[207] Προς αρρενας δε κεκιννμενους και ζηλοτυπους.
[208] Παιδων διαφθορεας.
[209] That is to say, in her extreme latitude, whether south or north.
[210] Epilepsy is defined to be “a conclusive motion of the whole body, or some parts of its parts, accompanied with a loss of sense.” The knowledge of this latter effect probably induced the author to rank it among diseases of the mind.
[211] Of Mercury, the Moon, and the ascendant.
[212] Εσπερινοι; perhaps, more properly, nocturnal; the word being used in contrast to ημερινοι, diurnal.
[213] That is to say, such events as are independent of the will, and not necessarily consequent on any peculiar conformation of the mind or body.
[214] [Vide Chapter XIII of the 3rd Book].
[215] I have considered the words, γυναικειων δωρερεων, as comprising “the dowry of wives,” as well as other “gifts from women.”
[216] That is to say, its duration will depend on the time requisite to complete the arc of direction or prorogation between the stars, operating the loss, and the places which give the wealth. And the calculation is to be made as pointed out in the 14th and 15th Chapters of the 3rd Book.