❧ A PERPETVALL CALENDAR. The day artificial is, 12. hours. The day Natural is. 24. hours. 60. minutes maketh an hour. The jews do count 12. hours in a day thus. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8 9 10. 11. 12. We count our. 12. hours in a day thus: 7. 8. 9 10. 11. 12. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. In every year there is ●…e hours which do make every 4. year leap year, which containeth 366. Days. The years from the creation of the world. From the creation unto the flood. ●676 From the flood to Moses is. ●797. From Moses to Christ is ●●●4. From Christ to this year is 1577. Summa totalis 5544. The supputation of the year of our Lord God in this our Church of England, beginneth the 25, day of March: the same day supposed to be the first day upon the which the world was created, & the day when Christ was conceived in the womb of the virgin 〈◊〉 A year containeth In months. 12. In weeks. 52. In days 365. In hours. 8766. In min. 525960. 〈◊〉 days do always begin the sixth day of july, and they do end the. 17. day of August. The year is divided into four parts, 〈◊〉, the Winter, the Spring time, the Summer, and the fall of the leaf The winter beginneth the 8. of November, and endeth the 8. of February: Spring time beginneth the 8. of February, and doth continued to the 8. of May. Summer doth begin the 8. of May, and endeth the 8. of August, The fall of the leaf beginneth the 8. day of August, and doth end the 8. day of February. The 11. day of june is longest in the year: And the 12. of December shortest doth appear. The 11. of March, & September the thirteen: The day and night in hours are most even. 〈◊〉 days hath September, April, june, and November. February hath. 28. alone, And all the rest thirty and one. At the end of every 29 days and a half, we have the new moon: the year of the moon is 354. days, & is made just with the year of the Sun, which is 365. days & a quarter, by adding to the Epact, which is 11. days. 3. hours. Easter-Day is ever the first Sunday after the full Moon, which cometh between the. 22. of March, and the. 25. of Apryl: by which the rest, called movable Feasts, be known. As the first Sunday in Lent, six weeks before Easter. Rogation Sunday. 5. weeks after ascension day the Thursday following: And Whit sunday. 7. weeks from Easter-Day. And Trynitye Sunday, the next Sunday after. 〈◊〉 Term beginneth the 23. of january (if it be not Sunday) and endeth the 12. of February. And hath 4. returns. 〈◊〉 Term beginneth 17. days after Easter: and endeth the Monday before Whytsonday: and hath. 5. returns. 〈◊〉 Term beginneth the Friday after Trinity Sunday, and endeth the Wednesday fortnight after, and hath 4. returns 〈◊〉 Term beginneth the. 9 of October (if it be not Sunday) & endeth the 28. of November, and hath. 8. returns. The 〈◊〉 doth open. 8. days before any Term, except trinity Term: than it openeth. 4 days before. 〈…〉 month. 〈…〉 with their length. 〈…〉 and night. 〈…〉 for the use of the peg. Twelve day, the sixth of 〈◊〉 31. ☼ the day is 7. hours 52. minutes. the night is 16 hours 8. minutes ☼ 1 17. ☼ 〈…〉 February. 28. ☼ the day is 9 hours 33. minutes. the night is 14. hours 26. min. ☼ 2. 18. ☼ Our Lady day, the 25. of 〈◊〉 31. ☼ the day is 11. hours 22. minutes the night is 12. hours. 38. mi. ☼ 3 19 ☼ 〈…〉 April. 30. ☼ the day is 13. hours 34. minutes the night is 10. hours 26. min. ☼ 4. 20. ☼ Philip & jacob, the. 1. of May. 31. ☼ the day is 15. hours 16. minutes the night 8. hours 44. minutes. ☼ 5. 21. ☼ 〈…〉 the .24. of june. 30. ☼ the day is 16. hours 23. minutes the night is. 7. hours. 37. min. ☼ 6. 22. ☼ S. james day, the. 25. of july. 31. ☼ the day is 15. hours 59 minutes the night is 8. hours & 1. minute ☼ 7. 23. ☼ 〈…〉 August. 31. ☼ the day is. 14. hours. 33. min. the night is. 9 hours. 27, min. ☼ 8. 24. ☼ Saint Michael, the. 29. of 〈◊〉 30. ☼ the day is. 12. hours. 37. min. the night 11 hours 23. minutes. ☼ 9 25. ☼ 〈…〉 October. 31. ☼ the day is 10. hours 46. minutes the night is. 13. hours 24. min. ☼ 10. 26. ☼ Albina Saintes, the 1. day of 〈◊〉 30. ☼ the day is 8. hours 52. minutes the night is 15. hours 6. minutes ☼ 11. 27. ☼ 〈…〉 December. 31. ☼ the day is 7. hours 38. minutes the night is 16. hours 22. min. ☼ 12. 28. ☼ ☼ 13. 29. ☼ ☼ 14. 30. ☼ ☼ 15. 31. ☼ ☼ 16. ¶ A 〈◊〉 sum of the Regiment of 〈◊〉 since the flood, gathered out of the commendable travail of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hundredth years after the flood, Noah devuded the earth amongst his. 3. sons: to Shem he gave Asia: to Ham he gave Africa,, and to japheth he gave Europa, whereof England is a parcel, which was inhabited. 200. years after the flood, by Samothes one of japheth's sons: after whose name the people were called Samothei, and the Land● Samothea. 341. years. Their Religion was good, for they learned it of Noah. After that time came in Albion, to whom cursed Ham was great Grandfather, who subdued the Samothes, & called the land Albion, which was so called. 595. years. The Religion in that time was idolatrous. 1116. yeresbefore the birth of Christ, came in Bru●e, & conquered the land, which after that time was called Britain. 1946. years. Their Religion was Paganism, worshipping of Saturn, jupiter, and Mars, in steed of the living God. The first foundation of Christian faith was laid here in Britain, in the year of our Lord God 63. by joseph of Aramathia. This was the first province that generally received the Gospel in anno. 180. in the time of king Lucius, a Britain. It remained in this land above. 300. years, until the Saxons conquered the land, and compelled the Britaines with the Gospel to flee into Wales, & placed Paganism here again, for 143. years. In the time of the Saxons came Austin the Monk from Rome, in anno 596. to preach the Gospel, which was corrupted with superstitious ceremonies of that Romish See. He landed at the isle of Thanet in Kent, where he converted and baptized King Ethelbert, being king there, with a great number of Saxons. Since which time, the people of this land have been baptized, confessing the name of the Father, the Son, and the holy Ghost, but utterly degenerating from that true sincerity of the Christian faith, which they outwardly professed, until such time as King Henry the eight (by the will of God) abolished out of this Realm the usurped power of that Antichrist of Rome, reduced the Scriptures to the knowledge of the vulgar tongue, and redressed the state of the Church and religion. This land was called Britain until such time as King Egbert a Saxon, about the year of our Lord God 830. commanded the land to be called England, & the people Englishmen. It hath been invaded since Christ's time, by five sundry nations: first by the romans, who came in with julius Cesar 54 years before the birth of Christ: Secondly, by the Piets, who came in anno 87. Thirdly by the Saxons, who came in anno 449. Fourthly by the Danes, who came in anno 791 And fifthly, by the Normas, who came in with William the Conqueror, in anno 1067. Since which time, there hath reigned in England 21. Kings, and 1 Queen, to the year of our Lord God 1558. In the which year our most gracious Queen Elizabeth began her prosperous reign, which God grant to be long amongst us, to God's glory, her majesties endless comfort, and the profit of this our common wealth, Amen. Take this as a remembrance, and for no other cause: Esteem not the gift, but the good will of D●…se. Imprinted at London, nigh the three ●ra●es in the vintry, by Thomas Dawson.