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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Ptolemy, Quadripartitum (tr. Philipp Melanchthon)

Basel, Johannes Oporinus, 1553 · 141

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nos aut etiam plures procreat. Ac peculiariter tres mares, qualis est tergeminorum generatio, gignunt positi in bicorporeis in locis dictis Saturnus, Iupiter et Mars; tres femellas, qualis est Charitum generatio, pariunt Venus, Luna et Mercurius effoeminatus; duos mares et unam femellam, qualis fuit generatio Castoris, Pollucis et Helenae, gignunt Saturnus, Iupiter et Venus; duas femellas et unum marem, qualis est generatio Cereris, Proserpinae et Bacchi, gignunt Venus, Luna et Mars. Sed hi foetus plerunque immaturi eduntur et saepe membra monstrosa adferunt, et quidam eduntur inusitato more, propter talium accidentium concursum.

⟨III.9⟩ De monstris

Non aliena est doctrina de monstris ab hoc loco. Primum enim, in his lumina reperientur procul remota et nullo modo aspicientia horoscopum, et cardines occupati a maleficis stellis.