A new prognostication for the year of our Lord God, 1675. Being the third after bissextile or leap-year, and from the creation of the world, 5634. Wherein is contained the exact day, hour and minut of the new moon, her full and quarters; with the descriptions, and calculations of the visible eclipses; the daily disposition of the weather, and moveable feast; with the whole known fairs in Scotland. Exactly calculated according to art, for the meridian of the most famous city of Edinburgh. Whose latitude is deg. 56 min. 04. longitude is 21. 50. By I. C. mathematician.

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A new prognostication for the year of our Lord God, 1675. Being the third after bissextile or leap-year, and from the creation of the world, 5634. Wherein is contained the exact day, hour and minut of the new moon, her full and quarters; with the descriptions, and calculations of the visible eclipses; the daily disposition of the weather, and moveable feast; with the whole known fairs in Scotland. Exactly calculated according to art, for the meridian of the most famous city of Edinburgh. Whose latitude is deg. 56 min. 04. longitude is 21. 50. By I. C. mathematician.
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I. C.
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printed for the year, 1675.
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"A new prognostication for the year of our Lord God, 1675. Being the third after bissextile or leap-year, and from the creation of the world, 5634. Wherein is contained the exact day, hour and minut of the new moon, her full and quarters; with the descriptions, and calculations of the visible eclipses; the daily disposition of the weather, and moveable feast; with the whole known fairs in Scotland. Exactly calculated according to art, for the meridian of the most famous city of Edinburgh. Whose latitude is deg. 56 min. 04. longitude is 21. 50. By I. C. mathematician." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A23961.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 25, 2024.

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XXX. June begins on Tuesday. Sun riseth 45. min. before 4. sets 45. min. past 8.

  • ...Last quarter 5 day, 20 min. past 1 in the morning.
  • ...New moon 13 day, 46 min, past 4 in the morning.
  • ...First quarter 20 day, 4 min. past 7 in the morning.
  • ...Full moon 27 day, 5 min. past 3 in the morning.

The first vi. days some soft showres: from the vi. to the x. fair and warm: thence to the xv. sud∣den showres, with lightnings and thunder: from thence to the xxii. very warm: and soft showres toward the end of the moneth.

A fair in Kinross the first tuesday of June, in Longnewtoun the 5 day, Sramiglo, Aberdour and Enuerkeithing the 6 day, A weekly mercat in Forfar, beginning the 8 of June, of Neat, Sheep, Horse, &c. continuing till the first of October, at Biggar the second tuesday, for Neat, Sheep and Horse, a fair in Drymen the 9 day, in Forgondeny the 10. S. Barnabie in Law∣der and Dysert, S Lawrence in Grinnock 11 day; the same day there is a fair in Dirltoun, with a weekly mercat every wednes∣day: also, there is a fair at Preston pans the same day, with a weekly mercat every tuesday, S Margaret in Abernethy, Ceres in Fife 13 day, Midsummer on S. Johns day, in S. Johnstoun five days, in Air four days, in Wigton, Bamff, Athelston, and Meik∣lour in Porth-shire, (with a weekly-mercat every wednesday) 14 day: in Auchtertuil 15 day, A fair at Clackmanan 15 day, at Liddisdail 18, and at Scoon the 16, 17, 18 days, with a weekly mercat every thursday. A fair at the Burgh of Annan the third tuesday of June. S. Margaret in Dumfermling, and at Moffet 28 day, in which place there is a weekly mercat every friday, Carlestoun 19 day. Monro his fair holden at Colrain in Ross-shire▪ 〈◊〉〈◊〉 20 day: Methil, near Levens-mouth 2 day, Midsummer 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in Forress the 24 day, and at Townyetam on the Border, the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 day, of Horse, Neat and Sheep, &c. with a weekly mercat.

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Alathy, in Angus, called S. Emagola, S. John the Baptist day, a fair in Fraserburgh the 24 day, and at the town of Nicolson the 25 day; S. Peters day at Forfar 26 day, holding four days. As also: in Faulkland, Bruntiland Bamff. Kelso▪ 26 day, Galla∣shiels 27 day, in Peebles 29 day. S. Seriff fair the last tuesday of this moneth.

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