A Prognostication made for the yeare of our Lorde God, 1572. wherein at large is set forth the description of the fower quarters of the yeare, with the prediction of the weather for euery day, exactly calculated for Oxenforde.
By Thomas Hill, of London Student.
¶ Imprinted at London by Richard VVatkins, and Iames Roberts.
¶ Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis.
¶ The nature and qualitie of the .xij. signes, after the principles of Phisik.
- [...] moyst than hote.
- Taurus, [...]erate and moystest.
- Gemini, more [...] than moyst.
- Cancer, more hote than drie.
- Leo, [...]est and driest.
- Virgo, more drie than hote.
- Libra, more drie than colde.
- Scorpio, coldest and driest.
- Sagittarius, more colde than drie.
- Capricorne, more cold than moyst.
- Aquarius, most colde and moyst.
- Pisces, more moyst than colde.
¶ Of the Eclipse of the Moone, which shall appeare to vs, this yeare of our redemption. 1572.
THis present yere of our Lord God. 1572. being the .xxv. of June, at .viij. of the clocke, & .lvi. min. in the night shall appere and be seene aboue our Horizon, a particuler Eclipse of the Moone, shee then beeing at hir full, and right against the Sunne: Into the shadowe of the earth shee shall come to be Eclypsed, about .xvi. mi. before .ix. a clocke, and to be parfitly seene, both of Canterburie and London, about .x. min. after .ix. and ende this Eclipse about .x. a clock at Oxford: so that in this darknesse she shall tarrie about one howre, and a quarter, and be shadowed of the earth only v. points & .iiij. mi. Southerly, nere to that section, named the Dragons taile, being then in the .xiij. degree, and .xxiiij. minuts of Capricorne: Certaine special effects of this Moones Eclipse, are vttered in the Haruest quarter: in that these shall begin to worke and shew their harmes to the earth, about the .xiiij. of October, in the yeare. 1572. and ende the xxij. of December folowing.
¶ A Description, of the fower quarters of the yeare, beginning the twelth day of December, in the yeare. 1571.
❧ Of the Wynter.
THe later Astronomers instruct, that the winter quarter Astronomicall of this present yeare of our Lord. 1572. is already begunne, and beganne with vs the .xij. day of December, at .vi. of the clock at night, in the yeare. 1571. at which tyme the Sunne entred into the first min. of Capricorne. This winter quarter & season, reported (of the wise and learned) to be of the owne naturall disposition and qualitie, colde and moyst, contrary to the condition of Summer, whose enimie he is founde to be, (for that in all respectes, it destroyeth those crescent thinges, which Sommer hath brought forth, & nourished by his kindly heate) will this yeare answere, to the naturall kinde. For in the beginning of this quarter, it appeareth to be enclined to bitter colde, & vnconstant weather, with sodaine showers and southerly winds, toward the midst more bent to stormy weather, as haile, blustering winds, great showres of raine, snow, clowdie, and darke weather, with Landfloudes after rayne, more ryfe in this season: whose violence, when these shalbe of force, are like to cause Eruptions or brastinges forth of the Earth in lowe places, and that Springes of water to breake vp, in such abundaunce: that both Men, and Cattell shall be greatly annoyed therewith: Further, colde mistes, and darke fogges, with horie frostes, and bitter colde weather, enduring [Page]harme to Cattell, as Horse, Oxen, Kyen, Sheepe, and such like: yea to fowles of the winter, and fishes of that season: to Fruytes, and Gardine hearbes, and to Corne of all likelihode: but these (thanked bee God) not so harmefull, to bee looked for of vs: in that past a thyrde part, and somewhat more, of the Moonee body entreth then into shadow: which the learned also report, to threaten lesse harme to the earth. As touching the sicknesses and diseases, that are like to happen in this quarter: be those proceeding of colde and to much moysture, and Melancholy humours, agreeing to the qualitie of Haruest, and sundrie of the Sommer diseases repeated, and hapning in this season. As all the kindes of feuers, with the pestilent Ague, straightnesse in the breast, plurisies, weaknesse of the Liuer, and stomacke, opilation or stopping of the Splene, grieuous paynes of the head, the falling sicknesse, rewmes, Opthalmies, running of the eyes, long lasting sicknesses, the quartayne Ague, of Melancholie, blacke Iaundise, dropsies, swellings and ache in the legges, knees, and feete, suffocations and obstructions of the Matrice, the perilous cough, waterie laxes, the pyles, Gonorrhea weaknesse of the backe, the Letharge, the Gowte, and such lyke: which the Lorde for a due punishment of Sinne, worketh by his instruments the starres: Yet God of his great mercie, doth giue to vs meanes many tymes, to be deliuered and holpen, by seeking in time to the learned and well practised Physition: a commended and worthy instrument of his on earth, for that purpose. To whom in such tymes of perill, I would wishe (all persons of abilitie) to resorte vnto, for aduise and counsayle: God the true and principallest Physition be our comforter, and deliuer our bodies from the contageon and infections threatned vs by the starres, in this distemperate time of Haruest. Amen.
The predictions of the daylye state and condition of the weather euery day in the weeke, throughout the .xii. moneths of this present yeare of our redemption. 1572.
¶ Of Ianuarie.
THe first day clowdie, rawe colde with some moysture and winde in the morning, after fayre. The second, fayre, colde, and windie: the thirde colde and drie, with some winde: the fourth clowdie, colde, with some snow and winde: the fift raw colde, and disposed to winde and raine: the sixt dark clowdes, wind south, and raine: the .vii. darke, and mistie ayre, with some rayne, and winde.
☽ Last quarter the .viij. day at .xi. of the clock, & three min. before noone, colde, clowdie, small raine or snowe, and windie. The .ix. clowdie, rawe colde, and enclyned to snow, wind foutherly: the .x. raw colde, enclyned to moysture: the .xi some raine, clowdie, and bigge winde: the .xij. raine in the morning, after drie and colde, at night frost: the .xiij. clowdie, rawe colde, with raine in the forenoone, after drie and windie: the .xiiii. clowdie, and enclyned to moysture, about noone and towards night, drie and colde.
● New Moone the .xv. day, at vij. of the clocke, and vi. min. in the morning, raw colde, darke clowdes, windie, with some snow or raine towardes the euening. The .xvi. colde, & darke weather, with small raine & winde, but at night drie, and a frost: the .xvii. windie, and colde: the .xviii. clowdy with a little winde and small rayne, after fayre: the .xix. enclyned to snowe, or sharpe weather, and darke clowdes: the xx. some small rayne, and winde.
[Page] ☾ First quarter the .xxi. day, at .xij. of the clock, and .xlviij. min. in the night, moyst, clowdie, and darke weather, about noone, and afterwardes, more temperate, and drie: the xxii. clowdie, colde, and wind about midnight: the .xxiii. cold, clowdie and wind, but at euening a frost: the .xxiiii. drie, with winde at night: the .xxv. colde, and fayre weather: the .xxvi. clowdie, colde, with some raine, about noone fayre, and frost at night: the .xxvii. sharpe ayre, clowdie or mistie, after noone fayre weather: the .xxviii. clowdie, with some winde, and disposed to raine, but at after noone, drie weather and a frost at night: the .xxix. a fayre morning and colde, towards nyght ouercast with blacke clowdes.
❍ Full Moone the .xxx. day, at two of the clocke, and xxviij. min. in the morning, rawe colde and darke with rayne, and winde: the .xxxi. clowdie and colde weather, towarde night a bigge winde or raine.
Februarie.
THe first day clowdie, and enclining to snowe or rayne, towards night a frost: the seconde colde, windie, and darke in the morning, after fayre, and a frost at night: the third indifferent fayre, with clowdes, and some wynde at night: the fourth drie and fayre weather, & a bigge winde in the night: the fift clowdie, colde, with winde: the sixt windy, blacke clowdes, and some rayne or snowe.
☽ Last quarter the .vij. day at one of the clocke .xxij. min. in the morning, rawe colde, darke weather, some rayne or snowe, and windie: the .viii. clowdie, colde, with rayne and winde, towarde night, drie: the .ix. rawe colde, clowdie, and small rayne with winde: the .x. clowdie, darke weather, and stormie, and sodaine colde showers or snowe: the .xi. darke, and colde, with some rayne towarde noone: the .xii. clowdie, rapping colde, and windie.
[Page] ● New Moone the xiij. day, at .iiij. of the clocke .lviij. mi. in the after noone, colde and raynie, or some showers, with winde, Westerly. The .xiiii. clowdie, temperate, with some milde rayne and winde: the .xv. darke and clowdie with small raine, in the after noone fayre with winde: the .xvi. drie & fayre, at night windie, & clowdie: the .xvii. fayre and warme all the day, vnto night: the .xviii. colde, with darke clowdes, & some winde or rayne about noone, or at night: the .xix. temperate weather, with clowdes, & some winde in ye after noone.
☾ First quarter the .xx. day at .iiij. of the clocke, and .xij. min. in the after noone, fayre and colde, with winde northerly: the .xxi. variable, clowdie. with winde or rayne: the xxii. colde, clowdie, with raine: the .xxiii. fayre, colde, with small winde, and frost at night: the .xxiiii. sharper weather with blacke cowdes, and enclyned to rayne or snowe: the xxv. fayre and warme, with frost at night: the .xxvi. sharper weather, with blacke clowdes. and winde: and enclyned to snow or colde raine: the .xxvii. clowdie, colde, and dark, with winde.
❍ Full Moone the .xxviij. day, at .viij. of the clocke, and xxxv. mi. in the night, darke ayre, raine & windie, with some storme: the .xxix. clowdie, rawe colde, with some mutation, as to winde, colde rayne or snowe.
March.
THe first day fayre and warme, with clowdes in the after noone, and some winde: the second, great winde or a tempest, with rayne in the morning: the thirde clowdie, colde, and some rayne in the morning: the fourth, darker ayre, raw cold, and enclyning to moysture: the fift clowdie, colde with some rayne towardes the after noone: The .vi. clowdie, colde, with bigge winde or raine towarde midnight, after fayre.
noone: the .vii. windie, and clowdie in the forenone, after temperate and milde ayre: the .viii. fayre and warme al the day, but at night rayne, and winde: the .ix. a fayre and hote day, vnto night.
● Newe Moone the .x. day, at .xx. min. after hygh noone, hote, after clowdie, with big wind, & sodaine showers. The .xi. clowdie, with some rayne, and bigge winde: the .xii. clowdie and enclined to rayne, with some small winde in the after noone: the .xiii. fayre and hote, all the day: the .xiiii. like fayre and hote, vnto night: the .xv. a fayre and very hote day, without winde in effect: the .xvi. clowdie, and temperate in the forenoone, after hote vnto night: the .xvii. a hote and fayre day, with some winde about noone.
☾ First quarter the .xviij. day, at two of the clock, and .xx. min. in the after noone, enclyned to thunder, bigge wind and showers, with thicke clowdes, and sulthie hote or, vnseasonable ayre. The .xix. windie, and temperate in the after noone: the .xx. temperate, with some winde, and blacke clowdes about noone: the .xxi. clowdie, and sulthie hote, and eyther thunder, or hayle: the .xxii. temperate, and enclyned to fayre weather, in the after noone: the .xxiii. fayre and hote, all the day: the .xxiiii. fayre and temperate, in the after noone.
❍ Full Moone eclipsed on the .xxv. day, at .viij. of the clock and .lvi. mi. in the night, sulthie hote, and clowdie, with some small winde. The .xxvi. clowdie, temperate, and enclyning to rayne at night: the .xxvii. fayre and warme, with blacke clowdes gathering towards rayne, in the after noone: the .xxviii. fayre and hote all the day, but at night rayne with some winde: the .xxix. clowdie, and temperate, with some rayne, and winde towardes night: the .xxx. fayre, and hote with some winde.
Iulie.
THe first day, a tempest, or thunder and lightning, wyth some winde in the night.
☽ Last quarter the second day at .xi. of the clocke, and .xv. minuts before noone, heate, after clowdye, with vnstable weather, and a bigge wind or tempest, with wind to the southeast. The thirde temperate, and drie, put in the after noone clowdie, with some winde and rayne: the fourth clowdie and darke, with rayne and winde: the fift variable, with rayne about midnight: the sixt vnconstaunt weather, with blacke clowdes enclyning to rayne, in the after noone: the .vii. temperate, with winde and blacke clowdes, enclyning to rayne: the .viii. clowdie, temperate, with bigge winde in the after noone: the .ix. temperate & drie, with wind in the after noone.
● Newe Moone the .x. day, at two of the clock, and foure minutes in the morning, clowdie, hote, with some smal rayne, and windie to the northest in the after noone. The xi. fayre and hote, with a tempest, or bigge winde in the after noone: the .xii. a fayre and hote day, with some winde in the forenoone: the .xiii. clowdie, temperate and drie, with winde toward night: the .xiiii. clowdie towardes rayne in the forenoone, after a fayre and hote day: the .xv. some winde and clowdes, in the forenoone, after fayre and hote vnto night: the .xvi. white clowdes, with some winde, and fayre all the day: the .xvii. a hote and fayre day, with winde in the after noone.
☾ First quarter the .xviij. day at .v. of the clock, and .xxx. mi. in the morning, fayre & hote weather, towards noone clowdie, and enclyned to rayne, with thunder, and lightning in the after noone. The .xix. temperate and clowdie, towardes rayne, in the forenoone: the .xx. fayre, and hote, with some winde: the .xxi. fayre, and hote, with clowdes towarde rayne [Page]in the night: the .xxii. clowdie and temperate in the fore noone with some winde, but in the after noone blacke clowdes, enclining to a tempest or thunder: the .xxiii. clowdie and darke, with bigge winde about noone, and vnto night continuyng: the .xxiii clowdie, and inclined to rayne in the fore noone.
❍ Full Moone the .xxv. day, at foure of the clocke, and xivij. min. in the morning, vntemperate heate, wyth darke clowdes towarde rayne, and winde from the southeast. The .xxvi. clowdie, towards rayne in the morning, after indifferent fayre and temperate: the .xxvii. clowdie in the morning, and temperate all the daye: the .xxviii. variable, wyth clowdes gathered towardes rayne in the forenoone, but in the night bigge winde: the .xxix. great winde, with clowdes gathered towardes rayne in the forenoone, after fayre and hote vnto night: the .xxx. fayre and hote in the forenoone, about noone, many white clowdes gathered, and bigge wynde in the after noone.
☽ Last quarter the .xxxi. day, at seuen of the clocke and .xi. minuts in the after noone, clowdie, temperate, with some rayne in the night, and winde to the southwest.
August.
THe first day fayre, and hote vnto night, about midnight clowdie, with some winde: the second variable weather, drie and windie: the thirde windie, sayre, and warme weather all the day: the fourth clowdie, and enclyned to rayne in the forenoone, with winde in the after noone: the fift temperate and drie, with white clowdes towardes moysture, sparsed in the ayre: the .vi. temperate, with white clowdes, and winde in the after noone: the .vii. darke clowdes, and enclyning to rayne in the forenoone: but after midnight hayle, or thunder and great showers of rayne.
[Page] ● Newe Moone the viij. day at .v. of the clocke, and .xxiij. minutes in the after noone, darke ayre, and eyther hayle, or thunder and lightning, with a bigge wind from the southwest: the, ix. clowdie in the morning, with some rayne, and bigge wynde: in the after noone temperate vnto night: the x. clowdie, towardes rayne and some wind: the .xi. fayre and hote all the day, without winde: the .xii. hote and fayre, with clowdes gathered in the after noone, but a fayre night: the xiii. fayre and hote, about noone clowdes, with some winde at night: the .xiiii. clowdie, with some winde in the forenoone, and hote vnto night: the .xv. darke or blacke clowdes, and bigge winde in the forenoone.
☾ First quarter the .xvi. day, at .vi. of the clock, and .xliiij. minurs in the after noone, clowdie, and enclined to raine, winte and stormie weather. The .xvii. clowdie in the after noone, and fulthie hote all the day: the .xviii. fayre and hote, with white clowdes, and some winde in the after noone: the xix. clowdie, and darke about noone: and enclyned to rayne, in the after noone: the .xx. clowdie, and disposed to rayne in the forenoone, with white clowdes, and rayne or winde in the after noone: the .xxi. temperate, and clowdie in the after noone, with winde and rayne: the .xxii. windie, with clowdes and raine or winde at night.
❍ Full Moone the .xxiij. day, at .xvi. mi. after high noone, fayre, after enclyned to moysture, with blacke clowdes, and bigge winde. The .xxiiii. clowdie, and temperate about midnight, more bent to hayle or showers: the .xxv. fayre, and hote all the day: the .xxvi. hote, and fayre with white clowdes gathered in the forenoone: the .xxvij. temperate, and clowdie in the after noone: after midnight a bigge winde or storme, with some rayne: the .xxviij. temperate and drie with bigge winde, and clowdes in the after noone: the .xxix. fayre with
boysterous wynde, about that tyme: the .xvi. windie, colde, and a storme, or rayne in the morning, after fayre and a frost at night: the .xvii. colde with winde, and drie vnto night: the xviii. clowdie, and enclyning to rayne in the forenoone: and in the after noone blacke clowdes, and bitter colde winde vnto night.
❍ Full Moone the .xix, day, at vi. of the clock, and .liii. mi. in the after noone, colde and vnconstant weather, wyth some wind. The .xx. windie, variable, and drie, with clowds towardes rayne, after midnight: the .xxi. colde, and drie, about noone enclining to rayne: the .xxii. frost in the morning, and fayre vnto night: the .xxiii. nipping colde, with winde in the morning, in the after noone bigge winde, and some raine: the .xxiiii. frost, and a fayre warme day vnto night: the .xxv. frost, and fayre in the morning: but at noone ouercast, wyth white and blacke clowdes, and nipping colde towards night: the .xxvi. clowdie, colde, and enclyning to rayne in the morning, after fayre and drye vnto night.
☽ Last quarter the .xxvii. day, at two of the clock, and foure min. in the after noone, colde and clowdie, with some colde missing rayne or snowe, and winde: the .xxviii. rawe colde, with blacke clowdes to moysture in the forenoone, & at night winde. The .xxix. fayre, with some winde in the morning, and drie vnto night: the .xxx. colde with white clowdes, and winde in the forenoone, and fayre, vnto night.
December.
THe first day colde, clowdie, with winde in the morning, and rayne in the after noone: the second fayre, and a hory frost in the morning, with sharpe ayre, and drye vnto night, and about midnight snowe or colde rayne: the thirde colde, and dry wyth some myst or darknesse in the morning, and winde in the night: the fourth fayre, and warme all the daye, with some [Page]small winde in the after noone.
● Newe Moone, the fift day, at ix. of the clocke, and .xvii. minutes in the morning, clowdie, colde, and a frost, or colde sleete. The .vi. rawe colde, and blacke clowdes, with some rayne in the after noone: the .vii. colde, with white clowdes and winde in the forenoone, but in the after noone, rawe colde, and darke or mistie weather vnto night: the .viii. a horie frost in the morning, wyth wynde in the after noone, and in the night raine, with a bigge wind towards midnight: the .ix. colde, and whyte clowdes wyth wynde in the morning, and a small wynde in the after noone, wyth darke nippyng weather, or a raw cold myst at night: the .x. fayre and warme, with some wynd in the morning: the .xi. temperate and fayre, wyth frost, or a darke myst, and wynde in the night.
☾ First quarter the .xii. day at .v. of the clocke, and .lv. mi. in the morning, rawe colde, and clowdie with frost or darke mystes. The .xiii. frost, and fayre, wyth whyte clowdes, and wynde in the after noone: the .xiiii. colde, myth a small winde in the morning, and fayre vnto night: the .xv. clowdye, colde, and bigge wynde in the morning, with rayne in the after noone: the .xvi. a horyefrost, or sharpe myst in the morning, and winde towardes midnight: the .xvii. colde, and varyable weather, wyth wynde in the after noone: the xviii. a frost, with whyte clowdes, and wynde in the morning, and fayre vnto nyght.
❍ Full Moone the .xix. day at .ix. of the clocke, and. xxxii. minutes in the forenoone, colde and close weather, wyth snowe or colde sleete: the .xx. fayre, and colde, wyth whyte clowdes and wynde, in the forenoone, and mystie or rawe darke we other at nyght: the .xxi. a sharpe colde morning, and fayre warme weather vnto nyght, but after mydnight, snowe or hayle, or other colde showers of rayne: the .xxii. a [...]ing [Page]frost in the morning, and hote (for the tyme) all the day, with a bigge colde wynde, in the nyght: the .xxiii. bytter colde, or a horye frost in the morning, with clowdes enclyning to rayne or snowe in the forenoone, and sharpe weather vnto night: the .xxiiii. colde in the morning, with fayre weather all the day, and a horie frost, at night: the .xxv. frost, or a colde myst, and small winde in the morning, with fayre weather vnto nyght: the .xxvi. clowdie, cold, with some winde, and enclyning to moysture in the forenoone.
☽ Last quarter, the .xxvii. day, at ten of the clock. and .liiii. minutes in the forenoone, moyst, rawe colde, and clowdie weather, wyth wynde at night. The .xxviii. winde, wyth clowdes causing a colde ayre in the mornyng, and indifferent fayre all the day, but at nyght, disposed to snowe, or a darke myst very colde, wyth some wynde: the .xxix, a horye frost, or darke colde myst in the morning, wyth blacke clowdes or dark, vnto night: the .xxx. clowdie, colde, & darke, or a myst in the mornyng, with blacke clowdes towardes snow, and bigge wynde in the after noone, but in the nyght a storme of hayle, or snow wyth blustering wynde: the .xxxi. colde, and clowdes towardes snowe in the forenoone, and sharpe or colde mystye weather vnto nyght.
Of the nature and qualitie of the seuen Planets, their magnitude, with the sicknesses and partes, that they seuerally gouerne in man.
Of Saturne.
SAturne, highest of the Planets, being ninetie times with an eyght part greater than the earth, pale (to a leady colour) of most stowe progression, in that hee performmeth not the whole course before .xxx. yeres: and reported (to bee an infortime) doth of his nature procure earthquakes, snow and hayle, the pestilence and dearth of victuals. As touching the highest ascention or poynte of Saturnes Orbe, from the earth, the same is at this day knowne to be in the .xxix. dogree of Sagittarius. This Saturne by iudgenent of the skilfull, hath of Elements, the earth, in that he worketh his proper influence on the same. Of complexions or qualities in persons, this gouerneth melancholike. Of humors in man, the melancholie. Of the proper condicions, heauinesse, couetousnesse, pensiue thoughts, suspition, long silence, deception, fearefulnesse. &c. Of sickenesses, this hath the Quartayne feuer, the blacke iaundyse, the daungerous Catharre or rewme, the Palsie, the Leprosie, the blacke Morphew, the Dropsie, the Iliacke passion, the flure of the belly of colde humors, the colde Gowte, and ache of the ioyntes, the Canker, harde swellings, and kimels (rising in sundry parts of the body) and all sicknesses in a maner, being of a colde and due qualitie. To conclude if man, this gouerneth the milt, the right eare, the teeth and bones. Lorde also of the first howre on Saterday.