A prognostication for this yere M.D.xlvi, written by the experte docter of Astronomie [and] Phisicke Achilles. P. Gasser. L. Dominators are Mars [and] Luna

¶ Of the perticuler ceasōs of euery Moneth in the yere.

Ianuary,

THE full Moone the seconde day the .iiii. houre xxiii. minute af∣ter

none, temperate as touchīg any gret colde, but on the morow snowy wyndes shall fall, & euen so it shall come to passe on the .v, day, wherin the moone shall be ioyned vnto the clowdy sterre that is in the head of Sagittary, & Venus at y^e euening-tyde before the Sonne setteth with ARCTVR y^e Wagō keper, a ster so named, and is so called because he foloweth the wagon that is cal∣led Charlemaynes wayne of the vp landish, but of some, the Beare, by∣cause they moue about the Pole, as the Beare about the stake: & of the learned, both he and the wagon are named BOETES because they mo∣ue slowly as Oxen do. The Poetes fayne that he was Iupiters sonne, & nominate ARCADES. but he is called ARCTVRVS for that he is girded roūd about w^t the Nor∣thern sterres. The syxt daye whan Mars ryseth or springeth vp with the hert of y^e SCORPION (an other name of a sterre) before none, and the Sonne shalbe entred in to y^e house of Saturne, the ayer shall be

troubled with rayne, paraduēture vntyll the next day that the moone close in the night with HYADES.

THE fyrst quarter shalbe the .ix. day vii houre before none, & the cold shall not be much aswaged. The ix. daye, whylest the Sonne shall spring with the Dolphī or Porpose it shall snow. The .xiii. day, Mars risyng with ARCTVR and SA¦TVRNE sette euen ouer againste the Mone, shal cause a cloudy sky, The xiiii. day, whan Venus setteth with FOMAHAND in the twy¦light, it shal snow. THE ful mone shalbe on the xvii. day at one of the clocke xvi mi, before none, whan Ve¦nus with the cloudy sterre, that is in the head of SAGITTARI a¦fore the Sonne, and Mercury after the sonne shal arise with ALGOL moist windes shal blow, And y^e xix day whan Mercury in the morning after the Sonne shall spring with the Gottes tayle, and Mars in the night shall be in a quartyle aspecte with the Mone, it shall ether snow or rayne, & so shall cōtinew the next

day because of y^e openīg of y^e gate be¦twene Saturne & the Mone, and on the xxi. day, because the Sonne shal set with FOMAHAND, it shal peraduenture endure. On the xxiiii day, whan Iuppiter afore the Son in y^e euenyng, shalbe ouerwhelmed with y^e Croune of ARIADNES and after that the Sōne selfe lyke∣wise shal set with the Egle, the frost somwhat shalbe relented or thawed

THE last quarter of the Mone shalbe the xxv. day at v. of the clock after none. On y^e .xxvii day whilest Mars shall ryse ere the Son shyne with ALKAYR, that is with the Egle or flyeng VVLTVRE) & the Moone shalbe coupled with the same Mars at none, and afterward in y^e nyght shalbe coupled with Sa∣turne: & further Venus in the twy¦lyght shall set with the Southerne Croune, cloudes & wyndes shalbe raysed. The xxxi. day, whyles the Sonne shall spring with the hed of MEDVSAE Mars shall ascende with y^e hed of SERPENTARY in the day, & in the nyght, the mone

shalbe ioyned with the Gotes tayle the ayer shalbe troubled.

February

THE new mone shalbe kyndled in a pyttie degree on the fyrst day of February at ii. of the clocke .xlviii mi. afore noone, in which day also the Son shal settle with the Gotes tayle. Also on the second day whan Mercury about none shalbe ioyned with the Moone, & shal set at night after the Sōne with FIDICVLA the lytell stryng: Lykewyse on the third dai, colde, w^t moist wīdes shal begyn to hurt. The v day, whā Ve∣nus with the shulder of PEGASE shall spring in the mornyng, and in the nyght the two infortunate ster∣res shal couple in y^e same East parte of heuē, the aier shalbe troublesom. The fyrst quar, hapneth on the vii. day, the viii houre after none, with which lyght, the same Mone a lytel before Noone shall be ioyned with PLEIADES the .vii. Sterres, and Mars afore the Sōne shall set

with ARCTVR, more hoate or warme rayne. The ix. day, clowdy. The xii. day whan Venus shalbe co¦uered or set with FOMAHAND afore the Sonne, the Moone after the Sonne sette, shall drawe nyghe the Racke and the lytel Asses: Also on the xiii. day, whyles the Sonne shalbe ioyned vnto the cloudy sterre that is in the beginning of the she∣dyng or powrīg out of the waterer or in y^e figure Aquarius, & at night shalbe set with thuttermost Ster of ERIDANI, snow & stormes shal trouble the ayer. THE full Mone the v, day, the .vii. howre. the .lv. mi. after none, wīdy w^t moist & vnstable wether. On the xvii. day, rayne or snow shal fall, namely, whan Ven{us} in theuenīg before the goyng down of the Sonne, shall ioyne with the Egle & the Gotes tayle. On the xix day, peraduēture the same tempest or wether shall endure, bicause that Iupiter with the hed of ANDRO¦MEDE, in the day tyme, shalbe long before the Sonne, and Venus with the head of ALGOLE in

lyke maner, a lytell before the Son ascend or ryse. THE last quarter shalbe the .xxiii, day at .viii. of the clocke afore Noone, in a pitty de∣gree, on which day, Mars, before y^e day spring, with a cloudy ster, that is in the hed of Sagittary the Sho¦ter, and also with the Snout of the lytell horse, shall ryse, & the Moone not long after, with the same clow∣dy ster in the shoters hed, shal holde a Synode or Counsell, that is, she shalbe ioyned with the same sterre, as men be ioyned in coūsels, which shall cause troublous wyndes, and shal contynue tyll the next day. On the xxv day y^e cold shalbe relēted, as well bicause that the Sonne shalbe set vnder or ioyned with the cloudy ster, as also bycause that the Son in the same euening shall go doune or set with the tayle of the Whalle fish. On the xxviii day, it shal ether rayne or snow.

Marche.

ON THE fyrst day of Marche

Venus, entering into the sygne of Pisces, shall cause moystnes. THE new Moone EMBOLISMAL that is, the superfluous Mone, shal appere on the second day, & xii. min. after the poyncte of the Mone, tem∣perate, as touching colde & here, but yet somwhat wyndy, & enclyned to moystture. On the third day, whan Venus shall couple with the sterre NEBVLOSE, & that the sterre called PORTE APERTIO, be betwene y^e Sonne & Saturne, thā shall it be colde wether, or {per}chaunce hore or white frostes, & so it shal con¦tinue the next day, bicause the Son setteth with the Sterre, called the shoulder of y^e wynged or fliēg horse On the vii. day, bicause Venus shal ioyne with FOMAHAND (which is the last ster in the sygne Aquari{us}) afore myd day, & the Son with the wombe or belly of PEGA¦SE, at Noone shal spring or ascēd. and the Moone shall ioyne w^t HY∣ADES, & at the last, the Son shal set w^t the belly of the Whale fysh: therfore the ayer shalbe somewhat

moyst. THE fyrst quarter shalbe on the ix. daye, x. houre before myd day. variable or cloudy wether. On the x, days, for the euenes of the day and nyght in the spring tyme. And on the xi. day, for the settyng of Ve∣nus with the harpe afore the Son, ther shal styl out hote or sowli rayn The xix day, y^e ayer shalbe troubled ī like maner. THE ful, EMBOLIS MAL or od Mone, shalbe on y^e vii day one of the clocke xxxii mi. after None, not only in a puteall or pitty degree of both y^e lyghtes, that is of both Sonne & Moone: but also on the same day the Mone, or it be mid day shall ioyne with the Vyneyard keper: vnstable tempestes shalbe pro longed euyn vnto the next day folo∣wing, wherin Mars both setteth w^t ARIADNES his Crowne, and the euēing hath a iiii. coruerd aspect vnto DIANA, that is the Mone, shall cause Northerne wyndes to blow. On the xx. day it shalbe rayn and perchaunce the next .iii. dayes folowyng, bycause the Sonne shall settle w^t MARKEB (that is with

the shoulder of the great horse) and w^t the belly of the whale fish, except in some places, the Sterre, called PORTE ADPERTIO shall bring a hore or whyte froste.

THE last quar, shall happen in a vaporous or smoky degree on the xxv. day, vii. houre afore None, and Mars also shal spring in y^e mornīg with y^e hed of ANDROMEDE and therefore, troblesome & moist, or els snowy wether shall appere. On the xxx. day, rayne & wynd shal blow.

THE new Mone, shalbe renewed on the xxxi day of Marche .ix. houre xi. mi. after Noone, with clere and fayre wether, perchaūce with newe thunders.

Aprill,

ABOVT the secōd day of Aprill the Sonne goyng downe wiih AL¦PHERAT (that is with the ster of the shyn of PEGASAE or gret horse) y^e aier shalbe very trobleous. On the .v. daye, the ster PORTE ADPERTIO, beyng betwene Saturne 〈2 pages missing〉〈2 pages missing〉

the next daye folowing, may bring among our mountaynes more trou∣blesom wyndes. On the xxviii. day in the dawnīg of the day Venus is ioyned with ALGOLE, & with in a lytell after Mercury with A∣CARNER before the Son shall ascend vp into the myddes of heuen and at the last, Mercury being with RIGOLE, not long before the Sonne shall set, we may looke for a trobelous wether, & perchaūce snow On the xxix. daye, for as muche as Venus and PLIADES in the morning spring, shall go before the Sonne, and CILLENIVM shal be coupled with PHEBVS, ther∣fore ye shall haue hote wyndes and hurtfull to the eares & eyes, which ar to be feared & dred. THE newe Mone, the last day ar .vi. of y^e clocke xvi, mi. afore Noone, and lykewyse the goyng together of the Moone with VIRGILIE that is the vii sterres. & the ioynīg of Mars with a Fyxt clowdy sterre: & finally the ioyning of the Soone with MAIA (one of the .vii, Systers among the

vii. sterres, betoken windes.

Maye.

ABOVTE y^e first day of May, Mercury shall spring ymedi∣ately after the Sūne, and shal shine vnder the sonne beames with FO∣MAHAND, and Ven{us} also bur∣ned at nighte shalbe drouned vnder y^e HORISON (out of our sight) with RIGILE afore y^e Sonne: A∣gaine on the nexte daye in the mor∣nyng the Sunne shalbe lifted vp w^t FOMAHAND & the same shall attain & possesse the middes of hea∣uen with PLEIADES at none, & Mercury also shalbe ioyned wyth the same heape or figure of sterres. Furthermore, on the .iii. daye Mer∣curi with PLEIADES & the gir∣dle of ORION shal descend or go doune in y^e euenyng after the Sūne, vnder y^e line that endith our sighte: and to these on the .iiii. daye the a∣foresaid messenger of goddes (Mer∣cury) with the Dogge shall mete a litle after the sunne set, which beto∣ken lightnynges and hayl, and per∣aduenture

snowe vpō the mountai∣nes, according to the expectation of our commune people. On y^e .vi. daye Ven{us} shal rise w^t FOMAHAND afore the sunne, and with PLEIA∣DES a litle afore noone.

THE first quarter of the Mone the .vii. day at .vii. of the clocke af∣ter noone, and the couplyng of Ve∣nus with VIRGILLIE the vii. sterres, shall bryng in diuers fliyng fiers by night, The .ix. daye shalbe cloudy and thunderous, for the sūne shal set at night bothe with the eye of Taurus (the bulle) and with the ster SIRIA. On the, x. day it shall rayn very much, for both ADPER∣TIO PORTAE, y^e opening of the gate, and the mone after none shalbe ioyned with PROTRIGERE, & ve∣nus at euen a litle afore the sūne go∣ing doune w^t PLEIADES & with ORIONS girdle shal go vnder. On the .ii. daye Mercurius in folo∣wyng the sunne shall assende wyth HYADES and Venus vnder y^e be∣ames in going before the sunne shall set w^t ALHABOR the great dogge

Againe, on the .xii. daye Venus shal be ouerwhelmed with ALDEBA∣RAM (the bulles eye,) and Mercu∣rius shall ryse with the goate. On the .xiii. daye Mercurius shall ryse with ALDEBARAM (the bulles eye) after the sunne, and the sunne shal spring vp w^t SVCCVLI the pigges. On the .xiiii. day also Mer∣curius shal settle with the hedde of ALGOL after the sunne goyng doune, therfore, for the space of .iiii. daies thei shal geue & bring in by ti∣mes partly showers partly thūder.

THE full Moone of Maye the xv. day, v. of the clocke .lvi. minutes after noone shalbe made windy and sumwhat moysty. The .xvii. & .xviii daye shalbe mixed with reigne and thunder, whē Marcury in the breke of the daye shall assende with the right shulder of ORION and at y^e twilyght with the same sterre both the sunne and Venus shal sette to∣gether, but not without hayle. On the .xx. daye Phebus, the sunne ry∣syng in y^e mornyng with HIADES, and after him Mercury with PRO∣CYON,

the litle dogge, which we call CANICVLA of whō the day∣es that are called the CANICV∣LAR dayes take their name, at ni∣ght goyng awaye shall cause moyst wyndes to blowe.

THE last quarter of the Mone shalbe on the .xxii. day at .vii. of the clock after noone, it shal raine. The xxiii. daye Venus vnder the sunne shal spring with the bulles eye, & as∣cende with the goate: and therefore the cloudes gathered together shall cast oute thunder and lightnyng, so that the next daye, what for the ry∣syng of the Sunne with the bulles eye and for the ascending of Venus the tempest shall scarsely cease. On the .xxvi. day, the ayre shalbe metly temperate, excepte the Sunne with RIGILE at noone, and after hym Mercury with the great dogge, ex∣altyng, and Venus at night folow∣yng the sunne settyng with the hed of ALGOLE, and at the laste Sa∣turnus goyng backewarde both on this day and on the next day dessen∣dyng with the Waggandriuer not

muche after the sunne set, shal sodē∣ly sende furth rayne and hayle,. On the .xxvii. daye the sunne settyng w^t GORGONS hed and Mars as∣cēdyng in the night with FOMA∣HAND, shal cause thunder.

THE newe Mone shalbe in a pu∣teall or pittie degree. On the .xxix. day of this present moneth of May at .iiii. of the clocke .x. minute, after noone, wherin at night Mercuri al∣so shall sette after the Sunne with bright HIDRIA or water pott, & it shalbe temperate heate, sumwhat cloudye and wyndye. Also the .xxx. and .xxxi. day because Mercuri shal assende with the righte shoulder of ORION in the mornyng before the sunne, therfore ye shall haue rayne,

Iune.

ABOVTE the .ii. daye of Iune, whylest the Mone early in the mornyng shal go vnto y^e racke vnder the yerth, and in the euening whilest AD PERCIO PORTAE is betwene Saturne and the sunne,

hayle is to be looked for, but in the toppes of moūtaines snowe. On the v. daye Mercury foloyng the sunne shall ryse with RIGYL, & when Venus the folowyng mayde of the sunne at nyghte shall goo vnder the yearth with ALGOMAISA, it shall thunder,

THE fyrst quarter of the Mone, shalbe the .vi. daye not muche afore noone, in so much, as Mars shal set with VVEGA, therfore a wyndy and moyst tempest shall take place, whiche on the next daye Venus vn∣der entryng the sygne Cancer the Crabbe, shall more increase. On the ix. daye, when Mars with the So∣therne Croune early in the morning & Venus sprynging after the sunne with the sterre of the fyrst hedde, of the twine, whiche twine is called Gemini the signe. Also, on y^e .x. daye the sunne departing away with the lytle dogge shall cause small wyn∣des and thunder. The standyng or steiyng of the sunne (that is whē he is at the highest and can go no hier) in Sommer shalbe on the .xii. daye.

The .xiii. daye shalbe cloudye with lightnyng.

THE ful moone shalbe the .xiiii day, at .ii. of the clock .xxx. minutes afore noone, wherin the sunne shall assend in the mornyng with the hed of the first twine, and the mone shal be ioyned with the cloudy sterre in the toppe of the hedde of the shoter or of the signe Sagittarye aboute noone, the wether shall be vnstable with variable tempestes. On the .xv daye Venus shall spryng vp after y^e sunne wyth the hedde of the latter twine. On the xvi. day the same Ve∣nus late after the sūne shal set with the bright water potte. On the .xvii daye Venus agayne shall spring af∣ter the sunne with the righte shoul∣der of ORION, and the Mone shal go together wyth the goates tayle, whiche shal cause muche lightnyng and sumwhere haile: which tempest euen on the next daye, the sunne ry∣syng with ORIONS left shulder, and amounting with the great dog, ioyned vnto him onely in length, af∣terward the Mone appliyng vnto y^e

cloudye sterre of the water powred out of y^e waterer, at after noone shal augment with moist thunder.

THE laste quarter shalbe the xx. day the .xi. of the clocke after no∣ne wyndye. On the .xxii. daye, the sunne with the hedde of the hynder twine, and furthwyth after Venus with RIGILLE ascēdyng shal mixe thunder with heate, except the couplyng of Venus and Mercury on the morowe sende furthe rayne. On the .xxiiii. daye in the morning, y^e sunne springyng with ORIONS right shulder, and at euen the Mone coupled with HIADES, Likwise on the .xxv. daye, the sunne settyng wyth ALPHARD, y^e bright wa∣ter pott, shal powre out many thun∣dry showers. On y^e .xxvii. day Mer∣cury goyng backward rysing in the mornyng with RIGILE, shal suc∣cede the sunne, and afterward again shall clyme into the hearte of heauē with ALGOMEISA.

THE newe Moone shalbe on the xxviii. day at .iii. of the clocke .xxiiii minutes afore noone, and shal bring

furth whote wyndes, but not verye muche healthsum, nor yet withoute moystnes. On the .xxx. day, the sūne going vnder the east with RIGIL and after in the myddes of heauen, w^t ALGOMAISA shall cause heate a litle to abate.

Iuly.

ON the first day of Iuly, Venus ioyned with the racke, shall set with it after the sunne, and it shall thunder. On the .iii. daye Mars set∣tyng betwene day and nyght wyth MARKEB, y^e shulder of the great horse and Iupiter in y^e signe Aquari or waterer set ouer agaynst Venus in a streighte lyne deuidyng the cir∣cle in the middes, shal bring in raine vntyll the next day, wherin Venus shal ryse vp after the sunne with the lytle hogge and the Moone shall go beyond the Grape gatherer at after noone.

THE first quarter of the Mone shalbe on the .vi. daye afore none, at iiii. of the clock: in whiche the CA∣NICVLER

or dog dayes begyn and the heate shalbe doubled wyth lightning On the .x. day the darke heauen shal yelde mortall diseases. On the .xii. day Venus assending in the day with y^e litle dogge shal raise vp whote wind and thunder.

THE ful Mone the .xiii. day at .i. of the clocke .xxvi. minu. after none. On the .xiiii. day whylest the sunne entryng the Lyon, shall spring with the rack & the Mone at night shalbe copled with the Goates taile. On y^e xv. and .xvi. daye, when Phebus the Sunne shal ryse with the litle dogge sterre in the mornyng, & at euen shal go donne with the racke and hedde of the first twine, PRODROMI the aforerunners shall bryng thun∣der and lightning, and parauenture a great hayl shal fal. The .xviii. day when fayre Venus with the prynce∣ly sterre of the Lyon shall set after the Sunne, heate shalbe doubled.

THE last quarter of the Moone the .xx. daye, at .iiii. of the clocke a∣fore noone, in whych day also Mer∣curye afore the Sunne shall assende

with RIGOLE and shal amount with the greate Beare, and at laste the same Venus shall goo vnder the hearte of heauen with RIGOLE therefore a varyable tempest shall ryse, and perauenture it shall rayne aboundauntly, vnto whyche on the next day Venus rysyng in the breke of daye wyth RIGOLE and al∣so the Moone commyng wyth the vii. sterres, shalbe contrary. On the xxii. daye, the heate shall sumwhat abate. On the .xxv. daye the Sunne assendyng in the mornyng wyth the Dogge, from whiche day, the dogge dayes haue theyr name. Also on the xxvi. daye Venus in the morning entryng the Virgin (or sygne of the Virgyn) and the Moone at nyghte commyng to the racke, shall brynge furth moyst windes and thunder.

THE new Moone shalbe in a pu∣teal or pitty degree on the .xxvii. dai of this present moneth, at .iiii. of the clocke .xl. minutes, after noone, and it shalbe whote, & inclyned to thun∣der and east or southeast wynde. On the xxviii. day Venus shal assend in

the mornyng afore the sunne wyth the bright water potte, and that the Sonne selfe shal clyme y^e same bright water potte at myd day, and therto Mercurius shall go doune afore the sūne set with HERCVLES hed On the .xxix. day aboute noone, the openyng of the gate shalbe betwixt the backward going of Iupiter and Mercury, and at nyghte Mercurye shall set with the litle asses, and the racke. On the .xxx. day Mercury in the morning afore the sunne wyth the racke, and afterward the sunne selfe shall ryse with the vttermoste sterre of ERIDANVS, & afterward Mercury shall clyme into the heart of heauen afore noone agayne with the litle asses, at last the same Mer∣cury shal set afore the sūne at night w^t APPOLLIVS head, where∣fore worse tempestes shalbe in great valleis, but on the mounteines in e∣uery place sharper shall aryse.

August.

ABOVTE the .iii. day of Au∣gust, whylest Venus shall rise after the sunne with the lions taile, a cloudy skye shall appeare.

THE fyrst quarter of the Mone shalbe the .iiii. daye, at eyght of the clocke, after none, in a misty or smo∣kie degree, and shalbe whote & win∣die. On the .vi. daye in the mornyng Mercury spryngyng with y^e greate dogge, and the sunne walking with the princelye sterre of the lyon shall make or cause a thundry and windy tempest with cloudes. On y^e .ix. day it shall reigne, and likewyse on the x. day: wherin Venus in the breake of the daye clymeth with the lyons tayle, & setteth afore the sunne with the hearte of the same ymage of the lyon.

THE ful Moone shalbe the .xi. day at .ix. of the clocke .xxxv. minu∣tes, after noone and the eyre shall waxe colde and moyste. On the .xii. daye, Mercury, not only in the mor∣nyng shall spryng afore the Sunne wyth RIGVLLE, but also with the same REGVLLE shal passe

vnder themiddes of heauen, and the Mone ioyned with the cloudye ster∣res, shal get and procure wynd. On the .xiiii. daye it shall thunder and lyghten, and the Dogge tyme shall finysshe or ende. On the .xvi. daye in the mornyng whē the Sunne assen∣dyng the line ending the sight, with the brighte sterre of the water potte shal bryng temperatenes.

THE last quarter shall be the .xviii. daye aboute noone, and shall reyse vp vnstable wyndes. On the .xxi. daye Venus shall spryng vp af∣ter the Sunne, wyth the Waggan driuer. On the .xxii. day Venus ioy∣ned vnto PROTRIGETER, and contrary or euen agayne Mars shall make an openyng of the gate, and shall bryng furth rayne.

THE new Mone shalbe the .xxvi daye. the .viii. houre and .iiii. minu∣tes afore noone, in whych daye Ve∣nus after the Sūne shal spring with the Northren crowne, wherfore the eyre shall geue awyndye moysture with muche thunder. On the .xxvii. day late in the euenyng Venus shal

sette with the virgins eare of corne On the .xxviii. daye afore noone, the Mone shalbe ioyned in the length of the ZODIAC with y^e P••EVIN∣DEMIATOR or the Grapega∣therer. The heat of Summer shal be¦gynne to be wythdrawne by rayne, and that forbecause Venus settyng both with the taile and backe of the Lyon after the Sunne, she shall not ryse and auaunce agayne in the end of August withoute snowe among the mountaynes.

September.

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 w^t 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 y^e bright sterres of the B••lāce, Agayne, on y^e .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.

October.

THE fyrst day of October, Ve∣nus with the hert of the Scorpion shall scasely go doune in the euenīg after the Sonne without trouble∣some wyndes.

THE fyrst quarter of the Mone shalbe the .xxii. day at .xi. of y^e clock at after Noone, on whiche daye the Sonne in the mornyng shall spring with the Virgins eare of corne, and some cold rayne shal soone folow. The .v. day shalbe cloudy, The .vii. day a whyte frost shall prepayre the gatheryng in of the Grapes.

The full Moone the nynth daye at ii, of the clocke. the liii. minute after noone, and Venus shall ascend the myddes of heuen with ANTER therefore looke for colde Wyndes and somwhat moisty on the morow and next day after: as well because in the one, the Sonne in the mornīg shall spring with the lytel Stryng, as in the other in the very moment or poynte as it were of Noone, the Moone shal be put vnder the seuen Sterres.

On the xiii. daye, as Venus in the breake of the daye shall swym with the Arow & the Scorpions hert, and Saturne shalbe set contrary too the Moone by a strayte lyne a lytell be∣fore noone: euen so on the .xiiii. day the Son ascending vp with the Wa¦gō driuer shal cause cloudi or snowi wether. THE last quarter shalbe the, xvi. day at .iii of the clocke after none, on which day the Moone, not far from the West corner, about the same tyme of Noone goynge to the Racke shall cause moyst wyndes. On the .xx. daye, Mercury goyng backward shal spring with the most clere & bright sterres of y^e Balaunce and ioyned vnto the Sonne shal ge∣ue a white hored frost, which on the xxi. day folowing because that the Son in the morning with the a fore sayd bright sterres of the Balaunce and after him Venus shall springe with the Egle: and agayn at after Noone the Moone shalbe ioyned w^t PROTRYGETER: and last of all the Sonne shall settle with y^e more south Bowle of y^e Balaunce,

wherfore the colde shal scace ceasse.

THE new Mone shalbe y^e .xxiiii day at .vii. of the clocke & the vii mi. after Noone, windy and moyst, and peraduenture it shalbe more truly sayd to be snow. On the, xxvii, day Saturnus shall begynne late to set with the Wagon driuer. On the xxviii, day, the Moone opening the gate vnto Saturne fyrst in a windy sygne, afterward ioyned to Venus in a pytte degree before Noone: a¦gayn the same Venus goyng doune in the nyght with the Wagon dry∣uer shal ouer turne frō aboue thicke cloudes or snow, On the .xxxi. day the cloudes shalbe caryed with gret wyndes, namely, because the Sōne shal spring with the head of OPHI¦VCHVS the Serpent holder, & is hercules, for whylest he held a ser∣pent with his hand, he was by Iu∣piter tanslated among the sterres.

Nouember.

THE fyrst quarter of the Mone shalbe the first day at .x. of the clok

afore none & shal continew vntyll y^e next day whylest the sōne auaūseth with the bright northern croune, & a litle after the Mone shalbe ioyned with the cloudy sterre that is in the beginnīg of y^e Water sheder of the Waterer, & therfore it shalbe colde & wyndy. The .iiii. day, the ayer shal be vnquyet & troublous. On the .v day whylest Venus shall ryse in the breake of the daye w^t the cloudy ster that is in the Shoters hed & auaūce with the fallyng Vulture or Gripe, & the Sōne ioyned with the lytell cloudy sterre in the Scorpion, only setteth at nyght w^t the herte of the same constellatiō, at y^e last the clou∣des shal bring furth & deliuer snow.

THE ful Moone shalbe the .viii day at one of y^e clock .xvii. mi. before noone in a pytty degree, & for that y^e Mone shal take her counsell w^t the vii. sterres & after folowing w^t HIA¦DES, it shal rayne: These HIA∣DES ar .v. Sterres situate in the Bulles head, & ar so called among the Bretians, of Hio, to rayn, for as oft as they either spring or set, it rai¦neth:

but of the Latinistes they at named SVCCVLI, Pygges, be∣cause Swyne delyte to wallowe in myer that cometh of rayne,

On the .x. day Mercurius springing before the Sōne with the bryghtest sterres of the Balaunce, and the Moone beholding Saturne set in a contrary spoke or lyne, sygnifyeth a whyte hored frost or snow. THE last quar. shalbe y^e, xv, daye, x. of the clocke afore noone, moyst & wyndy, The, xvii. it shall snow. y^e, xviii. day the sonne shal spring w^t ANTARE & Venus shal auaunce w^t the flyeng Gripe. the, ix, dai Venus setteth w^t y^e tallyng Gripe after y^e sōne. the, xx, the Sōne in the morning ascendeth with the Harrow, & Iupiter shal co¦uer w^t the Swan or sygnettes tayle betwene day & nyght, The .xxi. day Mercury at night goeth away with ANTER afore y^e Sōne, wherfore al these .iiii, dayes either shalbe dar¦kened with cloudes, or els vnquyet wyndes shall haue preheminence.

THE new Moone the, xxiii. day scace halfe an houre before Noone shall sende furth colde wynde, and

in many places moyst for the space almost of two dayes. On the .xxvii, day cloudes, & peraduenture snow shall step 〈◊〉〈◊〉, The .xxix, day the sōne ascendeth in the mornyng with the Egle, & Mercury shall clymbe the middes of heuen with ARCTVR before y^e Sōne, not without whyrle wyndes. THE fyrst quarter shal be the .xxx. day at .vii. of the clocke after Noone with cold and wynde,

December,

ABOVT the first day why lest Mercury shal ascend w^t ARCTVR early before the Sonne risyng, & as the Sonne self shalbe couered with the Serpent holders head, the ayer shalbe troublesom, which shall con∣tynue vntyll the next day. The .iiii. day it shall snow. The .v day why∣lest the Sonne shall ryse with the halfe of the Dolphin in the mornīg and at nyght shall go away to rest with the Wagon driuer. On the vi. day whan Venus shall go doune in

the nyght after the Sonne set with the vttermost ster of the Shede wa∣ter, than looke for moyst wyndes.

THE full Moone the .vii, daye at one of the clocke .xliii. min. after none: on which day because Mer∣cury also shal spring with the Egle in the morning, snowy wyndes shal ryse: and shall waxe bygger on the nexte day because of Saturne ioy∣ning with the Sonne. On the tenth day, the Mone shalbe ioyned to the Racke in the morning, and Venus after that shall come to the spring with the head of MEDVSA.

On the .xi. day, y^e same Venus shall sette with the Egle and the Gotes tayle in the nyght, On the .xii. day whylest VVYNTER shal spring & the Semewes dayes, Mars shall ascēd the lyne that endeth our sight about None, with the .vii. Sterres and Mercury at nyght shal descend the same tyme with the Wagondri∣uer, and shall cause snowy rayne.

THE last quarter shalbe the .xv day at .vii. of the clocke before none vnstedfast wether: for on the same

daye the Sonne shall ryse with the cloudy sterre of the Shoters head, & after with the fallyng Gripe shall ascende ••h•• hert of Heuen, The, xix. day, the Sonne and Mercury shall couple before Noone in a pitty de∣gree, and Iupiter shall begyn to set late with the vttermost sterre of the Shede water, for these causes snow shalbe loked for. THE new moone the .xxiii, day at, iiii, of y^e clock .xvii, mi. before noone shall cause a thaw partely with wynde & partely with moysture. The .xxiiii. daye shall be cloudy and also snowy. The, xxviii day Venus applyeng vnto the clou∣dy sterre of the Shed water agayne shall geue snow or cloudes.

THE fyrst quarter of the Mone shalbe the .xxx, day at .ii. of the clok after noone, on which day the Sōne shall auaunce in the myddes w^t the Egle & the strow, & at euen shall set with the northern crowne, therfore they betoken snow and rayn vntyll the nexte daye wherein Venus is a∣uaunsed with the Shed water.