During the Jin Dynasty, a woodcutter by the name of Wang Qiao lived at the foot of a mountain in Xin’an County of He’nan.

He had called at her quiet cottage, and he liked the teinture of old family pride that sat upon her simpleness like a vellum volume, richly bound, upon a bare deal board.

He blew out the lamp, and closed the stairfoot door after him, as he slowly mounted the stairs behind her.

, II, 344 Astrology is required by many famous physicians […] doubted of, and exploded by others.