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THe Rain-bow is the shining and rebounding of beams of light, which turn to the contrary vapour again in the cloud, which is opposite to the Sun; and so according to the diversity of the thinnesse of that cloud do the beams appear, red above, yellow in the midle, and
green in the lower parts, but in themselves all this while they have no real colour, that is a true colour. Here note, that the neerer the Sun is to the Horizon, the grea∣ter is the Rain-bow.
If the Rain-bow appear or be visible in the morning it signifies moisture (unlesse great drought of the air work the contrary) if in the evening, fair weather; Moreover, if the Rain-bow appear fair, it betokens foul weather, but if it appear foul, look for fair weather, the greener the more rain, the reder the more wind.