Page:Medical Heritage Library (IA b30513546).pdf/75

This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
Astronomical Dialogues.
61

The uppermost, Madam, said I, is called the Cor Leonis.Lyon's Heart, and is you see drawn here on the Globe: And the other is Jupiter; you remember you have drawn the Character of him here your self.

Bless me! said she, is that Jupiter—well, I have many Questions to ask you about that Planet another Time, but I will not stop you now; pray go on, and shew me how to know more of these Stars and Planets; for I begin to grow mighty fond of their Acquaintance.

Don't you see, Madam, said I, here on the Globe, two Stars, about 15 or 16 Degrees high, and within two Points to the Westward of the Northern Edge of the Horizon: These two are called the Shoulders of Auriga, and the lowermost and most Northern is called Capella.Capella, and is a Star of the first Magnitude; these are very conspicuous Stars, and you may see them in the Heavens very plain out of that Northern Window.

I Do, said the Lady, very clearly, and I see, said she, also another pretty remarkable Star, about the same Height

with