LIBRA,

Which formerly belonged to a person of the name of Themis, but was taken

from her for using false weights, and hung up, as a warning to

tradesmen, among the constellations. Who at present holds them Lemprière

omits to say. The Libra are uppermost in the Zodiac from the 22nd of

September to the 21st of October; consequently, any one born during that

period is put into the scales and weighed accordingly. Churchwardens who

cannot balance their accounts, and Ramo Samees who can balance anything,

are generally born under the sign of Libra. It favours also young ladies

who hear from Joseph Ady, and are blest with a large balance at their

bankers.

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