As in the Middle Ages, astrology was often a part of medicine, both for understanding and predicting the course of an individual illness, and for guiding therapeutics. Herbals, for example, might indicate what in what phase of the moon a particular plant should be gathered, or what planet ruled what herb.
A prognostication euerlastinge of right good effecte, fruitfully augmented by the auctour, contayning plaine, briefe…