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.

¶ This Chapter following declareth what are the euill dayes, and for∣bodd en in the yeare. And also which be the best bleeding dayes in the yeare.

WYt thou well that in euery month be two euill dayes, one in wax∣ing of the Moone, and another in the wanynge. The Kalenders she∣weth them, and their howers o∣penly ynough, in the whiche dayes, if anye folke take sickenesse, or be∣ginne anye newe thinge, it is great grace if euer it fare well, or come to good ende. Also there are fyftye Ca∣niculer dayes, that is to saye, for the xv. Kalend. of August, to the Nonas of September, in the whiche dayes it is forbidden by Astronomye to all ma∣ner of folkes, that they let them no blood, ne take no drinkes, & also good

it is to abstaine then from women, and they shold great leches know and keepe, and teache to other men. For whye all that time reygneth a starre, that is called Caniculacanis in latten, a hound in English, nowe of this fore∣said star Canicula, the foresaide fyftye daies, are called Caniculer dayes, that is to say hore dayes, and byting as a Bytch, for the kinde of the star Cany∣cula, is boyling and brenning as fyre, and biting as a bytch whelp, that time the heate of the sunne, and of the star, is so dowlcet and violent, that mens bodyes at midnight, sweates as at midday, and swelleth lightly, bloweth and brenneth, and if they then be hurt then be they more sicke, then at anye other time, and right neerer dead. In those dayes all venemous Serpentes creepeth, flyeth, and gendreth, & so they ouerset hugely the ayre, in seeding of their kind, so that many men are dead

thereby, there agayne all the so ••…••…er, namely those dayes, a fyre is good, nighte and daye, and holesome. And seethe such meates, and take heeds of great violent meates.

Also from the xviii. Kalend of Octo∣ber, to the xvii. Kalend of Nouember, looke thou take no colde, for then the powers of man, of earth, & of althings else setten. And they maye not 〈◊〉〈◊〉 agayne till the evill Kalend. of a plil, wherefore such thinges as thou takest within the powers, thaffection y^e shalt with hold till they open, truly it should lesse harme thee to take cold at Christ∣mas than then.