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DIues. What sayest thou of theym that dyuyne by the fyr¦ste daye of the yere / that is the fyrste kalendas of Ianuarye / & by the Crystmasse daye what yt shall falle in the yere folowynge. That yf it falle on the sondaye / the wynter folowynge shall be good / and the so∣mer good and drye / and plente of wy¦ne. Oxen and sheep shall well wexe and multyplye. Olde men and olde wymmen shall deye / and peas and accorde shall be made that yere also.
¶Pauper. I saye that it is open to lye and wytchecrafte / and full hyghe offence to the mageste of god. For he that made all thynge and ruleth all thynge is not bounden ne arted to the course ne lawe of the kalender. He ne¦deth no kalender in his gouernaunce But he gouerneth and demeth this worlde by treuthe and equyte medled with mercy / and after that men deser¦ue he sendeth them wo and welthe / peas or warre what daye that euer y• kalendas of Ianuarye or Crystmas¦se daye falle on. In the yere of our lorde a thousande and four hondred the kalendas of Ianuarye selle on y• thursdaye whan as they saye sholde falle plente of all good and peas also but that yere folowynge grete hongre grete pestylence / sodayne dethe / warre felle within the londe & warre with∣out / drede sorowe & care / and trybula∣cyon in euery degre. The kalendas hath chaungeth sythen from daye to daye / & the yere is come aren on the thursdaye / but our dysease chaungeth not but alwaye in to worse for our synnes. For our synnes alwaye encrea¦seth & lesseth not. And in what daye that so euer the kalendas of Ianua¦rye & Crystmasse daye falleth in one londe / the same daye it falleth all a∣bout / & yet foloweth it not therof that it sholde be ouer all peas yf it falle on the thursdaye or the sondaye / ne ouer all plente / ne ouer all warre / & hon∣gre or pestylence / yf it felle on the sa∣tyrdaye. ¶Diues. Some dyuyne by the thondrynge & make theym wyse of all the yere comynge after the mo∣neth that it thondreth in. ¶Pauper That also is a grete folye and open wytchecrafte / for it is a kyndly thyn¦ge in somer tyme to thondre in May Apryll. Iuyn. Iuly. August & Sep∣tembre. But in other monethes that ben in wynter is it not so kyndely to thondre as than. For whan grete thō¦dre in wynter falleth it is ayenst kyn¦de & token of the grete offence to god & token of vengeaunce comynge / but yf men amende them. And so is eue∣ry thynge / and namely wederynge that falleth ayenst comon course of kynde. But for to dyuyne therby in a specyall what ye shall falle eyther well eyther wo / peas or warre / hongre or plente / helth or sekenesse / it is vnleful For oonly goo knoweth for certayne what is to come of suche thynges / & where & whan it shall falle. And god vseth not y• thondre as an horn to blo¦we his coūseyll about the worlde.