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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Ptolemy, Quadripartitum (tr. Philipp Melanchthon)

Basel, Johannes Oporinus, 1553 · 191

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muliebri impotentia praeditos, sumptuosos, muliebres amatorios, salaces, pronos ad libidinem, moechos, ornatum ostentantes, molles, ignavos, profusionum amantes, subsannatores, fatuos, vehementes, comptos, muliebria consilia instituentes, superstitiosos, lenones, observantes arcanarum caeremoniarum, fideles et non nocendi cupidos, festivos, faciles, hilares et ad praemia cumulatius danda liberales.

Iupiter cum Mercurio

Familiaritas Iovis cum Mercurio in locis laudatis facit amantes literarum, facundos, deditos geometriae disciplinis, poeticae, eloquentiae, ingeniosos, modestos, humanos, honesta consilia quaerentes, politicos, beneficos, aliena negocia administrantes, comes, liberales, amantes coetuum, callide observantes alios, non habentes irritos impetus, idoneos gubernationi, pios, studiosos rerum divinarum, pecuniam bonis artibus augentes, erga cognatos naturali benevolentia praeditos, amantes suorum, idoneos disci