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Wouldst thou, Curetius, have sure knowledge of thy horoscope, I can give it thee better than even thy father. Thy madness thou owest to the evil influence of Mars ; thine ignorance of poetry to en- feebling Mercury ; thy shameful disease and premature decay to lady Moon and lady Venus ; Saturn has robbed thee of thy property. But this one fact is beyond me : — what causes thy filthy ways ?