The rules and righte ample documentes, touchinge the vse and practise of the common almanackes, which are named ephemerides A briefe and shorte introduction vpon the iudiciall astrologie, for to prognosticate of thinges to come, by the helpe of the sayde ephemerides. With a treatise added hereunto, touchinge the coniunction of the planets, in euery one of the. 12. signes, and of their prognostications and reuolutions of yeres. The hole faithfully, and clerely translated into Englyshe by Humfrey Baker.

Fine, Oronce, 1494-1555., Baker, Humfrey, fl. 1557-1587.

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The manner too bringe the true place and mouemente of the moone, vnto the true noonetide. The. 7.

VVhen thou wylte then reduce, or bring the true place and mouemēt of the mone vnto the true vulgare or common noonetide at the whyche the true naturall dayes, do begynne and end that is to saye when the sunne is ryghte¦ly vpon the meridianc: thou shalt do thr• as foloweth. Take ryghte with the daye proposed, the true place of the sunne, •nd of the moone, then entre wyth the sygn• and degree of the saide place of the sunn• into the table entituled Tabula motus lun• in takynge the signe ouer the heade, an• Page [unnumbered] the degree at the lefte syde of the saide ta¦ble: and you shall fynde vnder the sayde signe, righte wythe the sayde degree, the nombre of minutes, whyche you muste take awaye, and substra from the true place of the moone taken in the Ephemeri¦des for to bryng them vnto the true noone tide proposed. And for by cause the de∣grees which are at the left side of the said table do procede from two vnto two you shal take the degre which shalbe most ne¦rest vnto the sayd place of the sunne, not hauyng any regard vnto the minutes, in case they passe not. 30. & when they passe. 30. you maye then adde▪ one degree, with out any errour, for the sayde mynutes.

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