The knowledge of things vnkowne. Apperteyning to astronomy, wyth necessary rules, and certayne speares contayned in the same. Compyled by Godfridus super palladium de agricultura Anglicatum.

¶ Of the iiii. quarters of the yeare, and of the iiii. complections, and what they are.

IN the yeare bee foure quarters, ruled by these foure complections, that is to say. Ver, Sommer, Haruest, and Wynter. Ver hath iii. moneths. That is to say, March, Aprill, and Maye. And it is sanguine complection. Sommer hath also iii. monthes. That is to saye, Iune, Iuly, and August. And thys quarter is cholerick complection. Har∣uest hath also iii. monthes, that is to say, September, October, Nouem∣ber, and this quarter is Melancholius complection. Winter hath also iii.

monthes. That is to saye, December, Ianuary, and February, & thys quar∣ter is flumaticke complection.

Eche day also these fower complecti∣ons reigneth, that is to say, from three after midnight, vnto ix. reigneth san∣guine, and from ix. after midnighte, to three after midday, reigneth chollo∣rick, and from iii. after middaye, to xi. after middaye reigneth Melancholy, and from ix. after midday, to iii. after midnight reigneth fleume.

Also in the fower Quarters of the worlde reigneth these fower complec∣tions. That is to saye, Sanguyne in the East. Chollericke in the South. Melancholy in the West. And fleume in the North.

Also the fower complections reyg∣neth in fower ages of man. That is to say. Choller in Childhode. Sanguine in manhood. Flume in age. And Me∣lancholius in old childhoode. If from

the byrth, to xiiii. yeare full done, man∣hode is from thence to xxx. yeare age. From thence to l. yeare. And olde from thence to lxxx. yeare, and so forth to death.

Also these fower complections reig∣neth in fower partes of mans body.

Choller reygneth in all the soulet lim∣bes, from the breast vpward.

Sanguyne reigneth in all small lim∣bes. Also from the middrife to the we∣sand.

And Flume reygneth in all noury∣shing limbes, also from the reynes to the middryfe.

And Melancholy reygneth in all the limbes, from the reignes downe∣warde.

Wherefore euery mans vrine is cast in fower, that is to saye, Corkill, Su∣perfice, Myddest, and grounde, eue∣ry partye of the vrine to hys parte of mans bodye. And therefore to fower

thinges in euery vryne wee must take heede, that is to saye, Substaunce, quantitye, Choler, and contente, three Substaunces there are: That is to say, thicke, thin, and middle.

Thicke Substaunce betokeneth much moystnes.

Thinne substaunce betokeneth much drynes.

And myddle substaunce betokeneth temporaunce.

Also iii. Quantityes bee in Vryne. That is to saye, Much, Little, and Meane.

Much quantitye betokeneth greate colde.

And little quantity betokeneth great heate.

And meane quantitye betokeneth temperaunce.

Also take heede to the taste whether it be sweete or not.

Sweete taste betokeneth health.

And other taste betokeneth sycke∣nesse.

Also in Vrynes be xx. coloures, of the which the fyrste ten betokeneth colde, and the other ten betokeneth heate.

The x. coloures that betokeneth cold are these.

The fyrst is blacke, a darke cole and commeth of lyued going before.

The seconde lyke to leade, and those two betokeneth mortifycation.

The thyrde is whyte as cleare wa∣ter.

The fourthe is lacktike, lyke to whay.

The fyfte is caropose, lyke to graye russet, or to Camels heare.

Thy sixt is yelow lyke to salow leaues falling of trees, and those iiii. coloures betokeneth indigestion.

The seuenth is subpale, that is to say not full pale.

The eyght is pale, lyke to some sodden fleshe.

The nynth is Subsitryne, that is to say, fulsitryne.

The tenth is sytryn, lyke to a pony∣siter, or to right yelow flowers.

And these fower coloures betokeneth beginning of digestion.

Nowe we haue seene the coloures which betokeneth colde. So we will see the other ten whiche betokeneth heate.

The fyrst is Subrife, that is to say, not full ruffe.

The seconde is ruffe, lyke to fyne Golde.

And those two coloures betokeneth perfecte digestion. So the vryne be middle of substaunce, myddle of quan∣tity, sweete of taste, and without con∣tentes.

The thyrd is subrife, that is to say ful redde.

The fourth is redde, lyke Saffron durte.

The fyfte is subrugund, that is to say not full rubugund.

The syxte is rubygunde, lyke a strong flame of fyre. And these fower coloures betokeneth passing of dige∣stion.

The seuenth Ynopose, like to whyte wyne.

the eyght is Kinanos, lyke to rotten blood. And these two betokeneth a∣dustyon.

The ninth is greene, as the cole∣stocke.

The tenth is blacke, as a cleare blacke horne. And thys blacke com∣meth of greene going to fore. And these two betokeneth adustion and death.

In Vryne be eyghteene contentes. That is to saye, Serkell, Ampull, Graynes, Clowdes, Scume, At∣terer,

Fatnes, Humer, Blood, Gra∣uell, Heres, Scalos, Bran, Cryno∣dose, Sperme, Dust, Eskes, Sedy∣men, or Ipostas.

The Serkle, sheweth all the qua∣lityes of the head.

Ampull, that is to say creme, sheweth also the brayne disturbed.

Graynes betoken of remne, and glutte.

Clowdes sheweth vyce, of the small limbes.

Scumme, that is to saye fome, she∣weth ventositye, and often the Iaun∣dyes.

Atterer that is to say quiter, sheweth vyce of the reygnes. The bladder, or of the lyuer.

Fatnesse as oyle droppes, sheweth wasting and dissolucion of the bodye, namely of the loynes.

¶ Humer, lyke glet, or like drestes, of blood, or rotten Gall, it sheweth

vice of the middrife, or aboue or be∣neath.

Blood sheweth vice of the liuer, or of the reignes, or of the bladder.

Grauell sheweth the stone.

Heres sheweth the dissolution, of the fatnes of all the body, of the reignes namely.

Scalos and branne, sheweth the thirde spyce of Feueretyke iniu∣rable.

Sperme, that is to saye mankinde, sheweth to much lechery. Dust sheweth the gowte, or a woman conceyued.

Eskes the preuye harneis to be gree∣ned.

Zedymen, that is to say, clods in the grounde of the vryne, or breaking vp∣warde

The Cyrkle is called Ipostas. That is to saye, the grounde, and it hath moste sygnyfycation of all

and namelye of the lower par∣tyes.

Of euery mans bodye, bee fower principall lymbes, that is to saye, soulet limbes, small lymbes, and no∣rishing limbes, and gendring lym∣bes.

Sowlet lymbes, be the braynes, and all that are there aboute, downe to the wesand.

Small lymbes be the hearte, and the lunges, and all that be aboute them, betwixte the wesand and the middrife.

Nourishing lymbes, be the ly∣uer, Mylte, Gall, and guttes, and all that be about them, betweene the Wesand and the Middryfe, and the Reygnes.

Gendring lymbes, be the reygnes, bladder, preuie harneys, & the lymbes about, fro the reygnes downwarde.