Question

Match each Elizabethan practice to the anticipated result.

reading the stars
informs one of the future
using worms, mercury, and powdered skull
results in one's horse dying
lending fire to a neighbor
cures illness

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Reading the stars ⇒ informs one of the future

Astrology or the practice of reading the stars in order to find out the future was a widespread practice in Elizabethan England. It was so widespread that it was considered a science and as such had significant power over the people.

Using worms, mercury, and powdered skull ⇒ cures illness

In Elizabethan times, it was a firm medical belief that using worms, mercury and the powered skull of a man who was killed in battle could cure illness.

Lending fire to a neighbor ⇒ results in one's horse dying

Another Elizabethan belief was that if you lent fire to a neighbor, your horse would die. Needless to say it was not normal practice to lend a neighbor fire.

Answer 2

Reading the stars ⇒ informs one of the future

Astrology or the practice of reading the stars in order to find out the future was a widespread practice in Elizabethan England. It was so widespread that it was considered a science and as such had significant power over the people.

Using worms, mercury, and powdered skull ⇒ cures illness

In Elizabethan times, it was a firm medical belief that using worms, mercury and the powered skull of a man who was killed in battle could cure illness.

Lending fire to a neighbor ⇒ results in one's horse dying

Another Elizabethan belief was that if you lent fire to a neighbor, your horse would die. Needless to say it was not normal practice to lend a neighbor fire.