Here begynneth the boke of knowledge of thynges vnknowen aperteynynge to astronomye with certayne necessarye rules, and certayne speres contaynyng herein compyled by Godfridus super Palladum de agricultura Anglicatum.

¶ To knowe what peryl∣lous dayes: come in the chaū∣ge of euery Moone.

IN eche chaunge of euery Moone be .ij. dayes in the whiche, what thyn¦ge so is begonne, late or neuer it shall come to ende, and the dayes be full peryllous, for many thynges 〈☐〉〈☐〉

¶ In Ianuarie, whan the Moone is .iij. or .iiij.

¶ In Februarie, whan the Moone is .v. or .vij.

¶ In Marche .vi. or .vij.

¶ In Apryll .v. or .viii.

¶ In Mayt .viii. or .ix.

¶ In Iune .v. or .xv.

¶ In Iuly .iii. or .xiii.

¶ In August .viii. or .xiii.

¶ In Septembre .viii. or .xiii.

¶ In Octobre .v. or .xii.

¶ In Nouembre .v. or ix.

¶ In Decembre .iij. or .xiij.

¶ Astronomyers sayth, that .vi. dayes in the yeare are peryllous of death. And therfore they forbed men to blede on th••m, or take anye dryn∣kes, that is to saye.

¶ The thyrde daye of the Month of Ianuarie.

¶ The fyrste daye of the Monthe of Iulye.

¶ The seconde daye of the Monthe of Octobre.

¶ The laste daye of the Monthe of Apryll.

¶ The fyrste daye of August.

¶ The laste daye goynge oute of Decembre.

¶ These vi dayes with great dyly∣gence ought to be kepte, but name∣ly the latter .iij. for all the vaynes are than full. For then whyther mā or Beaste he ••••yt in than, within.

vii dayes, or c••rtaynly within .xiiij. dayes they shall dye. And yf they take any drynkes, within xv. dayes they shall dye. And yf they eate of any goose in these .ij dayes within xl. dayes they shall dye. And yf any chylde be borne, in these .iij. latter dayes they shall dye a wycked deth, ¶ Astronomiers and Astrologiers, saythe that in the begynnynge of Marche, the .vij. nyght or the .xviij. day, let the blode of the right arme. And in the begynnynge of Apryll .xi. daye on the lefte arme. And in the ende of Ma••e .iij. or .v. daye, on whyther arme thou wylt. And thus of all that yere thou shalte syke••ly•• bewaresshe fro the Feuers, and fro the fallynge gowte, & fro the fyste•• gowte. And fro losse of thy syghte, Bia••magest, insent••••o qui of Ptholomei•• Eche mannes bodye is rewled by a certayne sygne of the zodiake. Wher¦fore

as saith Ptholome••s in the pla¦ce of Bone. Yf thou be sycke in any lymbe, do no medycyne vnto that lymbe, when the Moone is in sygne of that lymbe, for it shall rather hynder, than fourther. And name∣ly flee blode lettynge, it that tyme of those lymbes. Thus shalte thou knowe whiche sygnes reygneth in whiche lymbes.

¶ The Bulle reyneth in the necke and in the throte ouer all.

¶ The Gemuse reyneth in the shulder, armes, and handes, and those .iij. be the sygnes of Ver.

¶ The Creues or Lobster, Reyg∣neth in the brest, stomacke and lym∣bes, arteries, the mylte, herte, lyuer, and gall.

¶ The Lyon reygneth in y^e backe sydes, bones, synewe, and grystles.

¶ The Mayde reygneth in the wombe, mydry••e and gu••tes. And also 〈1 page missing〉〈1 page missing〉