卷二·第七章　十二宫危象盘：伦敦女仆天花一例

How to set a Figure of twelve Houses for the Crisis.

怎样为危象排一张十二宫之盘。

CHAP. II.

第二章（按次序当为第七章）。

THis seems to me to be the most rationall of all the rest, and it is the most easily and readily done; and it may be thats the reason my Author left it out, though he promised it. And indeed the ways of God are all easie, very easie. Tis the ways of men that are crabbed and difficult.

在我看来，这是所有方法中最合理的一种，也最容易、最快捷；也许正因为如此，我的原作者虽然答应过要讲，却把它略去了。确实，上帝的道路都是容易的，非常容易。崎岖难行的，是人的道路。

I shall first of all shew you the way how to doe it, secondly give you an example of mine owne upon it.

我先教你怎样做，再给你一个我自己的例子。

First of all if you would know how to make such a critical a figure upon a decumbiture, make you a Figure after the vulgar form; then note what signe, degre and minute the Moon is in at the decumbiture, set that signe, degree and minute on the ascendent, and thirty degrees to that, and the same degree and minute of the next signe will be upon the Cuspe of the second house; the worke is as easie walking upon and downe without a staffe, as I shall by and by make appeare by an example.

首先，如果你想知道怎样就卧床之时排这样一张危象之盘，先照通常的样式画一张盘；然后记下卧床之时月亮所在的星座、度与分，把这个星座、度与分放在上升点上，再加三十度，下一个星座的同一度、同一分就落在第二宫的宫头上；这件事就像不拄拐杖上上下下走路一样容易，我随后用一个例子就会让你看明白。

Then be pleased to take notice, that the first house is the decumbiture; the second the judiciall time; the third the intercidentall; which word Dr. Phage of Midburst in Sussex, in his Book called Speculum aegrotorum, So sillily translates Mortals, mistaking the word Caedo to kill, for Cado to fall; wherein the man most egregiously shewed his deficiency, both in Scholler-ship and Phisick; yet this commendation Ile give him, his heart was more free to do good then his braine was able.

然后请注意：第一宫是卧床；第二宫是判断之时；第三宫是间歇之时；这个词，苏塞克斯郡米德赫斯特的费奇医生在他那本名为《病人之镜》的书里，竟傻乎乎地译作“致死的”，把意为“杀”的那个拉丁词与意为“落下”的那个拉丁词弄混了；这人在这件事上极为显眼地暴露了他在学问和医术两方面的欠缺；不过我要给他这样一句称赞：他的心比他的脑子更乐于行善。

The fourth house brings the first Crisis about; and when you are come to that begin againe as you did before; you may see the way without a paire of spectacles by the decumbiture, what I have quoted: you may take it pro confesso, if you please, that I have many decumbitures by me; But I want time to insert them, or if I did not, I would not blot paper with them.

第四宫带来第一次危象；到了那里，就像先前一样从头再来；你不用戴眼镜，从我引的这个卧床之例就能看出这个方法；如果你愿意，可以把这一点当作公认的事：我手头有许多卧床之盘；只是没有时间把它们收进来，即使有时间，我也不愿拿它们糟蹋纸张。

Be pleased to accept of this one in lieu of all the rest.

请接受这一张，权当其余一切。

A Rationall Figure on the Decumbiture.

卧床时的理性之盘。

THis unhappy creature being untowardly matched with an unnaturall husband; came up to London and lived in a service; and in her service was surprised with a furious disease at the time, and under the face of heaven before noted.

这个不幸的人，被许配给一个不近人情的丈夫，婚姻乖舛；她来到伦敦帮佣；在帮佣时，于前面注明的时刻、在前面所示的天象之下，突然得了一场凶猛的病。

I shall first give a rationall judgement of the Figure, and afterwards treat of the Crisis.

我先对这张盘作理性的判断，然后再讲危象。

The Person of this young woman is signified by Venus in Sagittarius; and truly I beleeve she was an upright dealing creature; that the cause of her disease lay hid, or at least very obscure; is plainly signified by so many Planets being under the earth.

这个年轻女子本人，由射手座中的金星代表；说实话，我相信她是个正直本分的人；她的病因隐而不显，至少十分隐晦，这一点由那么多行星都在地平线下明白地显示出来。

That she procured her owne disease, because the Lord of 6th. is in the twelfth. As also because the Lord of the ascendent is disposed by a Planet in the 12th.

她的病是自己招来的，因为第六宫主在第十二宫。也因为上升主星的定位星是一颗在第十二宫的行星。

Pisces is the Cuspe of the 6th. her disease came by wet taken at the feet. Jupiter in Virgo gave corruption in bloud, and infirmities in the bowels; with what they were, more anon.

第六宫头是双鱼，她的病是脚上受了湿得来的。木星在处女，带来血液的败坏与肠腑的毛病；至于是什么病，稍后再说。

Venus with the Scorpions heart shews a violent Feaver; neither proved it to be any lesse.

金星与天蝎之心同在，显示猛烈的热病；后来果然不亚于此。

The Sun and Mars in the Fourth house with the Dragons-tayl in Quartile to the ascendent, shew violence in the disease, danger of poyson and an ill end of it; her Physician is signified by Mars, which was a French quake which lay in the house, and he was like Mars in Capricorne, as a Pomewater is an Apple.

太阳与火星在第四宫，与龙尾同在，与上升点成四分，显示病势凶猛、有中毒之险、结局不好；她的医生由火星代表，他是个住在那户人家的法国庸医；他与摩羯座中的火星之相像，就如同庞水果与苹果之相像。

He was also troubled with sore eyes, a man of forlorne fortunes: view the position of Mars, and you shall easily see the reason without a paire of spectacles.

他还患着眼疾，是个落魄潦倒的人：看看火星的位置，你不用戴眼镜就能轻易看出其中的道理。

The position of Mars in the Fourth cumbust with the Dragons-tayle, and in the Quartile of the ascendents; First, clouded his judgement; Secondly, corrupted his practice; Thirdly set hard for her life.

火星在第四宫，焦伤，与龙尾同在，又与上升点成四分，这个位置：第一，蒙蔽了他的判断；第二，败坏了他的医术；第三，对她的性命步步紧逼。

Tis a sad thing when the Lord of death must be the Phisician in the disease.

死亡之主偏偏充当了病中的医生，这真是件可悲的事。

Her disease was the smal pox in which being exceedingly bound in body, not going to stool in a week together aud above; he applyed her all that time with strong purges, (oh acute Physician,) never one of them working nor so much as coming from her, though there was Scammonie in every one of them, that had not I so soon as I knew of it perswaded her Nurse to give her a Glister every day, she had absolutely perished: her purges increasing her Feaver, and poysoning her body; and this I am confident was the reason, both of her being so much disfigured by her disease.

她的病是天花；她大便极其秘结，一个多星期都不曾解手；这段时间里他一直给她用强力泻药（啊，好一位敏锐的医生！），可没有一剂起作用，连排都排不出来，尽管每一剂里都有旋花脂；要不是我一知道就劝她的护理人每天给她灌肠，她必死无疑：她的泻药加重了她的热病，毒害了她的身体；我确信，这就是她被这场病毁容得如此厉害的原因，

And of her Aches and swelling in the knees (for Mars was in Capricorne) which continued upon her untill her dying day, which followed about a year and a halfe after.

也是她膝部疼痛肿胀的原因（因为火星在摩羯），这毛病一直跟着她，直到她去世的那一天，那是大约一年半以后的事。

Neither was her Drs. judgement one jott inferiour to his practice; for in the beginning of the disease (viz. the next day after) she fell sick, I came accidentally to the house, and found all the household weeping; every one that could eat an egge shed a teare. A Joyner was busie pulling down the bed-steds, the whole houshold preparing for a flight, with bag and baggage.

她那位医生的判断，也一点不比他的医术逊色；在患病之初（即她病倒的第二天），我偶然来到那户人家，发现全家人都在哭；凡是能吃下一个鸡蛋的人，都掉了眼泪。一个木匠正忙着拆床架，全家都准备带着大包小包逃走。

And what was the reason thinke you? the Dr, had passed a wilde peice of Non-sence, that she had got the peftilence, and was full of the tokens; up run I to se the Creature; I found her in a strong Feaver, thats true; but I could see no tokens, unlesse twere tokens of the Doctors ignorance. I demanded the time of her falling sick, which she very exactly, gave me: And having taken the paines to erect the figure, I did what I could to cherish up her spirits. I told her my judgement was that she would live;

你猜是什么缘故？那医生下了一个荒唐透顶的断语：说她染上了瘟疫，身上满是瘟斑；我跑上楼去看这可怜人；我发现她发着高烧，这不假；可我看不到什么瘟斑，除非那是医生无知的斑点。我问她发病的时刻，她非常准确地告诉了我：我费心起了盘之后，尽力给她打气。我告诉她，我的判断是她会活下来；

I certified the houshold that she had no such disease as the Pestilence; much lesse any tokens; And thus whoever lost, the Joyner he got money by the bargaine on both hands, First, pulling the bedsteds and tables to peeces, and for setting them together againe: And thus you see tis an ill winde that blowes no body no profit.

我向这家人担保，她得的根本不是瘟疫那种病；更没有什么瘟斑；就这样，不管谁吃了亏，那木匠却两头赚钱：先是把床架和桌子拆成碎片，再是把它们重新拼起来：由此可见，没有一阵风坏到不给任何人带来好处。

I have but two questions to answer, and then I come to the Crisis.

我只有两个问题要回答，然后就讲危象。

1 Will she live or dye?

一、她会活还是会死？

2 Will her sicknesse be long or short?

二、她的病会长还是会短？

To the first of these I answer, That Mars is Lord of death, and also an afflicting Planet; in trine to the Lord of the Sixth. And in Sextile to the Moon, he with the Sun are in Quartile to the Ascendent; this is all the Signs of death, that is besides the great signe (viz.) her Doctor swore she would die, and could not possibly live, having, as the Cox-combe said, not so much of her lungs left, as amounted to the quantity of three of her fingers, a likely tale for sooth was it not?

对第一个问题，我的回答是：火星是死亡之主，也是施害之星；他与第六宫主成三分，与月亮成六分，他与太阳一同与上升点成四分；死亡之兆就是这些，此外还有那个大兆头，就是她的医生发誓说她会死，不可能活下来；照那个蠢货的说法，她的肺剩下的还不到三根手指那么多，这话说得可真像回事，不是吗？

I was a diligent observer of every passage in this sicknesse; and I found it always true, that during her sicknesse, the Moone by transit to the body, or beames of Mars afflicted her sorely.

在这场病中，我留心观察每一个经过；我发现总是如此：在她生病期间，月亮行经火星的星体或光线时，就重重地折磨她。

But not so to the beames of Saturne, for that onely possessed her body with coldnesse and chilnesse.

但行经土星的光线时却不是这样，那只让她身体发冷、寒战。

That she should live, is very cleer; the Moon being with the Sextile of Jupiter, and the Lord of the Ascendent no way afflicted save only by the Scorpions heart.

她会活下来，这是十分清楚的；因为月亮与木星成六分，上升主星除了与天蝎之心同在之外，没有受到任何伤害。

To the Second Question, namely, whether her disease should be long or short?

第二个问题，就是她的病会长还是会短？

The Angles being all Cardinall, and the Moon swift in motion, and in Sextile to Jupiter, shew a short sicknesse; The Lord of the Ascendent, and the Lord of the Sixth being both stationary prolong the disease.

四角都是启动星座，月亮行速快，又与木星成六分，显示病程短；上升主星与第六宫主都在留中，会拖长病程。

And indeed though the disease taken under the notion of acute, were long, yet taken according to reason, it is shorter then could be imagined.

确实，这病若按急症的概念来看是长的，若按道理来看，却比想象的要短。

A Figure of Crisis.

危象之盘。

The first judicial time is when the moon comes to Sagitarius, 10. 40. i'ts called a judicial time because at that time the disease appears in his colours that a man may know what it tends to.

第一个判断之时，是月亮到达射手十度四十分之时；之所以称为判断之时，是因为那时疾病显出本色，人可以知道它将往何处去。

The second time which you may find upon the third House in the Critical Figure, is called intercidental, because it falls between judicial and Critical times: and upon this intercidental time, there is usually some remission of the disease, that so nature may have time to rally up her forces against her incounter, with the disease on her Crisis. And according as it falls out upon the intercidental day, either to good or bad, so a good or bad Crisis may be expected:

第二个时机，你会在危象之盘的第三宫找到，称为间歇之时，因为它落在判断之时与危象之时中间：在这个间歇之时，病势通常会有些缓解，好让本性有时间重整兵力，准备在危象时与疾病交锋。间歇之日的情形是好是坏，就可以预期危象是好是坏：

But to return, the Moon comes to Sagitaris, 10. 40. upon the 14. of December, about halfe an houre after six in the Morning. If you please but to set the figure, you shall find she is just upon the Cuspe in the ascendent, newly separated from the body of Venus, and the Quartile of Jupiter; now the small Pox came out, aud not till now.

言归正传：月亮在十二月十四日早晨六点半左右到达射手十度四十分。只要你肯起盘，就会发现她正在上升点的宫头上，刚离开金星的星体与木星的四分；这时天花发了出来，而且直到这时才发出来。

The first intercident al tme happens when the Moon comes to 10. d egrees 40. minuts of Capricorn, the place where Mars was at the Decumbiture, and now the applies to his body, having newly left the Trine of Jupiter. If you please to set the Figure, the time was December 16. 1 hour, 24 minuts, P. M. Saturn is upon the Cuspe of the ascendent: about this time she got cold.

第一个间歇之时，发生在月亮到达摩羯十度四十分之时，那是卧床之时火星所在的地方，这时她趋向火星的星体，刚离开木星的三分。如果你肯起盘，时刻是十二月十六日下午一时二十四分。土星在上升点的宫头上：大约这时她着了凉。

And I am of opinion, that the ascendant and sixt House being earthly signes at this time: and the Moon in Conjunction with Mars in an other earthly sign, doth clearly shew her being bound in body. This day which should have mitigated her disease, increases it; and now her Dr. (if I may call him so without a Solaecism) begins to play the antique, I had almost said the mad man. Now he exerciseth her purging faculty, and left his wits abed and asleep with his last nights Mistresse. Sure I am, a Physitian would admire to heare Scammony given to a Creature that had the small Pox coming out upon her: To conclude, a very ill Crisis is threatned.

我认为，这时上升宫与第六宫都是土象星座，而月亮又与火星在另一个土象星座会合，这清楚地显示她大便秘结。这一天本该缓解她的病，却让病加重了；此时她的医生（如果我这样称呼他不算用词不当的话）开始胡闹，我几乎要说是发疯了。这时他大施泻药，把他的脑子留在床上，和他昨夜的情妇一同睡着了。我敢肯定，任何一位医生听说给一个正在出天花的人用旋花脂，都会大吃一惊：总之，这预示一次极坏的危象。

The first Crisis comes about upon the 18. of December, three quarters of an hour past 11 at night: the face of heaven is not much altered srom what it was at the Decumbiture. The Moon separates from the Sextile of Venus Ladie of the ascendent, and applies to the Quartile of Saturn; and had Dr. Dunce onely judged she would have dyed now, as indeed he did, he might have been pardoned although he had fail'd; but alas, he poor man had little skil in times and seasons; his skil was imployed to know awoman from a man, when he had got herin bed.

第一次危象在十二月十八日夜里十一点三刻到来：天象与卧床之时相比没有多大变化。月亮离开上升宫女主星金星的六分，趋向土星的四分；如果那位笨蛋医生只是断言她此时会死——他确实这样断言了——那么即使他错了，也还情有可原；可是唉，这可怜的人对时机与季候毫无本事；他的本事只够在把一个女人弄上床以后，分辨出那是女是男。

He did not onely say, but also swore, that she would dye about the intercidental time, though such a thing be seldome seene in a mans age: but let us to our Art, and let the Doctors ignorance alone.

他不但这样说，还发誓说她会在间歇之时前后死去，尽管这种事一个人一辈子也难得见到一回：不过让我们回到我们的术上来，别管那医生的无知了。

You shall finde if you please to set the position of Heaven, the Scheme almost the same with that of the Decumbiture. The Moon carries the beams of the Ladie of the ascendent to the Quartile of Saturn. The Sun and Mars cast hot full beams to the ascendent; and indeed my own opinion is, that had the Moon applied to Mars, as she did to Saturn, it had kil'd her.

如果你肯排出天象，就会发现这张盘与卧床之时的几乎一样。月亮把上升女主星的光线带到土星的四分那里。太阳与火星向上升点投出炽热饱满的光线；我自己的看法确实是，如果月亮那时趋向的是火星，像她趋向土星那样，那就会要了她的命。

Howsoever, the premises considered, it is cleare, that this is likely to be the time of greatest danger in all her sicknesse; and so indeed it was: Now must the disease needs be strongest, nature weakest: and if this time be passed, the bitternesse of death is past indeed at this time. The Combate was sore, she distracted, senselesse, the small Pox began to fall down; and withall, strength almost spent: but above all, the Doctor swore she could not live while morning.

无论如何，综合上述种种，这显然很可能是她整场病中最危险的时刻；事实也正是如此：这时疾病必然最强，本性最弱：如果熬过这个时刻，死亡的苦楚此时也就真的过去了。这场交锋十分惨烈，她神志错乱，人事不省，天花开始回落；与此同时，力气也几乎耗尽：但最要紧的是，那医生发誓说她活不到天亮。

Rationall hopes of her life are the dignities of Saturn in the ascendent, but especially the Trine of the Sun and Jupiter upon that day. It is the opinion of the learned in this Art; that let the Significators of life or death be seated or disposed as badly as they can be; yet if the Sun be in Conjunction or good aspect with Jupiter, the sick will live; and truly so did she, almost to admiration.

她得生的合理希望，在于土星在上升点的尊贵，尤其是那天太阳与木星的三分。精通此术的人有这样一个看法：生死的征象星无论落得多坏、被如何支配，只要太阳与木星会合或成吉相，病人就能活；她也确实活了下来，几乎令人称奇。

But some will aske, and 'tis a question worth the answering; that if the Sun and Jupiter preserve life, as you say, when they are so seated: whats the reason men dye at that time? for we see men dye daily;

但有人会问——这个问题值得回答——如果像你所说，太阳与木星这样配置时能保住性命，那为什么有人恰在那时死去？因为我们天天看见有人死去；

To this I answer bricfly, that truly in the nativity of some people, Jupiter is the killing Planet; and in the sicknesse of sick persons, Jupiter will as soon kill, as Saturn and Mars; every Planet must do his Office: I proceed,

对此我简短地回答：确实，在有些人的本命里，木星是杀星；在病人的病中，木星杀人也和土星、火星一样快；每颗行星都必须尽它的职分：我接着讲。

The second judicial time comes about the 21. of December, at noon, or a very little after; at which time Mars is Lord of the ascendent strong, and in his exaltation.

第二个判断之时大约在十二月二十一日中午或稍过一点到来；那时火星是上升主星，强旺，在他的旺里。

The Moon having left the Sextile of the Sun, applies to his Sextile. The face of heaven is quite and clean altered from what it was at the Decumbiture, a manifest signe of some chance. Besides, though Saturn be in the ascendent, and Mars in the 10th House; yet Jupiter is in the 6th; therefore some good may be hoped:

月亮离开太阳的六分之后，趋向火星的六分。天象与卧床之时相比已完全改变，这是某种变化的明显迹象。此外，虽然土星在上升宫，火星在第十宫，木星却在第六宫；所以可以期望有些好转：

I do not know that it is besides the rule of Art, if I should affirme that as Mars in the 4th House of the Decumbiture kept her Doctors (you may call it) folly, or madnesse (which you please) close; so now in the 10th house reveales it. Now, and not till now did I know of her Doctors frantick course of Physick, and of her not going to stool; from this time she took a Glister every day till she amended.

我不知道这样断言是否违反此术的规则：正如火星在卧床之盘的第四宫，把她那位医生的——你可以称之为愚蠢，或疯狂，随你怎么叫——瞒得严严实实；如今火星到了第十宫，就把它揭露了出来。正是这时，而不是更早，我才知道她那位医生荒唐的治法，以及她不曾解手的事；从这时起，她每天灌肠一次，直到好转。

The second Crisis comes about upon the Sun, the 26 of Decem. about one hour after noon; at which time the Moon is strong in her own exaltation, and applyes to the Trine of the Sun, and Mercury. At this time her Feaver left her, and she began to recover: And upon the third Crisis, which hapned upon the first of January, she went abroad.

第二次危象在太阳日，即十二月二十六日星期日，约午后一时到来；那时月亮在她自己的旺里强旺，趋向太阳与水星的三分。这时她的热退了，她开始康复：第三次危象发生在一月一日，那时她已出门走动了。