The sheepherd's new kalender: or, The citizens & country man's daily companion treating of most things that are useful, profitable, delightful, and advantageous to mankind. Being the thirty years study, and experience, of a learned sheepherd in the west of England.

The sheepherd's new kalender: or, The citizens & country man's daily companion treating of most things that are useful, profitable, delightful, and advantageous to mankind. Being the thirty years study, and experience, of a learned sheepherd in the west of England.

Table of contents

Title page

THE PREFACE TO THE Reader.

THE Shepherd's Kalender, &c.

A Computation of Time, in Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, Years, divided into Quarters, with Signs Governing; as alſo of the Planetary Dominions.

To know what Month and Day the Moveable Feaſts and Terms will fall on for many Years to come.

Eclipſes of the Sun and Moon, how cauſed, with Rules to know when they will Happen.

Prognoſticks, or Predictions, on the Days of the Week, that New Years Day ſhall fall on; Relating to the Weather, to fall out, throughout the Year: Scarcity and Plenty: Diſeaſes, that will happen to People; alſo to Cattle.

Obſervations on the Years entring on Sundays.

Obſervations on Monday.

Obſervations on the Years entering on a Tueſday.

Obſervations on the Year, beginning on a Wedneſday.

Obſervations on the Year, beginning on a Thurſday.

Obſervations on the Years beginning on a Friday.

Laſtly, Obſervations on the Years beginning on a Saturday.

Unluckey Days in every Month, Dangerous to begin any Buſineſs on, Fall Sick, Blood, Purge, Journey, &c.

The moſt remarkable Days in the Year, that are accounted Fortunate, to begin any weighty matter on.

Ordinary Days through the Year, more ſucceſsful than others, not Named, already for Luckey Days,

Obſervations on Remarkable Days, to know how the whole Year will ſucceed, in Weather, Plenty, &c.

Other Curious Obſervations on the ſeaſons of the Year, as to the Weather that will happen, and ſuch like Matters.

Infallible ſigns of Weather in all ſeaſons throughout the Year, by the Planets, Elements, Creatures, &c.

Infalliable ſigns of Rain, and driſling wet Weather, taken by Obſervation of the Planets, and other ſtars, Elements, Creatures, &c.

The ſigns of Rain by Creatures, &c.

Signs of Wind, and ſudden Storms ariſing, Prognoſticated by the Planets, Elements, Creatures, &c. in all ſeaſons of the Year for ever.

Signs of the Winds ſhifting or Changing in the ſeveral Points of the Compaſs.

Signs of ſtorms Ceaſing.

Signs of Exceſſive Hot Weather.

Signs of Cold weather, or hard winter.

Prognoſticks of Fair weather by the Planets, Elements, and Creatures, &c.

Signs of Hail (violent and moderate) by the Planets, Elements, &c.

Signs of Snow, and Driſly ſleet, &c.

Prognoſticks of Forſty Weather by the Planets, Elements, Creatures, &c.

Signs of a Thaw in any great hard froſt, &c.

Of wonderful ſigns in the Heavens, and on the Earth, whence they Proceed; and what they Prognoſticate of ſtrange Events.

Comets, or Blazing-ſtars; with Aſtrological Obſervations, what they are, and Prognoſticks on them.

Many Suns appearing in the Heavens at once, the Cauſe, and what they Predict:

The appearing of many Moons in the Night, and what they Prognoſtick of Good or Bad.

Of the Rainbow (how cauſed) and what it Prognoſticates.

Of the Ignis Fatuus, or Fires that lead People aſtray in the Night time, called the Will with the Wiſp.

Of the Flame that appears on the Hair and Beards of Men, and upon that of Beaſts.

Strange Apparitions of Armies, and other wonderful ſights in the Air, how cauſed.

The Kinds of Earth-Quakes, their cauſe, and ſigns, fore-running them, and what they pontend.

Signs fore-running Thunder, Lightning, &c.

Of ſudden Whirl-winds, and ſurprizing Tempeſts.

Approved Rules for Manageing Husbandry, or Rural Affairs, during the Twelve Months of the Year for ever.

In JANUARY.

In FEBRUARY.

In MARCH.

In APRIL.

In MAY.

In JUNE.

In JULY.

In AUGUST.

In SEPTEMBER.

In OCTOBER.

In NOVEMBER.

In DECEMBER.

Signs of Murrein, Rot, or ſuch like Deſtroying Diſeaſes in Cattle; how to Prevent or Remedy them.

Signs of Murrein that do befal Cattle.

Prognoſticks of a Rot which fall upon Sheep.

Rot in Sheep, how to provent it and other Diſeaſes, and Cure it when taken.

How to Calculate Nativities, to know Good or Bad Fortune: Introducing to that curious Art, plainly deſcribing it by the Complexions, Humours, &c.

How to tell any Number one ſhall Think, be it never ſo great.

To know the Planet that hath Dominion in the Nativity of any Perſon.

The Art of Diſcovering Truth from Falſehood.

How to know whether you ſhall be Succeſsful in any Matters you Engage in againſt another.

To know whether the Party you Love be Virtuous and Chaſte.

The Moſaick Wand to find out Hidden Treaſure:

Choice Secrets in Aſtrology on ſeveral Uſeful Occaſions.

A ſafe way to ſecure a Houſe.

A Safegaurd for all Out-houſes, to ſecure Poultry, Cattle, Corn, or what elſe is ſhut up therein.

A Safegaurd for an Orchard, Park, Warrin, or Field, to take a Thief, &c.

To drive away Ghoſts or Spirits that haunt a Houſe, and prevent the night Mare.

This to be carryed about One, for the prevention of Witchcraft, being under an Ill Tongue, or Planet ſtruck.

To prevent affrighting Dreams, and take away fear in the Night.

To help a Perſon under an Ill Tongue, and make the Witch appear, or the Effects ceaſe.

To prevent or take Vermin, that come to deſtroy Poultry, or Coney warrens.

To prevent a Dogs barking at you in the Night time.

To draw Cats together, ſo that they ſhall not eſcape your Hands.

A Pleaget to wear about ones Neck, to prevent Bugs, Flens, or Gnats biting in the night time.

To drive away Mice or Rats; in a Houſe or Grainery.

To prevent being Robbed on the Road, or meeting with any bad Accident.

To find out a Thief, or make him or her bring back the Goods ſtolen.

A Pleaſant Device or Stratagem to find out any Perſon Suſpected to have Robbed you.

To know what Place is beſt to Live and Thrive in, whether one ſhall be Rich or Poor, Long Life or Short, what Sickneſs, or Croſſes ſhall befall one.

How to Reſolve all Lawful Queſtions, Relating to Marriage, Friendſhip, Journying, Life Long, or Short, Buſineſs, Succeſs, or any others truly ſtated.

What Diſeaſes in the Bodys of Men, Women, and Children, are more Immediately cauſed by the Influence of the ſeven Planets, with Aſtrological Remarks as to their Cure.

The Urinall Doctor, or Aſtrological and phyſical Obſervations, on Caſting Urine, Relating to Health or ſickneſs, with Cautions to prevent threatened Evils.

Cautions againſt much Bleeding, and Phyſicking, and what neceſſary Rules are to be taken to ſupply the Defect.

How to Dyet, and Order our Bodys, for the preſervation of Health, for every Month in the Year; the moſt Approved Rules.

DECEMBER to the end of the Month.

In JANUARY.

In FEBRUARY.

In MARCH.

In APRIL.

In MAY.

In JUNE.

In JULY.

In AUGUST.

In SEPTEMBER.

In OCTOBER.

In NOVEMBER.

In DECEMBER to the 25th. of the Month.

Of BEES. A Treatiſe of Bees, how to Order, Preſerve, Swarm, Gather their Honey, and all other Matters Relating to them.

The Warreners Inſtructor; or a Treatiſe of Coneys, their Ordering to Preſerve, and Encreaſe them, Diſeaſes, and Remedys.

A Cure for Madneſs in Coneys.

A Cure for the Rot in Coneys.

To keep and order Hares in Warrens, or Tame them in all reſpects as the Coney.

To know the New or Old Form, whether Retained by a Hare or left, her Shifts, &c.

To know whether a Coney or Rabit be Old or Young, or New or Stale Killed, &c.

To know whether a Hare be old or young, new or ſtale killed, and whether a Hare or Leveret?

The Faulconers Choice Inſtructor, or the beſt way to Manage, Mew, Feed, Purge, Succour, and Keep Hawks to Fly at all Sorts of Game, and to do what ever is Requiſite for their Preſervation, well Ordering, & to make them Expert in what they are Deſigned for, or Required to Perform.

How to Order Hawks taken from the Cage, &c.

How to bring your Hawk to the Lure.

To Enſeam Hawks, and otherways Order them: To Enure them to Flight, &c.

The Management of Hawks in their Flight, and Particularly to Fly at the River.

A Plain and Eaſie Introduction to the moſt curious Art, and Healthful Exerciſe of Ringing Muſically on 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. or 9. Bells.

Of the Changes.

Of Peals.

Of Croſs Peals.

The Example.

Of Doubles and Singles on four Bells.

The Peals called the Old Doubles and Singles on Five Bells.

The Old Trebles and Doubles on Six Bells.

How a Country-man may know how much Hay or Corn his Barn will hold before it be put in.

The Meaſure that ought to be in Cords or Stacks of Wood.

To tell what is a Clock (when the Sun Shines) by ones Hand.

A Catalogue of the Markets, and the Days they are kept on in the ſeveral Counties and Shires in England and Wales.

In Middleſex.

Hartfordſhire.

Barkſhire.

Bedfordſhire.

Buckinghamſhire.

Cambridgeſhire.

Cornwal County.

Cheſhire.

Cumberland.

Derbyſhire.

Devonſhire.

Biſhoprick of Durham.

Dorcetſhire.

Eſſex.

Gloceſterſhire.

Hantſhire.

Kent.

Herefordſhire.

Huntingtonſhire.

Lancaſhire.

Leiceſterſhire.

Lincolnſhire.

Norfolk.

Northamptonſhire.

Northumberland.

Oxfordſhire.

Rutlandſhire.

Shropſhire.

Somerſetſhire,

Staffordſhire.

Suffolk.

Suſſex.

Surry.

Warwickſhire.

Weſtmoreland:

Wiltſhire:

Worceſterſhire.

Yorkſhire Eaſt-Ridings;

Weſt-Ridings;

North-Ridings;

Brecknockſhire,

Angleſey;

Cardiganſhire,

Carnarvanſhire;

Caremardenſhire;

Denbighſhire;

Flintſhire;

Glamorganſhire;

Radnorſhire;

Merionethſhire;

Monmouthſhire;

Montgomeryſhire;

Pembrookeſhire;

An exact Catalogue of the fixed and moveable Fairs, held Yearly in England and Wales; the days and times of their continuance; the like for exactneſs, never before Publiſhed.

Fairs in JANUARY.

Fairs in FEBRUARY.

Fairs in MARCH.

Fairs in APRIL.

Fairs in MAY.

Fairs in JUNE.

Fairs in JULY

Fairs in AUGUST

Fairs in SEPTEMBER

Fairs in OCTOBER

Fairs in NOVEMBER.

Fairs in DECEMBER.

An exact Catalogue of the Moveable Fairs, with their exact Times and Places.

THE CONTENTS.

A Catalogue of ſome Books, lately Printed for Joſiah Blare, Bookſeller, at the Looking-Glaſs on London-Bridge.

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THE Sheepherd's NEW Kalender: OR, THE Citizens & Country Man's Daily Companion: Treating of moſt Things that are Uſeful, Profitable, Delightful, and Advantageous to Mankind.

Being the Thirty Years Study, and Experience, of a Learned Sheepherd in the Weſt of England.

Printed by A. M. for I. Blare, at the Looking-Glaſs on London-Bridge. 1700.

Price Bound One Shilling.

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THE PREFACE TO THE Reader.

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Reader,

IN this Laboured Work you will find ſo many Ʋſeful and Profitable things, that I am Perſwaded you will be Conſtrained to acknowledge, you never before found the like in any (of [Page] what Volume ſoever) and I have digeſted them into ſo Plain and Eaſie a Method, that any ordinary Capacity may Comprehend what has ſo long been handled in Ambiguous Sentences, Dark, and Abſtruſe, to keep all but thoſe that are very Learned in Ignorance: As for the truth of what is here ſet down, in Relation to Prognoſticks of Weather, or any other matters, in the vaſt variety contained in this BOOK, a very Long and Large Experience has Confirmed it to me; ſo that, if I may ſpeak in General Terms, I may truly ſay, there is no Ground left for a Scruple: But not to Commend what muſt Infinitely Applaud it ſelf, being ſo Ʋniverſally uſeful, not for Limited Years, but all or the greater part of it for ever; I ſhall only Preſume to Affirm, it is the beſt of the kind that ever was Expoſed to the World, and [Page] cannot but gain a General Eſteem. It's true, it was mainly Calculated for the Meridian of Rural Affairs; but contains ſo many different matters, that it cannot but be Helpful to all ſorts of People, of what Quallity or Degree ſoever: As not only giving the True Account of Time, but Moveable Feaſts; likewiſe when the Moveable Terms begin and end; alſo the Fixed Terms in like manner, with the Returns of every Term: Eclipſes, and the Nature of them: Remarkable Days (in relation to Weather) throughout the whole Year: Alſo as to Diſeaſes in Man or Beaſt: Scarcity and Plenty, &c. Days Lucky, and Ʋnluckly, to begin or do any Buſineſs on: Signs of Weather in all particulars: Prodigies, Meteors, and Blazing-Stars; what they Prognoſticate, and their Cauſes: Rules for the Management of Husbandry, [Page] for every Month in the Year: Signs of Diſeaſes in Cattle, and how to prevent and Remedy them: The Curious Art of telling Good and Bad Fortune, by the Rules of Aſtrology: The whole Miſtery of LOVE; and finding out Thieves that Rob you: Alſo to prevent Affrighting Dreams and Fears in the Night: To Travel in Safety: How to tell any Number one ſhall Think, be it never ſo Great: To know the Planet that hath Dominion in the Nativity of any Perſon: The Art of diſcovering Truth from Falſehood: How to know whether you ſhall be Succeſsful in any matters you engage in againſt another: To know whether the Party you Love be Virtuous and Chaſte: To prevent or take Vermin, that come to deſtroy Poultry, or Coney Warrens: To know what place is beſt to Live and Thrive in whether one ſhall be Rich or Poor, [Page] Long Life or Short, what Sickneſs, or Croſſes ſhall befall one: The Urinal Doctor, or Aſtrological and Phyſical Obſervations on caſting Urine, relating to health or ſickneſs, with cautions to prevent threatned Evils: A treatiſe of Bees, how to Order, Preſerve, Swarm, Gather their Honey, and all other Matters relating to them: the Warreners Inſtructor, or a Treatiſe of Coneys, their ordering to Preſerve or Encreaſe them: the Falconers choice Inſtructor, or the beſt way to Manage, Feed, Purge, Succour, and keep Hawks to Fly at all ſorts of Game, and to do whatever is requiſite for their Preſervation, well Ordering, and to make them Expert in what they are deſigned for, or required to perform: A plain and eaſie Introduction to the moſt curious Art, and healthful Exerciſe of Ringing Muſically on 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. or 9 Bells: How a [Page] Country-man may know how much Hay or Corn his Barn will hold before it be put into it: How to know the Meaſure that ought to be in Cords or Stacks of Wood: to tell what a Clock (when the Sun Shines) by ones Hand: A Catalogue of the Markets, and the days they are kept on in the ſeveral Counties and Shires in England and Wales: Alſo an exact Catalogue of the Fixed and Moveable Fairs held Yearly in England and Wales; the days and time of their continuance; the like for Exactneſs never before Publiſhed: Likewiſe a Table for reducing Pounds into Shillings, Pence; and Farthings; and the Contrary: And many other Matters, too tedious to be mentioned in a Preface; but more at Large expreſſed in the Table or Contents of this Book; which, by caſting your Eye over [Page] them, will give you ſuch Satisfaction, as you can in any Reaſon deſire.

I need not (as I think in this place) ſay any more in Commendation of this BOOK, but that you have in it, Profit and Pleaſure united; and a more Ʋſeful One (of this kind) you cannot expect; for when you find any that Equals, or Exceeds it, you may conclude you have found a Phoenix.

Therefore, Relying on the Merit of what is here Written, I ſhall Cloſe with Recommending it to my Country-Men in general, and to Lovers of Art, and Critical Obſervators in particular; in which they may find the greateſt Miſteries of Art and Nature; and ſuch other Matters as are exceeding Edifying: So that (take it altogether) it cannot but be [Page] wonderfully ſatisfactory to the Reader; as for me, I covet no Praiſe, as many do:

For he who Writes to get himſelf a Name,

In this dull Age, is indigent of Fame.

And ſo only ſending it Abroad for the Benefit of All, I Subſcribe my ſelf

Yours to Serve You, C. P.

THE Shepherd's Kalender, &c.

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A Computation of Time, in Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, Years, divided into Quarters, with Signs Governing; as alſo of the Planetary Dominions.

IT is not fit (in this uſeful Work) to Omit any thing that may prove profitable and advantageous to the Reader; and ſince the Exact knowing of Times, and Seaſons, is one main thing Requiſit, I ſhall here ſet it down, not only for the preſent, but future Years, that (without the help of any other Kallender) it may be eaſily found out.

Firſt then, The Meaſure of Time ariſes from Minutes, 60 of them make an Hour, 24 Hours natural Day, &c. 7 Days goe to a Week. 4 Week to a Month, 13 ſuch Lunar Months, a Day, and Hours to a Year, though the Year is commonly divided into 12 Solar Months, or ſo many Signs, [Page] which the Sun paſſes through, in the Circle of a Year; ſo that one Month carrys more days than another, as in this Antient obſerving Verſe is ſeen:

Thirty Days hath Fruit-bearing September;

Moiſt April, Hot June, and Cold November:

Short February Twenty Eight alone;

The other Months, have either Thirty One;

And February, when the Fourth Years Run,

Do's gain a Day from the ſwift moving Sun!

So that by this it is plain, that every fourth Year, called Biſſextile, or Leap-Year, there is allowed to February 29 Days.

The Year again is divided into 4 Quarters, viz. The Feaſt of the Annu. of the Bleſſed Virgin Mary, called Lady-day; March 25 from its beginning, under the Signs of Capricorn, Aquarius, and Piſces: The next, the Feaſt of St. John Baptiſt, called Midſummer-day, June 24 extending from the former, under the Signs of Aries, Taurus, and Gemini; the next Quarter, is the Feaſt of St. Michael, the Arch Angel, called Michaelmas-day, September 29. extending from Midſummer, under the Signs of Cancer, Leo, and Virgo. The laſt Quarter-day, is the Feaſt of the Nativity of our Bleſſed Saviour, called Chriſtmas-day, December 25; extending from Michaelmas, under the Signs of Libra, Scorpio, and Sagitarius; and theſe, as I ſhall hereafter ſhew, have great Influence, Joyned with the Seven Planets, viz. Sol, Luna, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn; each of theſe latter, governing a ſeveral Day in the Week.

And now, becauſe there are ſome Feſtival, and other Days, that are not fixed, but Vary, and fall [Page] Higher and Lower, according to the Change of the Moon, I ſhall ſhew you, without the help of a common Kallender, how you may find out on what days or times they fall out for ever.

To know what Month and Day the Moveable Feaſts and Terms will fall on for many Years to come.

THE next Tueſday, after the New Moon, in February, is Shrove Tueſday; and the precedent Sunday, is Shrove Sunday, let it fall out ſooner or later in the month; but if the Moon happen to Change on a Tueſday, Shrove Tueſday falls not on that Day, but on the Tueſday following; and ſome times, by Reaſon of there being no New-moon, or a very late one, it falls in march; but the Rule is the ſame.

The ſeventh Sunday, after Shrove Sunday, is Whitſunday, and the Thurſday next, ſave one, before Whitſunday, is Aſcenſion-Day, or Holy-Thurſday: But to make it yet plainer, I ſhall give you a Table, how they fall out for ſeveral Years to come.

Year. | Shrove-ſund. | Eaſter-day. | Aſcen-day | Whit-ſunda.
1698 | march 6 | April 2 | June 2 | June 12
99 | Febru. 19 | April 9 | may 18 | may 28
1700 | Febru. 11 | march 13 | may 9 | may 19
01 | march 2 | April 20 | may 29 | June 8
02 | Febru. 15 | April 5 | may 14 | may 24
03 | Febru. 7 | march 28 | may 6 | may 16
☉ | ☽ | ♂ | ☿ | ♀

And thus may you proceed to know, for a Thouſand, or more Years to come. And now, becauſe the Terms are two of them moveable, I ſhall [Page] ſay but a little of the two fixed Terms; but of the other, I ſhall lay down Rules how they may be found out in any Year, with their Returns.

As for the fixed Terms, that called Hillary Term, alwaies begins the 23d. of January, and endeth the 12th. or 13th. Day of February; and hath four Returns, viz. Quin. Paſ. Tre. Paſ. Quin. Paſ. Craſ. Paſ.

Michaelmas Term, is the other fixed Term, begining the 23 d. Day of October, and ends the 28 th. of November, and hath 6 returns, viz. Treſ. mich. menſ. mich. Craſ. An. Craſ mar. Oct. mar. Quin. mar.

As for the two moveable Terms, they are Trinity Term, and Eaſter Term; Eaſter Term always begins 17 Days after Eaſter Day, and endeth the monday after Aſcention Day, and hath five returns, viz. Quin. Paſ. Tre. Paſ. menſ. Paſ. Quin. Paſ. Craſ. Paſ.

Trinity Term begins the fryday next after Trinity Sunday; and the Wedneſday fortnight after it ends; and hath four returns, viz Craſ. Tri. Oct. Tri. Quin. Tri. Tre. Tri. but of the falling out of the moveable Terms, to make it yet more plain, I ſhall give a brief Table how they fall, for ſome years to come.

Year. | Eaſter Term |  | Trinity Term |
| Begins | Ends | Begins | Ends
1698 | may 11 | June 6 | June 24 | July 13
99 | April 26 | may 22 | June 9 | June 28
1700 | April 17 | may 13 | may 31 | June 19
1 | may 7 | June 2 | June 20 | July 9
2 | April 22 | may 18 | June 5 | June 24
3 | April 14 | may 10 | may 28 | June 16
4 | may 3 | may 29 | June 16 | July 5
5 | April 25 | may 21 | June 8 | June 27

And, according to this Table, you may proceed, [Page] by the afore-given Directions, to any number of Years, which will be very uſeful on many Imergencies; this Book being the beſt of Kallanders, for all uſeful Directions; containing a great deal more than any, may ſave the Yearly charge and trouble of buying, and carrying about you any other; and by the way farther Note:

Eight Days before any Term begins, the Exchecquer openeth, except Trinity Term; before which it only opens Four Days, and no more.

Eclipſes of the Sun and Moon, how cauſed, with Rules to know when they will Happen.

AS for the Moons being Eclipſed, it is when the Earth Interpoſes (in a direct Line) between it, and the Sun; ſo that the ſhaddow ariſes ſo high, as to reach the Opacus, or nether part of the moons Orb; which only happeneth at a time or Oppoſition of a Full moon, or a little before or after the Full; and this is when they are in the Sign of the Dragons Head or Tail, which is only the Inſection of two Circles, viz. The Ecliptick, and the Different; which Circle, the moon moves about in.

The Eclipſe of the Sun is cauſed, by the Interpoſition of the moons dark Body between us, and it; ſo that, till they depart from Oppoſition, there is an Eclipſe, more or leſs; but the Sun being far bigger than the moon, cannot ſuffer a Total Eclipſe, though the moon often does, becauſe the Earth is bigger than the moon; and ſo the ſhaddow many times Totally covers it from the Sun, for a time.

If the moon at the time of her true Oppoſition to the Sun, ſhall be different from either of the named points, leſs than 10 Degrees, 21 Minutes, and [Page] 20 Seconds; then the moon cannot avoid ſuffering an Eclipſe.

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If this Latitude of the moon, at the time of a viſible Conjunction, be leſs than 30 minutes, 4 ſeconds, ſhe will Eclipſe the Sun; but if the Apparent Latitude of the moon exceed 40 minutes, 5 ſeconds; then can there be no Eclipſe.

Therefore the apparent Latitude, being more than 30 minutes, 40 ſeconds, and leſs than 34 minutes, 51 ſeconds; then in all probability there will happen an Eclipſe of the Sun, though not to a verygreat degree: And by the Rules at all times, may [Page] the Eclipſes be found out, as to the time of their happening; and to ſave your Eyes in gazing on the Sun Eclipſed, take the Image of it in a Mirror or Looking-glaſs, and by that means you may plainly ſee how the Eclipſes Encreaſes, and Diminiſhes, &c.

Prognoſticks, or Predictions, on the Days of the Week, that New Years Day ſhall fall on; Relating to the Weather, to fall out, throughout the Year: Scarcity and Plenty: Diſeaſes, that will happen to People; alſo to Cattle.

MAny have conſidered the whole Year, upon the Day it enters on, viz. The firſt of January, being the Circumciſion day of our Saviour, commonly called New Years day; and many Things are Drawn from it, throughout all the Months of the Year, as they fall out, or begin on this day: So that being proper to my Matter, and a ſtreſs layed upon them, by many prudent people, knowing in this Art and Science, I ſhall give my Opinion or Judgment on them, from long Obſervation.

Obſervations on the Years entring on Sundays.

If New Years day (the firſt of this month) fall on a Sunday, it denotes, the reſt of the Winter will be very cold and ſharp, with Froſt; but of little continuance; the greater part moiſt, with cold Rains. The Summer hot, but peſtered with violent Rains; yet not ſo-often, but the [Page] Earth will kindly bring forth great Plenty of

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Corn, Roots, Herbs, and Fruits; Meat will be [Page] cheap; among young people Fevors, and Agues will be Rife; and the greater number of thoſe that dye, will be of the younger ſort; for Cattle, it will be a healthy Year.

Obſervations on Monday.

If the Year enter on monday, it is obſerved, That the Winter will be mild; not afflicted with ſharp Froſts, or bleak Winds; yet ſomewhat Rainy: So that great over-flowings ſhall happen, and much harm be done (by Floods:) The ſummer however ſhall be temperate, but Blaſts in the Spring; and Caterpillars (brougth with the Eaſt wind) much ſpoil the Fruits of the Earth: many Ship-wrecks will be heard of, and ſome Great Men promoted to Higher Dignities and Honors, for their good ſervices; and this Year, more women than men will dye, travelling in Child-birth, proving very fatal to many of them: Paſture will be ſcarce; yet plenty of Corn, and proviſions reaſonably cheap enough. Griping of the Guts, if not the Bloody-Flux, and the Small-Pox, will be very Rife.

Obſervations on the Years entering on a Tueſday.

In this Caſe, the Winter will be variable; the Weather often given to Change, from Wet to Froſt; then to Sleet and Snow; then Rain, Cloudy, open Weather; Sun-ſhine, and the like: So that the Froſts ſo happening, will be much prejudicial to the Fruits of the Earth, by reaſon of the often Freezing, the Snow-water at the Corn, Plants, Flowers, Herbage, Roots, &c. As for the Summer, [Page] it will be hot and dry, ſcorching up tender Things, which will produce a ſcarcity of all things, but Wheat and Barly; the Air will be thick and groſs, becauſe little Winds or Thunder will be ſtirring, to Purge it: So that many Diſeaſes will (in all likelihood) happen, particularly the Bloody-Flux; of which many will dye.

Obſervations on the Year, beginning on a Wedneſday.

The Year entering on this Day, produces a temperate Winter, yet ſomewhat wet and moiſt, though free from high boiſterous Winds; ſome ſmall matter of Snow and Froſt, may be expected towards the latter end: The Spring, however, will produce much Graſs, and the Corn ſpring up well: The Summer will be (for the moſt part) cloſe, and Cloudy weather, hot, and ſultery; making it ſickly, ſubject to Fevors, Inflamations, and other hot Diſeaſes; yet Handycrafts, and Husbandmen, ſhall gain Riches, and Trading flouriſh more than at other times; there will be breakings-out, blains, botches, and boils on Cattle; and many Dye: So that Fleſh will be dear; but to make amends, Corn cheap.

Obſervations on the Year, beginning on a Thurſday.

This produces a long Winter, moſtly dry, with cold winds, yet wholſom and healthy. The Summer (a good part of it) temperate, though (in Harveſt time) much Rain will fall, with Thunder and Lightning, doing much miſchief (by the over-flowing of Rivers, and Land-floods) to the [Page] Corn; yet there will be no want of Plenty: murmurings, and diſcontents will be among ſome people, and miſchief enſue thereon: people much given up to Vice, particularly that of Whoredom; Taxes will decreaſe, and Trade revive: For the moſt part, the ſeaſon will be healthful, but many troubled with Catarrs, Aſtmas, and Conſumptive Coughs, in the fall of the Leaf, and moſt part of the Winter, to their no ſmall Affliction; yet fewer dye, than the laſt Year.

Obſervations on the Years beginning on a Friday.

If the Firſt day of January happen on a Friday, expect the Winter dry, for the moſt part, many Black Froſts, but of no long Continuance; the Winds blowing moderately, will ſo Purge the Air, that it will prove very Healthful; but the Spring coming in Wet, it will be but an indifferent Harveſt-time; yet Graſs, Garden, and Orchard Fruits, ſhall ſcape tolerably well; but Poor People will be in Need, and much Diſtreſs, for want of Employment; Diſeaſes in the Eyes will be very Rife, as alſo the Spotted Feaver, Calentures; Cattle will likewiſe be Diſeaſed, and many Dye, making Fleſh Dear.

Laſtly, Obſervations on the Years beginning on a Saturday.

New-Years-day falling on a Saturday, the Winter will be pretty moderate, though accompanyed with Froſts, but not extream in holding long at a time, yet the frequent Thaws, and Freezing ſuddenly upon it, will do more Hurt, than if it [Page] had held: However, the Earth mellowed by this, will produce a Fruitful Summer, Gſo that there will be good ſtore of Corn, and other Fruits, and much Fodder for Cattle, ſo that Fleſh will be Cheap: The Diſeaſes, this Year, will much fall on Aged People, ſo that many will Dye, more than uſual, in other Years: Tertian Feavors will be very Rife; many Roberys, and other Out-rages; will be Committed in the Face of the Sun; ſome Murmurings, and Repinings, will happen, but not to any Effect.

Thus, Reader, have I given you Prognoſticks for the Year, from the day it begins, very Remarkable among the Learned and Wiſe Men of the Caldeans, Arabians, AEgyptians, and many Europians, leaving the Event to take Effect, from your making Remarks on what has been Hinted, as you find it come to paſs. I proceed now to other matters of moment.

Unluckey Days in every Month, Dangerous to begin any Buſineſs on, Fall Sick, Blood, Purge, Journey, &c.

THE Obſervation of the Antient Phyſitians and Aſtrologers, have found out (by long Experience) that many Days, by the malevolent Effects of the Planets, have proved Dangerous to men, Women, and Children; and, therefore, to Caution them (from Enterprizing any thing of moment on them) have ſet them down in their Order, as followeth.

In January are Eight Days which ought to be avoided, and theſe are they, 1. 2. 4. 5. 10. 15. 17. and the 19.

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In February only 3. viz. the 8. 9. 17.

In March 3, viz. the 15. 16. 21.

In April there are only 2, viz. the 15. and 21.

In may there are 3, viz. the 7. 15. and 20.

In June there are but 2 bad days, viz. 4. 7.

In July 2, viz. the 15. and 20. days.

In Auguſt there are 2 Unluckey days, 19, and 20.

In September there are 2, viz. the 6. and 7.

In October there is but 1, viz. the 6. day.

In November there are 2, viz. 5. and 19.

In December there are 5, viz. the 6. 7. 11. 15. 16.

The Canicular, or Dog-days, are ever held Perilous, to fall Sick, to Bleed, take Phyſick in, or take too much Love Poſſet between the Sheets, Over-heat ones ſelf with Labour, Travel, or the Like; Theſe begin the 19th day of July, and continue to the 28. day of Auguſt.

As for the other days (not mentioned as Bad days) proceed in your Affairs, and Proſper; but, on any of the Ominous days, to fall Sick, is a ſign of a Doubtful Recovery, if at all; and thoſe that take a long Journey, begining it on any one of them, will be in danger to fall ſick, or get ſome great hurt by the way, if not die, and never return home: Who ever Weddeth a Wife, on any of theſe days, will find ſorrow and croſſes in ſuch a Wedlock, if not be forced to part in a little time; any great work begun, will not proſper, nor come happily to an end, as expected.

The moſt remarkable Days in the Year, that are accounted Fortunate, to begin any weighty matter on.

SInce the Antients have layed great ſtreſs, as well upon the Luckey days, as the Unluckey, it [Page] will be Convenient to place them in Order, one after another; and Note (by the way) that tho' I ſhall name but ſome few, as exceeding Luckey days, for marriage, Bargains, going a Journey, or begining a Voyage; and what ever elſe is of weight and moment: Yet all the reſt, not marked before to be Unluckey, in each month, are indifferent Luckey, and not to be Neglected, when your Occaſions require you to Imploy them, leſt you be either taxed with ſloath, or ſuperſtition, in times and ſeaſons.

Lucky Days, &c.

Twelth-day, or Epiphany, | January 6
The Converſion of St. Paul. | January 25
The Purification of the Virgin Mary, | Febru. 2
Valentines-day, | Febru. 14
The Annun of the Virgin Mary, | march 25
St. Mark the Evangeliſt, | April 25
St. Philip and Jacob. | may 1
St. Barnabas, or the Longeſt day, | June 11
St. John Baptiſt, | June 24
St. Peter the Apoſtle, | June 29
St. James's day, | July 25
St. Bartholomews day, | Auguſt 24
St. Michael's day, | ſeptember 29
St. Luke's day, | Octob. 18
St. Simon and Judes day, | Octob. 28
All Saints, | Novemb. 1
St. Andrew's day, | Novem. 30
St. Thomas's day, | Decem. 21
Chriſtmas-day, | Decem. 25
St. Steven's day, | Decem. 26
St. John the Evangeliſt, | Decem. 27

Theſe are lookt on as Days that bring Bleſſings with them; yet, over and above,

Ordinary Days through the Year, more ſucceſsful than others, not Named, already for Luckey Days,

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IN January are 3 more particular Happy days, beſide what I Named, though the Reſt not marked Ill (as I have ſaid) are ſucceſsful enough, viz. the 16. 18. 26.

In February there are 4, viz. 10. 19. 27. 28.

In march there are 2, viz. 14. 28.

In April there are 3, viz. 13. 22. 27.

In may there are 5, viz. 3. 5. 7. 11. 19.

In June there are 4, viz. 10. 17. 20. 27.

In July there are 6, viz. 1. 13. 19. 21. 27. 30.

In Auguſt there are 3, viz. 3. 7. 9.

In ſeptember there are 5, viz. 4. 8. 11. 15. 19.

In October there are 3, viz. 1. 8. 13.

In November there are 4. viz. 3. 9. 11. 15.

In December there are 3. viz. 9. 13. 17.

And on theſe Days (favoured by the more Immediate Influence of the Planets) many Wonderful Actions; and Things, have been done, to an Accompliſhed ſucceſs, as well by the mighty of the World, as the Ordinary ſort: Inſomuch, that they have been Caelibrated by the Antients, and Feſtivals Appointed on them with ſongs, in praiſe of what great Atchievements have been done on them; and theſe Feſtivals Promulged only for the ſake of the Good Luck theſe days produce: but let me tell you by the by, however, that if you undertake any Unlawful Enterprize, it will not Proſper on theſe Days: Therefore let your Deſigns be Good, and fear [Page] not the ſucceſs to your Wiſh, according to this Prophetick Verſe.

Good Days, Good Deeds do ſtill beget;

But Bad Deeds, the bright Angels Let,

Dark Influence, to Dark Acts give Birth,

But here the Stars Light Joy and mirth.

Obſervations on Remarkable Days, to know how the whole Year will ſucceed, in Weather, Plenty, &c.

IF the Sun ſhine Clear and Bright on Chriſtmasday, it promiſeth a Peaceable Year, from Clamours and Strife, and Fore-tells much plenty to Enſue: But if the Wind Blow ſtormy, towards the Sun ſet, it betokeneth ſickneſs, in the ſpring, and autumn quarters.

If it be Lowering, or Wet, on Childermas or Innocents-day, it threatens Scarcity, and a Mortality among the Weaker ſort of Young people; but if the day be very Fair, it promiſeth plenty.

If New-Years-day in the Morning, open with Duskey Red Clouds, it denotes Strifes and Debates among Great Ones, and many Robberys to happen that Year.

If January 25, (being St Paul's day) be Fair, it promiſes a happy Year, but if Cloudy, Windy, or Rainy, otherways: hear in this Caſe what an Antient Judicious Aſtrologer.

If St. Paul be Fair and Clear,

It promiſſes then a happy Year:

But if it chance to Snow, or Rain,

Then will be Dear all ſorts of Grain.

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Great ſtirs will vex the World full oft:

And if Dark Clouds do muff the Sky,

Then Fowl, and Cattle oft will Dye.

It is Remarkable on Shrove Tueſday, that as the Sunſhines little or much, on that day, or as other weather happens, ſo ſhall every day participate more or leſs, of ſuch weather till the end of Lent.

Miſts, or Hoar Forſts, on the Tenth of March, betoken a plentiful Year, but not without ſome Diſeaſes.

If the Sun ſhines clear on Palm Sunday, or Eaſterday, or either of them, there will be great ſtore of fair Weather, plenty of Corn, and other Fruits of the Earth.

If it Rain on Aſcenſion-day, though never ſo little, it fore-tells a Scarcity to Enſue that Year, and Sickneſs particularly among Cattle: But if it be fair and pleaſant, then the contrary, and pleaſant weather moſtly till Michaelmas.

If it happens to Rain on Whitſunday, much Tounder and Lightning will follow, Blaſts and Mildews, &c. but if it be Fair, great plenty of Corn.

If Midſummer-day be never ſo little Rainy, the Hazel and Wall-nutt will be Scarce: Corn Smutted in many places, but Apples, Pears, and Plumbs, will not be hurt.

If on St. Swithen's-day it prove Fair, a temperate Winter will follow: But if Rainy, ſtormy, or Windy, then the contrary.

If St. Bartholomew's-day be Miſty, the Morning beginning with a Hoar Froſt, then Cold weather will ſoon enſue, & a ſharp Winter, attended with many biteing Froſts.

[Page] If Michaelmas-day be Fair, the Sun will ſhine much in the Winter, though the Wind at North Eaſt will frequently Reign long, and be very ſharp and niping.

If in the Fall of the Leaf, in October, many of them Wither on the Boughs, and Hang there, it betokens a Froſty Winter, with much Snow.

Other Curious Obſervations on the ſeaſons of the Year, as to the Weather that will happen, and ſuch like Matters.

GReat Obſervations to predict what will fall out, have been made upon Oak Apples in September: if Cut, they have Spiders in them, it betokens Blaſt, and Infection: if Flys, a dry Seaſon, if Maggots, a great encreaſe of the Fruits of the Earth, if ſpongy and hollow, without any thing in them, ſcarcity of the Fruits of the Earth the enſuing Year, if early Ripe, the Winter will ſoon advance very ſharp, if dry, a dry Winter, if very Moiſt, much Wet, driſling Snow, Rain, and Cold Moiſt Winds enſue; if the inner part (between both) fair and clear, then a plentyful Summer will enſue, the Weather Fair and Temperate.

Another Obſervation is made on the Beech Tree, which note on this manner: On All-hallows-day, Cut off ſome of the Bark, and after that a Chip, or little piece of Wood, cut it, if it be very dry, then the enſuing Winter will be dry, but pretty warm and temperate, if moiſt, a wet Winter.

If on St. Andrew's-day, in the Evening, much Dew or Wet remain on the Graſs, it betokens a wet ſeaſon to follow, if dry, then the contrary.

[Page] If the Nutt Trees Flower much, it betokens great plenty of Corn that Year: yet a ſickly ſeaſon in Autumn, and a cold Winter.

Infallible ſigns of Weather in all ſeaſons throughout the Year, by the Planets, Elements, Creatures, &c.

SInce many have made Conjectures of weather, and frequently failed in their Predictions, I have now thought fit, for the advantage of the induſtrious Husband Man, and others, to lay down unerring Rules and Obſervations, whereby the various ſorts of Weather, with their ſuddain Changes may be known at all times, not only for one Year, but for Ever, viz. Rain, Wind, exceſſive Heat or Cold, ſnow, Hail, Froſt, Thunder and Lightning; ſudden Whirlwinds and Tempeſts, &c. and of theſe in their order.

Infalliable ſigns of Rain, and driſling wet Weather, taken by Obſervation of the Planets, and other ſtars, Elements, Creatures, &c.

MArk the Sun Riſing, and if it looks broader than uſual, then many moiſt Vapours are gathering from the Sea, the Air is thickening, and the Sun-beams diffuſed in it, makes the Face of that Planet ſhow greater than uſual, and in a little time you will ſee the Clouds muſter, and ſpread the face of the Heavens, and the Air denſing into a watery Body, and if this happen in Hot Weather, viz. ſummer or autumn, violent ſhowers will fall, but not of long continuance: But if in Winter or Spring, ſetled Rains, but more moderate.

If the Sun Riſes with a blewiſh Circle enclining to white, the Air is groſs, and Rain will ſoon enſue.

[Page] The Sun ſetting in a black Cloud, and diffuſing or ſpreading its Beams pailiſh to the North, and South, Prognoſticates a Rainey Night and Morning.

The Sky of a Dusky-red in the Morning, and the Sun Riſing pale, an Over-caſting will ſoon Enſue, and Rain quickly follow upon it, attended with whisking Winds and Florreys.

The often ſhifting of the Wind is a ſign of Rain, eſpecially in Winter and Spring.

Many ſmall Clouds at North-Weſt in the Evening, ſhow that Rain is gathering, & will ſuddenly fall.

The Moons Horns blunt at its Riſing Three Days after the Change, denotes Rainy Weather for that Quarter, but the other Quarters ſeaſonable Weather.

The Stars ſeeming bigger than uſually, pale, dull, and not twinkling, ſhow the Air is thickening to Rain, which will ſoon fall.

Many Stars appearing in the Night, ſeeming a greater Number than uſual, the Wind at Eaſt in Summer, fore-ſhows ſudden Rain.

The ſigns of Rain by Creatures, &c.

WHen the Heron or Bitron flys low, the Air is Groſs, and thickening into ſhowers.

When Kine view the Sky, ſtretching up their Heads, and ſnuffing the Air, moiſt Vapours are Engendring; and the cauſe of their doing ſo, is their ſenſibleneſs of the Airs ſudden alteration from Dry to Wet, and ſudden Rain will enſue, though at that time the Sun may ſhine out.

The Chattering of Swallows, and their Flying low about Pounds and Lakes, denotes Rain.

The Froggs much Croaking in Ditches and Pools, &c. in the Evening, fore-tell Rain in little [Page] time to follow: Alſo the ſweating of ſtone Pillars, or Tombs, denotes Rain.

The Ants Removing their Eggs, denotes Rain, for by a ſecret Inſtinct in Nature, finding the Air changed into much Moiſtneſs, they carry them to a place of dryer ſecurity.

The Crows flocking in large Flights, holding their Heads upward as they Fly, and Crying louder than uſual, is a ſign of Rain, as alſo their ſtalking by Ponds and Rivers, and ſprinkling themſelves.

The often Doping and Diving of Water Fowles, fore-ſhows Rain is at hand.

The Peacocks much Crying, denotes Rain.

Cattle leaving off to Feed, and haſting to ſhelter under Hedges, Buſhes, Trees, Out-houſes, &c. ſhow ſudden ſhowers of Rain are coming.

And of this to conclude Rainy weather, I ſhall tell you a pleaſant, but true ſtory.

A Gentleman who Travelled much, ſeeing a Sheepherd by the Road ſide tending his Flocks, and other Cattle, demanded of him, if it would continue that Day as it then was, for the Sun ſhown out: The Sheepherd looking on his Cattle, told him, it would Rain very much in an Hour, and extreamly Wet him, unleſs he got ſhelter: The Gentleman ſmiled at this, and would not believe him, but as he ſaid, ſo it proved, for immediately a little Cloud Riſing at South-Weſt, came driving on with the Wind, and ſpread it ſelf, ſo that the Sky was covered with prodigious blackneſs, and tho' the Gentleman Rid hard to get to a Town, about five Miles from him, the Rain e'er he reached it, poured down ſo prodigiouſly, that he was Wet to the Skin, and remembering what the Sheepherd ſaid, upon his Return finding him in the ſame place, [Page] he Requeſted he would tell him how he came ſo preciſely to know the Change of the Weather; the Sheepherd at firſt Refuſed it, but for Half a Crown (after much Importunity) conſented, and when the Gentleman expected he ſhould Expreſs himſelf in Aſtrological Terms, he only ſaid, Sir, do you ſee yonder Py'd Colt, pointing to him, well ſaid the Gentleman, and what of that, why ſays the Sheepherd, when he Runs his Head into the Hedge, and Turns his Arſe to the Weather-gage, then it will certainly Rain, though the Weather promiſes at that time otherways to thoſe that are Ignorant of Skill in Prognoſticating: This may be (ſays the Gentleman) but what will it ſignify to me on my Journy, ſeeing I can't carry ſuch an Almanack as your Colt in my Pocket; however the Gentleman was highly pleaſed, and concluded his Mony well laid out: But here I have Out-done the Sheepherd, in giving ſo many Prognoſticks, that be where you will, you cannot miſs of ſome of them to Inform you.

Signs of Wind, and ſudden Storms ariſing, Prognoſticated by the Planets, Elements, Creatures, &c. in all ſeaſons of the Year for ever.

I [...] the Moon bluſhes, and is Redder than uſual, Winds are engendering, and ſtorms will ariſe.

If at Sun-Riſing pale ſpots ſeem to appear in its Orb, and dazle there, ſtrong Winds will enſue from the South, the Wind ſoon ſhifting thither in what ever Quarter before it was.

Meteors, or as ſome call them, Stars ſhooting ſwiftly, and ſpreading a long Train of Light, forerun Winds that will ſoon enſue.

[Page] Chaff Leaves, Feathers, Thiſtle Down, or ſuch light things, whisking about, and turning round, foreſhow Tempeſtuous Winds.

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A murmering noiſe in the Woods, when little Wind is ſtiring, foretells a ſtorm is Engendering.

Cormorants, and other Sea Fowl flocking to ſhore, and often Crying, denotes great ſtorms to enſue.

[Page] Cattle on a ſudden haſting to their ſtalls, houſing-places, or other ſhelter, do the like.

The Herns exceeding high flying, denotes the Air is moved with Winds, in the Upper Region, and that ſudden ſtorms will enſue.

The much Whiſpering, and Ruſling among Reeds and Flaggs, in Meadow-Ditches, and Marſhes, Prognoſticates the Wind is gathering in the Air.

Small ſcattered Clouds to the South Weſt, that fly high, lye as it were in Ridges, and ſeem not to move, engender Winds, often producing Whirl-Winds.

A kind of a Murmering of Thunder from the North, foretells great Tempeſts will ariſe.

A Reddiſh Circle about the Moon at the Full, denotes much Wind.

A Red Lowring Morning, is the Forerunner of Wind.

If in a Lamp, the Oyl purls and ſparkles, the Wick grows hard, that it Burns dimly, it foretells a ſtrong Wind engendring, and will ſuddenly Riſe.

If there appear Fiery ſpots, or thoſe of a Reddiſh Colour in the Sun upon its Setting, much Wind will enſue ſpeedily.

Signs of the Winds ſhifting or Changing in the ſeveral Points of the Compaſs.

VVHen the Sun Riſes with many pale ſpots, appearing in its Orbe, and part of it Vailed in a Cloud, the Wind in what Point ſoever, it will ſoon ſhift to the South.

When the Wind has been ſetled 24 Hours or more, in any of the Full Points, as North, Eaſt, Weſt, and South, when it begins to ſhift, it will not ſettle [Page] till it comes to the oppoſite Point, as from the North to the South, and ſo from the Full Eaſt, to Full Weſt, and ſo of the Angular Points, as from North Eaſt, to South Eaſt.

Let the VVind be in what Quarter it will, upon the New Moon it preſently ſhifts.

When the Generallity of the Clouds Rack, or Drive with the wind, yet many in little Fleeces or long ſtrakes, lying higher, and appear not to move, the wind is Flagging, and will quickly ſhift.

Signs of ſtorms Ceaſing.

A Haſty ſhower of Rain falling when the wind has Raged for ſome Hours, ſoon Allays it.

If a ſtorm Riſe with the Sun, at the Falling of the Sun it will begin to Decline, and about Mid-Night Ceaſe.

If the Water Ruckles much, and frequent Bubles ariſe, the ſtorm is of a ſhort continuance.

If a Halcyon or Kings Fiſher, a Bird ſo called, Attemps the Seas when the wind Blows hard, it is a ſign it is Abating, and will ſoon Ceaſe.

The uneaſineſs of Swine in their ſtys, and their endeavouring to be Enlarged, denotes the Wind in a little time to Ceaſe.

The Merry Chiriping of Sparrows does the like, as alſo the Moles coming out of their Holes.

Signs of Exceſſive Hot Weather.

LIttle ſtrings like Cobwebs, flying in the Air in a Morning ſhow the Heat will be much, eſpecially for the ſeaſon.

[Page] A Gliſſening on the Graſs at the Sun Riſe, like the Threads of Spinners, denotes much Heat in Summer, or Autumn.

The ſteeming and ſmoaking of ſtanding Waters, when the Sun is about ſetting, foretells a Hot Day to enſue; for then the Mineral Fires are forcing their way to add to the Suns Enflaming the Air.

Great ſwarms of Gnats abroad in Marſhes and Fenny Places in the Evening, foretells Hot weather to enſue.

Many Frogs coming out of the water on the Banks of Ditches, Ponds, &c. preſage Hot weather to enſue.

The Plover or Lapwing Flying high, and then low, making almoſt continual Crys, foreſhows much Heat to follow.

Signs of Cold weather, or hard winter.

THE Suns ſetting in a Miſt, looking Red, and Broader than uſual.

The Clearneſs of the ſtars, and their much Twinkling.

Starlings, Feldefars, and other Birds of a Hot Nature, haſtening in great Flocks or Flights from the Northern to the ſouthern Climates.

Cold Dews, and Morning Rymes on St. Bartholomew's Day; and the three ſucceeding Days.

A Hoar Froſt on Michaelmas Day in the Morning, denotes a hard winter.

The Swallows going away ſoonner than uſual, denotes a Cold ſeaſon to enſue.

The Birds laying up Haws, ſlows, and other stores in Old Neſts, or Hollows of Trees, foretells a Hard winter.

[Page] Sea-Pys Flocking from Salt water about Freſh Rivers, or Lakes, ſignify a ſudden alteration of the weather to much Cold.

The Owl much Hooting in the Night, at Michaelmas Tide, denotes a Hard Froſty winter.

Ignis Fatuus, or Will with whiſp; much and often appearing in Mooriſh Ground, fore-runs a Cold ſeaſon.

Prognoſticks of Fair weather by the Planets, Elements, and Creatures, &c.

THE Moon at four Days Old having her Horns ſharp and pointed, very Bright, it predicts fair weather till the Full, if not to the Months End.

The ſtars ſhine Clear and Bright, ſeeming to Dart or Shoot out pointed Rays.

Little Clouds ſinking Low, as into Valleys at South Eaſt, and South VVeſt.

The Sun Riſing in the Morning Fair and Bright, and ſetting at Night Bluſhing, without Spots or Black Clouds near it.

The Larks Riſing very high, and continuing ſinging a long time.

The Halcyons, and other Sea Fowl leaving the ſhores, and Flocking to ſea.

Miſts or ſmoakings on the top of the water.

The Rainbow appearing after a ſhower, and the Blew and Yellow part of it very Bright, and Lightiſh Colour.

Fiſh often Riſing, and Bubbling at the top of of the water; Cattle Feeding without often looking up, or about them.

Scattering white Clouds, like Fleeces of Wool to the North VVeſt.

[Page] Spiders VVebbs on the Graſs, and Trees, foretells much fair weather.

Bees flying far from their Hives, and coming late Home, do the like.

A Bright, Clear, or Shineing Circle about the Moon at the Full, promiſes fair weather, predicts many fair Days to enſue.

Much Dew on ſheeps wool in a Morning, is a ſign of fair weather.

Signs of Hail (violent and moderate) by the Planets, Elements, &c.

IF the Sun at Riſing caſt a Glittering Light, as if it Reflected on ſome Lucid Matter, though few or no Clouds at that time appear, the Vapours are Condenſed in the Cold Region, and fore-runing into Clouds, that will ſcatter Violent Hail.

If (in the Morning) the Eaſtern Skys before the Suns Riſing look pale, and Refracted Beams appear in Thick Clouds, great ſtorms of Hail will enſue, to the great Damage of Corn, Vineyards, Fruit Trees, &c.

If the Clouds look Fleecy, Dusky, White enclining to Yellowiſh, and move but Heavily, though the wind is pretty ſtiff, the Vapours Compoſing them, are Engendered and Frozen, as Virgil ſays:

Ah then, but I'll defends her Grapes,

Such horrid Hail on Houſe tops Ratling Leaps.

If the Clouds appear of a whitiſh blue, and Expand much, it will be ſmall Hail, or Drizling; for that happens in VVinter, or the Spring, when it cannot be carryed high enough to be Condenſed with a greater quantity of Cold, becauſe the Refracted Sun [Page] Beams, are weak in their Operation, and this appears by a Curling, or Curdling in the Clouds as they Riſe, and in appearance Expand themſelves.

Signs of Snow, and Driſly ſleet, &c.

CLouds like Woolly Fleeces, appearing high, and moving heavily, the middle a darkiſh pale, and the edges white, carry Snow in them, that in winter Frozen in Sheets, by Cold Eaſt, North Eaſt, or North VVeſt Winds, preſſing hard on the Air (no longer able to bear them up) ſhiver in the Fall, and break into Flakes, reſembling many Figures, as Stars, Leaves of Trees, Flowers, &c. If the Clouds be preſſed nearer the Earth, the Vapours ſo Frozen is Groſſer, and the Flakes are Larger, but more Remote, thiner, and ſo fall in a Sleet, or little Flakes.

The Suns looking pale at Riſing, the much Lowing of Cattle in the field; the Croaking of Ravens, and Birds flaging their Wings, fore-ſhow it.

Driſle is a kind of a Ryme or Miſts Aſcending, and Freezing, and to be foreſeen as the aforegoing.

Prognoſticks of Forſty Weather by the Planets, Elements, Creatures, &c.

THE Stars looking bright, and twinkling much, ſhows a Cold Air, Engendering Eroſts.

The Sky ſeeming fuller of ſtars than uſual, and the wind ſuddenly ſhifting to the Eaſt, or North Eaſt, after the Change of the Moon, in the Winter, denotes a ſetling Froſt of long continuance.

The Owles Hooping often, with a louder Note than uſual, denotes a Froſt at hand.

[Page] The Suns ſetting Red in a Miſt, and a white Fogg creeping low in Marſhy and Mooriſh Ground, ſhows the Air is Condenſing into Cold.

The Seacole Fire Burning Blue (that is) a great part of the Flame, and ſcorching more than uſual, foretells a froſt at hand, or if it be begun, its continuance.

The Moon ſhineing bright, with ſharp Horns after the Change, denotes the Air is Rarefying, and Cold winds will ſoon ſet in to freeze the Earth.

A Hoarey Ryme ſticking on Trees, Buſhes, and Pales, in the Morning, foretells ſharp bleak winds will ſoon ſet in, and contract a bitter froſt.

Little Clouds hovering low in the North, when none any where elſe appear, fore-runs Cold freezing Winds and Snow.

Signs of a Thaw in any great hard froſt, &c.

THE Suns looking wateriſh at its Riſing, is a ſign the froſt will break.

The wind having held long and extream ſharp in one Point, ſuddenly ſhifting; brings a Relenting, if not a thorow Thaw.

The Suns ſetting in Blueiſh Clouds; and caſting Refracted Beams into them, bids the froſt prepare to be gone.

The ſtars looking dull, and the Moons Horns blunted, foretells a Change in this Nature.

Of wonderful ſigns in the Heavens, and on the Earth, whence they Proceed; and what they Prognoſticate of ſtrange Events.

I now come to treat of Meteors, and ſtrange ſights, and Impreſſions in the Air, and on the Earth; [Page] Prognoſticating many Wonderful & Amazing Things to enſue; ſo far I conceive Proper to the Subject in Hand.

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Comets, or Blazing-ſtars; with Aſtrological Obſervations, what they are, and Prognoſticks on them.

A Comet or Blazing-ſtar is formed of an Exhalation, hot and dry, being a great quantity of Unctious Vapours, drawn up into the higheſt Region, and there, by their own Agitation, and the Heat they meet with approaching the Region of fire, are [Page] Kindled, appearing when the Sun Beams are of it, like a real star, with a Blazing Tail, though it be many Thouſand Miles beneath the stary Region, and ſometimes it moves after the motion of the Air, which is Circular, but it never goeth down out of the Compaſs of ſight, and ſo continue till the matter that feeds them is Conſumed, and then Expire; the time of their Generation is ofteneſt in Harveſt, or Autumn, for in the ſpring there is too much Moiſture, and too little Heat to Generate them: In ſummer there is too much Heat, that will Diſperſe and conſume the matter, that it cannot be Joyned together; and in winter, the Cold and Moiſture contrary to the Nature of a Comet oppoſes it.

Theſe fore-run many Calamitys, and the Reaſon is this:

1st. Great Droughts enſue, becauſe the Comet cannot be Generated without great Heat, and much Moiſture is Conſumed in the Burning of it.

2d. Barrenneſs of the Earth, becauſe the fatneſs of the Earth is drawn up, where of the Comet chiefly conſiſts; ſo that the Earth wanting that Oyly ſubſtance, grows ſterile, and produces not as other times.

3d. Peſtilence, for as much as this kind of Exhalation in long Burning, Expiriug or going out, Diffuſeth it ſelf, and Corrupteth the Air with a Poyſonous Infection, and that drawn in by us as our common Breath, Infecteth the Bodys of Men with Plagues, Violent Feavours, or other Exceſſive Hot Diſeaſes; and the like Effects they conſequently have on the bodys of Beaſts that ſuck in the ſame Airs, working on them by Murrens, ſwellings, Breakings out of Boiles, Blaiues, and the like, proceeding from Poyſonous Infection.

[Page] The Learned have Noted that after the appearing of Comets, other great Calamitys befall; as Wars, Seditions, Changes in state; the Death of Princes & Noble Men: And thus Virgil:

As in moiſt Night a Blazing Comet ſtreams,

With Bloody Omens Red, and Syrius beams,

Brings to ſad Mortals, Sickneſſes and Thirſt,

And Heaven in Mourning hangs, with Influence Curſt.

For (ſay they) at what time the Comets do ſhine, there be many Hot and Dry Exhalations in the Air, which Influence the Natural Temper of the Hot, Dry, and Cholerick Perſons, whereby they are quickly ſtirred to Anger, to Raiſe Wars, Tumults, or Contentions: Alſo thoſe Nice Bodys, Living at Eaſe, are of a ſoft delicious Temper; ſo the Infection ſeizes them ſooner than Labourious hard-fareing Bodys, for in Plagues it has been Obſerved, that the moſt delicate Fed and Tender Bodys, are ſooneſt Infected and ſwept away: I mighs enlarge on this, but my propoſed Brevity conſtrains me to Deſiſt, and proceed to other Matters.

Many Suns appearing in the Heavens at once, the Cauſe, and what they Predict:

OFten to the Appearance of Men, two, or many times three Suns have appeared in the Firmament at once, though in reality but one real Sun, the other being the Images or Impreſſions of it, indenſed Air, or watery Clouds, for they are nothing but the Idols, or Image of the real Sun, that daily enlightens the World, Repreſented by its Beams, Impreſſing in an equally thick and ſmooth groſs Air, [Page] or Cloud, placed on the ſide of the ſun, and ſometimes on both ſides, into which the ſun-beams being Received, as into a Glaſs, expreſſeth the likeneſs & faſhion of Light, which is in the ſun ſo appearing to us, who are a vaſt diſtance beneath it, as if there were many ſuns.

This thick and watery Air or Cloud, is not directly under the ſun, for when it is, it makes the Circle about it called the Crowns or Garlands, or if it were oppoſite to the ſun, it would form the Rainbow, of which I ſhall ſpeak hereafter, but on the ſides where the Images may be beſt Reflected and Repreſented.

Theſe are oftneſt ſeen in the Morning and Evening, about the Riſing and Going down of the ſun, though ſometimes at other Hours, and ſometimes there Appear many little ſuns, like unto stars, which are cauſed by many little divided Clouds, as the Reflection of a Man's Face appears in all parts of a broken Glaſs; or as a Multiplying Glaſs makes one thing ſeem many.

The appearing of theſe Phenomenas, naturally betoken Tempeſts, and much Rain to enſue; becauſe they cannot appear but in a Watery diſpoſition of the Air.

Alſo if they appear on the ſouth ſide of the ſun, they ſignify more Violent ſhowers than on the North, and the reaſon is the hot ſouthern Vapour is ſooner reſolved into Water, than the colder Northern ones.

As for a Supernatural ſignification, they have been Noted to have portended the Contention of Princes for Kingdoms, as not long before the Contention of Galba, Otho, and Vitellus for the Empire Rome, three Suns appeared; alſo a little before the Slaughter of Lewis, King of Hungary, in a Battel againſt the Turks, were ſeen three Suns, denoting [Page] the three Princes that afterward Contended for the Kingdom, viz. Ferdinand King of Bohemia, John Vayvode of Tranſilvania, and Solyman Emperor of the Turks.

The appearing of many Moons in the Night, and what they Prognoſtick of Good or Bad.

AS for the cauſe of many Moons appearing, or ſeeming to do ſo at once, I need not repeat it again but only tell you the cauſe is the ſame as that of the Suns; Plyne calls theſe Night ſuns, becauſe they joyn with the Light of the Moon, and Augment its Light in wonderful meaſure, whilſt they continue.

They foretell great Rains, and a wet ſeaſon to follow, producing Land Floods, and doing much Harm to Corn and Graſs, if grown up; alſo the Overflowing of Rivers, and the Breaking in of the ſea; and in general a moiſt wet Year (or part of a Year as they fall Earlier or Later) to enſue to the End; which will occaſion ſcarcity of Corn, and other Fruits of the Earth.

Of the Rainbow (how cauſed) and what it Prognoſticates.

HAving promiſed to ſay ſomething more particularly of the Rainbow, which gives a great inſight to the weather, immediately to follow; I ſhall Treat of it here, as it moſt Probably follows in Order.

The Rainbow is the Apparition of certain Colours, in a Cloud Oppoſit againſt the ſun, in a half Circle, [Page] as Virgil ſeems to Hint, when he makes Iris or the Rainbow Meſſengers to Juno, viz.

From Heaven then Dew-roſe wing'd Iris flew, She 'gainſt the Sun a Thouſand Colours drew, Plac'd on her Head, &c.

The ſun Reflecting on a Cloud at a diſtance from it ſide-ways, and Refracting its Beams there lively by its Light, ſhews the various Colours the Clouds is Compoſed of; Poſidonius Terms the Rainbow the Suns Looking-glaſs, wherein its Image is Repreſented, and that the blue Colour is the proper Colour of the Air or Cloud, and the red of the ſun, that the other are mixed Colours, or Colours of Comixtion; and indeed the Colours more admirably lively than can be Repreſented any where elſe; but ſince Rainbows are ſo often Viſible, I think I may ſpare the Labour of a particular Deſcription of them; therefore I proceed to what they Prognoſticate in Relation to Weather, viz.

From that part the Rainbow firſt begins to break, or vaniſh, winds will ariſe, and bring great ſhowers.

If the Rainbow vaniſhes as it were altogether, fair weather will enſue.

If it be broken in many parts, Tempeſtuous winds are gathering in the Air.

If (after it appears) the Colours wax groſſer and darken, Rain is gathering, if lighter, and the Colours fairer, the contrary; and gueſs of other Aſſpects in the Rainbow.

Of the Ignis Fatuus, or Fires that lead People aſtray in the Night time, called the Will with the Wiſp.

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THeſe in Popiſh, and ſuperſtitious times, were held to be Souls that had eſcaped out of Purgatory, to deſire the prayers of the living, upon the earth, for their admiſſion to Paradice, becauſe they were often ſeen in Church yards, where Unctious vapours ariſe from the ſteem of dead bodies, ſince they are called Will with the Wiſp; or as the Latins call them, Ignis Fatuus, fooliſh fire; becauſe they are rather a fire in ſhew, than a real one in truth.

It is a Fire, or a reſemblance of it, that ſeemeth to go before men, or follow them in the Night, & lead them out of their way into waters, or other dangerous places; it is a weak exhalation kindled by reaſon of a violent motion in a cold night, in the loweſt Region of the Air; for in the hot ſeaſon they appear not: It is imbodied by the cold, and ſhut in as it were in a bladder, and its motion is from that of the Air; for that being as it were of a piece, tho' in innumerable particles, is agitated with violent motions, and as the body of a Man moves in breaking it, the whole ſenſibly ſuffers, which makes this Nocturnal Light move ſwiftly, and preſs towards the Party moving, it dancing and playing about him: So that the afright, and the many times, by that means in a dark Night, makes him wonder, and being once out, he knows not how to get into the right way again, and often Miſchief enſues, by his tumbling into one bad place or another.

When theſe Exhalations riſe much, which they moſtly do in mooriſh or foggy Grounds: In Autumn, [Page] and the beginning of Winter, they fore-run a cold ſharp winter, but a fruitful ſummer to enſue, becauſe it ſhews the cold Vapours will not riſe high, but remain nearer the Earth, and oppreſs it with ſtill Froſts, more than bluſtering Winds; and again, in ſo doing the Earth in Winter will ſpend little of its heat, or Evaporate its Unctious quality to any great degree, which working with its nitrous part, is the cauſe of Fertility, and cauſes encreaſe of all kind of Vegetives, to a very great degree more than ordinary.

Of the Flame that appears on the Hair and Beards of Men, and upon that of Beaſts.

THis by ſome has been taken to be wonderfully ſtrange, and of ſuch Terror, that ſome hath been extreamly frighted by it, ſuppoſing it was the Devil come to involve them in ſulpherous flames, when the cauſe is really natural; for theſe Fires are ſometimes clamy Exhalations ſcattered abroad in the Air in ſmall parts, which in the night, by the reſiſtance of the cold, agitating in a violent motion, are kindled, and ruſhing on where they find oppoſition, by reaſon of their clamy nature, ſtick, and appear a blue fire, very affrighting to thoſe at a diſtance, when the perſons on whom they faſten, perhaps perceive them not, or at leaſt not preſently.

When they are much abroad, they fore-tell high Winds, and a bluſtering ſtormy Winter, a wet Spring, and a dry Summer, very ſickly, but fruitful.

Strange Apparitions of Armies, and other wonderful ſights in the Air, how cauſed.

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Apparitions in the Air, are only Exhalations in the loweſt or higheſt Regions of it, not really Fires, but ſeem ſo by the Sun or Moon reflecting Light on them.

The Light in this caſe is inſtead of white, and the dark ſhadow ſets off the Figures; ſuch Apparitions ſeem terribly to repreſent, and (diverſly mixed accordingly to the divers diſpoſitions of the Exhalation, they cauſe variety of colours, according to the thickneſs or thinneſs of the Exhalation, preſenting to the imagination of fond fanciful Mortals) Armies in Battel, Seas, and Navys engaging on them, ſpacious Fields, Houſes, Caſtles, and the like; though indeed but Airy Phantoms: However they fore-run Storms, and are accompanied with flaſhes of Lightning very often, and in the hotter weather, with prodigious claps of Thunder, if the Clouds are groſs, and full of water, looking a greeniſh dark in the middle, tho' about the edges, the Light may as in the thinner parts, paint various Colours, being compoſed of hot and moiſt Exhalations; and though theſe are looked on as ſupernatural cauſes, they are no more than the effect of Nature.

The Kinds of Earth-Quakes, their cauſe, and ſigns, fore-running them, and what they pontend.

IN this Treatiſe I cannot but make ſome Obſervation on the Cauſes of Earth-Quakes, conſidering of late Years, we have been ſo much alarumed [Page] with their prodigious Effects, and ſo few people know what natural Effect produces them, for wonderful Things are related by Hiſtorians concerning them; but the beſt Opinions given of their Cauſes, and the moſt probable, is, That extraordinary quantities of heat and cold, ſhut up in the vaſt Caverns of the Earth, contending for maſtery, and preſſing violently to get out, but find Oppoſition by the too much dryneſs or moiſture of the Porus parts of the Earth, ſeek a way to vent themſelves by force, and break their way through all Oppoſition.

The Signs of an Earth-Quake being at hand, is, the much toſing of the Sea, or other great Waters, when no viſible cauſe is ſeen to occaſion it, for then the Vapours labouring to force their way to open Air, firſt finding a more eaſy paſſage there, than on the firm Land, firſt make their way, and boyl up the Waters, as it were to force through them.

Alſo a cold Calmneſs of the Air is another Sign; for then the Exhalation that ſhould be abroad, is forcibly pent up in the Earth, and ſtruggling to get out with violence.

Others Obſerve, that when the Sky is as it were Clear, ſome long ſtrakes of Clouds are however ſeen; but the moſt certain, is a rumbling murmuring Noiſe in the Earth, and a kind of whiſtleing Wind whisking about the Air, being troubled; for then the fore-runner, or thineſt part of the Vapour is ſpining out, to make way for the greater Shock; and more violent groſs ſhock of it; yet however, the Cauſe is the ſame, notwithſtanding the manner of ſhaking the Earth is different; as I ſhall briefly Note.

[Page] The Firſt is when the Earth is ſhaken Laterally or to one ſide, which is when the whole force of the encloſed Vapour driveth to one ſide or place, and there is no contrary Motion to Let it, if the Vapour be weak, it only makes a Rocking or Trembling; but if violent, breaks out, overthrowing the mightieſt Buildings from their Foundations; and by ſuch an Earth-Quake (in the Reign of Tyberius the Roman Emperor) twelve great Cities in Aſia were levelled in one, and moſt of their Inhabitants buried in their Ruins, and ſad have thoſe been of late at Naples in Italy; alſo in the Iſland of Scicily, at Lima, and Jamaica in the Weſt-Indies; I will not mention what happened in England lately; which was rather a Trepidation, than an Earth-Quake: Yet it cauſed much Conſternation; and the exceſſive quantity of Vapours, that then effuſed, in all probability, have occaſioned the Climate to be the Colder to this day.

A ſecond kind of Earth-Quake lifts up the Earth, ſo that falling on a ſudden, and lets it fall again; this happens when the Wind in a great Maſs ſtruggles on a ſudden to Evaporate; but the Oppoſition is too ſtrong, and forces it down again.

The Third is that which breaks its way violently through, cauſing openings, and gaupings of the Earth; ſo that Towers, Cities, Mountains, and huge ſtanding Waters have been ſwallowed up and loſt: All theſe are very Terrible, and are in the hot ſeaſon accompanied with prodigious Thunders and Lightnings; & the Vapours preſſing too much infection upon the Air, before it can be refined and purged, it Infects the Bodies of Men and Beaſts, cauſing mortal Diſeaſes; and the Earth having ſpent ſo much, that it cannot in a plentiful manner aſſiſt [Page] to produce fertility, a ſcarcity enſues not only for the preſent, but for ſome Years after, till the Recruit comes to make the Ground more fertil, &c.

Signs fore-running Thunder, Lightning, &c.

MEteors ſhooting in the Night in ſummer time, denotes the Air Inflamed with much Heat, and that Thunder and Lightning will enſue.

Many Clops and Clefts in the Ground, ſignify that the fiery Vapours are Aſcended from the Earth, and have ſo Dryed and Parched it in their paſſage; ſo that the fire being mounted ſo ſoon as thick Clouds Over-caſt the Sky, the groſſer part of the fire Deſcending, and ſtrugling with the watery Clouds to get a paſſage through, is that which is called the Lightning.

If no Clouds appear in ſultry Weather, and the Sun ſets Red and Fiery, great Flaſhes will appear in the North, & North Weſt, which is called Fulgetrum, and is Lightning; but not meeting with Oppoſition, it carrys no Thunder with it, though ſpringing from the ſame Cauſe, but wanting Oppoſition, the Noiſe is not heard.

Of ſudden Whirl-winds, and ſurprizing Tempeſts.

VVHirl-winds are Vapours ſuddenly Riſing out of the Earth, and gathering in the Air, imbodyed in Clouds, and ſtretching them, break forth Violently; ſo forcing their way to the Earth, with much Fury in a Narrow Compaſs, as it were incloſed, they Circle Round, and Hurry things about Violently, often Over-turning Houſes, Barns, Sheep Cots; and Lifting People, and Cattle into the [Page] Air, letting them Fall again many times to their Deſtruction, though in theſe Countrys they are not ſo Violent, as others nearer the Line, where Vapours are carryed up more violently by the Heat.

The ſings that fore-run them, is a troubled Sky, the Whisking and Circling Light Things about, when as yet there appears little or no Wind, a Murmering heard in the Air, the Air beating down right, as it were upon the Water, and making it Wrinkle; Trees Whisking in one place, and not in another.

Approved Rules for Manageing Husbandry, or Rural Affairs, during the Twelve Months of the Year for ever.

In JANUARY.

LAY Warm Dung to the Roots of your Young Choice Trees and Plants; Lop and take off Superfluous Branches in the New Moon; if the weather be Open ſet Beans, ſow Peaſe, Parſnip, Seeds, dig and trench your Ground, eſpecially in Gardens; give your Cattle gentle Drenches; and to the more Sickly, and Weak,, warm Maſhes of Bran and Mault ſodden in Water, keep them warm Houſed, if the weather be extream Cold, and Cover your Choice Plants and Flowers.

In FEBRUARY.

Cut Quickſets, and ſupply the Decayed places with New Ones, Plant Vines, Hops, Liquoriſh, and all Shrubs bearing Fruit, ſow Oynions, Peaſe, Beans, Salleting, for the ſpring, and Pot Herbs, Moſs Fruit Trees, and Prune them, take off Superfluous Branches, [Page] not yet Removed, Graft on Young Stocks, and Manure Barren Soile with Dung, and other Manure, to Render it Fertile, lay Traps for Vermino.

In MARCH.

The Weather being open, & the Wind not in the Cold Quarters, Cover the Roots of Fruit. Trees that before were Open with Dung, Set Quickſets, and Graft choice Siens, Sow Barly, Oats, Oynions, Parſnips, Carroots Cucumbers, Mellions; Set Artichoaks, Sage, and all kind of Pot Herbs; Bleed and Geld Cattle in the Waine of the Moon; Sow all manner of Garden Seeds for the Spring and Summer store.

In APRIL.

Sow Flax, Hemp, and Pole your Hops, ſet and ſow what Plants and Herbs were before wanting, open the Mouths of your Bee Hives, clean their stools, & rub them over with ſweet Herbs to Cheriſh, Cheer, and Enable them to take the more Pleaſure in their Labour, upon their firſt coming out; weed Gardens and Corn, prepare for Dary-work, Bark Trees, and Raiſe Choice Flowers.

In MAY.

In the beginning of this Month, ſow and ſet all manner of tender Summer Herbs; continue to weed, trim up your Hop Gardens, cut off Superfluous Branthes, weed Corn, Diſtill Cordial Waters, make Conſerves, drive Rivers, and drain Plaſhes.

In JUNE.

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Shear your Sheep the Moon Encreaſing, Geld Lambs and Calves the Moon Decreaſing, ſow Lettice, and Radiſhes, three or four Days after the Full Moon, gather ſuch Herbs as you would keep Dry for the winters Uſe, in the Full of the Moon when the Sun has drawn up the Dew and Moiſture from them; ſet Roſemary and July-flowers, and ſtake up weak Plants and Flowers.

In JULY.

Gather forward Summer Seeds, when the Sun has dryed them; cut off needleſs ſuckers, drive Bees, Mow, Inoculate, Inarch, in the Full Moon, gather the Seeds of ſuch Flowers as are Ripe, Dry them in the Sun, then Hang them in the Pods to Harden: To Kill Fleas and Bugs, ſtrow Powder of Rue, Wormwood, and Nut-gals, under your Bed.

In AUGUST.

Take the Opportunity of the faireſt weather to Reap in, from the before mentioned Directions relating to weather, neither Reap nor Mow Corn too early; let the Sun be pretty well Riſen when you begin, and it will prevent much the danger of Muſting and Sweating, gather Garden ſeeds within a Day or two of the Moons Full, lay Traps for Vermin; gather Fruit in Dry Days; ſow Seeds for Winter, Salleting and Pot Herbs.

In SEPTEMBER.

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Gather Hops, the weather being dry, and the Dew off from them; take Honey, make Verjuce, Sider, Perry, and other Liquors of Fruits; remove & ſet Slips of Flowers, remove Young Trees and Plants, marking them, that in the Tranſplantation they may ſtand to the ſame quarters of the Wind they firſt grew; do this in the New of the Moon, the Wind at South or Weſt; cut Quickſets, and gather Winter Fruit without Bruiſing; ſow Wheat and Rye, ſow Parſnips, Carroots, and Turnops for Winter ſtore.

In OCTOBER.

Continue to ſow Wheat and Rye, remove young Trees and Plants in the New of the Moon, cut Roſe Trees, Cyprus, Juniper, and Box; ſet Kernel Stones and Nuts, gather Grapes in the beginning of the Month; the weather being dry, make an end of gathering Winter Fruit, lay Open the Roots of Fruit Trees, and Trench your Ground; Kill Swine for your winter ſtore.

In NOVEMBER.

Fell Timber, Moſs Fruit Trees, Geld Calves, Purge your Cattle to prevent Diſeaſes, ſet Crabb stocks to Graft on; in the laſt Quarter of the Moon ſet Peaſe and Beans, ſow Parſnips and Carroot Seeds, Trench Garden Ground with Dung, make Drains to carry the water off.

In DECEMBER.

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Continue to Fell Timber, ſet Traps, Sprunges, &c. for Hares, Rabbits, and Wild Fowl; cover your choice Flowers and Plants with Mats or Straw, coat or double cover your Bee-hives, Bleed Horſes if the weather be Open, and Drench your other Cattle; keep good Fires, Hoſpitallity, and Wholſom warm Dyet; and thus much in general Obſervations what is to be done relating to Husbandry throughout the Year, which cannot but be of Uſe to the Honeſt Country Man, &c.

Signs of Murrein, Rot, or ſuch like Deſtroying Diſeaſes in Cattle; how to Prevent or Remedy them.

CAttle are one main Support of the Nation, affording ſo many Commodities to Man, ſo that without their doing Well, and Multiplying, we ſhould be but in a Bad Condition; therefore it ought to be the Care of thoſe who are moſt Concerned with them, and to whoſe particular Advantage they more Immediately Redound, to look Carefully to them, and ſecure their Health as much as may be; and becauſe Murreins among Larger Cattle, and Rots among the Smaller, are the moſt Fatal of Diſeaſes, and ſweep them away by Herds and Flocks, I ſhall (from long Experience) ſhow the neareſt way to fore-ſee the approaching Danger, which coming for want of ſuch Precaution, or Fore-ſight, has Ruined many; and having fore-ſhewed it, tell how it may be Helped, if in ſpight of Care it takes Effect; which ſometimes it will do.

Signs of Murrein that do befal Cattle.

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IF the Moon change 3 days before St. Bartholomew's Day, it will be a ſickly Year amongſt Cattle; but this is not the Rule I intend to Direct you by, for the obſervance of the particular above-mentioned; but after that Day is over, and no Rain fallen in the Night, go as ſoon as it is day into the Fields of Paſture, where your Cattle are to be kept, and lying down with your Eye againſt the Suns riſing, as even as you can with the ſurface of the Earth, and if you perceive a gliſtning, like Spider threads, or a white jelly froth or foam on the Graſs then Infectious Vapours are beginning to Riſe out of the Earth, and to fall down in poiſonous Dews, threatning Infection to the larger ſort of Cattle eſpecially; therefore (for a while) feed them on highe and dryer grounds; but if no ſuch thing at this time can be diſcerned, by reaſon the weather may be hot and draw up that Jelly, or whiteneſs of corrupted Dew, look immediately at the time ordered on Michaelmas day in the morning; and if you obſerve it, then it will have the like effects, though ſomewhat weaker, and the Air leſs Corrupted: To prevent therefore this Murrein, Long-ſought; or as ſome call it, Gurget: If you are conſtrained to Paſture your Beaſts, bleed them as ſoon as ever the Leaf begins to fall; peg their Ears and Dew-laps with Helebore, or Bears-foot, a Plant ſo called; drench them with Savin and Rue, boyled in ſtrong Ale, and give-them a ſcowring; and this will prepare them to reſiſt the peſtilential Air, and mainly contribute to the preſerving them.

If you find however that any of your Beaſts (after [Page] the afore-named Caution) be ſwelled under the Jaws, ogainſt the Throat-boul; then draw forth its Tongue, and open a Vein that lyeth under it, an Inch and a half long-ways, and there will corrupt blood, and infectious water iſſue out; then having burnt Bay-ſalt and Allum, mix them with Vinegar, and rub it well into the wound; this done, ſlt the Hyde where the ſwelling outwardly appears, and draw the Skin, ſo that you make a hollowneſs between that and the ſwelled Fleſh; beat together Spear-graſs, burnt Salt, and Butter, put this kind of Poultis into the hollow, between the Skin and the Fleſh, and ſtitch it together; but not ſo cloſe, but the infectious Matter may evacuate.

This done, take a lump of the blueſt Clay you can get, about four pound weight, boyl it in two quarts or more of Man's ſtale Urine, ſo much as (the whole being ſtirred, after well boyling) will become thick, bruiſe a good handful of the under bark of young Elder, add this with a handful of Salt, and a quarter of a pound of raſty Bacon, well maſhed and beaten to pieces, ſtir them continually, till the Ingreedients be as thick as pap; then bath the Beaſts Face from the Ears downwards, towards the ſlit, as hot as he may endure it; ſo do three times a day, till the ſwelling is abated, ſeparating the Infected from the Sound Cattle, for fear of its ſpreading among them, more than otherwiſe it would: Then with an Oyntment made of Butter, Tarr, and Bees-wax, Anoint the Sore Place as hot as may be; and in ſo ordering the Beaſt will Recover, unleſs exceeding far gone before taken in hand.

The like meaſures may be taken with Swine, for the violent ſwellings in their Throat and Jaws, contracted [Page] by an Infection through foul feeding, and bad Airs, diſearned by the like ſymptoms.

Prognoſticks of a Rot which fall upon Sheep.

IF it has been a hot cloſe Summer, great heat drops often falling, and little Thunder, then on St. Luke's Day, which is the 18. of October, make the Obſervations as before directed in the morning, if the Sun riſe clear, otherwiſe do it as well as you can, and taſte the Dews upon the Graſs, if they be bitter or brackiſh, the ſign is apparent, that it is likely to be an unhealthy year for Sheep, and a forerunner of the Rot amongſt them, if great precaution be not had to prevent it, eſpecially if they be ſuffered to feed among old Graſs that has not been mowed, in moiſt wet low Grounds; for then taking in a great deal of water, it makes their Skins looſe, and their Lungs full of a Flegmatick water that Rots them. Conſider then in the firſt place, how they ought to feed to preſerve them, which are ſo neceſſary in many Circumſtances to us.

The Graſs good and wholſom for Sheep, is that among which grows a good quantity of Melilot, Claver, Selfheal, Cinquefoil, Broom, Pimpernel, and white Henbane; alſo Sparrow-wort, Knott-graſs, Pennywort, and Middleweed-graſs: For here the Soil promiſes, not only wholſom Graſs, but theſe are Medicinal, to preſerve them againſt the Infection, that not only cauſes the Rot, but many other Diſeaſes.

High Grounds, dry and fruitful, are the beſt Paſture for them, the Graſs there being uſually ſhort and ſweet; but if you cannot avoid putting them in low Grounds, for want of other conveniency, take care not to bring them from the Fold, till the Sun [Page] be riſen, and then with your Dog, or otherways chaſe them about, till they are well heated, and then let them feed or reſt.

This Chaſing is many ways advantageous; firſt it beats the Mildews from the Graſs, and other Dews very hurtful to them in their feeding; likewiſe kettles, webs, and flasks, which the Sheep licking up in feeding, Contribute to the Rot; it alſo ſtirs the Humours in them that waſts the Moiſture, and prevents the Effects of Rottenneſs: They Feed alſo more deliberately, and not ſo greedily as otherways they would do, chuſing their Food, which is moſt Healthful and Propper.

Once a Month, and oftner in the Raw wet ſeaſon, Rub their Mouths with Bay-ſalt and Vinegar, which in a great Meaſure is a preſervative againſt ſickneſs; and thus much to the Ordering them in general; for now I come nearer to particulars.

Rot in Sheep, how to provent it and other Diſeaſes, and Cure it when taken.

AS to the Rots particular to ſheep that are for Grazing, the Hunger Rot that Putrefies the fleſh and skin, and the Pelt Rot that cometh after great ſtore of Rain to ſheep new ſhorne, Mildewing the skin, and Corrupting the blood, are the moſt ſweeping and Mortal.

To prevent theſe then, and all others, the Danger ſore-ſeen, take the ſalt called Adracei, and once a Week Rub their Mouths with it, and it is a great Prevention, and Preſerver of them againſt Rots; but if the Rot is got amongſt them, ſeperate the Infected, immediately Bleed the reſt in their Ears, under the Tongue, and in the Vain between the Laws; give [Page] them Bay Salt, Fennel, and Aſh Keys Boiled in their Water, and every one of them a Brandy Cup full of Aqua Vitae, ſweetened with Honey.

As for the Infected, Bleed them in the Temple Veins, then take Fulſilago, Colts Foot, and Lungwort, each an equal quantity, ſtamp them, and ſtrain the Juice into Water pretty well ſweetened with Honey, and early in the Morning give it them warm to Drink, to each a quarter of a Pint, and they will ſoon Recover, unleſs their Lungs be utterly Periſhed; Feed them with ſhort dry Hay, and Tares; the latter a little ſodden in fair Water, in which Fennel has been Infuſed; let their Houſings be free from any Moiſture, or Ill ſcents, and let them Lye Warm on clean dry Straw or Fernn, for a Sheep is a Nice Creature, much affecting Cleanlineſs and Wholſome Airs: Take Care likewiſe to drive away all Venomous Creatures from them; and this may be done by Burning Galbanium, Harts-horn Shaveings, or Womans Hair; you may alſo give them (in their Troughs) Barly and Beans Ground together, or dryed Peaſe & Acorns Ground, mixed with Bran, and if the Elme continues Leafy, give them the tender Boughs to Brouze on, and thus you will Preſerve your own, whilſt others not Regarding theſe Rules, will have theirs ſwept away by Scores, if not by whole Flocks when the Rot comes amongſt them, therefore ſeeing you are well adviſed, neglect it not.

How to Calculate Nativities, to know Good or Bad Fortune: Introducing to that curious Art, plainly deſcribing it by the Complexions, Humours, &c.

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ALL the Sager, and Wiſe men of the World have held, and yet do hold, that the Influence of the Planets, other Stars, and ſigns of the

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Zodiack have a great power and force in diſpoſing the Affairs of men and Women, in the contingencies of their Lives, as well as to their bolilȳ [Page] Health, and Sickneſs; this granted, I proceed to ſhew you how this may be fore-known, and many Incommodities prevented thereby.

Conſider firſt then to know the Day and Hour of the Birth of the Party, whoſe Nativity you would Calculate; as ſuppoſe on a Monday, at half an hour paſt five in the Morning, then you find the Moon has Dominion of that Birth; the Perſon ſo born will be of a pale complexion, ſoft, flaxen, or whitiſh hair, ſubject to cold diſeaſes, inconſtant, of no great capacity or underſtanding, and in peril of loſing his or her Life by drowning: See in this Caſe in the Scheem, the Moon aſcendant in Gemini,) II in the third Angle.

If on Tueſday, when Mars predominates the Perſon be born, it is diſcovered by a wide mouth, a fiery countenance, great lips, a high Noſe and forehead, threatning eyes, a ſwarthy complexion, black or dark hair, the diſpoſition of that Party is furious, given to brawls, from which much Trouble ariſes, and in the end danger of Life, ſeldom attaining to extream old Age; ſee his Character in the ſecond Angle, thus ♂ ♌.

If on Wedneſday, at any hour under the Dominion, is under Mercury, and then the Party has a little Noſe, a bright browniſh, or red Hair, a little Mouth, quick ſparkling Eyes, a flat Forehead, and little Head, ſubject to much talking, a lover of company, ſubtil, deceitful, and by ill practices frequently threatned with an untimely Death, by entring on Plots and Stratagems, obnoxious to Great Ones, his Character is thus to be known. ☿

If born of a Thurſday, Jupiter predominates, and you find his Character in the ſecond Angle, thus ♃ aſcendant in Leo, ♌ the Party born under this conſtellation, [Page] if of a ruddy, fair, and ſanguine Complexion, a high-forehead, but of a round plump Viſage, a little enclining to an oval, the Noſe indifferently ſtanding forth, the Hair a lovely brown, or enclining to lightiſh, the Eyes hazle, but of a cheerful Aſpect, his or her behaviour is cheerful, full of obligement, true to truſt, and a good Friend, his or her Fortune will riſe by the help of Great Ones, and his Sickneſſes, which will not be many, proceed from over abundance of Blood, cauſing Fevours, and the Like; a long Life, and much Riches is promiſed to thoſe under this Influence.

Thoſe born on a Fryday, under the Dominion of Venus, whoſe Character ſtands thus ♀ in the depreſſed, or undermoſt Angle of the body, or point of the Scheme; in Taurus ♉ the perſon born under her Influence, is of a fair complexion, flaxen hairs and many times bright, enclining to red, affable of temper, black ſparkling Eyes, dimpled a little in cheek or chin, fortunate by Marriages, and greatly beloved, many Children in wedlock; and others without it, yet often afflicted with hot diſeaſes, and very old Age is not promiſed, but Danger threatned of Mortal Wounds, in luſtful contentions.

If born under Saturn's dominion, that is on Saturday, whoſe Character is thus, ♄ in the fourth Angle, oppoſite to Taurus ♉ and Leo ♌ depreſt, the Party will in this caſe have red or dusky Hair, a ſallow or melancholly Complexion, ſlow to ſpeech, blue Eyes, a long Viſage, and ſtraight Mouth, ſubject to Melancholly, ſecret Revenge, ſtudious and thoughtful, no Riches is promiſed; but Afflictions and Trouble; wife and prudent, but unfortunate in undertakings, wear out a long and troubleſom Life.

[Page] If born under the Sun, Charactered thus, ☉ in the ſixth Angle, in the ſign Aries, ♈ the Party will be of a cheerful countenance, a ruddy Complexion, enclining a little to dusky, of a humour affable, and very fortunate by favour.

How to tell any Number one ſhall Think, be it never ſo great.

THIS is a pretty Device, and ſome have been thought to Conjure, or Divine, when they did ſo exactly know the Thoughts of others, &c. and it is no more than this; When the Party has Thought of any Number, bid him or her Multiply the Number thought, by Five, and give you the product, by which means the Number Thought, will be ſo far above that thought on, that he will never ſcruple it, concluding it is impoſſible to Reduce it; and this product being infallibly a five, or a cypher, that taken away, the number Thought on will remain:

As ſuppoſe the Thought-Number were 53. which doubled, produces 106. and this Multiplied by 5. is 530. The Cypher then taken away, it is 53. the Number Thought on: And thus you may do (obſerving this Rule) by what Number ſoever any One ſhall caſt in their Mind.

To know the Planet that hath Dominion in the Nativity of any Perſon.

THis is a very nice Point, yet conducing to abundance of Advantage, in knowing what ſhall befal one in the courſe of Life; for as the Planet is Good or Bad, ſo our Fortune will be; but before [Page] I give further Directions, Obſerve the following Alphabetical Table, with their agreeing Figures.

1 | A
2 | B
3 | C
4 | D
5 | E
6 | F
7 | G
8 | H
9 | I
0 | K
20 | L
0 | M
4 | N
50 | O
60 | P
70 | Q
10 | R
0 | S
100 | T
200 | V
300 | X
400 | Y
500 | Z

In this Caſe take the Number of every Letter of the Chriſtian Name of the party enquiring, and the like of their parents Names, apply them to the Letters of the Table, and their Figures; then bring the ſeveral Numbers into one Sum total, then divide by 9. and then 1. or 4. remains, it Denotes the Sun to have domination in the Nativity, promiſing long Life, Riches, and Honour: If 7. or 2. then its the Moon, and your Life will be inconſtant and changeable: If 9. Mars, promiſing a troubleſom Life, by reaſon of Jarrs, Strifes, and a reſtleſs Spirit: If 5. Mercury, Denoting the getting of Wealth, but not the Art of keeping it, unſtable, deceitful, &c. If 3. Jupiter, promiſing Riches, and Favour of Great Ones: If 6. Venus, promiſing in Love ſucceſsful: If 8. Saturn, bringing a ſullen bad Fortune.

The Art of Diſcovering Truth from Falſehood.

IF you ſuſpect you take a Servant, or any other in a Lye, or Falſe Story, that may be to your prejudice, [Page] or otherways, be not preſently ſo Raſh as to Charge them with it, but try the following Rule of Art, to inform you in a certainty, of what you can but at preſent ſurmize or ſuſpect, without any real Ground. Write the parties Name, and the name of the day the Diſcourſe was, or is made on, that you cannot believe, and then mind the following Alphabet and Figures.

A | 10
B | 2
C | 20
D | 4
E | 14
F | 6
G | 16
H | 7
I | 18
K | 11
L | 11
M | 12
N | 4
O | 14
P | 6
Q | 16
R | 8
S | 18
T | 10
V | 2
X | 2
Y | 4
Z | 14

Take the Letters and Figures properly belonging to them, as the Letters make the Name of the Party ſuſpected, alſo add thoſe of the name of the day, and when you have put them into a Sum Total, add 26. then by 7 devide the Sum Total, and then take the Remainder, and if it proves odd, you may be confident the Party has told you an Untruth or Aeſop's Fable, inſtead of a Veracity: But if ever you may Relye upon what he or ſhe has ſaid, and in caſe of an Untruth, you may poſitively Charge the Party with it, and either by an open Confeſſion, Bluſhes, or ſome evident Signs, you may eaſily come to the knowledge how you had like to have been deceived.

How to know whether you ſhall be Succeſsful in any Matters you Engage in againſt another.

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IF you would know whether you ſhall have the Advantage againſt your Adverſary, in any Matter of Controverſy, as a Suit of Law, Love, Raceing, Gameing, Bargaining, or the like; to do this, conſider the Names of each Party, and rarely they happen alike; having well conſidered them, ſet down the following Alphabet (with Figures) under the Letters, viz.

A | 13
B | 3
C | 22
D | 24
E | 22
F | 3
G | 7
H | 6
I | 20
K | 1
L | 10
M | 33
N | 13
O | 8
P | 13
Q | 7
R | 13
S | 9
T | 8
V | 2
X | 6
Y | 6
Z | 4

And now to Amaze the Party more that comes to be Reſolved, put the Christian Names into Latin, in the Nominative Caſe Singular; as ſuppoſe Peter is Contending, or to Contend in any of theſe Matters with Paul, ſet down Petrus & Paulus; and ſo of any other Name, then according as the Alphabet directs, joyn unto every Letter of the Names propoſed, the Figure, or Figures under the Letter, as they ſtand in Order; then Caſt up the Numbers to each Party by it ſelf, and being put together, proceed to [Page] Divide by 9. and ſo doubt not to find (the Diviſion being made) what Remains to the one Party, and to the other; and this gives a ſight of the Victor, and the Vanquiſhed; and if it ſo happen, that in the Diviſion of the whole 9. nothing Remains, then take the laſt Number of 9. to ſerve for your purpoſe; as I ſhall more fully Explain in the Cloſe: And thus I begin with the Names Mentioned, as by the ſame Rule you may do with any other.

P | 13 |  |  | ☽ | P | 13 |  |
E | 22 | 67 | makes ſeven times nine. | ☿ | A | 1 | 37 | makes four times nine.
T | 8 |  |  | ♂ | U | 2 |  |
R | 13 |  |  | ☉ | L | 10 |  |
U | 2 |  |  | ♄ | U | 2 |  |
S | 9 |  |  | Remains 4. | ♃ | S | 9 |  | Remains 1.
| Sum | 67. |  |  |  |  |  | Sum 37.

And by this Rule, the Planets give their Favourable Influence to Peter; and promiſe him the Advantage over the other, as having 4. to 1. againſt him in the Remainder; that is, three odds to give him a good Lott: But yet to make this more Manifeſt, take the following Table according to the fore-going Rule.

1 | He that ſhall Overcome is of | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9
2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8
3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9
4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8
5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9
6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8
7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8
8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7
| 2 | 4 | 6 | 8

[Page] And thus may you know what is proper without any Frivolous Conceits of Conjuration, or Dealing with the Black Art, to Injure or Hurt your ſelf by Diabolical Charms or Enchantations.

To know whether the Party you Love be Virtuous and Chaſte.

THIS is a Nice Secret, and may do much Good in preventing much Evil and Strife after Marriage; Write down the Proper Name of the Party, either Man or VVoman, with his or her Mothers Name, and put the Number to each Letter, as the fore-going Experiment, add 15 to the Sum Total, divide it then by 9. and ſo the Sum Remaining, or the Remainder of that Sum being even, then Conclude the Perſon Chaste, Honeſt, and Virtuous; but if it appear odd, then you may, with all Imaginable reaſon Conclude the Contrary.

The Moſaick Wand to find out Hidden Treaſure:

THIS has been a ſecret put in Practice to great Advantage, in this Order; Cut a Hazle wand Forked, at the upper end like a Y, Peel off the Rhine, and dry it in a moderate Heat, then ſteep it in the Juice of Wake Robin, or Night Shade, and Cut the ſingle lower End ſharp, and where you ſuppoſe any Rich Mine, or Hidden Treaſure is near, place a piece of the ſame Mettal you conceive is Hid, or in the Earth, to the top of one of the Forks by a Hair or very fine Silk or Thread, and do the like at the other end, pitch the ſharp ſingle end lightly in the Ground, at the going down of the Sun, the Moon being in the Encreaſe, and in the Morning at Sun-riſe [Page] (by a Natural Sympathy) you will find the Mettal enclyning, and as it were pointing to the Place where the other is Hid.

Choice Secrets in Aſtrology on ſeveral Uſeful Occaſions.

MANY have been deſirous to know (as a great Secret) the Power that is given to the Planets, and other Stars, to prevent Thefts and Depredations

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on Houſes, Out Houſes, Orchards, Parks, Warrens, Fields of Corn, Cattle, Timber, and the like: How either to ſtop and take the Thief, or ſcare him from coming thither, and ſince Wonders have been wrought in this, to Secure Honeſt People in their Juſt [Page] Rights, and it being hitherto an Occult Faculty, or Rare Secret, I ſhall give the Reader ſuch an Inſight into the Matter, as few have hitherto done.

A ſafe way to ſecure a Houſe.

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IF you ſuſpect your Houſe will be Robbed, and would ſecure it from Thieves, as no doubt but you are [Page] deſirous, conſider the Night what Planet Reigns, and is Lord of the Aſcendant, and theſe are their Characters, the Sun ☉ on Sunday, the Moon ☽ on Monday, Mars ♂ on Tueſday, Mercury ☿ on Wedneſday, Jupiter ♃ on Thurſday, Venus ♀ on Friday, Saturn ♄ on Saturday: Now conſider on what Night you do this, as to theſe Planets, and Write on fair Parchment theſe Characters, ♌ ♈ ♒ and ſuppoſe it be on a Sunday, add the Planetary Character ☉ with this Number. 1. 3. 5. ¼ 1/7. and that Night, lay this under the Earth, or covered with a Tile in the middle of the Houſe, as near as may be, ſprinkle it over with the Juice of Night ſhade, and ſo go to Sleep as ſoon as you have thrice Repeated them over, and if the Thieves have power to Enter the Houſe, they ſhall have no power to get out again, or to carry any thing away till the Sun Riſes, and if you be Watchful, then you may eaſily Apprehend them before they are able to depart.

And this you may do any Day of the Week, adding the Character of the Planet that Rules that day, as I have ſet it down, to what is beſide ſet down in Order.

A Safegaurd for all Out-houſes, to ſecure Poultry, Cattle, Corn, or what elſe is ſhut up therein.

COnſider the Day, as in the former, and ſet down in a piece of Clean Parchment theſe Characters, ♉ ♋ ♍ add the Character of the Planet, as for Monday ☽ and theſe Figures, 9. 8. 5. 3. ⅕ ¼, lay this ſprinkl'd with the Juice of Hemlock under the [Page] Threſhold of the Out-houſe, or if there be none, in ſome ſecret Corner, and if any Thieves Enter, they will be ſo Blinded and Amazed, that they will not find their way out again, but groap in vain till the Sun Riſe, before which time you muſt be Watchful to come thither; for the Sun ſhooting its Beams through the Air, the Guardian Virtues Retire, and the Force is diſſolved for that time; but with Changing the Planet will ſerve for the next Night, and ſo on.

A Safegaurd for an Orchard, Park, Warrin, or Field, to take a Thief, &c.

THE ſeveral Places being Guarded by one and the ſame Planet, not to be too tedious to you, one and the ſame thing will indifferently ſerve to ſecure any of them from Thieves that come to make Robbery or Depredations, whether it be of Fruits of the Earth, or any kind of Cattle, or to ſteal away Timber in Fields or Woods; to make which, take the following Direction, have a piece of curious clean Parchment, made of a ſleek Skin, Cut it with five Points or Corners, in the Form of a Star, but ſo large, that you may well Write in the Center of it, what is to be Written, viz. II ♐ ♓ the Characters of the Celeſtial Signs Governing theſe Affairs, add the Character of the Planet for the Day, as before Directed, and ſuppoſe it be Tueſday, Mars that Governs that Day has this Character, which ſet down thus, ♂ and this Number 1. 7. 11. 12. 1/7 ⅛ ⅙, cloſe it up with Virgins Wax, as I ſhould have told you, you ought to have done the former, and [Page] ſprinkle it with the Juice of Fumitory, & place the ſame (if in a Garden) in the hole of a Wall, if in a Field, Forreſt, Park, or Wood, in the hole of a Tree, having lay'd it before in Gooſe Tauſey; and ſo whatever any Thief takes in theſe ſeveral Grounds, he ſhall not be able to carry off till the Sun Riſing; but then if not Watched he may do it.

To drive away Ghoſts or Spirits that haunt a Houſe, and prevent the night Mare.

THis is a curious Secret, and I think never before made publick, or privately practiſed, but by a few: To do this, take the wool that grows between the two Eyes of a black Sheep, burn it to powder, after it has been ſteeped a night and a day in Man's Urine, mix this with the Powder of Nightſhade, or Wake Robin, an Herb ſo called, boil them in a quarter of a Pint of Aqua Vitae, ſprinkle the Walls of the Chamber you fancy is Haunted with it, and no diſturbance will happen if you turn your Face when you go to repoſe, to the Eaſtward, when in Bed, and ſay your Prayers.

This to be carryed about One, for the prevention of Witchcraft, being under an Ill Tongue, or Planet ſtruck.

THeſe Misfortunes generally happen under the power of the Moon, who (as Ancients hold) is the Favourour of Majeck, or Enchantment, then take the moſt Oppoſite Planet to her, in Allaying her Force [Page] this way, which is Jupiter, Write his Character thus ♃ on a piece of Parchment, and add to it the following Characters, that are ſigns of the Zodiack, viz. ♍ ♎ ♏ and this Number, 1. 3. 7. 5. 7. ½ 1/7 ¼. after this, ſet down the Number the Figurative Letters in your Name make, wrap it up in as ſmall a compaſs as you can, and ſewing it up in a piece of black ſilk, that has been ſteeped in the Juice of Veruine, hang it about your Neck, when the Moon changes, and you will be Secure from any Danger of this nature, if you lead a Good Life.

To prevent affrighting Dreams, and take away fear in the Night.

YOU muſt take Laudanum a drahm, Frankincence the like quantity, of Bezora ſtone as much; beat theſe into powder, and write upon a piece of parchment theſe Characters, ♄ ♃ ☿ ♀ and under them your Name; put the Powder in the paper you write on, and when you Repoſe, bind them to your Forehead and ſtomach; for you muſt have two papers, ordered one and the ſame way, as directed, putting half the powder in the one, and the other half in the other.

To help a Perſon under an Ill Tongue, and make the Witch appear, or the Effects ceaſe.

CUT off ſome of the Parties hair, juſt at the Nape of the Neck, clip it ſmall, and burn it to powder, put the powder in ſalt-Armoniack, write the Parties Name you ſuſpect backwards, and put the paper dipt in Aqua-Vitoe into the other [Page] two, then ſet it over a gentle Fire; let the Party afflicted ſit by it, and diligently watch it, that it run not over to catch flame, ſpeaking no word, what Noiſe ſoever is heard, but take Notice of what Voice or Roaring is heard in the Chimney, or any part of the Room, and then write how often you hear it, and fix before each writing, this Character, ☽ and if the Party who Afflicts you, appears not viſible, though you may know the Voice, repeat it again, and if ſhe appear in no viſible ſhape, it may make her Charm impotent, and give Relief to the afflicted Party.

To prevent or take Vermin, that come to deſtroy Poultry, or Coney warrens.

YOU muſt take a piece of a Woolfs skin, the Hair on, the breadth of the palm of your hand, or ſomewhat more, prick a great many holes in it with a bodkin, in the three corners, but leave the middle intire, ſcrape the middle part on the fleſhey ſide, ſo that it may be ſmooth enough to write on; then write theſe Characters

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this done, write the Guardian Name underneath them, viz. Azmeros, then burn the Wool of a Foxes tail, with ſome Featherfew, and the Seeds of Henbane, lay the Powder on the Characters, that it may cover them pretty well, then ſold the corners, and ſtitch them up cloſe with the Powder in it; and this done, ſprinkle it with the juice of Hyſop, and hang it up with a couple of Horſe hairs drawn out of the middle of the Tail of a live Stone Horſe, and hang it up in your Henhouſe, Dove-cot; or for a Warren, on a Pole, or a Tree, as near as you can in the middle of the Coney [Page] Burrows, & the Vermin will either fear to approach, ſcenting it at a diſtance, or being come near it, will continue ſnuffing, and endeavouring to get at it, then you may come and deſtroy them with a Gun, Dogs, Croſsbow, or otherways, as you find moſt practicable; inſtead of a Woolfs skin, you may uſe a Badgers, if the other cannot be had.

To prevent a Dogs barking at you in the Night time.

YOU muſt take the skin off the Forehead of an Hyena, a Beaſt ſo called, which may be had at the Furriers Shop, boyl it in the Urine of a young ſtone Colt, and ſmoak it over the burnt Hoof of a Cow, twice or thrice, till it is dry, and ſo carry it about you, and ſo long as you do this, where-ever you come in the Night, the Dogs will not only be ſilent, but run away from you as faſt as they can, when you approach any thing near them: For if they once Scent it (as certainly they will) the great averſion they have to it, will make them tremble, and avoid you, without being able to open at you.

To draw Cats together, ſo that they ſhall not eſcape your Hands.

SO ſoon as ever the New Moon appears, gather the herb Nepe, and dry it a little in the heat of the Sun: when it is temperately hot, then take a fair piece of Parchment, and cut it in the ſhape of a half Moon, write on it theſe Characters ☽ ☿ ♄ * wrap the parchment up cloſe, and put it amongſt the Herb, which hang up in a Net, in a convenient [Page] place, and when one of them has ſcented it, her Cry will ſoon call all thoſe about her, that are within hearing, and there they will rage and run about, leaping and capering, to get at the Net, which muſt be ſo hung, or placed, that they cannot eaſily do: for they will certainly tear it to pieces, and in this you will have pleaſant paſtime, as well as to take and deſtroy them, if they are offenſive to your Gardens, Houſes, Dove-Cots, &c.

A Pleaget to wear about ones Neck, to prevent Bugs, Flens, or Gnats biting in the night time.

THis to many people may prove no leſs advantageous than any, eſpecially where theſe Inſects are a ſecond plague of Aegypt to people: To do this, Gather Aſmart, or Hounds Tongue, an Herb with a long, ſharp pointed, little Leaf that grows in Ditches, in moiſt places in Summer, dry it to a powder, add to it as much of the powder of Sarſafrax Wood, as will lye upon a Shilling, ſprinkle them a little with Juniper Water, mix it with the Wooll of a black Sheep, cut off betwixt the Horns, in the wain of the Moon, write on a piece of paper theſe Characters ♒ ♂ ♏ * ♄ ½ ⅕ Sprinkle the paper when you have foulded it up, with the Juice of Rue, and ſew it up in a thin ſilk Bag, and with a little ſmall Cats Guts hang it about your Neck, when you go to ſleep; and if you are awake the power is the ſame: you will Reſt without being diſturbed with theſe, or other Inſects.

To drive away Mice or Rats; in a Houſe or Grainery.

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IF you can get a He Weaſel about the increaſe of the Moon, kill him, and take out his Fat, then dry his Skin, that you may write on the fleſhey ſide of it, theſe Characters, ♉ ♈ ♊ ♋ ☽ * do it over with the Weaſels Fat, and ſtuff up the Skin with Moſs, taken from the Root, or lower part of an Oak-Tree, and place it on a ſharp Haw-thornſtick, put the ſharp end into it Belly wards, and ſtick the other end into the Floar, in a little hole made with a Gimblet, in the place of their reſort; let it not be placed more than ſix Inches above the Floar, and as many as come there, will immediately avoid the Houſe, or out-houſe; and if you would kill them there, it is but ſtrewing pot-aſhes on the Floar, and it will work ſo powerful, that they cannot get away; but there you may kill them at pleaſure.

To prevent being Robbed on the Road, or meeting with any bad Accident.

COniſider (in this Caſe) what Planet you ſet out under, Ruling as to the days, and its influence: The Moon ruling Monday, denotes inconſtancy in Succeſs: Mars Tueſday, violence: Mercury on Wedneſday, deceit and fraud: Saturn on Saturday, envy, and malignaminity: But the Sun, Jupiter, and Venus, Governing Sunday, Thurſday, and Friday, are very Friendly Planets, promiſing Succeſs: However, other Days are proper enough, with the Cautions I ſhall give you hereafter; and that is as [Page] followeth, to proſper, and prevent Ill Fortune, it being Robbed, Falling from your Horſe, or Sick falling into any Pit, Water, or the like.

Now Note, That the Malignant Planets are friendly to others, and befriended of them again; Sol is friendly to Jupiter, and Venus; Luna to Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn; Mars is friendly to Venus; Mercury is friendly to Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn; Jupiter is friendly to Sol, Luna, Mercury, Venus, and Saturn; Venus is friendly to Sol, Luna, Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter; Saturn is friendly to Jupiter, Sol, and Luna: And theſe are temporizing to hinder the Malignancy of each other; therefore the premiſes conſidered, now as to what you are to put in practice for your ſecurity.

Gather Veruine, an Herb ſo called, in the New of the Moon, hang it up in the Chimney to dry, then powder it, and ſteep it in the water of Agnus Caſtus, then dry it again, and reduce it to fine powder; theſe temporize with the Planets Venus and Mercury, which are ſo powerful in their influence for the protection of Travellers; put this Powder into a Hollow Ring, of any kind of Mettal, and have theſe Characters engraved on the inſide of it ♀ ☿ ♄ then you may go or ride ſafe, without danger of any violence, keeping your Mind on good things.

To find out a Thief, or make him or her bring back the Goods ſtolen.

YOU muſt ſet down the day, hour, and minute, if you can, when the Goods were ſtolen, and the name of the Planet ruling the day, as I have before ſet down, to direct you: This being done, ſet down theſe following Characters, in a fair piece [Page] of Parchment ☽ ☉ ♄ * Δ Σ this done, Turn Round thrice, and if you hear no News in 44 Hours of the Thief, as ten to one you will, then Prick the Parchment full of Holes, and hang it up in the Chimney, where the Heat of the Fire may a little Scorch it, and the Thief is held to be ſo reſtleſs in his mind, and tormented, that he or ſhe will diſcover the Theft to be at Eaſe, or bringing Home the Goods, throw them privately into your Houſe, or ſome place appertaining to you.

A Pleaſant Device or Stratagem to find out any Perſon Suſpected to have Robbed you.

IF you Suſpect a Servant, or any other, not being Poſitive, you may firſt (to Amuſe them) threaten to ſend for the Cunning Man, to know by his Art what is become of the Things Loſt, and ſoon after have a Stranger come unknown to them, and order the Pary you Suſpect, with ſome others for Company, to come into a Room, being Ignorant of what is Intended, then the Stranger Whelming a Kettle very Sooty, or Black at Bottom, muttering hard Words, the Room muſt be made quite Dark, then he muſt bid them Walk three times Round the Kettle, Hand in Hand; then ſuddenly ſay, Lay each of you your Hand upon the Kettle, as hard as you can, and when he that has Stole the Goods, comes to do it; for it muſt be done in Turns, one after another, the Cock will Crow, and Diſcover him or her; thoſe that are Innocent will do it without Scruple, but the Guilty Perſon, if he be Ignorant of the Trick, being in the Dark, will Refuſe it, becauſe it cannot be ſeen whether he does it or not; and when they all ſay they [Page] have done it, asking them ſeverally over, the Party muſt begin to admire the Cock Crows not, for you muſt not expect he will do it upon this Account unleſs by chance, and ſay He believes the Party is not here that has Stolen the Goods, when making all Light again, he muſt require to ſee their Hands, to be more perfectly Inſtructed in the Matter, and then, by then if any of their Hands are not Smutted, or have no Mark of Blackneſs, it is plain that Party has not Touched the Kettle, and then being home Charged with the Matter, he will doubtleſs Confeſs it, and the Reaſon he Declined it; by which Means you may come by your Goods again, if they have not been ſo long Loſt, that they are altogether Waſted or Embezelled.

To know what Place is beſt to Live and Thrive in, whether one ſhall be Rich or Poor, Long Life or Short, what Sickneſs, or Croſſes ſhall befall one.

ONE Conſiderable thing has been deſired by many, and that is to know the Places where they may Thrive beſt, or the Employments Deſtined by the Heavenly Conſtellations, whereby they may beſt Thrive in the World: This is to be conſidered by the Conſtellation, or Planet the Party is Born under, and the Sign in which at that time it is, which gives the Influence in Affairs of Life; and Note that the Moon paſſes through the Twelve Signs of the Zodiack in 28 Days, ſome odd Hours, and Minutes; & by Obſerving the Birth whilſt ſhe is in theſe ſeveral Signs, the following Conjactures are to be made.

If in Aries, or Taurus, thus Charactered, ♈ ♉ the Party ſhall Thrive beſt in Inland Countrys, Manageing Rural Affairs, as Breeding Cattle, Tilling [Page] Ground, Planting Fruit Trees, leading a happy contented Life, amidſt great Plenty and Encreaſe, and Live to a good Old Age, have many Children.

If the Moon be in Gemini at the Nativity, thus Charactered ♊ then ſhall there be great Advantages by Marriages, and in populous Towns or Citys is the beſt place of Living, Dealing in Crafts, or Working in Manufactures; but Sickneſs will happen, and a Vigorous Old Age hardly be Obtained.

If the Moon be in Cancer, thus Charactered ♋ the Party ſhall deal in Minerals to Thrive beſt, or Silver, Braſs, Copper, Tin, Lead, or Iron, and Gain much by the Crafts and Trades they are properly uſed in, Working in Fire, or elſe Profeſs Chymiſtry, or Alchymy, and Citys or other Great Places of Trafick, are the beſt to Settle in for Thriveing, and growing Rich, though at firſt the Party will not fail to meet with ſome Misfortunes, and Diſencouragements; however be not Diſheartened, they will Blow over, and a more Proſperous Sceen appear; yet will the Party Born ſo be troubled with Hot Diſeaſes, as Feavours, continual Intermiting Feavours, Epylepſies, Fluxes, &c.

If the Moon be in Leo, when the Nativity happens, it is thus Charactered ♌ it betokens the Party Stout, Generous, and Born to great Fortune, Riſing by the Favour of Princes, and Great Men. If a Male, Heroick and Valiant Actions ſhall get him Fame and Renown; if a Female, ſhe ſhall have Honourable Marriages; but neither of their Lives are promiſed to continue to Old Age, by reaſon they will be of a dry fiery Conſtitution; the moſt Thriveing Place to Live in, will be near Princes Courts, the Houſes of Great Men in populous Towns or Citys, or Travelling in Forreign Countrys to get Fame and Riches.

[Page] If the Moon be in Virgo, at the time of the Nativity, it denotes the Man or Woman ſhall be loving, affable, and of a winning Behaviour, gaining the Love of all, have Encreaſe of beautiful Children, though to Women, it denotes Pains and Perril in Child-birth: The beſt way to Thrive is by Manual Occupation, Manufactures in Linnen, Woollen, and the like; but they will be troubled with Phlegmatick Diſeaſes, as Colds, Coughs, Conſumption, Dropſeys, Rheumatiſms, and the like; coveting a Country Life, where it is Alotted for Perſons Born under this Caeleſtial Sign, and Dominion of the Moon, beſt to Thrive; however they ſhall Live long, but get no great ſtore of Wealth: This Sign is thus Charactered, ♍

If the Nativity fall in the Moons Ingreſs to Libra, thus Charactered ♎ the Party ſhall beſt Thrive in Citys, or Towns, by Selling Trades, or Merchantdize, dealing much in Wares, and growing Rich thereby, of a temporate moderate Conſtitution, not over ſcraping, or Covetuous of Riches, though much Plenty ſhall be gotten by Induſtry; the Diſeaſes that attend ſuch Perſons, ſhall be indifferently mixed, ſome times Hot, at other times Cold; and they are promiſed moſtly to ſee a middle Age, with Comfort of many Children.

If the Nativity falls out when the Moon is in the Sign Scorpio, thus Charactered ♏ the Party ſhall have but an indifferent Being, forced to move from Place to Place, by reaſon of Malicious Enemys, and be in Danger to Dye at laſt by Poyſon, or ſome Malignant Infection.

If the Moon be in Sagittarius, thus Charactered ♐ near Woods and Forreſts is the propereſt Place to Live in, the Party ſhall be much delighted in Hunting, [Page] Shooting, be very Hardy, Dexterous, and Ingenious in Underſtanding, and the Truſt Repoſed, whereby the Party ſhall gain Favour, and be Advanced, either in Service or Marriage; but in the end ſhall be in danger of Life, if not Dye of ſome Wound gotten in a Quarrel, or Privately given by a Treacherous Enemy, or Furious Beaſt.

If the Moon Caſt the Nativity of a Perſon in Capricorne, the Perſon ſhall be given much to Luſtful Deſires; it is thus Charactered ♑ delighting in Rural Affairs, yet ſubject to Remove often from Place to Place, and not long Contented with any fixed Abode, however diſappointments happening at the firſt, the End ſhall be more Favourable, and Fortutunate by Marriage, though no great ſtore of Children; yet Hot and Dry Diſeaſes will much Afflict the Party, and extream Old Age is not promiſed him or her Born under this Influence.

If the Moon be in the Signs Aquarius, or Piſces, thus Charactered ♒ ♓ it denotes the Party to be of an Unſtable, Roving Mind, yet very Induſtrious, given to the deſire of Travel, and to Marine Affairs, Thriveing beſt by Merchantdize, and delighting in Sea-port Towns, and Places near Great Waters, moſt commonly Succeſsful, gaining great Riches; but of a phlegmatick Conſtitution, ſubject to Agnes, Dropſeys, and other Diſtempers, occaſioned by Cold and Moiſture, but has a promiſe of long Life, though not over Fruitful in Children.

And thus may many other things be Conjectured, or Gathered from this, that I have not ſet down: And to be Informed when the Moon is in any of theſe Signs, and Predominant to compare it with the time of Birth, for the more aſſurance of its Influence, it may (upon firſt view) be found in many Common [Page] Almanacks, each Sign Governing a Solar Month, of which there are but Twelve to the Year, though of Lunar Months Thirteen.

How to Reſolve all Lawful Queſtions, Relating to Marriage, Friendſhip, Journying, Life Long, or Short, Buſineſs, Succeſs, or any others truly ſtated.

TO be informed in curious Queſtions, better than if you go to thoſe that Imprudently are called by the Vulgar, Cunning-men, I ſhall put you into ſuch a Method, as you will be Enabled to do it your ſelf, without Trouble or Expence of money, or being Scared or Affrighted with their pretended Conjuration, being the ſame Rule they take, to make their Gueſſes, and Conjectures, which often hit Right: The Planets and other Stars Conſidered in their Proper Motion, Poſitions, Oppoſitions, and Conjunctions; for ſo they have a great Influence on Earthly Things, and over the Action of Men, to Diſpoſe and Order them in their Affairs, and Moderate many Matters that would other ways be Violent and Deſtructive.

[Page] In Order to this I have Erected a Scheme, and when you would conſider any Queſtion, to know it, firſt view well this Scheme Erected, and Calculated for the Reſolving all Lawful Queſtions, Mark how the Signs and Planets are Poſited in their Government of the Coeleſtial Houſes, and then the Figures in the Square.

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To underſtand this the better, take in the Number of the Day of the month, and Mark what Planet Rules that Day you ſtate your Queſtion to be Reſolved, and [Page] theſe are their Characters, as to the Governing the Days of the Week, as you find in the Angles or Houſes of the Scheme Erected, on Sunday ☉ Governs, on monday ☽, on Tueſday ♂, on Wedneſday ☿, on Thurſday ♃, on Friday ♀, on Saturday ♄, this being Noted, pitch upon any Number that exceeds not 30, add to it the Number of the Day of the month, and the Letter that begins your Name, if it be a Figure, if it be not, it ſtands but for 1. then gather the Number thought on, and the Number of the Day of the month, with that of your Name Letter, into one Sum, and divide it by 30, and then if you find what Remains in the upper part of the Square, in the Figures placed, there aſſure your ſelf of Good Luck, but if it fall out in the under part, it promiſes but an Indifferency of Fortune.

As for Example, you would be certified whether you ſhall have the Party you are in Love withal, and deſire to marry, take the Number of the firſt Letter of your Name, and the Number of the Planet that Governs the Day you enquire, reckoning from Sunday, as to the Days of the Week, till Saturday, in order, and then divide them by 30, and if it appears in the upper part, it promiſes you Succeſs in what you deſire to know; but if in the under part of the Table, you will be Croſſed in your Expectation: If there Remains neither under nor over, it Remains in the Blank Houſes of the Scheme, where neither Good nor Bad Fortune is ſignifyed; then being put off with a Blank, you muſt think again, and proceed in the ſame order, till it comes up to a Figure or Sum, over or under; that is, as you find it above or below in the Table; and upon this Rule depend all Queſtions that can reaſonably be thought on to be Demanded.

[Page] As Succeſs in Love Affairs, Portions, great or ſmall, Law ſuits, Abſence of Friends, whether Dead or Alive, or when Return, if ever, whether you ſhall gain the Preferment you deſire, whether you ſhall eſcape Sickneſs or not, alſo in Wagers, Combates, Children, Child-birth, overcoming Troubles, good or bad Debts, true Friendſhip, News, or storys, true or falſe; if a thing stolen be Recoverable or not; and indeed what ever your Occaſion requires, as to Worldly Matters; which for Brevitys ſake, I here forbear to Innumerate, as being too many, and too tedious to ſet down in all their particulars.

What Diſeaſes in the Bodys of Men, Women, and Children, are more Immediately cauſed by the Influence of the ſeven Planets, with Aſtrological Remarks as to their Cure.

SAturn ♄ Reigning, cauſes Cold Diſeaſes, as the Gout, Leprofy, Palſey Quartan Agues, Dropſys, Catarrhs, Coughs, Rheumatiſms, &c.

Jupiter ♃ cauſes Cramps, Numbneſs, Inflamations of the Liver, Head Aches, Pains in the ſhoulders, Windyneſs in the Body, Sanguin Feavours; and all Diſeaſes cauſed of Putrefaction, the Appoplexy, Caxidiac Paſſions, Squincyes, &c.

Mars ♂ cauſes Acute Feavours, and Tertian Agues, continual Intermiting Feavours, Impoſtumes, Eriſipelas, Carbuncles, Fiſtulas, Bloody Flux, and ſuch like hot and dry Diſeaſes.

Sol ☉ cauſes Rheums in the Eyes, Coldneſs in the stomach and Liver, ſwooning, Chollar, Catarrhs, Puſtles in the matrix, and the like in the Lower Parts.

[Page] Venus ♀ cauſes ſcabs, and Venerial Diſeaſes, Lientery ſuffocations in the Womb, ſickneſs in the stomach, from Cold and Moiſt Cauſes, Infirmitys of the Liver and Lungs, &c.

Mercury ☿ cauſes Hoarſneſs, and Diſtempers in the Senſes, Impediments in ſpeech, and its paſſions, Falling ſickneſs, Goughs, Jaundice, Vomiting, Catarrhs, &c.

The moon ☽ cauſes Palſey, Chollick, the Whites, Dropſey, phlegmatick, Impoſtumes, Diſſenteries, and all Diſeaſes coming from Obſtructions in the Veins.

Now having given you a ſight of what Diſeaſes the Influence bring upon the Bodys of Men and Women, it is their Buſineſs to conſider under what particular Planet each Individual was Born, which may be known ſeveral ways, treated on in this Book; and therefore I need not here give further Inſtructions as to that particular, but come to more general Terms, to know how the Bodys ought to be ordered, to prevent theſe Diſeaſes, and herein (as one main Expedient) I recommend Temperance, moderate Bleeding, and purging in ſeaſonable times, when a Friendly Planet, Oppoſit to the Malignancy of the planet you was Born under, has Dominion, which will much abate the Effect of their Influence, and give Nature a Power to Oppoſe the Malevolency, which (if well heeded) may be a main prevention of Dangerous ſickneſs.

Obſerve alſo to gather all your Phyſical Herbs in the Hour of the Friendly planet, that temperizes with that you are Born under, and in ſo doing they will have more Strength, Power, and Virtue to Opporate in the Medicines; but neither phyſick nor Bleed on the 3d. of January, the 1st. of July, the 2d of October, the laſt day of April, the firſt of Auguſt, and the laſt; for Aſtrologers (with whom Phyſitians joyn) [Page] conclude Perillous, by reaſon of the bad Influence then Reigning; and if it change not the Diſtemper into another Worſe, it will Augment it, and put the Party in great Danger of Death; if he or ſhe in this Caſe be not ſo Luckey to eſcape it.

The Urinall Doctor, or Aſtrological and phyſical Obſervations, on Caſting Urine, Relating to Health or ſickneſs, with Cautions to prevent threatened Evils.

CAſting of Urine is now become a great Trade, and many People much Rely upon it, to know the Conſtitution of their Bodys, as to ſickneſs or health, and though there is ſomething in it, yet they many times go to Ignorant Pretenders, who will take their Money, and tell them a plauſible ſtory, though they know nothing of the Matter; therefore among theſe many uſeful things, I ſhall give the Reader an Inſight to know it himſelf,, and in this very one thing, ſave him or her the mony, this whole Book fraught with ſo many Rarities will Coſt them.

Firſt, Then if the Urine be Red, it ſignifies the Blood is Heated, and you muſt either Bleed, or Allay that Heat with Cooling things, to prevent ſickneſs.

2d. The Urine White, ſhows Rawneſs, and phlegmatick Indigeſtions in the stomach, which muſt be Remedyed by Gentle purges, to Cleanſe it, and Reſtore loſt Appetite.

3d. Thick and Muddy Urine betokens the Body ſurfeited, by over Heating in Labour, Walking, or other Exerciſe, or by exceſſive Drinking; and then to prevent a Fevour, take Cooling Cordials.

4th. A White and Red Setling, Gravelly, or ſandy in the Urine, betokens the stone, beginning to putrify [Page] in the Reins or Bladder; Drink to prevent it the Juice of parſley in Rheniſh or White Wine.

5th. A clear Perſpicuous or Tranſparent Urine, ſhows a good Concoction, and perfect Digeſtion, and withal a Healthful Conſtitution.

6th. Bloody ſpots in Urine, denotes an Ulceration in the Reins, or Neck of the Bladder.

7th. The Urine Blackiſh, ſhows much a Duſt, melancholly, and fore-runs ſome Violent Diſeaſe, that often brings Death, or a Long Tedious Sickneſs.

8th. The Urine Clammy-and Sweet, denotes a Conſumption of the Internal parts, by bad Digeſtion.

9th. Urine of a Lead Colour, ſignifies the Body to be in an Ill Habit (and threatens Death) without ſpeedy Remedys Applyed.

10th. Urine that has Yellow ſparkles, or ſediment in it ſhows Choler has the Predominancy, and much Afflicts the Body, threatens Feavours, and other hot Diſeaſes; and by theſe kinds you may perfectly learn the ſtate of the Body, as to Health or Sickneſs, preſent or approaching, for the Urine paſſing through thoſe parts where the Diſtempers are Generating, carry a Tincture along with it of the Humours Predominant, that is Encreaſing or Propagating the Diſeaſe, or on the contrary ſhows a healthful Conſtitution, though few are ſo Skilful to deſcern it, which puts me in mind of a pleaſant Story, viz. A Wo man whoſe Husband had a Bruiſe by a fall down Stairs, carryed his Urine to a Urine Caſting Doctor, who pretended likewiſe to be a Conjurer; he (after ſhaking) ſeeing little ſpecks of Blood Float in it, had ſo much Underſtanding to tell her the Party had Received ſome Internal Hurt; the Woman agreed to this as Truth, but demanding by what means he [Page] came by it; upon this he erected his Scheme, and in the mean time asked her ſo many Queſtions, that by the drift of her Diſcourſe, he gathered he had Tumbled down Stairs; the Woman not minding well what ſhe had ſaid (in the Conſternation ſhe was in at the hard Words he uttered) ſuppoſing he was Conjuring up the Devil to be Reſolved in the Matter, told her her own Words again in a different Stile; the Woman acknowledged it True, with ſome Admiration, but deſired to know how many Pair of Stairs he might fall down (ſhe had told him before where ſhe Lived) and he conſidering the place conſiſted moſtly of Low Buildings, anſwered, Two Pair; nay now (ſaid ſhe) you are out in your Art, he fell Three Story I'll promiſe; this put our Doctor to his Trumps, when having Muſed a while for an Excuſe, he ſhook the Urinal again, and asked her if there was all the Water her Husband made, No (Replyed ſhe) I ſpilt a little in pouring it in: O hoe, did you ſo? (ſaid he) why, that Woman is the buſineſs, that made me Miſtake, for there went away the other Pair of Stairs in the Urine you ſpilt.

Cautions againſt much Bleeding, and Phyſicking, and what neceſſary Rules are to be taken to ſupply the Defect.

THough I have often in this Book ſet down Rules for Health, and particularly Blood Letting, with the Times and Seaeſons proper (ſince Health is the Rareſt Jewel of Life) yet for once let me give a Caution, that none by Ignorance, or too much Forwardneſs, inſtead of Preſerving, Prejudice their Health.

[Page] Though Phyſical Medicines are properly Good in their Order, and helpful to Nature, whoſe Handmaid they are, to help her expell any Noxious Humour that may produce a Virulent Diſtemper, yet over-doing may be more Injurious than under doing; therefore my Advice is, that none do Accuſtom themſelves over-much to Purging Medicines, or Blood-letting, except without them there will be ſome great Prejudice, or Defect in Nature; for when once the Body is often accuſtomed to them, they will be worſe if it be not continued, which by often Repitition, muſt waſte the Vital Spirits, as well as they carry off the bad Humours.

Therefore chuſe rather to take ſuch apt things as are proper to keep the Body open, and a wholſom moderate Dyet.

Bread and Butter ſtrewed with Roſemary, Sage, Rue, or Scurvygraſs, is an excellent preſervative of Health, and in the Spring, or at other Convenient Seaſons, Pottage, with Clivers, Water-croſſes, Elderbuds, Nettle-tops, Brooklime, Smallage, and ſuch like cooling and moderate refreſhing Herbs, are great Refreſhers of Nature, gently Cooling and Purging the Blood, and keep off Sickneſs for a long Seaſon, though the Bodys of Men and Women have before been Accuſtomed to them; but above all things be Temperate in Eating and Drinking, Moderate-in Labour and Exerciſe, for theſe are main Contributers to Health; and indeed we need not be beholding to Out-landiſh Drugs, if we rightly conſider we have ſufficient of our own, and that God in his Goodneſs has ſo Ordered it, that Nature in every place produces Remedys, ſuitable to the Diſeaſes of the Climate.

How to Dyet, and Order our Bodys, for the preſervation of Health, for every Month in the Year; the moſt Approved Rules.

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IT will (among theſe uſeful things) be highly Neceſſary to ſpeak ſomething of the Ordering of Man's Body, during the Circle of the Year, under the ſeveral ſigns and planets that Govern them, and diſpoſe to Health or Sickneſs, more at one time than another: The firſt part of the Year, that is from the 25th. of December, till the 25th. of March, is under Capricorn, Aquarius, and Piſces, Signs partly Moiſt, and partly Dry; and thoſe born under them, are ſubject to Diſeaſes of that Nature: Therefore from

DECEMBER to the end of the Month.

Take wholſome Dyet, and neither Eat nor Drink Immoderately, for fear of Fluxes, Rhumatiſms, Catarrhs, or Husky Dry Coughs, that Waſte and Conſume the Lungs; let not Blood, unleſs in great Neceſſity, then do it Moderately, and keep very Warm; rather Bleed often, if Neceſſity require it, than two much at once, left the Veins filling with Cold Air, cauſe dangerous Diſeaſes, and in this, as in all the following Months, take Care not to Bleed nor purge on the Unfortunate Days, which are ſet down in this Book, properly for every Month; let your purgings be Gentle, and take great Care of Catching Cold.

In JANUARY.

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If the Weather be open (Neceſſity requiring it) Bleed Moderately, as in the former Month; but if hard Froſts ſet in, forbear it if poſſible, and Cheer up your Spirits with Wine, and Cordials; but not to any Exceſs, taking them (for the moſt part) in a Morning Faſting, and be Temperate in Dyet, with Moderate purgations, if Neceſſity require it, and ſo ſhall you (with God's Bleſſing) prevent and eſcape Sickneſs, obſerving the Critical Days.

In FEBRUARY.

You may this Month, if ther be no hard Froſts, be more bolder in bleeding than before, but not over much; purge gently, with purging Ales, and other purging Drinks; and in the Morning Faſting Eat warm Broaths, into which ſuch wholſome Herbs as the Seaſon affords have been ſhred, which will purify the Blood, Cooling and Refreſhing the Body, to prepare it for a Healthful Conſtitution in the Spring, and keeping off ſuch Diſeaſes, as then are Rife Abroad.

In MARCH.

This Month brings in the Vernal Equinox, and from the 25th. of this Month to the 24th. of June the Signs Ariſes, Taurus, and Gemini, Govern, and Produce Moiſt and Hot Diſeaſes, as Agues, Fevours, Dropſeys, Diſſenterys, Fluxes, and the like: In this Month therefore, to keep your Body in good Condition, throughout the Quarter: bleed freely, if you [Page] are of a Sanguin Complexion, and the Veins full of Blood, having moderately purged 3 or 4 Days before, to ſtir the Humours, that the more Groſs and Noxious may the better be carryed off; and for a Week after take a Drink, about a Quarter of a Pint in a Morning Warm, made of Figgs, Raſins, Liquoriſh, and a little Cardus, Boiled in Ale, and ſtrained well; ſo you will prevent Agues, and Fevours, and other Diſeaſes incident to this Month.

In APRIL.

This is the moſt proper Month to bleed and purge in, but do it when the Air is Dry and Serene, ſo ſhall Head-Aches, pains in the Eyes, ſore Throats, and Dizineſs, with their Concomitants, be prevented; Eat Wholſome Warm broths, but not too much of Raw Herbs; leſt you are Afficted with pains in the stomach, and in bleeding, purging, and other weighty Matters; obſerve to avoid the Bad Days that are Perillous to Health and Buſineſs; as I before have ſet down.

In MAY.

In this Month Walk abroad Eatly in the Fields, for your Health ſake, but not Faſting, nor upon too full a Stomach; bleed as you ſee Occaſion, if you have not been Blooded in the fore-going Month; Eat wholſome Warm Meats, pretty freely; and if the Weather be Seaſonably Warm, Bath in Clear Water, but if your Health permit not, then you may do it in Warm Water at Home, in which Mallows, Chamomil, and Groundſil have been Boiled, and it will much refreſh and ſtrengthen the Body; purge [Page] with Senna, Rhuburb, or ſuch like Harmleſs Refreſhing purgations, to Clenſe the stomach, Liver & Lungs; and ſo prevent Diſtempers in the Hotter Seaſon; Eat not Raw Traſh, for fear of a Fiux, or pains in the bowels, keep to a wholſome Dyet, and take ſuch Cordials Faſting, as may ſtrengthen the Heart, and keep out peſtilential Infectious Aires, &c.

In JUNE.

In this Month be ſparing of Blood Letting, unleſs it be upon urgent Neceſſity, now Drink purging Waters (Morning and Evening) to Cleanſe the stomach and bowels, and keep the body Cool and Temperate; but Drink not Hot Liquors upon it, leſt the two ſtruggling Oppoſits throw you into a Fevour, or ſurfeit, or cauſe breakings Out, with troubleſome ſores, be Temperate in Meats and Drinks.

In JULY.

Refrain this Month from any Violent Exerciſe, becauſe the Humours are much ſtired, and the Blood is apt to be put into a Ferment; Bleed not but upon great Neceſſity; Bath often, and Riſe Early in the Morning to take the Freſh Air; but be not much Abroad in the Heat of the Day, Eat Cooling Things, but not over much.

In AUGUST.

Bleed not this Month, becauſe of the Canicular, or Dog-days, unleſs Neceſſity Urge it, and then but a little; forbear Eating-much Green Herbs or Fruits, Drink Cooling, Purging Waters, Ales, or ſuch Liquors [Page] in the Morning, and Sleep not over much, and forbear Purging till the next Month.

In SEPTEMBER.

I ſhould have told you (according to my Method) that from the 24th. of June, to the 26th. of this Month, that the Signs Cancer, Leo, and Virgo, are Predominant, which are Hot and Dry, and ſuitable Diſeaſes attend them, as the Small Pox, Fevours, Squincys, Spotted Fevours; and ſome times the Plague: Therefore it is proper to be very Cautious, as I have Hinted, in temperate Dyet, bleeding, Phyſicking, and the like; however, you may Eat (this Month) Cooling Fruits, yet with Moderation; now purge, and bleed, that the body (Evacuated ſo of bad Humours) may be the better Enabled to hold out againſt Winter Diſeaſes, as Dropſy, Palſy, Falling Evil, and ſometimes Phranſy, and other Defects in the Head and brain; Sweat Moderately, and Walk much when the Weather is Fair. The Signs that Rule from the 25th. of This Month, the reſt of the Year not already mentioned, are Libra, Scorpio, and Sagitarius, and they are Cold, Moiſt, and Dry; their Attendant Diſtempers are Dropſys, Rheumatiſms, Colds, Catarrhs, Coughs, Defects in the Lungs, and Affliction of the brain, alſo of the Nerves and Sinews, Pains in the Joynts, &c.

In OCTOBER.

Drink Cordials (Faſting in the Morning) or good Wine, Eat Temperately; forbear bleeding, unleſs ſome Uneaſineſs in your Body obliege you to it, and then do it on the Luckey Days, when the Sign is well [Page] Poſited, that is neither in the Head, Neck, Shoulder, nor Arms; Eat wholſome Dyet, and be not Late Abroad in Foggy Unhealthy Aires.

In NOVEMBER.

Go not Abroad if you can help it, in Wet Driſling Days or Nights; bleed not but for Neceſſity, and then but a little; for the blood and Humours are neceſſary to Fortify the Body againſt the enſuing Colds; Eat Seaſonably, and Temporately, and avoid being Abroad in Foggy Mornings, above all things Hurtful to the Lungs.

In DECEMBER to the 25th. of the Month.

Take care to keep good Fires, and wholſome Dyet; bleed not at all, take Caudles, ſtrengthening broaths, and Cheer your Heart with a Glaſs of Wine, Humming Ale, Beer, or Cyder, or any good Warm Refreſhing Liquor, as you can come by it: Forbear much going Abroad, unleſs in a Clear Day, when the Foggs and Damps are ſucked up, or diſperſed by the Sun, eſpecially if you be not of a very Healthful Conſtitution; and thus you may (in a great meaſure) keep your ſelf free from all Griefs, and Sickneſs, and preſerve a Healthful Conſtitution, to extream Old Age, as in the following Lines are Diſcribed by the Poet;

Nature is Kind, if we her Rules Obey,

And ſtubbornly don't throw our Health away,

'Tis Lifes Chief Jewel, yet we many find,

When they Poſſeſs it, do it little mind:

But when 'tis gone, O what they then would give,

That Temporately they had been Wiſe to Live.

Of BEES.
A Treatiſe of Bees, how to Order, Preſerve, Swarm, Gather their Honey, and all other Matters Relating to them.

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THE Bee though a Creature Numbered among Inſects, is exceeding uſeful to Man, their Wax and Honey being Commodities, Trafficable in all Nations; yet are they a Nice, Choice Creature, and without much Dilligence and Care, cannot be brought to any extraordinary Perfection, to the Profit and Advantage of the Owners, which being proper to this Undertaking (for the general good) I ſhall for the Inſtruction of thoſe that are Ignorant in it, lay down Choice Rules and Directions how they ſhould be Ordered, to Preſerve and Encreaſe their Stocks, that ſo in a little time they may turn to the great Profit of the Owners.

Firſt, In the Choice of your Stock, ſee they be Little, Lively, and Smooth; for thoſe that are Rough and Unſightly will never prove well; above all, if you can ſee the Maſter Bee, or King, conſider if he be Long and Shining, bedaſhed with Golden Spots, and Cheerful; for on him mainly depends the Welfare of the whole Stock; for if he be Rough, Drooping, and Sluggiſh, the Reſt will be Diſcouraged, Loyter, and never Work Cheerfully to fill their Combs.

Secondly, Obſerve the Swarm be Whole and Great, which you may know by looking into the Hive, or obſerving great Numbers, cluſtering about the Mouth of it; but if this way fail, put your Mouth to the Mouth of the Hive, and Blow in, and if you are Anſwered by a great Humming Noiſe, then it is a Full. [Page] stock; but with a Little Faint one, then but a Weak Thin stock.

Thirdly, Beware how you Tranſport them far, for the Change of the Air frequently Incommodes them; and if you cannot avoid this, to Remedy it, place the Hives on convenient Stools, in pleaſant Gardens, or ſcatter ſweet ſmelling, and wholſome Herbs, and Flowers, about their Hives, in Removing, beware of Joſling, for that Diſorders their Combs, and puts them ſo out of Humour, that they will ſcarcely ſtay where you place them, to carry them in Sheets on Poles, croſs Mens shoulders, is the eaſieſt way; the beſt time to Remove them is in April, and let the place you Remove them to, be as like that in Scituation you Removed them from, as may be; and upon a Remove, open them not in the Day time, that ſo Reſting in the Night, they may ſettle themſelves, and finding their Hive open the next Morning go the quieter to Work: However, for two or three Days obſerve them, that finding themſelves in a ſtrange Place, they take not Wing, and leave you; for if they go all Out of the Hive, it is an Ill ſign they are gadding.

Fourthly, In placing your Bees, obſerve it be ſo, that in Winter and Spring, the Face of the Hives they are to come out at, may ſtand to the Riſing Sun; and ſo order the Matter, that in Winter they be not expoſed to too much Cold; nor in Summer to too much Heat, place them (above all things) in a Wholſome Air, where ſuch Plants, Herbs, and Flowers are Growing near, as beſt agree with them; as Time, Caſſa, Roſemary, Wild Marjarum, Wild Time, Saffron, bean Flowers, Mellilot, Poppys, Roſes, &c. As for Yew Cornel, Sprig-lawrel, Cucumbers, Goards, Elins, and all bitter Herbs and Flowers are Enemys to them.

[Page] Fifthly, They Thrive better on Riſing Ground, where the Air is free and open, than in cloſe Valleys, yet love to be near Springs of purling Waters, that are not deep, and in ſuch places where they Sip, throw in Spray Wood, that they may lye above the Water; ſo that if they chance to drop in, they may get out again by that help.

Sixthly, Place their Hives in three Ranks, ſtanding a Yard one above the other, and keep from them as much as may be, all hurtful Creatures, that Deſtroy the Bees, or Spoil their Honey; as Red-breſts, Toads, Wood-peckers, Moths, Hornets, Lizards, Swallows, Spiders, Sparrows, butter-flys, Snakes, Snailes, Waſps, and the like; and ſo profitable are theſe little Creatures, that if it be a ſeaſonable Spring and Summer, their Honey may he taken three times a Year, as in ſome Countrys it is frequently obſerved, viz. The latter end in May, the end of July, and the beginning of ſeptember; but to leave them a Winter Supply, the beſt is only to take it in May and Auguſt, for then they Reſt, and Live upon part of what they got in Summer; and if they Want, you muſt be compelled to Feed them, by putting gingerly in little hollow Canes or Kexes, ſhivered like Troughs, filled with Honey or ſugar, and Water Boiled together, or they will Periſh (e'er they can get out to Work again) for want of Food; you may alſo put in for their Food, bruiſed Raiſons, Figgs, Currans, or any Sweets that are Wholſome in Taſte and Scent: If the Weather be open, after the 10th. of March, you may let them Abroad, then will they Frame New Combs; and that done, begin to Breed, then they Labour hard for their Honey.

Seventhly, If the Hive, by reaſon of the Young Brood, be over-charged, which is perceived by their [Page] Cluſtering about the Mouth of it, and the great Humming Noiſe within; prepare New Hives, rubed with ſweet herbs, and Watch the coming forth of the Young Fry, from 8 to 12 in the Morning, leſt they take Wing, and be gone; and if they refuſe to come forth, with the Fume of Galbanum, you may Drive the whole stock; and if they have two Kings, they will ſettle ſeparate from each other, and ſo Hive each by themſelves; or if the stock be Decayed, you may Incorporate two hives in one, if you Kill one of the Maſter Bees, elſe there will be continual Wars, till they Conſume one another: If at any time you ſee them draw out to Flight, it is but caſting up ſome Duſt among them, and the Fray will end.

Ninthly, To know when the Combs are full, Watch if they Drive out the Drones, which is a ſign, and ſoon after you will ſee them Playing about the hive, Rejoycing and Neglecting their Work; but in no wiſe take the Combs before full, for that Diſpleaſes the Bees.

The Warreners Inſtructor; or a Treatiſe of Coneys, their Ordering to Preſerve, and Encreaſe them, Diſeaſes, and Remedys.

SInce many times (in Coney Warrens) many Miſfortunes happen to that little Creature ſo uſeful to Man, I ſhall (in this Uſeful Book) ſet down what muſt needs be grateful to ſuch as have the Care of them, that their Wool may be good, they Breed kindly, and abundantly, be Fat, and preſerved from the Diſeaſes Incident to them, which generally are but two kinds, viz. Rot and Madneſs.

[Page] To preſerve them then in the Froſty winter, when the Snow lyes much on the Ground, and they cannot well come at the Graſs, or any Herbs, to ſuſtain them, provide your ſelf well with the Sprigs of Birch, Oke, and Hazle, to ſcatter in the Warren; for this Bark, before the Sap be much gone out of it, is the beſt, not only to feed them in ſome degree, but proves Phyſical and binding, to keep them from watry Diſtempers, making them alſo thrive, by giving them an Appetite to ſuch other food, as they can get, Turnit Tops, Peaſhame, with dryed Peaſe in the pods, and ſprinkling of Parſley is Exceeding good for them; for in the ſharpeſt time of Winter, when leaſt is to be got, they feed beſt, and the reaſon is; becauſe then the Froſt biting the Foggy Graſs, makes it ſweeter, and more pleaſant to them, than at other times, beſides the ſharpneſs of the Air whets their Appetites.

In their Increaſe they are abundant, bringing forth their Young once every Month, uſually Three or Four at a time, and ſometimes more; for as ſoon as the Doe is Disburthened, ſhe preſently taketh Buck again, and when ſhe has Kindled, conceals her Young from the Buck, as ſecretly as ſhe can, leſt he ſhould deſtroy them, which, when they are very Young he is apt to do, but ſo ſoon as they can run about, they are out of that danger; I need not tell you what profit their Furs, and fleſh, bring to man, every one (in a manner) knowing there is great advantage by it; they are on all hands concluded to be creatures of much hardineſs, but not long Lived, they much delight to Earth themſelves in a Loamy Ground, mixed with Sand; ſo that it is very well binding, and no Springs in it to [Page] hinder their working or earthing themſelves, for wet is a great enemy to them, and moiſt Burrows, with their Dampneſs, or Muſtineſs, cauſe the Rot amongſt them, which ſoon thins the Warren, by ſweeping them away in great Numbers, though, in a Clay mixed with a little Gravel, Exempted from ſuch Wet or Dampneſs, they thrive beſt, and are the Largeſt, and Fulleſt; fine ſhort ſweet Hay, in Winter, layed near the mouths of their Holes, is a great comfort to them, both to preſerve them from Diſeaſes, by drying up the over much moiſture they contract, and making them feed the better, ſo Exempted from Sickneſs: The cauſe of Madneſs is cauſed by wind and wet, which getting in great quantity into the porous parts of the Body, ariſes by Vapours, to the Brain, and cauſes a Frenzy, or Madneſs in the Creature, which is known by its tumbling and rowling about, when out of the Burrow, and particularly tumbling over its Head, and bouncing about in an unuſual poſture: and this Kills many of them; therefore, when this Sign appears, apply the following Remedy, and the Diſtemper will ceaſe.

A Cure for Madneſs in Coneys.

TAke Sweet Hay, cut it a little, but not too ſhort, let it be as dry as poſſibly you can get it, mix with it Hare-Thiſtle, an Herb ſo called, and ſcatter a little fine dry Bran amongſt it, and lay it near their Burrows, if it be in Winter, Snowey weather, ſweep the Ground clean where you lay it, or put it into the mouth of the Burrows lightly, ſo as not to ſtop them up, that they may come to it without coming abroad to Expoſe themſelves [Page] to the Cold Air, and this will reſtore them from this Diſtemper.

A Cure for the Rot in Coneys.

THe other Diſeaſe Incident to theſe Creatures, is the Rot, the more dangerous of the two, becauſe it ſweeps more fatally: This comes when it is very Moiſt and Rainey, in the Spring or Autumn; for then much water hanging on the Graſs (in their feeding) they ſuck it in, which ſoftening their Fleſh with a kind of a Dropſical Watery Humour, which alſo gets between the Skin and the Fleſh, putrefying the Liver, &c. and ſo cauſes them to dye of the Rot; to Remedy this, give them Parſley, dryed Hay, and Hare-Thiſtle, lay warm Litter near their Holes, with Boughs over it to ſhelter themſelves in at pleaſure, againſt the wet and fogs, or moiſt winds, &c. and renew it as often as it grows wet or muſty; and when the Snow lyes on the ground, Shovel and ſweep it from their Burrows, that they may come at the Graſs: And thus have I briefly ſhewed you how to manage theſe profitable Creatures, to keep them in good caſe, cauſe them to Breed well, and to be free from the ſickneſs incident to them; which cannot but prove profitable to one or other of my Readers, though not to all.

To keep and order Hares in Warrens, or Tame them in all reſpects as the Coney.

AS for Hares, if kept Tame, or in Warrens, they may be ordered in all reſpects as the Coney, they being much of the ſame nature, and their Diſeaſes the ſame; but ſeeing many are deſirous [Page] to find them wild in the Fields for their Sport, and advantage of getting them, and are Ignorant of their haunts, and there forms, whereby they loſe much labour in a fruitleſs fearch, and are often diſappointed, I thought in convenient to ſay ſomething as to this particular, a thing deſired of me by ſo many.

When you goe about to find a Hare, that you may not loſe your Labour, but be more certain in the Event; If you attempt to do it, go not into the thickeſt of the Cover, but to be more certain, beat the Buſhey cloſe, or Shruby Ground Adjacent: For if you ſhould find a Hare in a cloſe Woody Cover, you will hardly bring her out to ſhew you Sport, and conſequently loſe her; but if you find her in the Shrubs, ſhe will, when Started, or Chaſed, immediately take to the Champion ground, becauſe a Hare naturally delights not in Cover, till ſhe is tired, and therefore the Champion grounds are the moſt likely places to find them, and Run them down; and in ſuch grounds reſort to the Goſs, Brakes, low Brambles, or Broom; and if they afford no ſuch ſhelter, repair to the Stubble at the beginning of Hunting time, and about Chriſtmas to the Fallows, and in March to the Green Corn, and in theſe places the beſt Hares haunt, and are uſually to be found, and many times you may find a Form when the Hare is abſent, or gone abroad a feeding, and if you would know whether ſhe haunts it, or has left it, take theſe Directions.

To know the New or Old Form, whether Retained by a Hare or left, her Shifts, &c.

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THis is a main point to be Diſcovered, therefore mark in your ſearch very narrowly the following Directions, to know if it be New or Old, obſerve if the form or ſeat be plain and ſmooth, the Pad before it flat and worn, and the Pricks of her feet ſo New and Plain to be diſcovered, that the Earth appears black, or ſo Newly broken, that the Hare cannot be long gone, then the Form is new, ſhe is not far from it, nor will delay long returning, unleſs frighted away by ſome Accident; but the contrary appearing, it is old, and if you expect any advantage by it, you will in all likelyhood loſe your labour; and another thing is worthy of Remark, and that is, the Hare has divers Slights and Shifts to avoid purſuit, as her Windings and Doublings, you muſt alſo, when ſhe is purſued, obſerve her Leaps and Skips, before ſhe Squats, and beat the places moſt likely to give her ſhelter, for being reduced to theſe hard ſhifts, ſhe is tired, come, to her laſt caſt, and can hold out but a little longer for ſhe never uſes them till ſhe finds her ſtrength ſo failing her, that ſhe grows heartleſs, and has but this way to hope avoiding the purſuers.

To know whether a Coney or Rabit be Old or Young, or New or Stale Killed, &c.

THis is a Nice point, and many have been deceived in it, and therefore having treated of theſe Creatures in other matters, this as very uſeful, will be convenient enough to ſet down in the cloſe of it.

[Page] If a Coney be old, her Claws are very long and rough, and long greyiſh hairs will ſtand out amongſt the wool; but young, and a right Coney or Rabit, it will have a ſmall griſtly knot on the out ſide of the Foot, a little above the Joynt, the Claws middleing and ſmooth, and no grey hairs appearing; pinch the inſide of the Belly, and it will break tender, but if it be old, in pinching it will be tough & ruckle up.

If ſtale killed, it will be limber, the Skin taken off, the Fleſh look blueiſh, and have a kind of a ſlime upon it; but if new killed it will be ſtiff, and the Fleſh white and dry.

To know whether a Hare be old or young, new or ſtale killed, and whether a Hare or Leveret?

A Hare if New and Clean Killed, will have the Fleſh of it White and Stiff, but if Stale, in many places will be Blackiſh and Limber, if the Cleft of her Lips ſpread much, and her Claws be blunt, and ragged, ſhe is Old, but if the contrary appears, then is ſhe Young.

As for the Leveret, as to her being New or Stale Killed, the Marks and Signs are the ſame with the Hare; but to know whether ſhe be a true Leveret or a Hare, requires another Mark to diſtinguiſh it, viz. Feel with your Thumb and Finger on the fore Leg, near the Foot, and if there you find a ſmall Knob, or Bone ſtanding out, it is then a true Leveret; but if no ſuch thing appear, then it is a Hare, and if you take it otherways, however it may be vouched to the contrary, you are infallibly impoſed on, if you take it for any other than what I have mentioned; And thus much for theſe ſort of Creatures, bringing great profit and pleaſure to this Nation, more particularly than to any other.

The Faulconers Choice Inſtructor, or the beſt way to Manage, Mew, Feed, Purge, Succour, and Keep Hawks to Fly at all Sorts of Game, and to do what ever is Requiſite for their Preſervation, well Ordering, & to make them Expert in what they are Deſigned for, or Required to Perform.

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Of Hawks in General, and what Game they moſt Properly Fly at.

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AS for Hawks, they are properly held to be of two Kinds, the Long and Short Winged; the [Page] firſt of theſe are Comprized in the Ger-Faulcon, Faulcon Gentle, the Sare, and Lainer, the Merlin; Hobby, and Barbary Faulcon; the latter in the Goſs Hawk, Terril, or Tarcell; of the Goſs Hawk, the Musket, & Sparrow Hawk.

The Faulcon Gentle is accounted the beſt, and is indifferently Trained either at the River or Field, for his Flight at Water or Land fowl, as at the Mallard, Duck, Pheaſant, Partridge, &c. The Ger-faulcon, is proper for the Heron; the Sare, at the Bittern, or Crane; the Lainer at the Pheaſant, Partridge, and ſuch like Birds; the Barbary Faulcon Flys ſeldom well at any thing but the Partridge; the Hobby and Marlin make their Flights at the Partridge, but chiefly at the Lark, and other Small Birds; the Sparrow-hawk will take the Partridge, Black-bird, Thruſh, and other Small Birds; the Goſs Hawk or Tercell, Flys at the Hare, Pheaſant, Partridge, &c. The Muſket is only proper to Fly at the Buſh; and thus much for their Flights: The next thing to be Conſidered, is, the well Ordering and Manageing them.

How to Order Hawks taken from the Cage, &c.

HE that has the Ordering of Hawks from the Cage, muſt Bath them with Warm Water and Pepper; which will free them from Lice, Nits, or any Vermin they Breed, that hinders their Thriving; then Feed them well, that they may grow Luſty, to Oppoſe incroaching Diſeaſes Incident to them, and then Obſerve (after every Flight) whether at their proper Prey, the Lure or Train give the Hawks a Caſting, if a long Winged Hawk, Flannel is proper, if ſhort Winged, let it be Phumage, and keep them [Page] very Sweet and Clean, then, unleſs in the Days of Bathing Weather, take the Hawk abroad in the Evening, and take Care that you Feed him not on two ſeveral Meats at once, and above all let him have no Salt Meat, nor that which is too Fat.

If you intend to make a Flight at the Field upon the firſt Springing of the Game, Caſt off your Hawk, eſpecially when he has a Ready Judgment to prevent the Stealing away of the Prey, and his Eyes quick about him to Diſcern the leaſt Motion.

If you intend to make a Flight for Prey at the River, Caſt him off before he comes, near the Fowl, neither let him ſee it before he is at his full Pitch, then after the Fowl has been twice or thrice Enewed croſs it, and after the Hawk has Killed her, give him for Encouragement the Head, Gizard, Heart, Neck, and Leggs.

To Manage your Hawk after the beſt way, to keep him from Sleeping, you muſt frequently carry him upon your Fist, often Stroaking him, and to Pleaſe him the better, have conſtantly with you the Wing of a Dead Fowl, that the may Tug at it, Chear him with your Voice and Looks, and ſo he will become Pleaſed, and Familliar, and uſe him in the like Manner to be Acquainted with the Horſe and Dogs, ſo that he may become Bold and Fearleſs.

How to bring your Hawk to the Lure.

TO bring your Hawk to the Lure, do it by Degrees, and not Haſtily, as in the firſt place, to Jump on your Fiſt, and after that to the Lure, then Cherriſh him with your Voice, and give him ſomthing to Encourage him, that in time he may be Obedient to every Call, ſo that upon the ſound of your Call, or [Page] the ſight of the Lure, he may readily comply with your Deſire; and when he does it, give him ſome part of the Fowl, but if he Refuſes, Faſting will bring him to Obedience, by abating his Stubbornneſs for ſelf Intereſt.

As for the Short Winged Hawks, you need but only Call them to your Fiſt, and as for the Lure and Variety of Loud Voices, requiſit to the other, it is Indifferent to them, for Cheriping will bring them to Fiſt, and make them Familiar and Obedient.

The Proper time for Lureing, is Morning and Evening, when the more to Tempt and Delight him, hang Bloody Meat about the Lure, and when he is Perfect at theſe things, Carry him abroad, the Weather being Fair, and let him Bath himſelf in ſome Clear Spring, as Deep as will take him to the middle of the Thighs, taking off his Hood, and Padling to make him the apter to Sprinkle himſelf, or you may ſet a ſhallow Veſſel of Water, covering the bottom with Gravel and Sand, and ſo it may be done in any Place.

To Enſeam Hawks, and otherways Order them: To Enure them to Flight, &c.

TO Enſeam your Hawk, take the following Directions, viz. Give him two or three Bits of Hot Meat in the Morning, but none at Night, and in this Caſe the Fleſh of Rooks or Crows is exceeding good, firſt waſhed in Water, and every four Days a Hens Neck, Waſhed and Cut, and ſo Order him till the Pynions of his Wings feel ſoft, then give him a Caſting (as before Directed) and ſomtimes a Live Trained Pidgeon, let him be long and often upon the Wing, ſo that his Greaſe and Foulneſs may Diſſolve, when that is done.

[Page] Take three Pellets of the Roots of Sallendine, an herb ſo called, steep them in Syrup of Roſes, and let him Swallow them, which will Purge away the Foulneſs and Overplus of Greaſe, Enabling him thereby to be Lively, Nimble, and make a good Flight.

When he is Maned, Lured, and Enſeamed, then is your proper time to bring him to the Flight, which if it happen to be at the Pheaſant or Partridge, in Woody, or much Incloſed Ground, then upon Lureing him, Caſt the Lure into ſome Buſh, or low Tree, that you may bring him to a ſtand, then draw it out, and give him Notice, that he may Sieze it: Feed him daily on the Ground, under ſome Shrubs or Buſhes.

When you firſt Fly him at the Game, it muſt be at ſuch as are Young, the Eaſier to be Taken and Maſtered for his Encouragement, but if it be a Long Winged Hawk you Fly in Champion Ground, do what you can to keep him from the Stand, and Maintain him on the Wing, till you or your Dogs have Sprung the Game under him, when having the Advantage of Stooping, he may the eaſier Strike and Subdue it; but if you would be for ſure Killing, more than for Sport, to Encourage your Hawk, firſt Spring the Game, and Mark it; when being come to the Mark, Caſt him off, and when he is got to his Height, lay in your Spannels, that ſo you may Retreive the Game Underneath him; and after this Rule, with little Variation, Fly all Manner of Long Winged Hawks.

The Management of Hawks in their Flight, and Particularly to Fly at the River.

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AS for Short Winged Hawks, it will be Proper to Fly them from the Fiſt only, and to make them Bold and Couragious, Hide a Partridge, or ſuch Fowl as they take, under a Hat, or ſome ſuch thing, and when you have well Managed the Hawk, let go the Train, and Caſt off the Hawk, whilſt your Spannels are upon the Range.

To make the Flight at the River, and the Hawk Expert at it, Whiſtle off a Hawk, that has been well Experienced, and is a Sure Killer, ſuffering him ſo long to Enew the Fowl, till he bring her to the Plunge; then having taken him down, Reward him for his Encouragement, then ſet him by to be ready on Occaſion, and Whiſtle off the Young Hawk, and when he is at the Height of his Gaile, and make him (by often ſhewing it him) Familiar with the Water, and at any time when he Looks out to make him more Inward, Call him with the Gibbit Call, and ſo Order him, till you have brought him over the Fowl, and make in, on both ſides the Water, where the Game is, with your Company, and lay forth your Fowl, which if the Hawk Strike and Truſs, make preſently in, and helping; ſo Croſſing or Breaking the Wings of the Fowl, that he may Secure her, & take his Pleaſure of her; but if on the firſt ſtoop he Kill her, not ſuffer him again to take his Gail, lay the Fowl forth as you did before, & Continue ſo to do, till it is Landed, then for his Encouragement Reward him with the Neck, Gizard, and heart; butifit happen the firſt Fowl (by ſtrength) Eſcape him, flying him Immediately on another more weak, leſt, by being [Page] baulked, he grow faint hearted, and Daſtardly in the attempt for ever after.

A Plain and Eaſie Introduction to the moſt curious Art, and Healthful Exerciſe of Ringing Muſically on 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. or 9. Bells.

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SInce the Knowledge of this Art has been much deſired by many, and is a very healthful as well as Pleaſant Exerciſe, I have placed an Introduction to Young Ringers in this ſo uſeful a Book of Rarityes, though at firſt ſight it may appear a Digreſſion from the reſt, however, ſince I deſigned this work to fit every one as near as may be, I cannot but Conclude that this will be deſired by many, and can be hurtful to none.

[Page] The Invention of Ringing is Mathematical, produceing wonderful Effects, as I ſhall ſhew in the Sequel.

Of the Changes.

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THe Number of Changes are thus to be Ordered, Two muſt firſt be Admitted to be varied two ways, and ſo to find out the Changes in Three, Two muſt be Multiplyed by Three, and ſo the Product will be Six, and that multiplyed by Four, will produce Twenty Four; which, for the Changes of Three, is the compleat Number, and the Six Multiplyed by Four will produce Twenty Four, the compleat Changes on Four, and theſe Multiplyed by Five, produce 120, the compleat Changes on Five, and Multiply that 120 by Six, it will produce 720. And that makes the compleat Changes on 6 Bells, multiply this 720 by 7 and it produces 5040, and conſequently as the Changes riſe and fall, the Numbers are more or leſs, and may be carryed ſo high, that Arithmatick wants a Number to Name them; for an Age is not ſufficient to Ring them out, though every Change ſhall Varie to Admiration.

[Page] As for Example, we admit the Figures 1 and 2 may be croſſed in this manner 1. 2. and then 2. 1. thus allowed, though the Numbers are never ſo many, as on 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. or 9 Bells, the ſame figure thus ſet down a Thouſand times, will Vary particularly on the three latter.

Of Peals.

THe Muſicalneſs of the Changes not being very Intelligable to ordinary Ringers, and the beſt many times Puzled, and at a loſs to find them out, the more Judicious Profeſſors concluded it neceſſary to caſt Peals, that ſo the Muſical Notes might the better ſtrike the Fancy, and lead them more ſenſible and eaſier to a true underſtanding in Ringing, rendering it (for their encouragement) the more taking and delightful; for every Peal on Bells Tuned to the Principals of Muſick, expreſs the Notes, for in a Peal of ſix Bells, you have exactly the ſix Muſical Notes, viz. La. Sol. Fa. Mi-Re. Ut. but to make them charming and harmonious, they muſt be ſtruck with Skill and deliberation, gradually ſtriking or leading with the loweſt Note, and ſo riſing up to the higheſt; and then down again to the loweſt, cauſing the Fourth Bell to Hunt up to the Seventh, and then dodg, unleſs prevented by the Treble, and ſo any other of the number Seven; ſo that, in the compleat number of Changes of the firſt ſtriking, there ſhall not be rung over twice the ſame; and in this doing, you muſt have a Muſical Ear, and a ſteady hand, to obſerve the leaſt Defect, and mend it; to [Page] mend or reverſe it by dodging, or falling in courſe, as the Bells hunt up or down, by putting in between, or taking place in a compleat Harmony.

Of Croſs Peals.

HAving already laid the ground work for plain Peals, to introduce the Learner, I now proceed to Croſs Peals; Theſe are ſo Termed, becauſe of their intricacy, or Croſs method, wherein divers Notes moving, as it were, at once, Croſs each other, ſome moving up, and others down, at the ſame time; and that the Learner may the eaſier find it out, and Comply with it, let him obſerve, that One Note called the Hunt, is a Guide to the reſt, making one conſtant motion, and uniform throughout the Peals, differing from that of the other Notes, though keeping a continual Motion through the ſeveral Notes ſtrucken, viz. From the leading to the ſtriking behind, and ſo thence to the Lead; which Motion up and down, is reckoned the compleat Courſe, though ſome Peals on Five Bells, as the old Doubles, &c. conſiſt only of ſingle Courſes, every ſingle Courſe admitting to Changes; and twelve Courſes are a compleat Peal: Other Peals on five Bells, as the London Paradox, &c. conſiſts of Double Courſes, 20. Changes going to every Courſe, and 6 double Courſes to the Peal; but on 6 Bells there are double and ſingle Courſes, viz. 12 Changes in every ſingle Courſe, as in Grandſire Eob, &c. The Change wherein the Hunt [Page] leaves Leading, is properly the firſt Change in every Courſe, and in Croſs Peals all the Courſes agree in three Reſpects (1) in the Motion of the Hunt, (2) in the Motion of the remaining Notes, (3) in making the Changes, which being exactly taken Notice of, may ſerve as a certain Guide to the Reſt, ſome few Changes in each Peal Excepted.

The Example.

IN this Example I preſent the Learner with a Peal of New Doubles, only on 5 Bells, they being

Firſt Courſe. | Second Courſe. | Third Courſe.
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the 3 Firſt Courſes of the Peal, wherein obſerve, that the laſt Change of the firſt Courſe, viz. 1. 3. 5. 2. 4. [Page] is ſet down again at the Top of the ſecond Courſe, and likewiſe the laſt Change of the ſecond Courſe, [...]. 1. 5. 4. 3. 2. takes place at the top of the third Courſe; ſo that Note, the lower-moſt Changes are the ten Changes of eace Courſe, and as to the Motion, properly the firſt, the Hunt directly moves up behind, where twice lodging, it proceeds down again to lead, and there alſo lodges twice, as in the 3 Courſes is demonſtrated, alſo throughout the Peal, as the ſecond, third, fourth and fifth Bells move through the firſt Courſe; ſo thoſe Bells that are lodged in the ſecond, third, fourth, and fifth places in the laſt Change of every Courſe, moves in like Manner, as through the next following Courſe, and by Moving, Change Places, as to the Reſt not ſo well to be ſhowed in Words, as Practice; for you muſt conſider, in every croſs Peal the Courſes equally agree, viz. firſt, in the Motion of the Hunt; ſecondly, in that of the reſt of the Notes; and thirdly, in the making the Changes.

Of Doubles and Singles on four Bells.

TO Ring 24 Doubles and Singles on 4 Bells, take Notice the Peal Conſiſts equally of Double and Single Changes, the one Change double, and the other ſingle throughout the Peal; the firſt is the Hunt, to the remaining 3 Extream Bells; the double Change is every time likewiſe made of the two firſt, & the two laſt Bells, every ſingle Change of the two Midle ones, except when the firſt Leads, & then we term the Bells that are behind, the Extreams: All theſe Bells have direct Hunting Courſes up and down, till the firſt Leads, then whilſt the two hindermoſt [Page] make a Dodg, the Second lies ſtill, and by this Method all the Bells proceed again in their Hunting Courſe, there being after this Manner 3 Extream Changes made: That is to ſay, the firſt every time the Hunt leads; the ſecond, always when it lies behind; and the third, every time it leads, and lies behind.

The Peals called the Old Doubles and Singles on Five Bells.

IN performing this, obſerve that one Change muſt be Double, the next Single, and ſo in their Turns, till the Treble has the Direct Hunting Courſe, as in Caſe of the Plain Changes, every Double Change ſtruck on the Four Firſt Bells, conſidering the Treble to be One of the Two that makes every ſingle Change, unleſs when it Leads, & then the ſingle is in the Third and Fourth Place; but when the Two Bells lie next to the Treble, you muſt conſider that behind to be the ſingle Bell, which is called the Extream; and obſerve, that every time the Treble leaves Leading, the Two firſt Bells are to continue Slow Dodging, till it be altered by the coming down of the Treble, which diſplaces them; and the Treble Moving down out of the Fifth Place, the Bell that comes into it muſt Remain Silent, till the Treble Hunts up to it again, except when the Extream Change is made behind, every Bell lys twice together in the Third and Fourth Place, except upon the Trebles Leading, and likewiſe when it hinders them in Hunting.

The Old Trebles and Doubles on Six Bells.

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HERE Mark that one Change is Treble, and the other Double, and ſo in Order, except One ſingle at the End of every ſixth Change, every Treble Change being made on the Two Firſt, Two Middlemoſt, and the Two Laſt Bells, and every Double on the Four Middle Bells, except in Caſe when the Hunt Leads, for then it muſt be upon the Four hindermoſt, the Treble here being the Hunt, making a Direct Hunting Courſe up and down, as in plain Changes, as likewiſe muſt be conſidered in the Reſt, unleſs when the Treble Leads, and then ſuch Bells as were Hunting up, except that in the Second Place, makes a Dodg with the next Bell beneath it, and ſo again proceeds forward in its Courſe up, and every Individual Bell, that at the ſame time was Hunting down, makes a Dodg with the next Bell that is above it, and then proceeds downward in its Courſe; and ſuch a Method carrys on the Peal five Courſes of the Hunt, which makes 60 Changes: And thus having briefly given you the Ground Work of Ringing, with a little Variation and Practice you may Frame your ſelf to any ſort of Ringing, and carry the Matter as high as you will, upon 7. 8. or 9. Bells, having a Muſical Ear, and a Steady Hand, and being Circumſpect in what you are about, and Marking thoſe that are Expert in it, how they Order the Management of it.

So the Bells Sound, oft Reaching diſtant Ears,

Seems to them as the Muſick of the Sphears;

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And in Rebounding, Ecchos from the Sky;

Harmonious Numbers Tuned by Aires, that Beat

Upon the Sounds, as they to Hills Retreat

And ſo Deceiv'd, they give a Story Birth,

They Heavenly Muſick hear, when 'tis from Earth.

How a Country-man may know how much Hay or Corn his Barn will hold before it be put in.

THIS has been deſired by many, eſpecially upon taking Barns, and Out-houſes, where they deſire to know how they will Anſwer the Stores Deſinged to be lay'd up in them; and for their Satisfaction, I have here found out an Eaſy way to Inform them, if they know never ſo little of Arithmatick.

To be Satisfied herein, Multiply the Hight to the Beam into the Breadth, and that Product by the Length, the whole Divided into 20. and ſo the Quotient readily ſhews the Loads to the Beam; and then for the Roof, Multiply half the Depth into the Breadth at the Beam, and that Product by the Length, then Work as before, and adding it to the other, you will ſoon be ſatisfied in what you Deſire; and thoſe that Underſtand not Figures, may Eaſily get any Body that does to do it (by this Rule) in a few Minutes, and Inform them to their Satisfaction.

The Meaſure that ought to be in Cords or Stacks of Wood.

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TO Meaſure Wood for Fuel, Plank, or Timber going to a Load, is Neceſſaary to be known in the Management of Country Affairs, for at one time or other the Honest Country-man cannot but ſtand in Need of ſuch Knowledge to Advantage him; wherefore I here ſet it down.

A Cord of Wood ought to be 4 Foot Over, 8 Long, and 4 Deep, making in all 128 Cubick Feet.

A Stack of Wood ought to be 3 Foot Over, 3 Deep, and 12 Foot in Length, which makes 108 Cubick-feet, and to a Load of Solid Timber there goes 50 Foot, a Cubick-foot Contains 1728 Inches, a Cubick-yard, 27 Cubick-feet, or 46656 Inches.

200 Foot of 2 Inch Plank, 200 Foot of 3 Inch Plank, 115 foot of 4 Inch Plank, 400 foot of One Inch and half Plank, or 600 foot of 1 Inch, make either of them a Load of Plank, in True Account, &c.

To tell what is a Clock (when the Sun Shines) by ones Hand.

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TAKE a Small Straight Stick of about Four Inches Long, and hold it between the Forefinger and the Thumb, of the Left Hand, and turn about towards the Sun, till the Shadow of the Ball of the Thumb touch the Line of Life, and then the Shadow of the Stick will appear on that part of the Hand, which tells the Right Hour of the Day &c. Approved by Mr. Saunders.

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A Catalogue of the Markets, and the Days they are kept on in the ſeveral Counties and Shires in England and Wales.

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In Middleſex.

AT Brainford, Tu. London, M. W. F. S. Uxbridge, Th. Stanes, F. Edgware, Th. Weſtminſter, M. W. F. S. Enfield, S.

Hartfordſhire.

Barkhamſtead, M. Barnet, M. Buntingford, M. Ware, Tu. Hitching, Tu. Watford, Tu. Rickmanſworth, S. St. Albans, S. Hertford, S. Sabſworth, W. Hemſtead, Th. Hatfield, Th. Biſhops-Safford, Th. Stevenedge, S. Tring, S. Stondon, S. Hodſdon, Th. Boldock, Tu.

Barkſhire.

Reading, S. Abbington, M. and F. Wanting, S. Wallingford, Tu. and F. New-Windſor, S. Faringdon, Tu. Newbury, Th. Oakingham, Tu. Eaſt-Eſledg, W Maidenhead, W. Hungerford, W.

Bedfordſhire.

Tuddington, S. Bedford, Tu. and S. Patton, S. Luton, M. Shefford, F. Leighton, Tu. Bigleworth, Tu. Dunſtable, W. Ampthil, Th. Wobowrn, F.

Buckinghamſhire.

Risborough, S. Great Marlow, S. Oulney, M. Amerſham, Tu. Colebrook, W. Cheſham, W. Newport, S. Alesbury, S. Winſlow, Th. Wendover, Th. Beconsfield, Th. Stoniſtratford, F. Buckingham, S. Juingo, F. High. Wickham, F.

Cambridgeſhire.

Ely, S. New-Market, Tu. Royſton, W. Caxton, Tu. Linton, Th. March, F. Wisbich, S. Cambridge, S.

Cornwal County.

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Stratton, Tu. Penzance, Th. St. Columb, Th. Falmouth, Th. Market-Jew, Th. St. Germans, F. Camelford, F. Foy, S. Liſtithiel, F. Grampound, S. Padſlow, S. Tregonye, S. Helſtone, S. Launſton, S. Bodman, S. Liskard, S. Truro, W, and S. St. Joes w, fr, Penrin, W. F. S. Eaſt looe—Soltaſh—

Cheſhire.

Altrincham, F. Maxfield, M. Frodſham, W. Malpas, M. Northwich, F. Sambich, Th. Stopford, F. Nantwich, S. Middlewich, ſa. Congleto, ſa. Huntsford, ſa. Weſtcheſter, W. and ſa. Tarvin.

Cumberland.

Brampton, Tu. Cockermouth, M. Wigton, Tu. Alleyholm, ſa. Keſwick, ſa Perith, Tu. Bootle, W. Widt-Haven, Th. Ravenglaſs, ſa. Egremont, ſa. Longworth, Th. Aſhton-Moor, ſa. Carliſle, ſa. Ireby, Th. Kirſwald, Th. Longtown, Th.

Derbyſhire.

Bakwell, M. Allfrt ton, M. Wirkſworth, Tu. Aſhborn, ſa. Tedeſwal, W. Dronfield, Th. Derby, fr. Cheſterfield, ſa. Boſover, fr. Drawfield—

Devonſhire.

Tiverton, Tu. Bedford, Tu. Ottery, Tu. Exeter, W. and fr. Axminſter, ſa. Plimpton, ſa. Honiton, ſa. Crediton, ſa. Columpton, ſa. Southmoſton, ſa, Great Torringcon, ſa. Holſworth, ſa. Teveſtock, ſa. Morton, ſa. Okehampton, ſa. Chidley, ſa. Aſhburton, ſa. Plymouth, ſa. Totneſs, ſa. Kingſbridge, ſa. Barnſtable, fr. Dartmouth, fr. Colliton, Th. Hatburly, fr. Chumley-Bow, Th. Dodbrook, W. Newton-Abbey, W. Medbury, Th.

Biſhoprick of Durham.

Durham, ſa. Darlington, M. Bernard-Caſtle, W. Sunderland, fr. Biſhops Auklend, Th. Stainthorp—

Dorcetſhire.

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Cern-Abbas, W. Cranbrow, W. Crofts-Caſtle, Th. Abbotsbury Th. Sturminſter Th. Dorcheſter W. Frompton Th. Wemborn-Minſter fr. Shaftsbury W. Worham W. Blanford W. Pool M. and Th. Weymouth Tu. and fr. Melcom-Regis Tu. and fr. Sherbourn Th. and

Eſſex.

Eppin fr. Chipping-ongar ſa. Harwich Tu. Maintree Tu. Waltham-Abby Tu. billerikey tu, Braintree W. Brentwood Th. Rumford W. Haulſteed fr. Colcheſter fr. Chelmsford fr. Thackſtead fr. cogſhal ſa. Maldon ſa, Walden ſa. Hatfield ſa. Dunmore ſa. Raleigh ſa. Barkin ſa. Horndon, ſa.

Gloceſterſhire.

Wickware M. Deanmag M. Minchinhampton Tu. Priſwick Tu. Horton Tu. Letchlad Tu. Marſhfield Tu. Blackley W. Campden W. Tedbury W. Cheltenham Th. Durſley Th. Stow on the Wold Th. Chipping-ſadbury Th. Newent fr. Fairford Th. Newham fr. Tukesbury W. and ſa. Stroud fr. Wotton-Underedge fr. Leonards-ſtandley ſa. Winchcomb ſa. Thornburry ſa. Cirenceſter M. and fr. Gloceſter ſa.

Hantſhire.

Baſinſtoke W. Kingſclere Tu. Alceſton Th. Ringwood W. Newport in Wight Iſle W. and ſa. Portſmouth Th. and ſa. Wincheſter W. and ſa. Southampton Tu. and fr.

Kent.

Dover W. and ſa. Sandwich W. and ſa. Eltham M. Wortham Tu. St. Mary Cray W. Lenham Tu. Wye Th. Weſtram W. Lydd Th. Rumney, Th. Brumley th. Foxton th. Maidſtone th. Rocheſter fr. Tunbridge fr. Smarden fr. Tenderden fr. [Page] Woolwich fr. Malinge ſa. Milton ſa. Crainbrook ſa. Hyth ſa. Sevenoke ſa. Dartford ſa. Graveſend W. and ſa. Feverſham W. and ſa.

Herefordſhire.

Hereford W. fr. and ſa. Bromyard M. Lidbury tu. Pembridge tu. Kyneton W. Webley th. Roſs th. Lemſter fr.

Huntingtonſhire.

Toxley tu. St. Ives M. St. Neots th. Ramſey VV. Huntington ſa. Kimbolton fr.

Lancaſhire.

Blackbourn M. Boulton M. Cartmill M. Pounton M. Hawkshead M. Hornby M. Rochdale tu. Ormkirk tu. Charley tu. Preſcot tu. Holſington VV. Coln VV. Warinton VV. Bury th. Gaſting th. Ulverſtone th. Lancaſter ſa. Clithero ſa. Mancheſter ſa. Darlton ſa. Liverpool ſa. Preſton VV. fr. and ſa. Wiggan M. and fr.

Leiceſterſhire.

Aſhby de la Zouch ſa. Hinckley M. Leiceſter ſa. Mountſorrel M. Melton Mowbray tu. Harborow tu. Boſworth VV. Loughborough tu. Hallaton th. Waltham-would th. Lutterworth th. Billeſden fr.

Lincolnſhire.

Gainsbury tu. Sleaford M. Barton M. Caſtorſpilsby M. Market-ſtanton M. Market-raſon tu. Bulkingbrook tu. Spalding tu. Alford tu. Great Grimsby VV. Glamford th. Binbrook VV. Burgh th. Market-deeping th. Holbich th. Folſtinham th. VVragby th. Naverby th. Tatterſhal fr. Lincoln fr. Kirton ſa. Thoncaſter ſa. VVaynfleet ſa. Bourn ſa. Horncaſtle ſa. Grantham ſa. Demington ſa. Stamford M. and fr. Lowthe VV. and ſa. Boſton VV. and ſa.

Norfolk.

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Norwich VV. fr. ſa. Eaſtharling tu. Foulſham tu. caſton tu. Harlſtone VV. Attlebury th. watton VV. Fakingham th. Northwalſham th. Dis fr. wymondham fr. Eaſt-Dereham fr, ſuetſham fr, walſingham fr, Yarmouth ſa. hingham ſa. Thetford ſa. Swafeham ſa. New-backingham ſa. Downham ſa. holt ſa. burnham Mar ſa. cromar ſa. Repham ſa. Aleſham ſa. worfled ſa. Sechby every ſecond Monday.

Northamptonſhire.

Thrapſton tu. Rothwell M. Kingſcliff tu. VVellingborough VV. Daventry VV. brackley VV. Kettering fr. Peterborough ſa. Northampton ſa. Oundle ſa.

Northumberland.

Newcaſtle tu. and ſa. hexam tu. weller th. Morpeth VV. Alerwick ſa, berwick ſa.

Oxfordſhire.

Tame tu. woodſtock, bampton VV. chipingnorton VV. witney th. henley th. banbury th. burford ſa. burcheſter fr. Deddington ſa. watlington ſa. Oxford VV, and ſa.

Rutlandſhire.

Upingham VV. Okenham ſa.

Shropſhire.

Oſweſtree M. Great wenlock M. Ludlow M. Elſimeere tu. Shipton tu. braiton VV. Stretton th. wem th. biſhops-caſtle fr. VVidington th. VVhitchurch fr. Bridgnorth ſa. Shrewsbury W. th. ſa. Newport ſa.

Somerſetſhire,

Chard M. Somerton M, Glaſſenbury M. wiveſcom tu. Pensford tu. VVriton tu. North-Petherton tu. VVincaunton VV. Ilcheſter VV. Axebridge th. Frowmſelwood VV. St. Petherton th. wellington [Page] th. Bridgwater th. Caniſham th. ſhipton-Mallet fr. Dunſtar-winton ſa. Langport ſa, Yeovil fr. Crookhorn ſa. Ilminſter ſa. Vetchers ſa. Dalverton ſa. Taunton W: and ſa: N: cinry tu: and ſa: Briſtol VV and ſa: Bath VV and ſa: VVells VV and ſa:

Staffordſhire.

Stow tu: Newcaſtle under line M: Pagets Browledg tu: Betles tu: Tutbury tu: VValſal tu: Ridgley tu: Pancridg tu: breewood tu: Leeke w: VVolverhampton VV: Utoxeter VV: chickley th: Litchfield tu, and fr: ſtafford ſa: burton on Trent th: Eccleſhall fr:

Suffolk.

Woodbridge VV: Needham VV: biddleſton VV: haverill VV: Orford, M: hadleigh m: Mendleſham tu: haleſworth tu: leſtofh VV: bury VV: ſtowmarket th: Tanſdale th: ſaxmundham th: ſowley th: bungay th: Ikeſworth fr: New-market th: Maldenhall fr: clare fr: Neyland fr: Debenham fr: ſudbury ſa: Aye ſa: Framglingham ſa: Aldborough ſa: Dunwick ſa: Ipſwich w: fr: ſa: beckles ſa:

Suſſex.

Sattel th: Eaſt-Grinſtead th: brighthelmiſton th: Petworth VV: ſteuington VV: Midhurſt th: ſteneing VV: haſtings VV and ſa: coxfield fr: horſham ſa: Lewes ſa: chicheſter ſa: Arundel VV and ſa: Rye w and ſa:

Surry.

Southwark M, W, F, S. Rygate Tu. Darking Th. Farnham Th. Croydon S. Kingſton S. Guilford S.

Warwickſhire.

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Tamworth S, Henly M. Southam M. Sutton-Cofield M. Aulceſter Tu. Symeton Tu. Atherſtone Tu. Stratford Th: Colſhil W: Bromicham Th: Coyentry F: Warwick F: Shipton S: Nun-Eaton S: Rugby S:

Weſtmoreland:

Ambleſide W: Burton Tu. Burgh W: Orton W: Kerbylaundale Th: Kerby-ſtephen F: Kendale S Appleby S: Fardondike,—

Wiltſhire:

Sundon M: Bradford M: Swyndon M: Calne tu: Aſhburn tu: Lavington W: Wilton W: Highworth W: Hindon Th: Deviſes Th: Wootonbaſſet Th: Dunſton F: Mersbury F: Weſtbury F: Warminſter S: Troubridge S: Chipnam S, Malmsbury, Marlborough S, Salisbury Tu, and S, Creeklad S:

Worceſterſhire.

Worceſter W, F, S, Sturbridge F, Bewdley S, Eveſholm M, Parſhore Tu, Broomſgrove Tu, Droitwich F, Shipton F, Kidderminſter th, Upton th, Tenbury tu:

Yorkſhire Eaſt-Ridings;

Hedon ſa, Wigton W, Kilham th, Bridlington ſa, Packlington ſa, Howder ſa, Hull tu, and ſa, Beverly W, and ſa;

Weſt-Ridings;

Selby M, Rotheram M, Otley tu, Settle tu, Sheffield tu, barnsby W, Knaresborough W, bradforth th, Halifax th, VVetherly th, VVakefield th, fr, Leeds tu, and ſa, Shipton ſa, borroughbrigs ſa, Pontefract ſa, Tedeaſter th, Rippon th, Snathe fr, Ripley fr, Tickley ſa, Bantrey ſa, Doncaſter ſa, Sherborn ſa;

North-Ridings;

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Gisborough M, Pickering M, Thrusk M, Beda tu, Maſham tu, Kerby-moreſide w, North-Alerton w, Abberforth w, Scarborough th, Malton ſa, Yarum th, Helmly ſa, York th, and ſa, whitey ſa, Stokeley ſa, Richmond ſa;

Market-Towns and their Days in WALES,

Brecknockſhire,

BRecknock w, and ſa, Hay m, Coecowell th, Bleath m, and ſa;

Angleſey;

Newbury tu, Bewmaris w;

Cardiganſhire,

Aberyſthway w, Llanbeder tu, cardigan, ſa, Tregeron th,

Carnarvanſhire;

Kreekych w, Bangor w, Newin ſa, Carnarvan ſa, Palbely w, Alberconway fr;

Caremardenſhire;

Llaneſly tu, Kidwelly tu, Llandilmawre tu, New-Caſtle fr, Llangadock th, Caremarden w, and ſa, Lantharne fr, Llanynodiſſy w, and ſa;

Denbighſhire;

VVrexham m, and th, Ruthen m, Llanreſt tu, Denbigh w;

Flintſhire;

St Aſaph ſa, Holy-well ſa, Cairviſe tu;

Glamorganſhire;

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Carephilly th, cowbridge, tu, Powriſe th, bridgends ſa, Llintriſſent fr, Neath ſa, cardriff w, and ſa, ſwanſy w, Glamorgan ſa;

Radnorſhire;

New Radnor th, Knighton th, Preſtain ſa;

Merionethſhire;

Harlech ſa, belgele tu, bala ſa;

Monmouthſhire;

Carelyon th, Monmouth ſa, Abergavenny tu, Port-pool ſa, Usk m, and fr, Newport ſa;

Montgomeryſhire;

Machinelth m, VVelſhpool m, Newtowr m, Montgomery th, Llanvilling th, Llanidloes;

Pembrookeſhire;

Rillgarven w, Teuby w, and ſa, Nowbeth w, Fiſhguard fr, Pembrook ſa, Newport ſa, wiſton ſa, Haverford T, and S,

Note, In this caſe, that M. ſtands for Monday, Tu. Tueſday, W: Wedneſday, Th. Thurſday, F. Friday, S. Saturday; and according as they are thus marked, the Markets are held:

An exact Catalogue of the fixed and moveable Fairs, held Yearly in England and Wales; the days and times of their continuance; the like for exactneſs, never before Publiſhed.

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THE Fairs are of two ſorts, as to the Times of their being held; ſome are fixed to a certain day; others change their days, or are moveable with the Feaſts: Therefore, ſince no exact Account, as we know of, has been hitherto given, we ſhall labour to ſatisfie the curiofity of thoſe, whoſe Pleaſure or Advantage tends that way; and for thoſe that are fixed, take them, for the more regular way, in their Month.

Fairs in JANUARY.

3 At Llanbither. 5 at Hickford. 6 at Saliſbury. 7 at Llanginny. 6 and 25 at Briſtol. 13 at Derby. 25 at Graveſend and Churchingford. 31 at Llondyſle.

Fairs in FEBRUARY.

1 At Bromley, Lank. 2 at Bath, Aſhbourn, Bickleſworth, Budworth, Bricklesfield, beconsfield, Farington, Godlemew, Hedon, Leominſter, Lyn, Maidſtone, Reading, the Vizes. 3. at Boxgrove and Brin [...], 14 at Feverſham and Oundley. 24. at Whit [...] Upingham, Walden, Tukesbury, Highamfen [...], Henly on Thames, Froom, Bourn, Baldock. 9. at Llandaff. 6 at Stafford for 6 days, 26 at Stafford for Horſes. 8 at Targaron. 28 at Cheſterfield. At Winterbourn the ſecond Thurſday in the [Page] Month, and at Weldonnorth the firſt Wedneſday.

Fairs in MARCH.

1 At Madrim. 12 at Alſom, Norfol. 13 at Mounthow. 20 at Alesbury. 25 at Montgomery, Malden, St. Albans, Midhurſt, Malpus, New-Caſtle, Northill 3 days, Northampton, Onabuck, Aſhwel, Harif. Burton, Cardigan, Great Chart, huntington, St. Johns worſt, Whiteland, Woodſtock, Walden. 12 at Wigbourn, Woubourn, Wrexham. 13 at Wye. 7 at Workſep. 8 Tragarron. 18 Sturbridge. 12 Strudbury, Stopford. 3 Seavenoke. 25 Pyobus. 17 Patrington. 4 Orham. ſecond Thurſday at Okehampton. 20 at Northmore. 24 at Llamerchemic. 1 at Lanlegevellah and Langadog. 5 at Lancaſter. 27 at Derby. 20 at Durham, at bromeyard the Thurſday before 25 at bromeyard. 12 at bodman. 13 at bodwin. 4 at bedford. 3 at brinwell, brakes. 27 at Atherſtone and backwell.

Fairs in APRIL.

The third Thurſday in the Month at Yarmouch. 25 at Winchcomb. 23 at Wilton, Woodley, Tamworth and Wortham. 26 at Tenterden. 25 at Uttoxiter. 5 at Wallingford. 11 and 12 at Warminſter; Sudbury the laſt thurſday and ſaturday in the Month. 21 at-Aberforth. 25 at Iving. 23 at Amptill, Ipſwich, Killborough, Lougnor, Mevemot, bewdley, brewton, birdſtock, bilſon, bury Lanc. Northampton, [Page] Nullay, Suff. 12 at Aberforth. 25 at Abington. 26 at Alborough. 9 at billingworth. 25 at bourn. 11 at Nuport Pagnel. 23 at Saint Pombs. 3 at Leek, ſtaff. 2 at North fleet. 13 at Orleton. 25 at buckingham. 27 at boſworth. 25 at Okeham. 30 at beverly. 23 at Caſtle-Comb. 2 at Rochford. 23 at Charing cliff, Chicheſter, and Rileborough. 20 at Stonehouſe-Green. 22 Stafford. 23 Sadbridgworth and ſaphire, hatfield. 25 ſawley. 28 at ſoham; at ſudbury the laſt thurſday and ſaturday in the Month: At Crilade the third wedneſday. 25 at Clave in wilts, Cliff in ſuſſex, and Colebrook. 26 at Clare. 7 and 25 at Derby. 25 at Dun. mow. 2 and 3 at Epping. 13 at Englesfield, ſuſſex. 16 at Eaſt-Greenſtead. 23 at Graveſend for 4 days. 23 at Guilford. 2 at hitchin. 23 at harbin. hatfield, biſh. and heningham.

Fairs in MAY.

1 At Llatrifient, Louth and Andover. 3 at Arundel, Abergavenny. 3 and 10 at Aſhburn-Peak. 16 at Llangarranag. 26 at Lenham. 1 and 9 at Maidſton. 6 at Amesbury, 13 at Albrington. 3 at Merthyr. 27 at montgomery. 3 at Mounton and Merchenleth. 1 a brickhil and blackburn. 3 at bala. 3 and 25 at bromyard. 7. at bath and beverly. 9 at Mayfield. 20 at Malmsbury. 3 at Nuneaton. 7 at Newton 1 at black-heath 13 at blackwell 13 at baſa, Mering 3 at bickington 25 at backburn 1 at Chelmsford 3 at clifton 1 at congerton 5 at caxton 7 at Orford 1 at Oſweſtry 19 at Odehill 1 at Perin, Pembridge, Philips-Norton, and Pombridge 31 [Page] at Parſhore, 3 at Poutheley. 1 at Reading, Rippon, Radſdale, Stoke nail and Stanſtead, Stow in the Od, and Wendover. 19 at Rocheſter, 3 at Stafford and Streton Church. 7 at Stratford Avon. The firſt wedneſday at Weldon-North. 2 at Workesworth. 15 at Welſh-Pool, at Winterborough the ſecond thurſday. 3 at Wadbridge. 9 at Wellow. 1 at Uske and Warwick. 3 at Waltham. 8 at Whemerly, 1 at Tuxford. 3 at Thetford and Tidswell; From 8 to 25 at Tollerwilm Downs: 7 at Thunderly; 12 at Thork 1 at Kimar, Leighton, Leiceſter, Lexfield, Lichfield, Ledbury, and Linfield: 2 at Leominſter 6 at Knighton 3 at Cherſey, Chipenham, and Cowbridge; the ſecond Fryday at Charlebury. 4, 5 and 6 at Chatham: 4 at Cheſterfield, Chappelfrith: 29 at Crainbrook: 3 at Denbigh and Darby 5 at Derby 1 at Enfield, Hounſlow, Greenſtreet, Fockingham, Grighowel, and Haveril-hope: 11 and 19 at Dunſtable: 4 at Foreſham: 10 at Fring: 2 at Fairford: 3 at Henningham, and Huddersfield: 6 at Hay: 19 at Hereford. 7 at Hanſlop and Hatesbury

Fairs in JUNE.

11 At Newport-Pagnel 3 at Alesbury 24 at Gloceſter 9 at Abbington 11 at Newport-knees 29 at Gorgang, Lanc: 22 at St. Albans 11 at Holt 20 at Hereford 24 at Newbury 22 and 24 at Aſhburn 26 at Northop 17 at Hadſtock 11 at Okingham 24 at St, Anns 17 at Higham-ferries 29 at Onay-24 at Awkidborough and Halifax 29 at Aſhwell 24 at [Page] Penſey, and Horſtone 11 at Bremel, Norf, 15 at perſhore 24 at Hertford 14 at Bangor. 24 and 29 at Peterborough 24 at Horſham, Hurſt 28 at Heſcorn 24 and 28 at St. pombs 16 at Bleath, Breckn, 24 at Preſton 19 at Bridgenorth 29 at Hodſdon 23 at Barnet 29 at Petersfield, Holdworth, Horden, and pontſtephen 24 at Barnwell, Bedford-bedle, Beverly, biſhops-Caſtle, bromſgrove, brecknock, boſworth, Great boughton, Kingſton, War, Reading, Ramford, Shaftſbury, Stranſtock, and Knotford lower 29 at Haderfield, Iver and Sarſtrange 11 at Knowillgate 22 at Kinrkih, Aund 11 at Lanibyther 28 at Royſton 17 at Greenſtow 22 at Shrewſbury 11 at ſelby 24 at burford 29 at bala, ſenock, ſoutham, ſtafford, ſtockworth, ſudbury, buntingford, buckingham, bolton, brumley, barhemſtead and benington 11 at Ledbury, Llanwiſt, Llandibandor 17 at Llangivilling 24 at lancaſter, lincoln, ludlow, leiceſter 27 at landogain, the firſt monday and tueſday at Thorn 29 at Tring, Upton, and Thorock 19 and 20 at Thwayte, firſt wedneſday at Carliſle 23 at Caſtle-Ebichen 1 at Chappel frith 21 at Uffranmerick 24 at warminſter, wakefield, wallingford, and warwick 29 at Llamorgan, Llambender, leominſter, and lemiſter 24 at Cheſter, Colcheſter, Croydon, Craybrook, wenlock, and windſor 9 at Maidſtone 18 at Marchenlenth 6, 7, and 8, at Milton 11 and 30 at Maxfield 11 at wellington 29 at Mount-ſorrel, Marleborough, Mansfield, weſtminſter, wimey, woodhurſt 24 and 29 at wolverhampton 11 at Newborough and Newcaſtle 13 at great Newton 24 at York 29 at Cardriff 19 at Derby 22 at Dereham, Norf, [Page] 23 at Derby, Dogeby 19 and 20 at Fairford 28 and 29 at Garſtrange 24 at Farnham

Fairs in JULY

2 At Rickmanſworth 7 at Richmond 20 at Neath 22 at Newark, Northwich, and Ponterly 20 at Odiham 11 at Parmeg 15 at Pinchback 2 at Aſhton underline 23 at cheſton, and caernarven 25 at campden, chicheſter, chilbolme, Aldergam, and Abbinton 7 at Albrighton 20 at Alferton 25 and 27 at Aſhwell 29 at chappel-hago 22 at ſtockbury, and ſtonyſtratford 17 at ſtevenage 7 and 25 at Royſtone 22 at Hocking 25 at Ravenglaſs, Reading, Roſſe 26 at Raiadargway 2 at ſmeath, ſwanſey 7 at ſhelfo-ſweaten 5 at burton upon Trent 7 at brentwood 21 at bernards-caſtle, battle-field, and bicklesworth; the thurſday before the 21 at broomyard 20 at betley, bowling, and Olton 7 at Denbigh 25 at Doncaſter 23 at Davenet 25 Dodly, Dover, Erith 7 at Emlin 13 at Fodrin 28 at Fairfax 2 at Huntington 10 at Foulneſs 15 at Greenſtead 3 at Harderſt 6 at haveril 7 at haverford weſt 6 at heddon 30 at harfield 27 at horſham 9 and 10 at Ingateſtone 25 ſaint James Northampton, ſaint James London, ſaint James Ipſwich 17 ſaint Kelms 22 Kingſton, Kimbolton, Keſwick, and Kidwalley 25 Kingſtone, Liſle, Kerkham 6 lambither, Llamidlas 11 Lyiid 17 Llangvillin, leek 25 louth, leverpool, Llandervigan 20 ſaint Marg. Midhurſt 22 Maudlin, hill, Melenborough 25 and 2 at Molpas 25 Mochenbeth 28 Meuhemot 22 Colcheſter 21 clean, clethero 20 catesby, cuimmock, colidg 7 [Page] and 27 chappel-frith 21 billericay, bridgnorth, and broughton 25 buntingford, broomſgrove, brodoack, bromley, boſton, briſtow, bilſon, biſtower, barhamſtead, baldock 26 bewdley 2 and 3 at Congerton 7 at carington, caſtlem, canter. The third wedneſday at cricklade 25 at ſhemal, ſtock-pool, and ſtamford-ſtone 26 at skipton in cr. 30 at ſtafford 7 at Treſhevimio and Tenbury 20 at Teuby 22 at Turbury 25 at Thembley-Gre. Tilbury, Thrapſtone, Thickham, and Trowbridge 26 at Tiptery 7 at the Vizes, Upingham 20 at Uxbridge 2 at wooburn 2 and 5 at welnw. 11 at wanton 25 at wilon 17 at winchcomb 22 at witheral, wincheſter, whergrig, Yadlard, and Yarn 7 at weald. 25 at walden, wigmore, wetherby, and wigmore.

Fairs in AUGUST

24 At Dover 15 at Dunmow and Dryfield 10 at Differingolwick and Doncaſter 24 at crowland 1 at Dunſtable 15 and 29 at croby 15 at cambridge, carliſles, and cardigan 10 at chotley, cudlew, and croley, Lanc, 1 at chepſtow 9 at Aberlew 4 at Dantrey 10 at Alchurch 24 at Aberconway 15 at ſaint Albans 24 Alborough, and Aſhby-de-la-Zouch. 28 at Aſhford 1 at banbury and bath 1 and 10 at bedford 10 and 24 at banbury 10 at brampton 6 at bardney 10 at brainford, bodwin, and blackmore 15 bolton and blackwell 29 at caerwis 24 at beggars-buſh, brigſtock, and bromly-pag, 25 at brecknock 1 at Nortemchurch 15 at Newin 20 at Northmore 10 at Newborough 15 at Newport-more, Northampton, and Raiadarg- [Page] way 24 at Norwich, Northiderton, Newbury, Nantwich and Oxford 10 at Owndle 29 at Okingham, Ormskirk 6 at peterburg 15 at preſton, Linc, 1 at Rumney 10 at Rugby 1 at ſelby 15 at Roſſe 1 at ſelborn and ſhrewsbury 19 at Yminth, the third thurſday at Yarmouth 1 at York and Yeland, at wakefield the third thurſday, weldon north the firſt wedneſday, at winterbourn the ſecond thurſday 28 at welſhpool 24 and 29 at watford 15 at whiteland 10 at weldon, waltham, weldon, warminſter, weydon, and winſtow 10 at ſedolo, and ſherburn 15 at ſtroud, ſwanſey and ſtow 24 at ſudbury 28 at ſturbridge, w. 4 at Thunderly 1 at Thaxſted 10 at Torceſter 13 at Turbury 13 at Tollerwilme Downs 28 at Tuddington, and Taliſtang green 28 at Tukesbury 1 at wadebridge, wisbich, Newton, Lanc. newcaſtle outer, Exceſter, ſaint Eedes, Feverſham, Flint, hay, hornſea, higworth, Iver in bucks, caremartken, Karewilley, Llanthiſſent, Llarwin, loughborough, ludford, and melling 24 at Montgomery and Monmouth 10 at Marras, and melton mowbray 15 at marleborough 24 at London and Leominſter 10 at Farnham, Foreſham, Trodſham, Cheſh, Fullſea, harleigh, hatley, hawkhurſt, hungerford, horncaſtle, Kenwilgal, Kellow and Killgarron 15 at Egleſwisbully and Eleſinere 24 at Farrington 15 at Gainsborough, Godhurſt, hinkley and huntington 24 at honywood and Kidderminſter 29 at ſaint Johns bridge 15 at luton 4 at luton, ludlow

Fairs in SEPTEMBER

8. At Srreton church, ſtratford-Avon, ſmalding, [Page] ſturbridge in cambridgeſhire; ſouthwark; ſnynde; ſneath; gisborough; haulton; hartford; huntington; Atherſtone; Abbington; brewood and beumaris 8 and 29 at blackburn 29 at Aberforth, Averconway; ſaint Albans; Aſhburn peak; hay; headly, higworth 14 at Avergavenny 21 at ſaint Abergwylly; helmſley and holden 14 at hitsbury; hidowne and Roſs 29 at higham ferries 17 at ſtopford 26 at ſoham 24, 25 and 26 at ſudbury 29 at Tuddington; ſtonehouſe green; ſelby; ſhelford; ſtow, Lancaſt. Tame; Torrington and Tukesbury 21 at ſhrewsbury and ſtafford 8 at Teuby and Tuxford 23 at Towceſter 25 at Ingleſt wait 21 at Katharine; hill and Kingſton, VVar. 29 lancaſter; laveinham 24 at Llanvilling 20 at Llanvelley 17 at Llanidlaſſe 21 at ledbury 8 at Llidiſſel 29 at Kingſton on hull; Kingſtand and Kingſtan 21 at Knighton 8 at Kington 28 at Caremarthen 8 at berry; Lanc. 14 at barſley 21 at buckingham; bedford; baldock; bradle; Maid. braintree; bulwick; birkinton 10 and 11 at baſing-ſtoke 29 at bla [...]ſtock; biſhop-ſtortford; bremingham and buckland 27 at baſingſtoke 8 at Utoxeter Wakefield, waltham, weld, weſt-mean, whitland 13 at Valyley 21 at the Vizes 1 at whitehaven 7 at ware 29 at Uxbridge, weyhill, weymer. 7 days, witham, woodham-ferry 7 at woodbury-hill 29 at leiceſter, Llanidlas, lanthangle, lochyr, ludlow 8 and 21 at malden 14 at moucton 21 at marlborough and midnal 24 and 29 at malton w. 29 at marcherbeth 8 Northampton 13 Newton 14 Newport and Newborough 21 Nottingham 2 Neathyr 14 at burford 1 at capple ſieve 29 at burwel, black-heath 8 at cardiff, cardig and [Page] chatton 14 at cheſterfield 17 at cliffe 29 at charlebury 12 and 29 at canterbury 21 at croydon and chappon 25 and 26 counteſs-court fair 29 at cheſter, chicheſter, criſle and cockermouth 21 at cricklade 24 at woodſtock 8 at worſeworth and woolpit 11 at wookin 14 at waltham-Abby, wibley and worton 29 at wendover 18 at wallingford 20 at weathera 8 at Draiton, Dryfield 29 at Newbury 14 at Denbigh 4 at Okeham 13 at Orlton 21 at Daintry, Dover, the firſt thurſday at Okehampton 22 at Derby 28 at Dolgeth 8 at Parthne and poultheley 29 at Deeping, mark. 21 at peterborough and Eaſterland 29 at Dean 14 at penhade 5 at probus 2 and 3 at Epping 12 at Enfield 23 at pancridge in ſtaffordſhire 8 at Reculver 8 and 13 at Rockingham 14 at Richmond and Rippon 8 at Greenſtreet 25 at Greenſtead.

Fairs in OCTOBER

2 At Salisbury 9 at Aſhborn-peak 6 at Havent 13 at Aberſtow 18 at Aſhweel 30 at Abermals 20 at Abrighton 28 at Aſhby-de-la-Zouch and Aberconway 18 at Farringdon 29 at ſaint Friſwid in Ox. 9 at Gainsborough 9 and 21 at hereford 13 at graveſend 16 at grays 23 at preſton 31 at powltheley 18 at Radnor 23 at Ratſdale 31 at Rathin 13 at Royſton 8 and 9 at Yarmouth 18 at York 13 at wakefield 28 at warminſter, warwick, wilton, Newmarket, Oxford 26 at whemerly 13 at Newport in Mon. 18 at Newcaſtle 21 at Newport 18 at Newark 8 at pontſtephen 13 at Draiton 16 at Daventre 13 at ſaint Edmunſtone 18 at Ely 24, 25, 26 and 27 at Elveſt [Page] 6 at ſaint Faiths by Nor. 18 at Ewell 1 and 18 at Banbury 9 at harborough 8 at ſwanſey 1 at Sevenock 9 at ſabridgworth 13 at Hitchin and hedner 3 at Boltonmore 13 at ſtow on the wold 18 at hatfield 8 at Biſhops-ſtratford, and blyth in Not. 18 at henley, Arden 13 at ſtaunton and ſtotford 18 at holt 28 at hartford 12 at bolton, For. 5 at boſworth 18 at barnet 28 at halton 21 and 31 at ſtokeſley 28 at ſtamford 18 at Kidwelly 18 at brickhill and bridgnorth, the thurſday before the 18 at bromyard 23 and 28 at Knotsford, Low 9 at Throckgrais 18 at burton on Trent 23 at brickleſworth 8 and 21 at Llanibither. 13 at Tamworth 18 at Thirſt and Tiſdale 25 at beverly 12 at Llangeves: firſt monday and tueſday at Thorn 18 at Tidſwell 28 at biddern 13 at leighton 18 at Towceſter, Tunbridge and lowhadon 1 at Caſtor and Carton 5 at Chaple-frith 21 at lentham 28 at Taliſam-green, lempſter, leominſter and Llanedy 8 at chicheſter 10 at clift 13 at charing 9 at the Vizes 18 at Uphaven 4 at ſaint Michaels 13 at churſtone and colcheſter 6 at mainſtone and wantage 4 at weald 18 at charney 13 at marſhfield 7 at workſep 13 at windſor 18 at wellenborrow, marlow, charleton, cliff Regis, midleway, midhurſt, wiggan and wrickley 22 at wye 23 and 28 at whitchurch 21 at coventry 31 at chelmsford, and the ſecond tueſday at marſh

Fairs in NOVEMBER.

1 at Kellom, Bickleſworth, Montgomery, caſtlemain, Fairford, ludlow, Swaley 2 at highborough, Blechingly, biſhop-caſtle, buckle and Eleſmere, [Page] Kingſtone on Thames, VVilton, maxfield, mayfield, leek 23 at ludlow 6 at Andover 10 at Aberwin-green, lenton in Not, and Llanibether 13 Llanithinery 17 at lincoln 30 at St, Auſtell 11 at Aberkennen 29 at Aſhbornpeak and lawreſt 30 at Abbington and Amptill 6 and 30 at bedford 6 at brecknock, malling, morton 13 at monmouth and marchenleth 11 at botingham 23 at bangor and bwelch 30 at maidenhead, maiden bradly, baldock, bewdley, boſton, bedford 6 at Newportpannel 28 at carlin 11 at Newcaſtle under line 17 at Northampton 13 at chelinsford 30 at collinsborough, Newberry, Oſweſtry, petersfield, pecorces, preſton, cobham, cibley 11 at Dover 20 at Dolton 11, 13 and 20 at St. Edmondsbury 6 and 11 at Pembridge 2 at Pennibout 30 at Enfield 11 at Folkingham 10 at Rugby 30 at Roſs and Rocheſter 6 at Salford and ſtanly 23 at Froom 10 and 11 at Garſtange 11 and 13 at Guilford 10 at ſhaftsbury and ſheſnal 30 at Greenſteed 6 at hertford 11 at skipton in Cravan 17 at ſpalding, harlow, and hide 19 at horſham 22 at ſwathey 23 at ſandwich 25 at hedon and higham-ferries 20 at health 6 at Trigney in Lanc. 30 at harleigh 11 at Tream 15 and 16 at Thwayt 20 at Ingenſtone 23 at Tuddington 5 at Welſh-pool 6 at wetſhod and wellington 10 at wem 11 at withgrig 13 at wellington 30 at wakefield and warington 2 and 11 at York 6 at lesford in Lanc. 3 at caremarthen 1 and 23 at ludlow 23 at Ketters-croſs 30 at Kimbolton.

Fairs in DECEMBER.

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4 At Atherſtone 5 at Dolgeth, Newtown and puchley 6 at Arundel, Exeter, St. Edes, caſed, Grantham, heningham, hethin, hornſe, Northwich in Ch. ſevenock, ſpalding, wallingford and woodſtock 7 at ſandhurſt 8 at bewmaris, Clithero, Cardigan, Kimar, leiceſter, malpus, Northampton and whiteland 21 at charlbury 29 at canterbury 21 at Hornbury 22 at Llandilawer 29 at Royſton and ſalisbury 11 at Northampton

Note, Where you find words ſtanding for the beginning of a County after any Place Named; as Lanc. for Lancaſhire, Not. for Nottinghamſhire, &c. then the Place is in that County: And this is to diſtinguiſh them, there being more of the ſame Name.

An exact Catalogue of the Moveable Fairs, with their exact Times and Places.

AT Northampton from Chriſtmaſs to June every wedneſday. Monday after Twelfth-day at Buckingham. At Hinkley three mondays after twelfth-day. At Melton-mowbrav and Salisbury the tueſday after Twelfth day for horſes: the thurſday after Twelfth-day at Banbury and Lutterworth, and for three weeks every thurſday after at Litchfield: the friday after Twelfth-day at Newcaſtle-under-line. On [Page] Shrove-monday at Candene. In Gloceſterſhire on Aſh-wedneſday; and the ſame day at Dunſtable, Chicheſter, Eaton, Exeter, Folkingham, Litchfield, Royſton, Tamworth, Tunbridge. On the firſt thurſday in Lent at Banbury: the firſt monday in Lent at Abington, Wincheſter, Chicheſter, Cherſey: the firſt tueſday in Lent at Bedford.

At Charlebury on Michaelmas day, St. Thomas's day, ſecond friday in Lent. On the third monday in Lent at Stamford for horſes: On midlent ſunday at Odiham, Saffron-Walden and Stamford: the friday and ſaturday before the firſt ſunday in Lent at Hartford: the firſt ſunday in Lent at Hexcomb, Grantham, Sudbury and Salisbury.

The tueſday after midlent-ſunday at Leominſter: the monday before Lady day at Wisbich, Kendale and Denbigh: wedneſday before Ladyday at Dolton: the thurſday before Lady day at Yarmouth: On St. Matthew's day at Cricklade.

The tueſday ſeven-night before Palm-ſunday, St. Luke's day at New-market: the wedneſday before Palm-thurſday at Drayton; and the thurſday before it at Landiſſel.

On Palm-ſunday at Leiceſter, Newport, Alesbury, Wisbich, Skipton and Pomfract: On the ſame at Billinſworth, Lancaſter, Kendale, Worceſter, Llaundaren: the tueſday after at Wakefield.

The monday before Eaſter at Ledbury: tueſday before Eaſter, and St. Barnaby's day at Selby.

Monday, tueſday and wedneſday before Eaſter at Marſh, the ſame day at Ludlow: the thurſday before Michaelmas: the thurſday before Eaſter, and the thurſday before St. Thomas's day at Kettering: [Page] the monday before St. John Baptiſt at Soham: the wedneſday in Eaſter week at Maſs-Gate; monday, wedneſday and thurſday in Eaſter week at Soſings: On ſaint Peter and ſaint Paul at Ridbury.

On the Eve and Feaſt of ſaint Peter and ſaint Paul at Barkſtrange; Alſo on the Eve and Feaſt of ſaint Martin.

On the monday in Eaſter week, and monday before ſaint Thomas's day at Thornbury.

At Cateline and Llanvillan on the wedneſday before Eaſter, and on the wedneſday and thurſday before at Wallingford, Kettering and Sudminſter.

On Good friday at Burnhil, Amptil, Brewerton, Charing, Berry, Enfield, Guilford, Huntington, Hatfield, Ipſwich, Melian, Lougher, Nutley, ſaint Pombs, Risborough and Roborough.

On Eaſter monday at Onay, Buck, Dryfield, and Gainsborough: On tueſday at Aſhby-de-la-Zouch, Dantry, Braleis, Dorcheſter, Oxen. Northſtreet, Hitching, Roachford and Sambich.

On Eaſter wedneſday at Wellingborough and Beverly: On friday in Eaſter at Derby, the next day at Skipton in Craven. The ſecond monday after Eaſter at New Malton

Monday, tueſday and wedneſday after Eaſter at Chudley, and on the wedneſday at Hereford.

At Lodneſs every wedneſday after Eaſter, Martlemas day. At Ingleſtwait, monday before Holythurſday. Buckland, All Souls day, tueſday after Pentecoſt.

At Brickleſworth, Eveſham and Newcaſtle-under-line, on monday after Low-ſunday.

At Lough in Lincolnſtire the third ſunday after Eaſter.

[Page] At Beverly, Englefield, Lane. Rech in Rogation week.

On Enmore Green the firſt tueſday in every month.

Green ſtreet on tueſday before Aſcenſion day. At Weobly on Aſcenſion day, and thurſday three weeks after.

At Roſs on Aſcenſion day, and the thurſday after Trinity ſunday.

On Aſcenſion Eve at Abergelly and Darkin.

On Aſcenſion day at Bread-ſtreet in Kent, Bewmaris, Bridgend, Brimmingham, Chapple-Frith, Burton on Trent, Eccleſhal, Chapple-Kinnow, Eggleſtrew, St. Eedes, Hallaton in Leiceſt. Lutterworth, Kidderminſter, Middlewich, Newcaſtle, Newbury, Penhole, Rone, Rippon, Stopport, Stratford upon Avon, Sudminſter, Yarnwigg and the Vizes.

At Burlington and Thaxſted the ſunday after Aſcenſion day.

At Shrewsbury the wedneſday after, and at Ruthin the friday after.

On Whitſun-Eve at New-Inn, Rats-dale, Wisbich, Skipton in Craven.

On Whit-ſunday at Kirk by Stephen, Cribby, Lenham, Rutſdale, Ryhill and Salisbury.

On Whit-monday at Bromyard, Kingſton and Grays tueſdays and wedneſdays.

At Ormiskirk monday and tueſday in Whitſunweek, and on the monday at Lambyron, Chipping, Agmondſham, Appleby, Amerſom, Bradford, Brickleſworth, Burton in Lane: Chicheſter, Cockermouth, Datterington, Eveſham, Exeter, Dyfield, Linton, St. Ives, Harts-green, Rigate, Owndle, Midlome, Sleford, Salford, Sittingboun, Whichurch and Stockelter.

[Page] On Whit-tueſday at Canterbury, Aſhby-de-la-Zouch, Eleſmere, Daintree, Epping, Leighton-Buz. Knotsford high. Louguir, Lewis, Llaninthebury, Midhurſt, Monmouth, Melton Mobray, Oringſtock, Rochford, Perith.

On the wedneſday in Whitſun-week at Royſton, Sand-Bar, Pont-Stephen, Newark on Trent, Libedon, Llandeby and Leek

On thurſday the ſame week at ſaint Auſtel, Kingſtone and Chacklefield.

On the friday at Stow in Guillin, Derby and Cogſhal.

On Trinity Eve at Skipton in Craven, Rowel and Pomfract.

On Trinity ſunday at South haven, Stokely, ſaint Mary Awk, Kemdale, Rowel.

On Trinity monday at Raleigh, Houndſlow, Ruilly, Creſſwell, Waterford, Usk, the Vizes, Spilsby and Tunbridge.

On the tueſday after at Radnor and Abergavenny, and the wedneſday after at Aberfrow.

On the day of Corpus Chriſti at Sanbury, ſaint Anns, Biſhop-Stratford, Catewid, Bremicham, Hallatan, Egieſtrew, Haligh, Kidderminſter, Hampſtead, Llanwiſt, Llammerchimeth, Newbury, Neath, ſaint Neots, Newport in Montgomeryſhire, Stopport, Preſcot and Roſs.

On the friday after at Coventry and Chepſtow.

On the ſunday after at Stamford and Bolton.

The ſunday after the third of July at Haveril, and the ſunday fortnight after Midſummer at Fothering Hay.

On the firſt ſunday after ſaint Bartholomews day at Samphbick and Aſhford, and the thurſday [Page] before at St. Michaels at Kettering. The monday after ſaint Mich. at Faſeley, ſaint Faith's by Norwich. Saint Michaels, and on the tueſday after at Salisbury. On the thurſday at Banbury, and the friday before Simon and Jude at Litchfield; and on the thurſday before ſaint Thomas's day at Ketterring; Stafford, ſaint Peters day.

Pounds. | Shillings. | Pence. | Farthings.
1 | 20 | 240 | 960
2 | 40 | 480 | 1920
3 | 60 | 720 | 2880
4 | 80 | 960 | 3840
5 | 100 | 1200 | 4300
6 | 120 | 1440 | 5760
7 | 140 | 1680 | 6720
8 | 160 | 1920 | 7680
9 | 180 | 2160 | 8640
10 | 200 | 2460 | 8600

This Table is eaſie, and wants no Explanation, and turned backward, it is Farthings into Pence; Pence into Shillings; and Shillings into Pounds, which at firſt ſight may be thus computed.

FINIS

THE CONTENTS.

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A Computation of Time, in Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, Years, divided into Quarters, with Signs Governing; as alſo of the Planetary Dominions Page 1

To know what Month and Day, the moveable Feaſts and Terms will fall on for many Years to come 3

Eclipſes of the Sun and Moon, how cauſed, with Rules to know when they will Happen 5

Prognoſticks, or Predictions, on the Days of the Week, that New Years Day ſhall fall on; Relating to the weather, to fall out, throughout the Year: Searcity and Plenty: Diſeaſes that will happen to People; alſo to Cattle 7

Unluckey Days in every month, Dangerous to begin any Buſineſs on, fall Sick, Blood, Purge, Journey, &c. 12

The moſt remarkable Days in the Year, that are accounted fortunate, to begin any weighty matter on. 13

Ordinary Days through the Year, more ſucceſsful than others, not Named, already for Luckey Days. 15

Obſervations on Remarkable Days, to know how the whole Year will ſucceed, in Weather, Plen [...]y, &c. page 16

Other Curious Obſervations on the Seaſons of the Year, as to the Weather that will happen, and ſuch like Matters. 18

Infallible ſigns of Weather in all ſeaſons throughout the Year, by the Planets, Elements Creatures, &c. 19

Infalliable ſigns of Rain, and driſling wet Weather, taken by Obſervations of the Planets, and other Stars, Elements, Creatures, &c. ibid

The ſigns of Rain by Creatures, &c. 20

Signs of Wind, and ſudden Storms ariſing, Prognosticated by the Planets, Elements, Creatures, &c. in all ſeaſons of the Year for ever. 22

Signs of the Winds ſhifting or changing in the ſeveral Points of the Compaſs. 24

Signs of ſtorms Ceaſing. 25

Signs of Exceſſive Hot Weather. ibid

Signs of Cold Weather, or Hard Winter. 26

Prognoſticks of Fair Weather by the Planets, Elements, and Creatures, &c. 27

Signs of Hail (violent and moderate) by the Planets, Elements, &c. 28

Signs of Snow, and Driſly ſleet, &c. 29

Prognoſticks of Frosty Weather by the Planets, Elements, Creatures, &c. ibid

Signs of a Thaw in any great hard Froſt, &c. 30

Of wonderful ſigns in the Heavens, and on the Earth, whence they Proceed; and what they Prognoſticate of ſtrange Events. ibid

Comets, or Blazing-ſtars; with Aſtrological Obſervations, what they are, and Prognoſticks on them. 31

Many Suns appearing in the Heavens at once, the cauſe, and what they Predict. page 33

The appearing of many Moons in the Night, and what they Prognoſtick of Good or Bad. 35

Of the Rainbow (how cauſed) and what it Prognoſticates. ibid

Of the Ignis Fatuus, or Fires that lead People aſtray in the Night time, called Will with the Whiſp. 37

Of the Flame that appears on the Hair and Beards of Men, and upon that of Beaſts. 38

Strange Apparitions of Armies, and other wonderful ſights in the Air, how cauſed. 39

The Kinds of Earth-Quakes, their cauſe, and ſigns, fore-running them, and what they portend. ibid

Signs fore-running Thunder, Lightning, &c. 42

Of ſudden Whirl-winds, & ſurprizing Tempeſts. ibid

Approved Rules for Manageing Husbandry, or Rural Affairs, during the Twelve Months of the Year for ever. 43

Signs of Murrein, Rot, or ſuch like Deſtroying Diſeaſes in Cattle; how to prevent or remedy them. 47

Signs of Murrein that do befal Cattle. 48

Prognoſticks of a Rot which fall upon Sheep. 50

Rot in Sheep, how to prevent it and other Diſeaſes, and Cure it when taken. 51

How to Calculate Nativities, to know Good or Bad Fortune: Introducing to that Curious Art, plainly deſcribing it by Complexions, Humours, &c. 53

How to tell any Number one ſhall Think, be it never ſo great. 56

To know the Planet that hath Dominion in the Nativity of any Perſon. ibid

The Art of Diſcovering Truth from Falſehood. 57

How to know whether you ſhall be Succeſsful in any Matters you Engage in againſt another. Page. 59

To know whether the Party you Love be Virtuous and Chaſte. 61

The Moſaick Wand to find out Hidden Treaſure. ibid Choice Secrets in Aſtrology on ſeveral Uſeful Occaſions. 62

A ſafe way to ſecure a Houſe. 63

A Safeguard for all Out-houſes, to ſecure Poultry, Cattle, Corn, or what elſe is ſhut up therein. 64

A Safeguard for an Orchard, Park, Warren, or Field, to take a Thief, &c. 65

To drive away Ghoſts or Spirits that Haunt a Houſe, and prevent the Night Mare. 66

This to be carryed about One, for the prevention of Witchcraft, being under an Ill Tongue, as Planet ſtruck. ibid

To prevent Affrighting Dreams, and take away fear in the Night. 67

To help a Perſon under an Ill Tongue, and make [...]he Witch appear, or the Effects ceaſe. ibid

To prevint or take Vermin, that come to Deſtroy Poultry, or Coney Warrens. 68

To prevent a Dogs Barking at you in the Night time. 69

To draw Cats together, ſo that they ſhall not eſcape your Hands. ibid

A Pleaget to wear about ones Neck, to prevent Bugs, Fleas, or Gnats Biting in the Night time. 70

To Drive away Mice or Rats, in a Houſe, or Grainary. 71

To prevent being Rebbed on the Road, or meeting with any bad Accident. ibid

To find out a Thief, or make him or her bring back the Goods ſtolen. Page. 72

A Pleaſant Device or Stratagem to find out any Perſon Suſpected to have Robbed you. 73

To know what Place is beſt to Live and Thrive in, whether one ſhall be Rich or Poor, Long Life or Short, what Sickneſs, or Croſſes ſhall befall one. 74

How to Reſolve all Lawful Queſtions, Relating to Marriage, Friendſhip, Journying, Life Long or Short, Buſineſs Succeſs, or any other truly ſtated. 78

What Diſeaſes in the Bodys of Men, Women, and Children, are more Immediately cauſed by the Influence of the ſeven Planets, with Aſtrological Remarks as to their Cure. 81

The Urinall Doctor, or Aſtrological and Phyſical Obſervations, on Caſting Urine, Relating to Health or Sickneſs, with Cautions to prevent threatened Evils. 83

Cautions againſt much Bleeding, and Phyſicking, and what Neceſſary Rules are to be Taken to Supply the Defect. 85

How to Dyet, and Order our Bodys, for the preſervation of Health, for every Month in the Year; the moſt Approved Rules. 87

A Treatiſe of Bees, how to Order, Preſerve, Swarm, Gather their Honey, and all other Matters Relating to them. 93

The Warreners Inſtructor; or a Treatiſe of Coneys, their Ordering to Preſerve, and Encreaſe them, Diſeaſes, and Remedys. 96

A Cure for Madneſs in Coneys. 98

A Cure for the Rot in Coneys. 99

To keep and order Hares in Warrens, or Tame them in all reſpects as the Coney. ibid

To know the New or Old Form, whether Retained by a Hare or left, her Shifts, &c. Page. 101

To know whether a Coney or Rabit be Old or Young, or New or Stale Killed, &c. ibid

To know whether a Hare be old or young, new or ſtale killed, and whether a Hare or Leveret? 102

The Faulconers Choice Inſtructor, or the beſt way to Manage, Mew, Feed, Purge, Succour, and Keep Hawks to Fly at all Sorts of Game, and to do what ever is Requiſite for their Preſervation, well Ordering, & to make them Expert in what they are Deſigned for, or Required to Perform. 103

Of Hawks in General, and what Game they moſt Properly Fly at. ibid

How to Order Hawks taken from the Cage, &c. 104

How to bring your Hawk to the Lure. 105

To Enſeam Hawks, and otherways Order them: To Enure them to Flight, &c. 106

The Management of Hawks in their Flight, and Particularly to Fly at the River. 108

A Plain and Eliſie Introduction to the moſt curious Art, and Healthful Exerciſe of Ringing Muſically on 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. or 9. Bells. 109

Of the Changes. 110

Of Peals. 111

Of Croſs Peals. 112

The Example. 113

Of Doubles and Singles on four Bells. 114

The Peals called the Old Doubles and Singles on Five Bells. 115

The Old Trebles and Doubles on Six Bells. 116

How a Country-man may know how much Hay or Corn his Barn will hold before it be put in. 117

The Meaſure that ought to be in Cords or Stacks of Wood. Page. 118

To tell what is a Clock (when the Sun Shines) by ones Hand. 119

A Catalogue of the Markets, and the Days they are kept on in the ſeveral Counties and Shires in England and Wales. 121

Market-Towns and their Days in WALES, 128

An exact Catalogue of the fixed and moveable Fairs, held Yearly in England and Wales; the days and times of their continuance; the like for exactneſs, never before Publiſhed. 130

An exact Catalogue of the Moveable Fairs, with their, exact Time and Places. 142

A Table for reducing Pounds into Shillings, Pence, and Faithings, and the contrary. 147

FINIS.

A Catalogue of ſome Books, lately Printed for Joſiah Blare, Bookſeller, at the Looking-Glaſs on London-Bridge.

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A Yres's Arithmatick: A Treatiſe deſigned for the Uſe and Benefit of Tradeſmen; wherein the Nature and Uſe of Fractions, both Vulgar and Decimal, are Taught by a New and Eaſie Method, Alſo, the Art of Meaſuring.

The Accompliſh'd Ladys Rich Cloſet of Raerities; or, The Ingenious Gentlewomans and Servant-Maids Delightful Companion: Containing many excellent Things for Accomodation of the Female-Sex; as, The Art of Stilling, Preſerving, Conſerving, Cookery. With Directions to Young Gentlewomen, as to their Behaviour, and ſeemly Deportment in Converſation.

The Famous and Pleaſant Hiſtory of Pariſmus, the Valiant and Renowned Prince of Bohemia. In Two Parts. I. Containing his Triumphant Battles fought againſt the Perſians, his Love to the Beautiful Laurana, the great Danger he paſſed in the Iſland of Rocks, and his ſtrange Adventures in the Deſolate Iſlands. II. Containing the Adventurous Travels, and Noble Chivalry of Parismenos, the Knight of Fame, with his Love to the Fair Princes Angelica, the Lady of the Golden Tower. In Octavo. Price Bound, 1 s.

The Eſſex Champion: or, The Famous Hiſtory of Sir. Billy of Billerrecay, and his 'Squire Ricardo; ſhewing the Renowned Atchievements and Valiant Acts of the Invincible Knight, Sir. Billy of Billerrecay, with his Love to his Lady Dulcina; as alſo the Commical Exploits, and Amourous Adventures [Page] of Ricardo his 'Squire; their Tilts and Turnament in Honour of Ladies; their Battles with Gyant and Monſters. Written by William Winſtandly, Gent. of Saffron-Walden, in Eſſex.

The Famous Hiſtory of Amadis of Greece: or The Renowned Knight of the Burning Sword.

The Compleat Engliſh Secretary; and Neweſt Accademy of Complements: Containing the true Art of Indicting Letters ſuitable to the Capacity of Youth and Age, Relating to Familiar Converſation between Friends & Acquaintance, Husbands and Wives, Children and Parents, &c. Likewiſe Inſtructions for Directing, Superſcribing Letters; alſo the Titles of Perſons of Quality, and all other Degrees. With Dialogues very witty and pleaſant, Relating to Love, Familiar Diſcourſe, and other Matters, &c. To which is added. I. The Art of Good Breeding and Behaviour; together with Inſtructions for Carving Fiſh, Fleſh, and Fowl, after the Neweſt manner. II. The Engliſh Fortuneteller, as to what Relates to Good or Bad Fortune in Maids, Widows, Widowers and Batchellors. III. Joyful Tidings to the Female Sex. IV. A Treatiſe of Moles. V. The Interpretation of Dreams. With a Collection of the Neweſt Play Songs.

A Companion for Children and Youth: or, A Little Book for Children. In Three Parts. I. Good Counſel and Inſtructions for Children. II. Deſcribing who they are that are Good Children. III. A Dialogue between William and Betty, on ſerving God, &c.

Ariſtotle's Legacy: Or, his Golden Cabinet of Secrets, &c.

FINIS.

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The sheepherd's new kalender: or, The citizens & country man's daily companion treating of most things that are useful, profitable, delightful, and advantageous to mankind. Being the thirty years study, and experience, of a learned sheepherd in the west of England.

C.P.

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1700

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— The sheepherd's new kalender: or, The citizens & country man's daily companion treating of most things that are useful, profitable, delightful, and advantageous to mankind. Being the thirty years study, and experience, of a learned sheepherd in the west of England., C.P..

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