you would know what planet rules at 7 in the morning of that day, you will find it against 7, which shows you that Venus rules that hour ; and so of any hour in the day
But I shall now come to speak of the signification of the planetary hour of each planet, and what it portends to them that are born in them.
The hour of Saturn is strong, is good to do all things that require strengths; such as fighting, bearing burdens, and the liko; but for those things it is very evil. ”

“ The Ecliptic Line, is a line imagined to go along in the midst of the Zodiac as a girdle, out of which the Sun never goes; but the Moon and other planets are sometimes on the one side, and sometimes on the other side, which is called their latitudes, only the fixed stars alter not their latitudes, whether great or small; but the longtitude of a star is the arch, or parts of the ecliptic in degrees, between the beginning of Aries, and the circle which passeth through the body of Aries, and the circle which passeth through the body of the stars ”

“ Latitude of the earth is the distance or breadth on either side of the equinox towards the pole, and they that are under the equinox have no latitude, but the poles of the world are in the horizon. This is a right sphere, and every 60 minutes directly north and south, are said to make a degree of latitude in an oblique sphere; as London is counted to be in 51 degrees 32 minutes, the pole thereof being exalted as much. The like is to be observed in any other place or region. ”

“ So we may observe of our authoress, that though clothed in the meanest garb, nature showed herself in her abilities, and left it for me to hand down to posterity what otherwise would be lost in oblivion. ”

“ Thus have I given the reader the judgment of ancients upon the planetary hours, and what they portend to those that are born under them, by which a person, comparing himself to what is here set down, may easily know under what planet he was born.
Of the Birth of Children with respect to the Age of the Moon.
To be born on the first day of the new Moon, is very fortunate, for to such all things shall succeed well; their sleep will be sweet, and their dreams pleasant; they shall have long life and increase of riches.
A child born the second day of the new Moon, shall grow apace ”

“ It is enough to tell the reader that I was at length enabled to read this valuable work, and found by experience, that the maxims and remarks, her observations and judgement, have been extensive, are true, strongly characteristic, and would do honour to the most experienced astrologers.
Nature sometimes in her roughest coat drops her brightest jewel, which for a long time lies hid till developed by some experienced adept. ”

“ If at both ends there is a redness, or mixture of different colours, the person is choleric, and delights in fighting.
When the end is black, the man loves agriculture; he places happiness in mediocrity, and from thence avoids the cares attendant on either extreme of fortune. ”

“ Bridget, vulgarly called Mother Bridget, lived—in her peregrinage through this life—in a kind of cave, or rather a hollow, formed by nature above ground, with the assistance of a little art, and comprising an exceeding warm shelter from the air; company of all sorts resorted to her, nobility, gentry, tradesmen, and mechanics—men, women, girls, and boys, of all degrees and classes. ”

“ Constellation is a certain number of stars supposed to be limited within some form or likeness; as Aries the Ram is said to have thirteen stars:-Taurus the Ball, thirty-three; Arcturus, Orion; and the Pleiades, mentioned in Job, ix. 9, are said to be constellatiads.
Planets are the seven eratique, or wandering stars, called Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Sol, and Luna. These planets have also their several motions, as-
Direct, is a planet moving in its natural course, which is forward. ”

“ If round the nails there is usually any excoriation, or sprouting of the skin, the person is luxurious, fearful, and an epicure, loving enjoyment, provided it is to be obtained without danger.
When there are certain white marks at the end, it testifies that the person is improvident, soon ruining their fortune through negligence. ”

“ Tropics are supposed to be two lesser circles, parallel with the equinoctial, and distant from it on either side 23 degrees 31 minutes each; the ecliptic line touches the tropics of Cancer on the north side of the equinoctial, and it touches the tropics of Capricorn on the south side thereof, so that the sun hath his motion between these two circles.
The Arctic circle is equally distant from the North Pole, as the tropics are distant from the equinox—23 degrees 31 minutes. ”

“ The pole arctic, or north pole, is elevated above our horizon about 51 degrees, and the stars within that distance from it never set with us, but keep their course round it daily: so likewise those that are that distance from the south pole never rise with us, but perform their course in the like order. ”

“ He that is born in this hour has sharp eyes, brown hair, and a round face, denotes one that is a great projector, aims at great things, but is often disappointed, and seldom brings his design to pass. ”

“ In ushering into the world such a performance as this, it may be necessary to give our readers some account of the life of the person who left the following little work for the benefit and instruction of the world, a person whose fame, though not recorded among the roll of those whose heroic actions have trumpeted them to the world, yet her discerning eye, and her knowledge in prescience, render her not unknown to the generality of those who devote any attention to this interesting study. ”

“ The twelfth day of the moon's age, in allusion to the twelfth sign of the Zodiac, betokeneth nothing but sorrow and woes and the child born this day shall be given to wrathfulness, and subject to many afflictions. ”