卷二·引言　本书所据与作者自白

Astrologicall Judgement upon DISEASES; OR, A Methodical way to find out the Cause, Nature, Symptoms, and change of a Disease, together with the parts of the afflicted, the exact time of recovery, or dissolutions by the Decumbiture; Amplified by Examples.

疾病的星占判断；或，找出疾病的原因、性质、症状与变化的有条理的方法，连同病人受损的部位，以及凭卧床之盘求得康复或身亡的确切时间；并以实例加以阐发。

THe Basis of the Story was borrowed from Noel Duryet Cosmographer to the King of France, and the most excellent Cardinall the Duke of Richelieu.

本书的底子取自诺埃尔·迪雷，他是法国国王与最卓越的枢机主教黎塞留公爵的宇宙志学者。

'Tis confest, in some place I have abreviated him, in others corrected him; let another doe the like by me: What I have done, I have done, and am not ashamed the world should see it. Through the never failing mercies of God, I had an oppertunity put into my hands to finish this so much desired, so long wishedfor work; if there be any weaknesse in it, it is my owne; if their be any excellency in it, give God the glory.

我承认，有些地方我删节了他，有些地方我纠正了他；让别人也这样对待我吧：我做了的，就是做了，不怕世人看见。靠着上帝永不失信的怜悯，我得到一个机会，完成这部人们如此渴望、期盼已久的作品；其中若有什么弱点，是我自己的；若有什么优点，把荣耀归给上帝。

He that writes ignominie upon the backside of an other mans book, never setting forth any of his own, let the name of ignominy be branded, and not ingraven upon his Sepulcher.

那种只在别人书的背面写上污辱之词、自己却从不拿出一本书来的人，让“污辱”之名烙在他身上，而不是刻在他的墓碑上。

I would fain see the piss Prophets of this age deliver such a judgement of diseases by the Urine; he that can doe so, Erit mibi magnus Apollo. Why doe I trouble my head with the Physicians whose Covetousnesse or Lazinesse, or both, or something worse, will not suffer them to study those Arts which are Essentiall to their Monopolized calling; but I will be silent; for their fall is approaching by reason of their pride, if he wrote true that writes, that pride goes before a fall, and a haughty mind before destruction: my Genius is too dull to commend my Author, or to give him the thousanth part of his due praise.

我倒想看看这个时代那些看尿的先知，能不能凭尿样对疾病作出这样的判断；谁能做到，“他就是我心目中伟大的阿波罗”。我何必为那些医生费神呢？他们的贪婪或懒惰，或两者兼有，或更糟的什么东西，使他们不肯钻研那些对他们垄断的行业来说必不可少的学问；但我还是闭口吧；因为他们的骄傲使他们的倒台临近了，如果那句话写得对的话：“骄傲在跌倒之前，狂傲的心在毁灭之前”；我的才情太钝，称赞不了我的作者，连他应得赞誉的千分之一也给不了。

I desire to be censured by Dr. Experience, who will give judgement without partiality and I hope 'tis no disparagement to Monsieur Duryat that I deliver him in my own Language.

我愿受“经验博士”的评判，他会不偏不倚地下判断；我希望我用自己的语言把迪雷先生介绍出来，对他不算是什么贬损。