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sOmer bigynneth whan þe sonne entrith into the signe of the Crabbe, and lastith iiijxx dayes and xij, and xviij howres, and the thridde part of an houre, that is, fro þe xiij day of Iune vnto the xiij day of septembre; in þis tyme are the dayes longe and þe nyghtis shorte. In alle cuntrees growe the hetis, and wyndis
aslake, þe see [folio 18b] softe, and the eyre clere and swete, cornes growen, and serpentis caste her venyme, the vertues of þe body are strengthid, and the world is fulle of goodnes. the tyme of somer is hoot and drie, and in this tyme sterith the Colre, and it bihovith a man in this tyme to kepe him fro alle tho thingis that are hoot and drie of complexioun, for they stere colre, and kepe the fro ouyrmoche etyng and drynkyng, for therbi shalt þou quenche þi naturalle hete. In this tyme ete metis þat arne of cold and moist complexioun, as welle mylke with vinegre as potage made with barly mele and ripe frute of soure savoure as pome Granate, and drynke litille wyne, and haunte no company of women; in this tyme lete no blood, but if greet necessite cause it; make no travayle but litille, and vse no bathes.