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THE ADPERTIO POR∣TAE or openyng of the gate be∣twene Saturne and the Sunne be∣yng on the first daye of September not farre from noone, and whē Ve∣nus shall folowe not muche after wyth AZIMECH or the Vir∣gyns eare of corne, the ayre shall be∣gynne too be chaunged into haruest showers.
THE first quarter of the Mone shalbe the .iii. daye at .x. of the clock afore none. On which day also Mer∣cury with the Waggandriuer, and Venus shall spryng after the sunne with the virgins eare of corne: noy∣some and cloudy windes shal blowe On the .vi. day Mercury assendyng the lyne that endeth the sight wyth ARIADNES croune, & the .vii. daye the Moone aboute noone ioy∣ned with the goates taile shal geue rayne. On the .ix. daye in the mor∣ning wt PROTRIGETER, and further, almost .ii. houres after Ve∣nus with the harpe: also at the laste that slowe siccle bearer Saturne with the swifte Egle, not withoute stormes shall spryng.
THE full Mone the .x, day at v. of the clocke .xlix. mi. before None, in the beginnīg hore frostes, but im∣mediatly folowyng shall be wynde with vnstable moystnesse: for both Venus on the same daye shall passe with the cloudye sterre, & Mercury long after the Sonne. settyng with the Virgens eare of cornie shal giue
them selfes to beholde Cupido. On the, xii. & .xiii, likewyse, for as moch as the Heruest euenesse of daye and night shalbe, & Mercury ••hal spring after the Sonne with the Virgyns eare of corne, and Venus shal go vn¦der the myddes of heauen with the Wagō driuer. Also on the, xiiii. day whylest the Mone before none shall draw nygh vnto the .vii. sterres, the ayer shalbe troubeled. THE last quarter shalbe about midnyght on the .xvi. day, on which day, the Son risyng in the morning with the tem¦pestious sterre of the Wagon driuer if not rayne, yet peraduenture it shall gyue a whyte hoared frost or snow. On the .xviii. day, Mercuri{us} risyng after the Sonne VVEGA the flieng VVLTER. And on the ix. daye the Mone early in the mor∣nyng coupled wyth the Racke: and farthermore Venus spryngyng af∣ter the Sunne with the bryght ster∣res of the balaunce and auaunsing, ioyned bodely with the more So∣thren balance, shal cause moist win∣des and cloudy. On the .xxiii. daye,
in the mornyng, the Sonne shal ryse with the Northerne croune, & after Noone Marcury shall clymbe the myddes of heuen with the Wag••n driuer: Lykewyse on the xxiiii. day the Moone afore Noone shall come to the Grape gatherer, and at night the Sonne shall sette with the Vyr∣gins care of corne, frō whence moist cloudes shall take place. THE new moone the .xxv. day at .i. of the clocke .x. mi. before None, shalbe va¦riable and vnstable with thunder in some places. On the .xxviii. daye in the morning the Sōne with the Ra∣uen & after him Marcury shall ryse with ye bright sterres of the B••lāce, Agayne, on ye .xxix. day Venus shal mount with ARIADNES croune, and the Sonne shall sette with the backe and tayle of the Lyon, and ar the last on the .xxx. daye, the Sonne ascending the hert of heuē with the Virgyns eare of corne, shall cause a cloudy sky.