AN EVERLASTING PROGNOSTICATION of the change of Wether: Collected and compiled for the common use and profit of all Country men.  
By Kinki Abenezrah, a wand'ring jew.  
Printed at London for M. S.   
An Everlasting Prognostication of the change of weather, collected and compiled by a wandering jew, being useful for many.  

Predictions of hot weather.  
IF a mist or hoar frost do fall either in the spring time, or autumn, it is a token that that day shall be hot.  
If night Bats come in great numbers, and more timely in the eveuing then they were wont, it is a sign of great heat to follow.  
If Humble-Bées or Drones fly abroad in an evening, it is a sign of great heat.  
The rising of any white smoke, steam or rike upon the waters, meadows, or marshes, before the rising or setting of the Sun, or in the night time, it is an evident sign of very hot weather.   

Predictions of cold and frosty weather.  
IF it begin to freeze with an Easterly wind, it is a token that the cold weather shall last a long time.  
If the Move be blackish, and dark and thick, it signifies winter and very cold.  
If the Moon rise or appear with two or three clear circles about it▪ it is sign that the air shall be very cold.  
If in the beginning of a frost it snow but softly, and the Snow be drizeling small, it is a sigue of cold weather.  
If Sheep or Oxen about harvest time be seen to scrape and dig up the ground, and that they stand with their heads close together, it is a sign that winter is at hand.  
If in Winter time clouds appear whitish about the Horizon, it is a sign of extreme cold weather.  
If the stars in Winter time appear more bright and clearer than ordinarily they are wont, it is a manifest token of evil weather.  
If Stars do send forth any little sparkles, it is a sign of extreme cold weather.  
If Sea birds or fowls forsake the sea, it is a sign that a cold Winter is at hand.   

Predictions of Snow.  
IF in Winter the clouds be whitish it is a sign of Snow at hand.  
If when it raines the air be troubled and overcast, and that the Clouds be more whitish than they are wont, it is a manifest token of snow: and so much the more if the air be warm and sultry.  
If for two or three days together i● Winter the clouds be very whitish towards the evening, it is a sign of much snow.   

Predictions of storms and tempests.  
IF the moon rise and appear with bluish, blackish or darkish circles about it, it is a token of tempest: and so much the greater, by how much the more those circles are broken, gréenish, or more dark.  
If it thunder towards the evening, it is an evident token of some tempest at hand.  
If the wind blow hard in the South, & presently change to the North, it is a token of a very great tempest, namely upon the Seas.   

Predictions of thunder.  
IF in summer time the clouds be pale and whitish, it is a sign of storms and tempests, together with thunderclaps, and belts to fall shortly after.  
If the thunder in the evening, it is a token of sudden change of weather, and great tempests to follow, with fall of thunderbolts, and great flashing of lightning.  
If the Rainbow appear in the West, it is a token of thunder.  
If great store of stars be seen to fall and run in the air, it is a token of thundering and lightning to follow very shortly.   

Predictions of earthquakes.  
IF Conduit or Pipe Waters be heard to make avy extraordinary noise or to stir violently, it is a token of earthquakes.  
If any earthquake be at hand, the Sea will give manifest tokens thereof unto the skilful Mariner, for though no wind be stirring, the sea will swell and mount with billows and great waves as in a Tempest and storm: Moreover, whatsoever a ship is freighted and ballasted with, all shall be séeve to shake and stir as if it were in any other building or land.  
Small, long, and whitish clouds like unto long lines towards the West, are commonly manifest tokens of ensuing earthquakes.  
If the Sun and Moon appear dark, red bloody, or fiery, it is a token of some succeeding Earthquake.  
If any earthquake be at hand or likely to follow, all birds and fourfooted Beasts are commonly wont to leave and forsake their accustomed and ordinary homes, nests, caves, dens, or habitations, and to seek for new dwellings or harbour seeking thereby to avoid the injury of foul weather.   

Predictions of corruption, blasting, rot, or infection.  
IF the Summer be moist, wet and cloudy, it is a sign that all Fruits, Corn, and all kind of pulse shall be blasted and corrupted.  
If the spring time be very cloudy, and full of mists and hoary frosts, namely when trees do bud and blossom, and that the fields wax green, it is a manifest token that all fruits of the earth shall be blasted, rotten, or destroyed.   

Predictions of plenty and abundance.  
ANd if there do great store of snow fall on the plain, it is a token that the Frost shall not continue long, and that great plenty of Fruit and Corn will follow.  
Great store of rain and water in winter betokeneth a good and plentiful year after.   

Predictions of dearth and want of Corne.  
IF in the spring time or Summer there fall great store of waters, or that the sky be overcast for some days together with clouds, hoar frosts, and mists, or that the wind keep any while in the South, it is a manifest token of a great ●earth, and the rather if these things happen at what time the Trees begin to bud and blessome, or when the cornfields be green.  
The truest, and most likely and manifest token of an ensuing dearth an● barrenness, is the cruel and bloody Wars, caused by the Ambition of unsatiate and greedy Tyrants, by their instruments, the licentious, merciless, and covetons Soldiers, who neither regarding succeeding want, nor any Christianlike motion, kill and lavishly was● all sorts of cattle, spoil and fond consume what Corn soever they can lay hands upon, never regarding to keep any seed for a new year, subverting houses, burning Towns, oppressing or imprisoning all sorts of persons, of what sex soever, to the great hearts grief and undoing of all men.   

Predictions of rain.  
SMall store of water in winter doth signify a moist and wet spring to follow.  
The appearing of the Rainbow in any clear and fair weather, is a token of rain presently to follow.  
The gréener the Rainbow is, the greater store of rain it doth signify.  
If in the evening it lighten only in the North, it is a token of ensuing rain.  
Lightning in a Summer's evening, is a token of rain to follow within three days after.  
If Oxen feed apace when it raines, it is a token that the rain shall continue many days after.  
The sky or element being red or fiery in a morning, foreshoweth rain to follow.  
If Crows or Ravens fly together in great number, and that they croak and flutter their wings, it will rain shortly after.  
If Cats do lick their foreféet, and with them wash their head, it is a sign of rain.  
Dusky and black clouds in the air signifieth rain.  
The extraordinary crowing of Peacocks, is a manifest token of rain.  
If the Hearne-shaw cry extraordinarily, it is a certain token of rain.  
If it thunder in the South, it will rain shortly.  
Any gale of wind coming from the West, signifieth moistness and water.   

Predictions of Storms and Wind.  
THe Rainbow appearing very red, it is a sign of ensuing winds.  
If in an evening it lighten towards the North, it foretells great winds to ensue that way.  
If in a clear night it lighten from the South and Southwest, it shows that there will winds come thence.  
If any fiery sparks take hold of pots, pipkins, or pans, when they are taken from the fire, it is a sign of stormy winds.  
If the Moon appear small and red, and if that part which is not lightened with the help of the Sun, be fiery or sparkling, it is a token of winds to follow.  
If the sea be more gréenish or bluish than it is wont, it is a token of Sotherly winds, if it be dark it is a sign of Northerly winds.  
If the clouds appear small, thick and dry resembling flocks of sheep, it is a sign of winds.  
If there be any circles red, or of divers colours about the Sun when it riseth, it is a sign of wind.  
If it thunder in the morning, it is a sign of wind.  
Those winds that begin by day time, are of more continuance than those that rise in the night.   

Predictions of fair weather.  
THe rising of the Rainbow very high in any rainy weather, foretells clear and fair weather.  
If the Rainbow appear in the winter▪ without any wind, and some rain withal, it is a token of fair weather.  
If the Moon appear in the West with clear horns, with no vapours about it, three days before the opposition, and three days after the conjunction, it is a sign of much fair weather.  
If the Sun rise and set clear without any vapours, it is a token of fair weather.  
Any wind coming from the North, and slirring many clouds, signifieth very fair weather.  
The sky being red in an evening, foretells the next morning to be fair.  
The saying of Daws in the morning declare fair weather to come.  
If the Moon appear the third day before the conjunction with small horns, it signifieth fair weather.   

Predictions of foul weather.  
OXen eating more, and feeding more greedily than they are wont, and if they lie on their right side, it is a sign foul weather will follow.  
If dogs do lie upon their right side, it is a sign foul weather will follow.  
When Rams do skip and leap more than ordinary, and when they butt and shock one another, it is a sign of foul weather.  
If Cocks do crow by night more timely than they were wont, it is a token of change of weather and very great storms.  
If the Moon rise or appear with two or three blue or black circles about it, it is an evident token of stormy weather.  
If clouds appear whitish in Summer, it signifies very foul weather, and furious storms.  
If it thunder in an evening it is a token of foul weather.  
If in the beginning of winter, small birds do flock together in the fields, it is a sign of much foul weather.  
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