postquam omnis caeli species, redeuntibus astris, percepta, in proprias sedes, et reddita certis fatorum ordinibus sua cuique potentia formae, per varios usus artem experientia fecit exemplo monstrante viam, speculataque longe deprendit tacitis dominantia legibus astra et totum aeterna mundum ratione moveri fatorumque vices certis discernere signis.
After every aspect of the sky had been observed, as the stars returned to their original positions, and each figuration had assigned to it its powers of influence in accordance with the sure cycles of destiny, by repeated practice and with examples pointing the way experience built up the science; and from wide observation discovered that by hidden laws the stars wield sovereign power and that all heaven moves to the eternal spirit of reason and by sure tokens distinguishes the vicissitudes of fate.
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