Which bee the most daungerous yeeres in mans life?
The auncient Sages by curious notes haue found out, that certaine yeeres in mans
Naturall and artificial directions for health deriued from the best philosophers, as well moderne, as auncient. By William Vaughan, Master of Artes, and student in the ciuill law.
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- Naturall and artificial directions for health deriued from the best philosophers, as well moderne, as auncient. By William Vaughan, Master of Artes, and student in the ciuill law.
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- Vaughan, William, 1577-1641.
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life he very perilous. These they name climac∣tericall or stayrie yeares, for then they saw great alterations. Now a climactericall yeare is euerie seauenth yeare. The reason is, because then the course of the planets returne to Sa∣turne, who most commonlie is cruel and noi∣some vnto vs. And euen as the Moone, which is the next planet vnto vs, & swiftest of course, passeth almost euerie seauenth daie into the contrarie signe of the same qualitie, from whence she came forth, and therehence brin∣geth the criticall daies: so Saturne, which is the planet furthest from vs and slowest of course (for he resteth in one signe so manie yeares, as the Moone doth daies) bringeth these climactericall yeares, & causeth sundrie mutations to follow. Hence is it, that in the seauenth yeere children doe cast and re∣new their teeth. In the fourteenth yeere proceedeth the strippling age. In the one and twentieth, youth. And when a man hath past seauen times seauen yeares, to weet, nine and fortie yeares, hee is a ripe and perfect man. Also, when he attaineth to ten times seauen yeares, that is to the age of threescore and ten, his strength & chiefest vertue beginnes
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to fall away. And againe euery seauenth yeere was by Gods owne institution pronounced hallowed. And in it the Israelites were prohi∣bited to manure their grounds, or to plant vineyardes.
Aulus Gellius mentioneth, that the Em∣perour Octanian sent a Letter vnto his step∣sonne to this effect: Reioyce with mee, my sonne, for I haue past ouer that deadly yeare, and enemie to old age, threescore & three. In which number the seauenthes and ninthes doe concurre.
The sixe and fiftieth yeare is verie daun∣gerous to men borne in the night season, by reason of the doubled coldnesse of Sa∣turne. And the threescore and third yeare is very perilous to them, that be borne in the day time, by reason of the drinesse of Mer∣curie and Venus.
Finally, whensoeuer any man entreth into these climactericall yeares (if certaine tokens of imminent sicknesse doe appeare, as weari∣somenesse of the members, griefe of the knees, dimnesse of sight, buzzing of the eares, loathsomnesse of meate, sweating in sleepe, yawning, or such like) then let him
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incessantly pray, and beseeth God to protect and guide his heart; let him be circumspect and curious to preserue his health, and lyfe, by art, nature, policie, and experiments.