How weather is declared by the colour of the Moone: and by the nature of the signe wherin she is.

IF the Moone in the third of her chaūge, yea thre dayes before the full, or in the myddes of the quarter, be founde of pure lyght: no thyng cōpasyng her, the ende direct vp, she ꝓmi [...]ith fayr weather, but bent to red colour, prouoketh wynde. The Moone pale, or so­me Luna rube [...] ventat, pallor pluit, Alba s [...] renat. what inclined to blacke, obscure or thick, threatnith rayne. Al­so by the nature of the signe, wether may be iudged, thus, accor­ding to Staeflerinus, Monte regius, Leupoldus, ād famous Guido Bonatus, with others well trauayled in the mutacions of ayer. Consider the [Page] nature of the signe where the Moone is, at the chaunge, quarter, and full. If she be in hote & drye lignes, as Aries, Leo, Sagittarius, in winter ♈ ♌ ♐ hote, ♉ ♍ ♑ earthy. □ ♎ ♒ wyndy. ♋ ♏ ♓▪ watry. a good token of fayr weather: in somer, a great signification of im­moderate heat: if in erthy, colde and drye signes, as Taurus, Virgo, and Capricornus, in wynter iudge colde, frost, and snow to ensue: but in somer temperate weather. In aery and wyndy [...] signes, as Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius, muche wynd. If in watrye colde and moyst li­gnes, as Cancer, Scorpius, and Pisces, in winter wett weather: in somer a pleasant temperature.

Also, the Sunne in Aquarie: the Moone, at the chaunge there, or in Sagittarie, or at the full in Leone: betokeneth rayne. The Sunne, in Pisces, or in Aries: the Moone, in Virgo, Libra, or Sagittarie: signifieth ray­ne, especially in watry dwellinges. The Moone in Aquari, or Pisces, looke for chaunge of weather: thē chiefly she troubleth the ayer. The Moon: also at the chaunge, or rather at the full, in Aries, Libra, Scorpius, or Pisces, tempestuous weather folowith. The Sunne in Aqua­ri, in Aries, Libra, or Scorpio, but chiefly in Leone: the Moone, then at the full, and that after raine or missinges: looke for lightnyng, thun­dryng. &c. Also the Sunne, or Moone foūde in Pisces, without all helpe of Mars, it betokeneth aboundance of rayne, lightning, thunder. &c. To cōclude the Moone, in Cancer, Leo, Capricornus, or Aquarius, ayded with any aspect, but chiefly with the opposition or quadrate of Venus, rayne folowyth.

The iudgement of weather by sterres.

BEholde the sterres whose magnitude you knowe best. If they appeare of muche light, in bignes great, more blasing thē they Cum maior [...] apparent, tum enim Humore medius cras­sescit [...]er. are comonly, it be tokeneth great wynde or moysture in that part where they shewe: in wynter, colde and frost. When sterres seme to runne in the elemēt, it shewyth wynde. Affirme also alteration of weather if they be few in nūbre, cloudie, and of litel light. Fur­ther when dimme sterres appeare wyth long firie tayles, iudge wyndes, and great drougthe: the moe in nūbre, the greater effect. When sterres in the nyght (as it is sayd) shote, or seme to fall, it ar­guith wynde in that part: If in diuers places, inordinate wyndes: yf in all places, then pronounce Wyndes, Thunder, Lightnynges, yea weather most tempestuous.

The signification of Cometes

Cometes signifie corruptiō of the ayre. They arsignes of earth­quakes, De comctar [...] prodigiis, lege Cardanil. lib. 4. fol. 83. of warres, chaunging of kyngdomes, great derth of corne, yea a comon death of man, and beast.

How by the cloudes change of weather is perceaued.

IF thyck clowdes resemblyng flockes, or rather great heapes of woll, be gatherid in many places, they shewe rayne. Also whē grosse, thicke, darke clowdes, ryght ouer the northe part, or som­what declining to the west, ar close with the earth, immediatly fo­lowyth rayne. If they appeare lyke hylles, somedeale from the earth, a good token of weather ouerpassed. Blacke clowdes, signi­fie rayne: white clowdes apperyng in wynter, at the Horizon, two or thre dayes together, prognosticate colde, and snowe.

Of the raynebowe and his effect, touchyng alteration of ayer..

IF in the mornyng the raynebow appere, it signifieth moystu­re, onlesse great drouthe of ayer woorke the contrarie. If in the Arcus niss sole aduerso non fiunt. Non apparet nisi cum Vap [...] res rarifica [...] ­tur, vel inspis santur. euening it shewe it self, fayr weather ensueth: so that aboundaunt moyste ayer take not awaye the effect. Or thus.

The rayne bowe appering, if it be fayr, it betokeneth fowle weather: if fowle, loke for fair weather. The grener, the moare raine: redder, wynde.

Of Thundres: what they signifie.

THundres in the morning signifie wynd: about Noone, rayn: Signum futu­rorum bello­rum. in the euenyng great tempest. Sōme wryte (theyr grounde I see not) that Sonnedayes thundre shold brynge the deathe of learned men, Iudges, and others: Mundayes thundre, the deathe of women: Tuesdayes thundre, plentie of grayne: Wednesdayes thundre, the deathe of harlottes, and other blodshede: Thursdayes thūdre, plentie of shepe, & c [...]rne: Frydayes thundre the slaughter [Page] of a great man, and other horrible murders. Saterdayes thundre a generall pestilent plage, and great deathe.

How weather is knowne after the chaunge of euery Moone, by the prime dayes.

SVnday prime, drie weather. Mondaye prime moyst weather. Tuesday prime, colde and wyndie. Wedensday prime, wōder full. Thursday prime fayer and cleare. Fryday prime, myxte weather. Saterday prime, moyst weather.

Now ensuyth extraordinarie tokens for the knowledge of weather.

SOme haue obserued euil weather to folow, whā watry fowles Co [...]ne to­kens of wea­ther, me [...]e for all maner wyttes. leaue the sea, desiring lande: the foules of the lande flyeng hyghe: the cryeng of fowles about waters, makyng a great noyse wyth ther wynges: Also the sees swellyng wyth vncustomed waues: If bestes eate gredyly: if they lycke ther hooues: if they sodaynly moue here and there, makyng a noyse, brethyng vp to the ayer with open nostrels: rayne folowyth. Also the busy he­uing of moules, the appering or cōming owte of woormes: hennes resorting to the ꝑche or rest couered wyth dust, declare rayne. The ample woorkyng of the spinnar in the ayer: the ant busied wyth her egges: the bees in fayr weather not far wādring: the cōtinual prating of the crowe, chiefly twise or thrise quicke calling, shewe tempest. Whan the crowe or rauen gapith agaynst the sonne, in somer, heate foloweth. If they busy thēselues in proyning or was­shing, ād that in wynter, looke for rayne. The vncustomed noyse of pultrie, the noyse of swyne, of pecokes, declare the same. The swalowe flyēg and beating the water: the chirpinge of the spa­rowe in the morning, signifie rayne. Rayne sodaynly dryed vp: woody coueringes strayter then of custome: bells hearde further then comonli: the wallowynge of dogges: the alteration of the cock crowing: all declare rayny weather. I leaue these, wāting the good grounde of the rest. If the lernid be desirefull of the too for­sayd, let them reade graue Virgil primo Georgicorum At Bor. &c.

Ther be a multitude of other not extraordinarie but of the best [Page] knowen causes: many for breuitie here omitted: the moare part not mencioned, because they passe the capacitie of the comon sort, vpon all the whiche the Astronomer dothe well and lernydly con­clude. I doubte not ther be also some time vnknowen maters, mi­tigatinge the aforesayde, or prouokyng tempestes vnloked for, whiche neather experience, ne learning hath stablisshed. How vnkynd (these considered) yea how far from woorthy thankes giuing are they, which in general heddily do blame, checkyng bitterly the Astrologer, with these iudiciarie maters, (the least part emong a nūbre of his most certayn doynges) whan thinges for­tune contrarie to expectation? Vnderstande gentle reader: the cō sent of a multitude famously learnid is theyr buclar, euen in these maters iudiciari: who haue wayed a long time prudently, the great strengthe, the vehement force, and maruaylous natures, of all erra­tical and coelestial cōstellatiōs, with theyr Angles, Radiations, Aspectes, Affections, Stationes, Progressions, Defections, Dispositions, Applications, Preuen­tions, Ref [...]enations, Contrarieties, Abscisions, Coniunctions, Quadratures, and Oppo­sitions. &c. Therefore extreme foly, yea mere madnes dothe he vtter, which imbraydeth or bacbiteth these knowleges, not re­membring the great, and manifolde benefites, hadd through them, and that wyth most certentie in all other doynges.

What Meteoroscoper, yea who lernyd in maters astronomical, notith not the great effectes at the rising of the ster called the Canis minoris [...]fficatia. Litell dogge? Trewlie the consent of the best learnid do agree of his force: yea Plinie, in his historie of nature affirmeth the sees thē most fierce, wynes to flowe in cellars, standing waters to moue, Orionis, Ar▪ cturi, Coronae, caprae, succula rum effectus. ♄. ☌. □ & ☍ cum ☉ aut ☽. ♃. ☌. □ & ☍. cum ☿ cum ☉ [...] Aut ☌ ♂ cum ♀ vel ☍ ♃ cum ♂. dogges inclined to madnes then most wood. Farther these cōstel­lations, Orion, Arcturus, Corona, rising prouoke tempestuous weather: the Kydd and Goate, wyndes. Hyades or Succulae rayne. What Meteoro­loger consentith not to the great alteration and mutation of ayer at the coniunction, opposition, or quadrate aspect of Saturne, wyth eyther two lightes? Who is ignoraunt, yea meanly trauayled in Astronomie, that Iuppiter, wyth Moercurie, or wyth the Sunne, inforceth rage of windes? what is he that perceauith not the fearfull thun­ders, lightnynges, and raynes, at the meting of Mars, and Venus, or Iuppiter, and Mars? &c. Leaue for shame to impugne these iudicialles strongly authorised. He that any other part carpith may seme moare then madd. All trewthe, all experience, a multitude of infal­lible [Page] grounded rules are agaynst hym. Certum est omnibus que notum, quod [...]li motus, signor [...] ortus, & occasus, planetarum aspectus, & cōiunctiones, luminari [...] eclypses. &c certiss [...]am, determinatam, ac infallibilem babent causam. Quis iam sanae mentis negabit eorum effectus saepe innotescere, vtpote bella, fa [...]es, grandines, aeris perturbationes, elemento [...] commotiones, terrae motus, & similia? Positis ca [...] sis naturalibus, & non impeditis, sequitur effectus.

The learned that lysteth ingeniously to ꝓgnosticate of weather, wyll not only discretly waye all before wrytten, but consider also with them the Strēgthe and Aspectes of the Planetes folowing, ād theyr Cōbustiō in the. 12. Signes, with the Cōiūctiōs of fixed Sterris, Māsions of the Moone, the Ascendēt, Climes. &c. Also the times or quarters of the yeare must be notid diligētly, (as insueth) and iudgement accordingly pronounced.

Of the yere diuided in foure quaters.

THe spryng tyme is hott, and moyste: and continueth so long as the Sonne is in Aries, Taurus, and Gemini: which is from the ♈ ♉ ♊ power of the brest. tenthe of Marche vnto the twelfthe of Iune. The somer is hott and drye, compted from the begynnyng of Cancer, to the ende of Virgo, that is, from the twelfthe of Iune, to the fourtenthe of September. ♋ ♌ ♍ power ouer yelow colors. Haruest is colde and drie: that is from the beginning of Libra, vnto the ende of Sagittarie: compted from the. xiiij. of September to the twelfthe of December. Wynter is colde and moyst: continued from ♎ ♏ ♐. ♑ ♒ ♓ power ouer al flumes. the begynning of Capricornus, to the ende of Pisces: that is from the twelfthe of December, to the tenthe of Marche.

Now folowe the aspectes of the planetes, for the better iudge­mēt of weather. Before I declare of planetes, and the significati­on of aspectes, it behoueth brefly to open what I cal planetes, and what aspectes, and howe they are charactered and figured. Vn­derstōde ther be seuē moueable sterres, pleasant to the [...]ight, called planetes. The hyghest Saturne. ♄. Thē Iupiter. ♃. Mars. ♂. Sonne ☉. Venus. ♀. Mercurie ☿. and the Moone ☽ next to the earth. Now when I desier to expresse Saturne, I wryte this figure ♄: for Iupiter, this ♃: For Mars, this ♂. Thus of the others as theyr characters declare. All radiatiōs or aspectes ar expressed as folowe. A Cōiunction thus figured ☌: and it is, when an other planet is ioyned with the Sonne, or Moone, or others emonge themselfes, wyth in one degre, or [Page] lesse. The Sextile aspecte or radiation is thus expressed ⚹: and it is with in 60. degrees thone frō the other. The Quadrate aspe­cte thus □: 90 digres distant. The Trine thus △: separated. 120. degres. The Opposition thus ☍: 180. degrees, thone distant from thother. Loe here they folow in order: the characters of the Pla­netes: and Signes also.

• ☌ Coniunction,
• ⚹ Sextile,
• □ Quadrat
• △ Trine,
• ☍ Opposition
  Aspectes.
• ♄ Saturne,
• ♃ Iupiter,
• ♂ Mars,
• ☉ Sonne
• ♀ Venus
• ☿ Mercurie
• ☽ Moone
  Planetes.
• ♈ Aries
• ♉ Taurus
• ♊ Gemini
• ♋ Cancer
• ♌ Leo
• ♍ Virgo
• ♎ Libra
• ♏ Scorpius
• ♐ Sagittarius
• ♑ Capricornus
• ♒ Aquarius
• ♓ Pisces
  Signes.

The signification of aspectes of planetes emong them selues: for the iudge­ment of weather.

THe coniunction or meting of Saturne wyth Iuppiter, in firie si­gnes, ♄ ☌, cum ♃ inforcith great drouthe: in watry signes, fluddes, con­tinuall rayne, general ouerflowynges. &c. in aery signes, plenty of wyndes. The quadrature, sextile, or oppositiō of Saturne, wyth Iuppi­ter ♄ □ ⚹, & ☍, cum ♃ in moyst signes cawsith troubled ayer, by hayle, wynde, rayne, thunder, &c. before and after.

The coniunction, quadrature, or opposition, of Saturne, with ♄ ☌ □, & ☍, cum ♂ Mars, in watry signes, declare in somer, rayne, often shoures, wyth hayle, thunder and lightnyng.

The coniunction, quadrature, or opposition of Saturne, wyth the ♄ ☌ □, & ☍, cum ☉ Sunne, chiefly in colde signes, shewe darke weather, hayle, rayne, thunder, and colde dayes.

The cōiunction, quadrature, or opposition of Saturne, wyth Venus, ♄ ☌ □, & ☍, cum, ♀ in wynter, engender colde and rayne, principaly in moyst signes: in summer, mitigation of heat.

The coniunction, quadrature, and opposition of Saturne, wyth ♄ ☌, □ & ☍, cum ☿ Mercurie, in watry signes bryng rayne: in hott or drie signes, drouth: in summer, thunder, lightnynges, and tempest.

The coniunction, quadrature, or opposition of Iuppiter, wythe ♃ ☌, □ & ☍, cum ♂ Mars, in moyst signes, declare thunders lyghtninges, and rayne: in wynter, snowe, or clowdie thycke weather.

The coniunction, quadrature, or opposition of Iuppiter, with the ♃ ☌, □ & ☍, cum ☉ Sunne, great and most vehement wyndes.

The coniunction, quadrature, or opposition of Iuppiter, wythe ♃ ☌, □ & ☍, cum ♀ Venus, in moyst signes, colde and myssinges: in the rest signes, fayr weather.

[Page] The coniunction, quadrature or opposition of Iuppiter, wythe ♃ ☌ □ & ☍, cum ☿ Mercurie, great wyndes.

The coniunction, quadrature or opposition of Mars, wyth the ♂ ☌, □ & ☍, cum ☉ Sunne, in firie signes, drouth: in watry, thunder, rayne.

The coniunction, quadrature or opposition of Mars, with Venus, ♂ ☌ □ & ☍, cum ♀ in moyst signes, rayne, and tempest.

The coniunction, quadrature or oppositiō of Mars, wyth Mercurie ♂ ☌ □ & ☍, cum ☿. in hot signes, great heate: in drye signes, drouth: in watrie, rayne: sometimes thunders, lightninges, wyth sodayn fierce wyndes.

The coniunction, quadrature or opposition of Venus, wyth ♀ ☌ □, & ☍, cum ☿ Mercurie causeth rayne: in somer thy prouoke tempest, the more if they agre in watry signes. Note what is sayde of the coniunctiō, quadrature or oppositiō, thesame is also ment of the Sextile and Trine: but they are oflesse signification, so the lernid noteth.

A declaration of weather by aspectes of the Mo [...]ne wyth planettes.

THe coniunction quadrature or opposition of the Moone, wyth ☽ ☌ □, & ☍, cum ♄ Saturne, in moyst signes, bryngeth a cloudy day, cold ayre, ac­cording to the nature of the signe: if she go from Saturne, to the Sunne, by coniunction or other wyse, harder weather ensueth.

The coniunction, quadrature or opposition of the Moone with ☽ ☌ □, & ☍, cum ♃ Iupiter in Aries, or Scorpio sheweth fayre, white dispersed cloudes.

The coniunction, quadrature or opposition of the Moone with ☽ ☌, □ & ☍ cum ♂ Mars in watry signes rayne: in hote signes, diuers coloured red clou des are made, all the element ouer: in summer, often thunder.

The coniunction, quadrature or opposition of the Moone with ☽ ☌, □ & ☍ cum ☉ the Sunne in moyst signes, rayny weather: the more if the Moone go from the Sunne to Saturn.

[Page] The coniunction, quadrature, or opposition of the Moone wyth ☽ ☌ □ & ☍ cum ☿ Mercurie, in moyst lignes sheweth rayn and wynde, the more when the Moone passeth from Mercurie to Iuppiter: then great wyndes fo­lowe.

How wether is iudged by the Oriental and Occi­dental station of Planetes, with their com­bustion in the. 12. signes-celestiall. Fyrst of the planetes in Aries.

SATVRN in Aries, vnder the beames of the Sunne, that is to ♄ in ♈. Vvhat these termes cōbust Orientall, and Occidental, meane. saye, combust, maketh a cloudy darke troubled ayre: Orien­tal, I meane in the morning apperyng before the Sunne, fayre we­ther: Occidental, that is to say, shewyng hym self after the Sunne goyng doune, betokeneth great wyndes.

Iuppiter in Aries combust, a token of rayn: beyng Occidental, it brin­geth ♃ in ♈ cloudes, and dewes: Oriental, fayre, pleasant wether.

Mars in Aries combust and Occidentall, good wether: contrarie ♂ in ♈ Oriental.

Venus in Aries combust, Occidental moystnes, great wyndes: Orien­tal ♀ in ♈ thunders, and raynes.

Mercurie in Aries combust tempest, Occidental, and Oriental, fayre wyndy wether. ☿ in ♈

Of the planetes in Tauro.

Of the planetes in Gemini.

Of the planetes in Cancer.

Of the planetes in Leone.

Of the planetes in Virgine.

Of the Planetes in Libra.

Of the Planetes in Scorpione.

Of the Planetes in Sagittario.

Of the Planetes in Capricorne.

Of the Planetes in Aquario.

Of the planetes in Pisces.

Thus much of the iudgement of weather.

[Page] SEYNGE that I haue now sufficiently declared howe, by what rules and tokens, weather is iudged: I thinke it conueniēt to adioyne here a brefe collection, how Plentie, Scarsitie, Sicknes, Death, Alterationes, Trobles, warres, &c. are for euer perceaued.

A rule to prognosticate the aforesayd, by the fal­lyng of Newyears daye.

IT is affirmed of some, when Newyears daye falleth on the Sūdaye, Sundaye. then a pleasant Wynter dothe ensue: a natural Sommer: fructe sufficient: Heruest indifferent, yet some wynde and rayne: many mariages: plentie of wyne and honye: death of yonge men, and cattel: robberies in most places: newes of prelates, of Kynges: and cruell warres in the ende.

On Mondaye, a wynter somwhat vncōfortable: Sommer tempe­rate: no plentye of fructe: many fanlies and fables opened: A gues Mondaye. shall reygne: Kynges and many others shal dye: mariages shalbe in most places: and a commen fall of gentle men.

On Tewesdaye a stormy Wynter: a wete Sommer: a diuers Her­uest: Corne, and fructe indifferent: yet herbes in gardens shall not Tewesday. florishe: greate sickenes of men, women and yonge chyldren: Be a­ [...]es shal hunger sterue, and dye of the botch: many shyppes, Gal­leys, and Hulkes, shalbe lost: and the bloudy flixes shall kyll ma­ny men: all thynges dere, saue corne.

On wednesdaye, Lee a warme Wynter: in the ende, snowe and froste: a cloudye Sōmer: plentye of fructe, of corne, Haye, Wyne, wednesdaye, and Honye greate payne to women with chylde, and death to in­fantes: good for shepe: newes of Kynges: great warres: battell and slaughter towarde the myddes.

On Thursdaye, Wynter and Sommer wyndye: a raynye Her­uest: Thursdaye. therefore we shall haue ouerflowynges: muche fructe: plē ­tye of Honye: yet fleshe shalbe dere: Cattell in generall shall dye: [Page] greate troble, warres &c: With a licentiouslyfe of the feminine sexe.

On Fridaye, Wynter stormy. Sommer scante pleasante: Heruest Fridaye. indifferent: litle store of fructe, of Wyne, and Honye: Corne dere: many bleare eyes: youthe shall dye: Earthquakes are perceaued in many places, plentye of thunders, lyghtnynges, and tempestes: with a soden death of cattell,

On Saterday, a mean Wynter: Sōmer very hote: a late Heruest, Saterdaie. good cheape garden herbes: muche burninge: plentye of Hempe, Flaxe, and Honye: olde folke shall dye in moste places: Feuers and Tertians shall greue many people: greate mutteringe of warres: murders shalbe sodenly committed in many places, for lyght matters.

NOw that I haue opened dyuers wayes, bothe for the lear­ned and vnlearned, howe wether to come at all tymes maye be well iudged and knowen &c: I thoughte it mete, for farther knowledge therein, not to omitte here, the naturall causes of suche and so many alterations of ayre. Loe, therefore orderly they folowe.

Naturall causes, conducynge to all the afore­sayde, euer to be had in memorie of the wyse: and fyrst of the Raynbowe.

THe Raynbowe is the shynyng, and rebounding of beamys of light, that tourne to the contrarie vapour agayne, in the cloude. It declareth sometyme rayne, and many tymes fayre we­ther: when the one, and how the other, is before opened.

Of Rayne.

[Page] RAyn is a colde vapour. an erthy humour: or fumosities, out of waters or earth drawen vp by the vertue of the Sunne, to Quare lapi­des pl [...]āt, lege [...]li, lib, 2, Ca. 44. the nether part of the middle space of the ayre: there through colde thycked, then dissolued: thus engendred falleth on the earth. Here I leaue to speake of miraculous raynes, as Mylke, Blud, Flesh, Yern Woll, &c. For more satisfieng in these, reade Plinius in the second boke. 58. Chapter.

Of Frost and Dew.

A Colde moyst vapour, a litle waye drawen vp in the day, tho­row [...]s est ate, pruina bieme [...]it. faynt heat of the Sunne, descendeth in the night, dissolued on the earth, there congelated, or resolued in to water, the one cal­led Frost, the other Dew. The last is a signe of fayr wether, in the spryng or Haruest.

Of Snowe.

IT is a moyst vapour, drawen vp to the middle region of the ayre, then thy [...]ked, and frosen into the body of a cloude. So Nix humor modice concr [...] tus. congelated, descendeth.

Of Hayle.

A Cloude resolued into water, in the fall congelated, maketh Hayle. The hyer it commeth from aboue, and the longer it Grando, plu [...] uia in discēsu congelata. tarryeth in the ayre, the rounde [...] hayle.

Of wyndes.

VVynde is a multitude of drye exhalations, drawen vp frō the Ventor [...] ergo materia, cali­da & [...]icca ex­ [...]alatio. earth: and aboue the earth, enforced here and there.

Of earthquakes, in the most quyet tyme.

PLentye of wyndes, entred into holes, cones, or caues of the Quemadmo­dū in n [...]be to­nitruū, sic in terra tr [...]nor. earth, whiche absent from aboue the earth, causeth quietnes: the violent brustyng oute of them (the earth closed agayne) is the [Page] earthquake: Sign [...] est futurorum bellorum.

Tokens of earthquakes to come.

AFyry cloude, appering in the element, like a litel pyllar, is a to­ken Signa terrae motus. of earthquakes to come. The obscuritie or darknes of the Sunne, without cloudes, and straungely coloured, blouddy or other­wyse, is a token of earthquakes.

Also, when Well water and others are troubled, or salt, or infec ted by fauour &c.

A great quyetnes of ayre, by lande and sea, and chiefly the long absence of wyndes.

Also, straunge noyses herde, as clamours of men, russhynge of harnes, mourninges, lamentations &c. All these haue bene obser­ued, to signifie earthquakes at hande.

Of Thunders and lightninges.

THunder is the quenching of fyre, in a cloude. Or thunder is, Fulgetrum prius cerni, quam t [...]nitrū audiri, cū si­mul fi [...]nt, cer­tum est, Pli. lib. 2. Ca. 56. cōtra Aristo. an exhalation hote and drye, myxte with moysture, carryed vp to the middleregiō, there thycked and wrapped into a cloude: of this hore matter, coupled with moystnes, closed in the cloude, groweth a stryfe, the heat beating and breakyng out the sydes of the cloude, with a thundringe noyse: the fyre then dispersed, is the lightnynge. Thus for the lerned: Tonit [...] sonitus est, qui editur quādo [...]ube [...] rumpit halitus. Fulmen flamma vel repētinus est ignis, qui ex collisione nu­bium, aut ruptura nascitur. Aristotele affirmeth the lightnyng after the thunder: but the fyre doth fyrst appere, in that the sight is before the hering. If this satiisfie not, reade the second of hys Meteoron. Here foloweth a note of lightninges.

There be thre kyndes of lightninges, drye, moyst and clere.

DRye do not burne, but cleaue, depart, or diuide. Moyst burne Note. not, but alter colour. The clere are of maruelous natures. Full barels by it are emptied. It melteth mony in the purs, it breaketh the swerde, the purs and scaberd not perisshed, yea, wex in them vnmolten.

Of the Cometes, or flames in the night.

A Comet is a flame, working in a drye, hote, flymye exhalation, drawē vp to the hyest part of the ayre. His mater or substance Ventorū causa after it is brent, dispersed prouoketh wyndes.

The natural cause of the Sunne eclypsed.

NOthing els is the Eclips of the Sunne, but the direct putting the body of the Moone, betwene the Sunne and the earth, or betwene our sight and the Sunne: which chaunceth onely at the change.

A Corollarie.

BY this gather the darkenes at Christes death, not to stande by natur all ecliptical cause: but by supernatural, or miracle. For it was at the ful Moone, the scriptures witnes: which enforced Dio [...]ysius Miracle, Areopagita, at the tyme of his passion, to speake thus: Aut Deus natur [...] patitur, aut mundi machina dissoluitur.

The cause of the Moone eclipsed.

THe Sunne beyng in the contrarie poynt to the ful Moone, enfor­ceth the shadowe of the earth, then directly put betwene the Vniuersalis est Eclipsis Lu [...] Nō semper in nouilunio, sed in ca, et cauda Sunne and the Moone, towardes the Moone, hyding more or lesse of the Moone, as she differeth from the Ecliptical. Some obserue pestilent plagues, sodayn batayl, great dearth, to ensue these eclypses: which all I desire God to auert from his chosen. Many other thinges by this Eclips are gathered, as Longitudes of countreys: the quantitie of the Sunne, contayning the bignes of the earth 162 times: the com­passe Omniū plane­tarū ad terrā magnitudo. of the earth 21600. myles: whose thycknes, accordinge to Archimedes rule is, 6872 myles and 8 eleuenthes of a myle. The quantite of the Moone is the 43 part of the earth. The Sunne contay­neth Haec incredis bilia vidētur tātū hiis, qui matbematicis demōstrationi bus nō assueue runt, &c. the globe of the Moone 7000 tymes. Saturnus comprehendeth the bignes of the earth 91 tymes. Iupiter 95 tymes. Mars 1 and 10. sixtenthes. Venus one 37 part. Mercurius on 32000 parte of the earth. Note here, that Alfraganus affirmeth the least fixed sterre, per­fectly sene, as bygge, as the whole earth.

[Page] HAec non erunt admirationi, si globi capacit atem ex longitu­dine diametri quaesieris. Continet enim sol [...] dim [...]tiens terrae dimetientem quinquies Dimetiens ☉ ad terrae dime tientē 11 ad 2. & semissem. Est (que) propertio diametri solis ad terrae dimetientē, quae est numeri vud [...]im ad duo, quintupla sesquialtera. Cubus soli [...] mille ter [...]ntū vnā & triginta partes tales continet, cuius­modi terrae cubus octonas conplectitur. Cubus enim numeri vndecim, est mille tercentū vnū & triginta. Cubus vero bi [...]arii, qui est terrae, octo. Subducto quoties id fieri potest, minore cu­bo Cubus ☉ 1331 Terrae. 8. qui est terrae, à maiore qui est solis, cognoscitur cub [...]d cubum proportio, & quanto Sol ma­ior, terra sit. Inuenimus ergo octo centics, sexagi [...] sexies, in mille tercentum vno & triginta.

¶ Terrae Diametros Lunae dimetientē cōplectitur ter, & duas eius diamet [...]i portiones quin­tas. Dimetiēs ter­rae ad diam: ☽. 17, ad 5. Cubus terrae 4. 913. Cubus ☽ 125. Est (que) ea proportio, dimetientis terrae ad Lunae diametrum, quae est septen decim ad quin (que) tripla superbipartiens quintas. Cubus numeri septendecim, quater mille nongenta tredecim. Cubus numer [...] quin (que), est centum viginti quin (que). Maiore cubo per minorem distributo, repe­rimu [...] numerum cētum vigintiquin (que), tricies nouies in quater mille nongēus tredecim: quod paululum à superioribus obseruationibus diflert.

How many myles the Moone is from the earth: and euery planet from other.

• AS some haue published, it is from the earth to the Moone. 15750. myles.
• From the Moone to Mercurie, is 12812. myles.
• From Mercurie to Venus, as many myles.
• From Venus to the Sunne, is 23437. myles, and a half.
• From the Sunne to Mars, is 15725. myles.
• From Mars to Iupiter, is 78721. myles.
• From Iupiter to Saturne, as many myles.
• From Saturne to the firmament 120485 myles.
• The Whole summe, from the earth to the firmament is, 280734. myles, and a half.

The natural causes of many Sunnes or Moones.

THese cometo passe, when a thicker cloude is gathered toward Milichius no­teth the kyng of Pole to has ue▪ sene. 6 Sun­nes at ones. the side of the Sunne or Moone: in the which the broken beames of the Sūne, do leaue the fashiō and very form of that Sūne. The first is the very Sunne: the second and thirde come of the breaking of the Sunne beam is in the cloude, on the side of the Sunne. Thus as folo­weth, sayth Plinius in his second boke, of the historie of nature, and 31. Chapter. No moe Sunnes are perceyued in our tyme then thre: and they are neuer sene, eyther aboue or beneth the Sunne, but on the sydes: neuer in the night, but onely at the Sunne rysinge, or go­yngedoune.

Vvhat is to be chosen or auoyded, vnder euery aspect of, the moone: with her signification, in the. xii. signes, touchyug the same.

THE coniunction, quadrature, or opposition of Saturne wyth ♄ ☌ □ vel ☍ cum ☽ the Moone, causeth an euel vnlucky daye, for all maters. Leaue therfore to haue to do any maner waye: nothinge shall prosper, or come well to passe then attempted. Yet the sext le or Trine of Saturne, with the Moone declareth a conuenient tyme to tyll, del [...]e or ♄ ⚹ & △ cum ☽ dygge, to sowe, to laye fundacions, to erect [...]r repayre houses yea, a mete tyme to obtaynesutes of fatherly farmours. The Moone in Capricorn or Aquario, bringeth this later effect of the sextile and trine. ☽ in ♑ vel ♒,

The coniunction, sextile, trine, quadrature, or opposition of Iu­piter ♃ ☌, ⚹ △ □ vel ☍ cum ☽ with the Moone, sheweth a fortunate daye, chiefly to obtayne sutes of Kynges, noble Princes, Prelates &c, of Lawyars, and Re­ligious persons: and a mete tyme to study, to iorney, to take an ho­nest mater in hande. The Moone in Tauro, in Leone, or Sagittario, ☽ in ♉ ♌ vel ♐. sheweth thesame.

The coniunction, sextile, trine, quadrature or opposition of Mars with the Moone, warneth thee not to match thy self that daye ♂ ☌, ⚹ △ □ or ☍ cum ☽. with warryours notwithstandinge very good, and most mete to finisshe all maner fyry workes: naught to iorney: yet most conue­nient for valiaunt captaynes, to worke their feat, to leade, encou­rage, or stomache their souldiars: moste vnmete to treat peace, to take seruauntes, or to seke frendship.

The coniunction, quadrature or opposition of the Sunne wyth ☉ ☌, □, vel ☍ cum ☽ the Moone, declareth a very vnhappy daye, for all maters: therefore attempt nothyng, ne any maner sute: neither plant, buylde, ne ior­ney. Yet the sextile and trine ar very fortunate, specially to obtain sute of Kynges, Princes, and other Nobles. The Moone in [...] enfor ☽ in ♈ ceth the effect of this later part.

The coniunction, sextile, trine, quadrature, or opposition of Venus with the Moone, causeth a daye most apt to obtayn all sutes of ♀ ☌, ⚹, △ □ uel ☍ cum ☽. [Page] women: good to woo, to attempte mariage, and to folow all ma­ner pleasures, and plesaunt pastymes: not vnmete to hyre seruaun­tes, ☽ in ♎ vel ♓ to let blud &c. The Moone in Libra or Pisces, prouoketh the lyke.

The coniunction, sextile, trine quadrature, or opposition of ☿ ☌, ⚹, △, □, vel ☍ cum ☽ Mercurie with the Moone, promiseth a fortunate happy daye, to bye and sell: very good to enter chyldren in liberal artes: an apt tyme for the ver [...]i [...]iar: good to vse marchaundise, to iorney, to send em­bassage, to geue accomptes, and suche lyke.

The Moone in Gemini, Cancer or Virgo, en [...]lyneth euen to the same ☽ in ♊ ♋ vel ♍. aforesayde.

The Moone with the Dragons head, sheweth a lucky daye for ☽ cum ♌ all maters: with the tayle ioyned, contrarie.

Now ensueth a Table shewing what signe the Moone is in, and shal be for euer: declaring also the me­test tyme to let bludde, to p [...]urge, and to bathe.

THIS Table folowing, hath at the head seuen titles. The fyrst monethes: the second dayes: then the prime: the. 1 [...]. signes: the titles to let bludd, to pourge, and to bathe. Here it is to be no­ted, that those dayes are good for these purposes, which be signed with this letter G: and those euel dayes, that are noted with B. Now ensueth the Table, and the whole vse of it, and fyrst for the signe, where the Moone is.

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How to fynde by this Table, the signe where the Moone is for euer.

SEke oute vnder the titles of the monethes, the name of the mo­neth, whose daye you must looke oute, right agaynste the mo­neth, vnder the title of dayes: and there begynne to tell doune war­des, one, two, thre, &c. to the ende, if it so requyre. And then from the beginning, if nede be, vntill you haue reconed the numbre of the daye that youseke. Loke what numbre it falleth vpon in this table, vnder the title of dayes: that numbre kepe in mynde. Then seke vnder the title of the prime, the golden numbre for that year: right agaynst that lestward, vnder the title of dayes, begyn to tell dounewardes, one, two, thr [...], foure, &c, vntill you haue reconed the numbre, whiche you did kepe in mynde. Agaynste that doune­wardes, on your right hande, vnder the title of Signes, is the signe wherein the Moone shalbe that daye. Euē then vnder the other tit­les, ye shal fynde in righte order, for lettinge bludde, for pourginge, and bathinge, according as they be noted with G. whiche is good, and B. signifieng badde. Ensample. The sixt daye of Marche in the yeare of oure Lorde 1555, I desyre to knowe what celestiall signe the Moone dothe then occupie. I fynde fyrst the name of the Moneth, that is, Marche: and the daye as foloweth, in the next ordre of this table. I begynne here to tell, right agaynste my moneth, at the figure of. 2. sayeng: one, two, thre, &c. so I haue at the ende, and compte of syx dayes this figure 7. which I kepe in mynde. Nowe I must seke oute the golden numbre, for the yeare aforesayde, vn­der the title of the prime here, that is 17: agaynst the whiche, on the left syde is 6. There you must begynne agayn to compte, one, two, thre, &c. vntill you come vnto your numbre 7. So on youre right hande, in the rowe, or order, you shall see Virgo, the celestial signe, that the Moon, is in: and after that these thre letters, b, b, b, whiche declare badde or euell to let bludde, to pourge or bathe, agreable to the titles in the head. G, there had signified good.

To know what the Moone differeth from the Sunne.

[Page] MVltiplie the age of the Moone, by 4, and deuide by. 10: the quo­tient sheweth the signes, that the Moone differeth frome the Sunne: the remayne augmented by. 3, bryngeth degrees to be added.

Nowe shall folowe, what dayes in euery moneth are vnmete to let bludde, daungerous to suffre woūding, perillous to fall sicke, deathly to iourney, euell to marrye, and naught to take any mater in hande. The whole yeare after this compte folowinge, hath. 33. euell dayes.

The yeare hath. xxxiii. euyl dayes, generall for euer.

IANVARIE hathe eyghte suche dayes, the. i, the. ij, the iiij, the. v, the. x, the. xv, the. xvij, the. xxix. Drynke whyte wyne this moneth.

Februarie hath thre dayes, the. viij, the. x, the. xvij: these not so euell, the. xxvi, the. xxvij, the. xxviij. Eate no potage of okes, or malowes: they are venemous.

Marche thre dayes, the. xv, the. xvi, the. xix: this not so euell, the xxviij. daye. This moneth, all swete meates are good.

April two dayes, the. xvi, the. xxi: these not so euell, the. vij, the viij, the. x, the. xx. Vse hote meates, of light digestion.

Maie thre dayes, the vij, the. xv, the. xx: these not so euell, the iij, the. vi. Ryse early, and vse breakefast.

Iune two, the. iiij, the. vij: these not so euel, the. x, the. xv, the. xxij. Sage and lettuse are good to eate. Colde water fastinge hurteth not.

Iulie two dayes, the, xv, the. xx. Abstayne from carnalitie.

August two dayes, the. xix, the. xx: these not so euel, the first, the xxix, the. xxx. It hurteth not to abstayne frō potage, and all hote meates, and drinkes of spicerie.

September two dayes the. vi, the. vij: these not so euell, the. iij, the iiij, the. xxi, the. xxij. Eate good fruyte.

[Page] October one daye, the vi: these not so euel, the. iij, the. xvi, the xxiiij. Good wyne is wholsome this moneth.

Nouember two dayes, the. xv, the. xix: these not so euell, the. v, the vi, the. xxviij, the. xxix. Blede not.

Decembre thre dayes, the. vi, the. vij, the. ix: these dayes not so euell, the. xv, the. xvij, the▪ xxij. Blede not ouer muche. Warme not thy legges at the fyre.

A conducible note for lettiug bludde.

LEt bludde at no tyme, without great cause: for it bringeth we­kenes, Malū minui, vel purgatio­nibus vti, tem pore caloris, propter defe­ctū humoris. and many infirmities. If ye do, see it be after good dige­ [...]n and fastinge, in a fayre temperate daye. Beware before of all maner exercise, bathinges, watchinges. and carnal copulacion &c. After, vse fine meates, of light digestion: abstayninge from all the aforesayd, vntill the fourth daye.

These signes are most daungerous for bludde letting, the Moone Ill to let blud in ♉, ♊, ♌ ♍, ♑, beyng in them: Taurus, Gemini, Leo, Virgo, and Capricorne, with the laste half of Libra, and Scorpius. Therest are all good, so the Moone beare no dominion in that member, which ye cut: as foloweth.

The dominion of the Moone in mans bodye.

• Aries. The. Head, and face.
• Taurus. The. Necke.
• Gemini The. Armes, handes, shoulders.
• Cancer. The. Brest, stomache, rybbes.
• Leo. The. Hart, backe.
• Virgo. The. Bowels, belly.
• Libra. The. Reynes, nauill, buttockes.
• Scorpius. The. Secret membres.
• Sagittarius. The. Thyes.
• Capricornus. The. Knees.
• Aquarius. The. Shynnes, legges.
• Pisces. The. Fete.

• FRom the chaunge, to the firste quarter, a mete tyme to let yonge men bludde.
• From the firste quarter, to the ful, good for middle age.
• From the ful, to the laste quarter, apt for aged folke.
• From the laste quarter, to the change, best for olde men.

for the fleumatike: the head, and thyes excepted.

ARIES. Sagittarius.

for melancholike: buttockes, and legges excepted

Libra. Aquarius:

Haec diligen­tissime obser­uare oportet solertē Medi cū, nisi maiora pericula cogāt

for cholerike: brest, membres, and fete excepted.

Cancer. Scorpius Pisces.

For the sanguine,

all be apt that tofore are named good.

In the springe tyme let bludde at the right side.

In Haruest time at the left syde.

The learned Phisician will consider, beside all that is sayde, the Coniunctions, Oppositions, and quadrate aspectes of the Planetes: with many other thinges Astronomical, most necessarie, bothe in bludlet­letting, [Page] purging, bathinge, &c.

For to take purgations, and to bathe,

THe metest time to take purgations &c. is neither in hote, nor colde dayes: that is, from the tenthe of Marche, to the twelfthe of Iune.

Further, by rules Astronomical, it muste be perfourmed when Good to pur­ge ♋, ♏, ♓. the Moone is in cold, moyst, and watry signes, as Cācer, Scorpius and Pis­ces: conforted by aspectes, and radiations, of planetes fortifienge the vertue of the bodye expulsiue.

The Moone in Aries, Taurus, and Capricornus, naughte. One cause of Bad to purge. ♈, ♉, ♑. vomiting the purgation, is the Moone hauing aspect to any planet retrograde. Good to bathe ♈, ♌, ♐, ♋, ♏, ♓.

The Moone in these signes folowinge, very good to bathe: Aries, Leo, Sagittari, Cancer, Scorpius & Pisces.

These ensuyng are euel to bathe: Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorne. Bad to bathe. ♉, ♍, ♑,

Of inundations, or fluddes: of tymbre fallinge: sowyng: planting: graffing: hear clipping: shauing: and geldinge.

THe fludde is biggest at the full: bycause then dispersinge her vertue, she filleth all places with moysture. By commō expe­rience, ioyned with lerning, I knowe, at the full the Moone Iodeth all bodyes with humou [...]s: and so are emptied, growinge to the The fall of tymber. change. Of this, some gather the fall of tymbre at the change, more to the purpose then other tymes: wantyng then superfiuous moysture, the cause of putrefaction. Omnis putredo ab aqueo humido ortum habet. Schoner willeth from the. xv. daye vnto the. xxij. daye of the Moone, trees to be felled, and that after Midsomer to Ianuarie. So tymbre is strong, sounde, and voyde of wormes. Good to sowe. ♉, ♋, ♍, ♎, ♑.

To sowe, Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Libra, and Capricorne are best, in the in­creace of the Moone.

To Plant or Graff, best is when the M [...]one hath her beynge in any To plante or graff ♉, ♒, fixed signe: either in Tauro or Aquario, in thencrease.

[Page] Heare cutte groweth well, the Moone encreacing, beynge in Tauro, To cut beare. ♉, ♍, ♎. Virgine, or Libra.

Cuttinge, shauing, clipping, in the wane, causeth baldnes: what is then cut, groweth litel. Caluitiū prohibet, oleum Tartari.

The best tyme of Gel [...]ing is in Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces, in the wane. Good to gelde ♋, ♏, ♓.

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THis Table folowing, conteyneth in the fyrst title the Prime: in the second, the Dominical letter: in the thirde, Lent: in the fourthe, Easter daie: in the fyfthe, Rogation daie: in the sixte, whitsondaie: in these­uenthe, howe manye wekes and dayes are betwene whitsondaie and Midsomer. Whiche all appeare by their titles.

The vse is this.

Ye shall consider by the Table before put forthe, what numbre the prime is that yeare, where of ye requyre to know all these afo­resayd: and seke that numbre vnder the firste title of this Table ensuyng. Then s [...]ke vnder the seconde, the Dominical letter, nexte after the prime for that yeare: which title ensueth the prime. Dire­ctly against thesame Dominical letter, towardes youre right hande, in thesame lyne, ye shall fynde vnder the titles, what [...]oneth and daie, enery one of these aforesayd shal happen.

Ensample.

I wolde knowe this yeare of oure Lorde 1555. these mouea­ble feastes: the fyrst Lent sondry, Easterdaye, Rogation daies, Vvhitsonday, and how many wekes betwixt Vvhitsonday, and Midsomer daie. Fyrste I fynde the prime this yeare 17. Whiche 17, I loke oute vnder the title of prime in this table. Then I seke in the nexte order, and after the prime, for the Dominical letter that year. Now in right order, according to the titles, I finde the thyrde of Marche to be the fyrste Lent sonday:, the 14. of April Easterday: the 19. of May, Rogation: the. 2. of Iune, Vvhitsondaye: and. 3. wekes, and 1. daye betwixte Vvhitsondaye, and Mydsomerdaie. Thus for euer.

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How to know the age of the Moone: then the change, and quarter, for euer.

FYrst learne the Epact, as I haue instructed, for that year Ye seke to know the age of the Moone: then recken how many dayes is past of that moneth, which daye ye desire to know the age. Putte that nūbre to the Epact. Then begyn at Marche, and recken for euery moneth from hym orderly one, vntill your sayde daye, includinge both the moneth of Marche, and also the moneth of your sayd day. Adde all these dayes, vnto your former numbre: putting awaye as many thirty dayes, as ye fynde. The rest, is the age of the Moone. But By the Prime the Change is knowen, but uncertainly: therfore here omitted. Ianuarie and Februarie are counted from Marche bacwarde, as aboue is sayde. The age founde, the change is knowen. If ye adde 7. dayes to the change, ye haue the first quarter: then 7. dayes, and somewhat more, sheweth the ful: and so to it addinge 7. and more, bringeth the last qurater: thus by 7. vnto the newe Moone.

Now ensue two perfecte Tables, declaringe the trew houre and minute of Ebbing and Flowing, in moste coastes of Englande.

VVhen you will know the ful sea, seke oute the name of the Of Ebbiage and Flowing. place, where you desire the ful water, in the headde of the Ta­bles folowing: or learne the pointes of the compas there noted: or yf you lyst, know of some mariner, what Moone maketh a full sea there: a South west, or South Moone &c. Then the age of the Moone founde vnder the place or poynte of the cōpasse, sheweth in right order, the houre, and minute of the ful water. The ebbe then is manifest. En [...]ample. I desire to know the full water at London bridge, the yeare of oure Lord 1555. the 6. daye of Februarie. I fynde by ru­les before put forthe, the 6. daye of Februarie, the yeare aforesayde, the Moone to be 14. days olde. I see also vnder the title where London is S. W. whiche letters signifie, that a Southwest Moone maketh a ful sea there: and that is at 2. of the clocke, and 12. minutes past. This is well perceyued, yf you runne doune in the Table, to the 14. daye of the age of the Moone, vnder London title. Beholde the Tables.

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To know how longe the Moone shyneth.

FOr her shyning in the encreace, multiplie the age of the Moone by 4. In the wane augment therest of the age, which she lac­keth of 30. by 4: and diuide by 5. The Quotiēt sheweth the hou­res. The Remaine, if there be any, multiplied by 12. bringeth minute [...] to be added.

Here foloweth for the goynge doune, and rysinge of the Moone: with her continuance on the earth.

NOte diligently after the chāge, and before the ful of the Moone, what houre the Sunne goyth doune: and adde to that same so manye houres and minutes, as the Moone shyneth that nighte: for that houre and minute, she goeth doune. Then hath she continued as long tyme on the earth, as the Sunne wolde haue done, beynge in that signe where she is. Therfore, her rysinge is knowen by sub­duction of that Arke. Note after the full, the Moone ryseth so many houres before the S [...]ne, as she shyneth that night.

Now shal folow a Table, at al tymes plainly and briefly declaring, what daye the Sunne is entred the first degre of euery signe. It sheweth the breake of the daye: the houre, and mi­nute of the Sunne rysing: the iust length of the day: the lengthe of the night also; the very minute of the Sunne set­ting: and the Twylight.

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The vse of this table.

Consider the moneth and daye, that ye require any of the to foresaide: and sake in this table that same, vnder the titles: procede in righte or­dr [...]: so ye haue your purpose. If the verye daye be not founde, take the nearest of your table. Or by proportiō the trueth is geuē: which [...] all by Eusāple folowing shal plainly be declared.

Ensample.

The first daye of Ianuarie, I desire all the aforesayd: that is, the breake of the day: the very minute of the Sunne rysinge: the lengthe of the daye, and also of the nighte: the Sunne goynge doune: and the [...]wilighte. I fynde on the right hand of Ianuarie, these nūbres running doune, 1, 10, 20, which declare the first daye, the tenthe day, and twentith, of that moneth. Nowe to my purpose, I requyre the breake of the daye &c. The first of Ianutrie, in the Table, vnder that title, on the right hād of this figure 1. I see 5. houres, and 54, minutes, that is, 6. of the clocke wanting 6. minutes. The risinge of the Sunne in that order, is iust at 8. as this figure 8. there declareth, vnder that ti­tle, in the rowe. The lengthe of the daie, 8. houres: the lengthe of the nighte, 16. houres: the Sunne settinge is at 4: the twilight, at 6. and 6. minutes. Euen thus, for the tenth daye, and also for the twentith of that moneth, in the rowes according to their titles, in the head of my Table.

The entry of the ☉ is before omitted, to auoide in the Table, confusion, and so muu [...] the rather, bicause it sufficientlie appeareth, in the generall Kalendar folowinge.

How to worke by proportion, when the day is not found.

I Wold know all thaforsaid, the first day of Ianuarie. I take for en­sample the brea [...]e of the daye. Remember the firste day of Ianua­rie, I did fynde the breake, to be at 5. of the clocke, and 54, minutes: and the tenthe daye I maye fynde, the breake of the daie to be at 5, and 44. minutes, that is, 10 minutes lesse. I see now 10. dayes do geue me 10. minutes lesse. I saye therfore (by proportion) the fyfthe day must geue 5. minutes lesse then 5. houres 54. minutes: which [...] is 5. houres, 49. minutes, my request. Thus for all the other titles.

To know the houre of the night, by the Moone: and that diuersly.

THe houre of her rysing knowen, as is opened, and a marke Howe by the Moone, the nighte houre is founde. made for it, in any true fixed, or mouable Sūne Dial, the houres [Page] and minutes from that marke all the night after, are to be added to her rysing. If more then 12. surmount, onely that aboue 12. she­weth the trew houre and minute. If at the rysing she maye not be sene, then by the Sunne rysing, in that very signe (with the helpe of this Almanack) you maye perceyue what houre she wolde note at her rysing. Therfore from that marke counte.

Another way.

VVhen the Moone is at the ful, looke what houre her shadowe sheweth in any Dial, that is the houre of the night. After she be past the full 28. houres, ye must adde one houre: but afore the ful, pull one from that ye fynde in the Dial. If twise 28, two houres &c. So haue ye the houre of the night.

Howe the houre of the day, by right shadow, that is by any thyng directly standing vp, is knowen: and by squyre shadow also.

FIrst it behoueth you to haue a staff, or any other thyng, diui­ded in twelue equal partes: and eche portion in 6. other: so are those last partes 1 [...]. minutes a pece. When ye list to haue the hour, set vp directly youre diuided staff, on a playne leuell grounde, or bourde &c. Note the iust length of that shadowe, what partes and minutes it cōtaineth. With those, enter your moneth in the pecu­liar Kalēdar folowynge: beholdinge diligentlye vnder the name of that moneth, the small enclosed Tables: considering well, whiche of those smal Tables are nerest vnto youre day: and that iudge by the signe, or daye there noted. That table serueth youre purpose: where you must loke oute the partes and minutes of the shadowe afore founde, or nere vnto it: vnder or ouer the which the houre is set, before, or after noone. Note that two pryckes there signifie half a part more than is noted: one prick, half a parte lesse. Here it is also to be noted, that euery Table hath within, twoo rowes of figures: the vpper is for the staf: the other for the squyre shadow, And whatsoeuer is before sayd of the one, that same is ment here of the other, sauing of the compositiō. For the squyre must be diuided [Page] from the inward angle, to the ende of one side, in 12. equall partes: [figure] euen so from that angle, the other side into 24. lyke partes, as this figure sheweth. These to the wytty suffise.

The composition of an instrument, for the houre of the night: which is also a perfect Dial for the day.

THe takinge of an Altitude supposed, I coulde exactly in fewe (and that without an instrument) satisfie. And for want of that knowledge, make vpon a playn bourde, or rather fine plate, a circle: the byggar the better: part it into 360. porcions, thus.

The circle made, diuide it in 6. not mouing the compasse: then euery of them in 6: and eche of those last in 10: so haue you 360. par tes. Then Character it, begynning at the North thus, 10. 20. 30. &c. (as in the figure) towarde the East, ending with 360. Nowe laye a ru­ler on the centre, euen with some diuisions, drawinge thorowe to the extremes of the circle, a lyne. Then crosse that with an other. These two must diuide your circle in 4. equal partes: which lynes shewe the verye Easte, VVest, Northe, and Southe, when by a Meridian or square Diall, with a nedel rectified, they are placed. Now to ende, set a small streyghte wyre, a foote or more long, plumme vprighte in the centre: and there fasten it. Thus this instrumente is finisshed, to be fixed about your house, equidistāt or leuil with the Horizon: ha­uinge a nedell, yf ye lift, in it, trewlye to plage it, when and where you will. That it maye be also a Dial, you muste pull streyghte lynes from the centre, to euery fyf­tēth part: decking them with Characters in the inwarde margent, conueniently as ye see the figure. Thus whan the Sunne shyneth, the shadow of the wyre, sheweth the trew houre &c. beynge trewly plaged, wel placed, and rered, as foloweth.

❧ A perfecte instrument for the day, and the night.

LIft vp handesomely, youre instrumente or Diall, towarde the Northe, in some meete place, the side of a squyre lyenge on it, vntill the plummet and lyne, centred in the extreme vpper part of the other side of your squyre lyke long, cut all that squyre side, whiche lyeth on your instrumēt, the fifth part onely except. Then moue your instrumēt, hither ād thyther, this or that way, vntyll the shadow of the wyre fall vpon the houre of the day, kepyng diligētly your heyth before. Your Dial thus fixed decla­reth, all the yeare longe, the exacte houre and partes thereof. No Dial in truthe excelleth this. Haue in remembrance, that this instrumēt must lye leuel, nothing at al rered, for the houre of the night by sterre.

To get the exact houre by two sterres of the fyrst light, with an instrument or circle, tofore diuided, first of me inuented, calculated and practised.

THe instrument, equidistantly set and plaged, as is declared in the cōposition, ye ought to laie the edge of a ruler vnto the The waie to find the hou­re of the night. wyre, the other nether ende touching the instrument, mouyng here and there, styll touching the wyre, vntyll either Sterre dothe offer it self with that edge, and that by the iudgemēt of the eye. Then put doun discretely your ruler (euer touching the wyre) the hynder ende not moued, obseruing how many partes are cut from the North, to the edge of the ruler. Entre with them the pe culiar Kalendar folowynge: sekynge oute youre moneth, placed in the middes of euery Table: then the daye of that moneth must be there founde.

Note that, euerye table hath on the sides, the days thus ordered 1. 5. 10. 15. 20. 25. 30. Knowe, that order or rowe of figu­res, which is ryght agaynst, or nerest your day, serueth the turn. The nūbre or partes before cut by the Ruler, and now found in that row of your table, sheweth the precise hour. If it be to littel, that houre ouer the head or vnder is not yet come: if contrary, it is past.

How these two bright sterres, beynge of the fyrst light are found: the one called Aldebaran: the other Alramech.

THe best waye is thus: The moneth and dae knowen, with By what mea­nes these ster­res are kno­wen. the [...]ew houre of the nighte, entre youre Table, consideringe that moneth and daye: obserue what partes belonge there to that Sterre and houre. Then resort to your instrument, layeng the edge of your ruler, as many partes from the Northe, Eastward, circūspect­lye lifting vp that edge, close by the wyre: so the fayr Sterre shy­neth euen with that edge.

Or thus grossely.

ALdebaran is euer a meate rodde, and more to the eye vnder the An other way to finde them 7. Sterres, and some what North of them, in the rysing. Alramech is contrarie to him plaged, accompanied with a litle dimme Sterre, an ell from hym, by the iudgement of the sighte.

❀ Nowe foloweth a brefe, pleasant, necessarie, general Kalendar: diuided in two partes. Vvherof the first conteineth six monethes, from Ianuarie to Iune: the seconde table the other six monethes, frome Iulie to December. In this Kalendar are sette forth the Festiual days: the entringe of the Sunne into the Signes celestial: the euel Dayes within euery moneth &c.

NOte here, that the euell dayes in eche moneth are all mar­ked with a Colon, that is a doble or twopricked pointe: some, that be more meanly euel, are marked with one ful point, set afore them.

NOte also: that some Termes ensuing moueable Feastes, are mouea ble, and so coulde haue no certaine place in the Kalendar, for their beginning and ending. Know therefore, that Faster Terme alwayes begynneth the [...]s. daye after Easter, rekening Faster day for one; and endeth the Mondaye next after the Ascension daye.

Trinitie Terme beginneth the Friday next after Corpus Christi daye: and endeth the VVednesdaye fourtennight after.

Michaelmasse Terme begynneth the 9. or 10. daye of October: and endeth the 28. or 29. of Nouembre.

Hilarie Terme beginneth the 23. or 24. daye of Ianuarie: and en­deth the 12. or 13. daye of Februarie.

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Necessary instrumentes, to finde exactly the houre of the day and night, diuerse wayes, with help of this peculiar Kalen­dar.

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