JANVARY hath XXXI. days,  

Down with your Timberwood. & let it not stand,  
Remembering for Barley to fallow your lands  
From hedges and trees brush all needles sprigs,  
And now go a birding with nets and lime twigs.   
Prime.      10 i A Kalend. Circumcision 
Martin Luther. first writ against the Pope, the year, 1517. and continued to the year 15●●, in the ●3. year of his age.  
The sixth of this month Christ 〈◊〉 worshipped of the wise men, Math. 2.1. etc. baptised, Math. 1 15. turned water into wine. john. 2.1. etc. as testifieth Epiphanius.  
The year hath 〈◊〉 course of the Sun, 12. Months by the course of the Moon 13. Months, of weeks 52. of days, 365, and 6. hours, which maketh every fourth year one day more which is the leap year.  
Paul called, and converted the 25. of this month. Acts. 9.3.  8 two b iiii. No.  6 iii c iii No.   iiii d Prid. No.  5 v e Nonas.   vi f viii Id. epiphany. 13 seven g seven Id.  2 viii A vi Id. Lucian.  ix b v Id.  10 x c iiii Id.   xi d iii Id.  1● xii e Prid. Id. Sol in Aqua 7 xiii f Idus. Hilary  xiiii g nineteen Kl. Februarii. 15 xv A xviii Kl.   xvi b xvii Kl.  12 xvii c xvi Kl. Prisca. 1 xviii d xv Kl.   nineteen e xiiii Kl.  9 xx f xiii Kl. Fabian.  xxi g xii Kl. Agnes. 17 xxii A xi Kl. Vincent. 6 xxiii b x Kl.   xxiiii c ix Kl.  14 xxv d viii Kl. Con. of Paul 3 xxvi e seven Kl.   xxvii f vi Kl.  11 xxviii g v Kl.   xxix A iiii Kl.  19 thirty b iii Kl.   xxxi c Prid. Kl.   
The day is viii hours  

If sore sickness grieve thee.  
Let Physic relieve thee.   
The night 〈◊〉 xvi hours.   

APRIL hath XXX. days.  

Sow barley this season in land that is strong,  
Your garden herbs setting delay not too longs  
To sow Hemp and Flax & other good seed,  
As cucummers & melons, this month you had need.   
Prime.      8 i g Kalend,  
The first of this Month Noah uncovered the Ark, and saw earth, Gen. 8.13. Moses reared the tabernacle, Ex. 40.2.17. the Temple began to be sanctified, 2. Chr. 29.17.  
On the sixth day of April 1580. Was a great Earthquake, a little before 6. of the clock in the afternoon, wherein was much hurt done, in and about London, and other places.  
The 28. day of April, 1494. Was burned in Smithfield, a very old woman, of the age of 80. years named joan Broughton widow, and mother to the Lady Young, for holding Eight of Wicklives opinions.  16 two A iiii No.  5 iii b iii No. Richard.  iiii c Prid. No Ambrose. 13 v d Nonas.  2 vi e viii. Id.   seven f seven Id.  10 viii g vi Id.   ix A v Id.  18 x b iiii Id.  7 xi c iii Id. sol in Tauro.  xii d Prid. Id  15 xiii e Idus.  4 xiiii f xviii Kl Maii.  xv g xvii Kl.  12 xvi A xvi Kl.  1 xvii b xv Kl.   xviii c xiiii Kl.  ● nineteen d xiii Kl. Alphege.  xx e xii Kl.  17 xxi f xi Kl.  6 xxii g x Kl.   xxiii A ix Kl. S. George. 14 xxiiii b viii Kl.   xxv c seven Kl. Mark. Eua.  xxvi d vi Kl.  1 xxvii e v Kl.   xxviii f iiii Kl.  1● xxix g iii Kl.  ● thirty A Prid. Kl.    
●●e day is 〈…〉  

so wholesome baths use thee,  
Sweet herbs there to choose thee.   
The night xi. hours   

MAY hath XXXI. days.  

Sow parsley and onions coriander and leeks.  
Smallage and basil, these four pleasant weeks:  
Stir up your land for wheat and ●orrie,  
And have to your cattle a circumspect eye▪   
Prime.      16 i b Kalend. phil & jacob 
The first of this month Moses was commanded to number the children of Israel. Numb. 1. i. etc.  
The fift of this month Christ is thought to have ascended up into heaven. Mar. 16.19. Luke. 24.51. Act. 1.9.  
They which could not keep the Passeover at the day appointed by the Lord were willed to celebrate the same the 1. of this month Nomb 19 ver, 10, 11, so ●u● the Israelites at the commandment of king Hezekiah, 2, Chron, 30, 15.  
The 30. of May john Cardmaker, prebendary of wells, and john Warn of London upholster, went cheerfully to the stake, and were burned in smithfield  5 two c vi No.   iii d v No. Invention of the Cross 13 iiii e iiii No. 2 v f iii No.   vi g Prid. No. joh. Evang 10 seven A Nonas.   viii b viii Id.  18 ix c seven Id.  7 x d vi Id.   xi e v Id.  15 xii f iiii Id. Sol in Gem 4 xiii g iii Id.   xiiii A Prid. Id.  12 xv b Idus.  1 xvi c xvii Kl. junii.  xvii d xvi Kl.  ● xviii e xv Kl.   nineteen f xiiii Kl. Dunstane. 17 xx g xiii Kl.  6 xxi A xii Kl.   xxii b xi Kl.  14 xxiii c x Kl.  1 xiiii d ix Kl.   xxv e viii Kl.  11 xxvi f seven Kl. Augustine.  xxvii g vi Kl.  19 xxviii A v Kl.  8 xxix b iiii Kl.   thirty c iii Kl.  16 xxxi d Prid. Kl.   
The day is xv. hours  

To th●●ne diet train thee,  
And from sloth refrain thee.   
The night is ix hour●●   

JUNE hath XXX days,  

Your dung carry out to comfort your field  
And bring home such fuel as your woods yield:  
Mow down your meadows, which do lie low,  
And tender herb seeds, this month you must sow   
Prime.      5 i c Kalend.  
The first coming of the children of Israel unto mount Sinai was the first of this month, where they abode 11. months, and 20 days, in which time all those things were done recorded in Exod. chap. 19.1. etc.,  
In june, 1439. was burned one Richard ●ish. priest at the Tower hill, this man prophesied before his death, that the Postern of the Tower: should sink, which afterwards came to pass, whereupon the people brought stones to the place and set up a Cross, and would have made their Pilgrimage thither, had not the King staid them.   two f iiii No.  13 iii g iii No. Nichomede, 2 iiii A Prid. No.   v b Nonas. Boniface. 10 vi c viii Id.   seven d seven Id.  18 viii c vi Id.  7 ix f v Id.  ● x g iiii Id.  15 xi A iii Id. Barnab. apo Sol in Can●●o●stitin̄. esti. julii. 4 xii b Pride, Id.  xiii c Idus. 12 xiiii d xviii Kl. ● xv e xvii Kl.   xvi f xvi Kl.  ● xvii g xv Kl.   xviii A xiiii Kl.  17 nineteen b xiii Kl.  6 xx c xii Kl. Edward.  xxi d xi Kl.  14 xxii e x Kli  3 xxiii f ix Kl Fast.  xxiiii g viii Kl. joh. Baptist 11 xxv A seven Kl.   xxvi b vi Kl  19 xxvii c v Kl.   xxviii d iiii Kl. Fast. ●● xxix e iii Kl. S. Pe. Apost ●● thirty f Prid. Kl.   
The day is 〈◊〉 hours  

●ake 〈…〉 to content thee,  
〈◊〉 thirst do torment thee.   
The night is viii. hour.   

JULY hath XXXI days.  

Cut down your high meadows whiles wether is fair,  
The knots of your fruit trees late naked and bare  
Thrust sickle in some part of your hard corn,  
But first let the month be well nigh out worn.   
Prime.       i g Kalend. Wis● of Ma. 
The first of july, 1555, was burned in Smithfield that holy Martyr, john Bradford, who said at his death. O England, England repent thee of thy sins, etc. And with him was burned an apprenthe named john leaf.  
The 4. of july, 1533 john Frith, was burned in Smithfielde, & with him Andrew Hewet.  
The 12. of this Month julius Cesar. the 1, Roman Emperor was horn● of him is this month called july.  
The 30. of july 1540, was burned in Smithfielde Robert Barnes D. of Divinity, and with him Thomas Gerard, & William Jerome.  13 two A vi No.  2 iii b v No. Martin.  iiii c iiii No.  10 v d iii No.   vi c Prid. No. Dog daye●. 18 seven f Nonas.  7 viii g viii Id.   ix A seven Id.  15 x b vi Id.  4 xi c v Id.   xii d iiii Id. Sol in Leo. 12 xlii e iii Id.  ● xiiii f Prid. Id.   xv g Idus. Kl. Swithune. 9 xvi A xvii Kl. August.  xvii b xvi Kl.  17 xviii c xv Kl.  5 nineteen d xiiii Kl.   xx e xiii Kl. Margaret. 14 xxi f xii Kl.  ● xxii g xi Kl. Magdalen.  xxiii A x Kl.  11 xxliiis b ix Kl. Fast.  xxv c viii Kl. james. Apo 19 xxvi d seven Kl. Anne. 3 xxvii c vi Kl.   xxviii f v Kl.  16 xxix g liii Kl.  5 thirty A iii Kl.   xxxi b Prid. Kl.   
The day is xvi hours  

Walk wately I will thee,  
for ill smells may kill thee.   
The night is viii. hour●●   

AUGUST hath XXXI days.  

Reap down your tie, and struck up your wheat,  
Your summer fruits gather, the sweeter to eat:  
And down with such oats as God shall you send,  
Provided this month draw toward an end.   
Prime.      23 i c Kalend. Lammas. 
The first of this month Aaron, 40. years after the children of Israel were come out of Egypt, died on mount ●o●, Number. 33. 38. Also on this, day Ezra with his company came out of Babel unto jerusalem Ezra, 7.9.  
The 19 of August 1531. Thomas Bilney, bachelor of the law was burned at Norwich, in a low valley called collards pit, for the profession of the Gospel.  
The 7, of this month Nebuchadnezar burned the house of the Lord, and all jerusalem. 2. Kings 25. verse. 8. ●.   two d iiii No.   iii e iii No.  10 iiii f Prid. No.   v g Nonas.  18 vi A viii Id. Transfigura.  seven b seven Id. Name of je.  viii c vi Id.  15 ix d v Id.  4 x e iiii Id. Laurence.  xi f iii Id.  12 xii g Prid. Id. Sol in virgo 1 xiii A Idus.   xiiii b nineteen Kl. Septembris. 9 xv c xviii Kl.   xvi d xvii Kl.  17 xvii e xvi Kl.  ● xviii f xv Il.   nineteen g xiiii Kl.  14 xx A xiii Kl.  ● xxi b xii Kl.   xxii c xi Kl.  11 xxiii d x Kl. Fak.  xxiiii e ix Kl. Barthol. ●. 19 xxv f viii Kl.  ● xxvi g seven Kl.   xxvii A vi Kl.  16 xxviii b v Kl. Augustine. 5 xxix c iiii Kl. Behead. of john. 13 thirty d iii Kl.   xxxi e Prid. Kl.    
The day is 〈◊〉 hours  

Burning heat may annoy thee  
Quaking cold may destroy thee   
The night is ten hours.   

SEPTEMBER hath XXX days.  

Now reap up your barley, lest that it be lost,  
Your beans and your peason to quite care & cost▪  
Remembering always the age of the moon,  
So shall you do nothing too late or too soon.   
Prime.      2 i f Kalend. Giles. 
The 7. of this month our most noble Queen Elizabeth was borne at Greenwich, Anno. 1532.  
In the year 145● was the noble science of Printing invented by one john Faustiso a goldsmith dwelling first at Argentine, afterwards a Citizen of Mentz. Who perceiving the invention to come well to pass, made one johan Guttemberge and Peter Scafford of his counsel, binding them by oath to keep silence for a while. After five years, john Guttemberge first began to Print at Strasborough. ●lritus Han First printed at Rom. and William Garton a mercer of London, did first Print in England.   two g iiii No.  10 iii A iii No.   iiii b Prid. No.  18 v c Nonas. Dog days 7 vi d viii Id. end.  seven e seven Id. Nati. of Eli. 15 viii f vi Id. Nati. of Ma  ix g v Id.   x A iiii Id.  12 xi b iii Id.  1 xii c Prid. Id. Sol in Libra  xiii d Idus.  9 xiiii e xviii Kl. Holy cross.  xv f xvii Kl. Equinoc●. 17 xvi g xvi Kl. 〈◊〉. 6 xvii A xv Kl. Lambert.  xviii b xiiii Kl.  13 nineteen c xiii Kl.  ● xx d xii Kl. Fast.  xxi e xi Kl. S. Matthe. 11 xxii f x Kl.   xxiii g ix Kl.  19 xxiiii A viii Kl.  8 xxv b seven Kl.   xxvi c vi. Kl. Cyprian. 16 xxvii d v Kl.  5 xxviii e iiii. Kl.  13 xxix f iii Kl. S. Michael. 2 thirty g Prid. Kl. Hierome.  
The day is i● hours  

With raw fruit to glut thee.  
In ●e till may put thee.   
The night is xii. hours▪   

OCTOBER hath XXXI days.  

To sow wheat and tie a while take the pain,  
In this mouths beginning for fear of the rain.  
Scour ditches and ponds set apples & plumbs,  
Pears walnuts & tilberds, for time goes & comes.   
Prime.       i A Kalend. Remige. 
The 1. of this month the jews celebrated the feast of trumpets, Levit. 23.24. The latter jews call this day the beginning of the new year.  
The 16. of October 1555. were burned at Oxford, two worthy Bishops and martyrs, master N. Ridley, and master Hue Latimer, who after wonderful comforts one given to another, master Latimer said, be good comfort master Ridley, and play the man, we shall this day light such a Candle, by God's grace, in England, as (I trust) shall never be put out.  10 two b vi No.   iii c v No.  18 iiii d iiii No.  7 v e iii No.   vi f Prid. No. faith. 15 seven g Nonas,  4 viii A viii Id.   ix b seven Id. Dennis. 12 x c vi Id.  1 xi d v Id.   xii e iiii Id. Sol in S●o●. 9 xiii f iii Id. Edward.  xiiii g Prid. Id.  71 xv A Idus.  6 xvi b xvii Kl. Novemb.  xvii c xvi Kl. etheldred 14 xviii d xv Kl. Luke evan. 3 nineteen e xiiii Kl.   xx f xiii Kl.  11 xxi g xii Kl.   xxii A xi Kl.  19 xxiii b x Kl.  ● xxiiii c ix Kl.   xxv d viii Kl. Crispin. 16 xxvi e seven Kl.  5 xxvii f vi Kl. Fast.  xxviii g v Kl. Sund & jud 13 xxix A iiii Kl.  ● thirty b iii Kl.   xxxi. c Prid. Kl. Fast.  
〈◊〉 night is 〈…〉  

Let warm meats suffice thee.  
And tread dry I advise thee   
The night is xiii. hours   

NOVEMBER hath XXX days.  

Now serveth the season to sow wheat and rye.  
At this months beginning in ground hot and dry:  
Some labour bestow your hedges to pla●h,  
Your wood to cut down, and chief your Ash.   
Prime.      10 i d Kalend. All saint. 
At a Parliament begun the fourth of November in the first year of King Edward the sixth, were all superstitious Images utterly taken away out of Churches and other places.  
The third of this month Constantino the Emperor son to Constantinus the great, departed out of this world, Anno. 364 Hist tripart, in the end of the fifth book.  
The tenth of this month Anno. 1483. D. Martin Luther was borne in Islebi●.  
Queen Elizabeth begun luckily to reign for the advancement of the Gospel of our Saviour Christ the 17. of this month. 1558.   two e iiii No.  ●8 iii f iii No.  ● iiii g Prid. No.   v A Nonas.  15 vi b viii Id. Leonard. 4 seven c seven Id.   viii d vi Id.  12 ix e v Id.   x f iiii Id.  1 xi g iii Id. S. Martin. 9 xii A Prid. Id. Sol in Sa●it  xiii b Idus. Brice. 17 xiiii c xviii Kl. Decembris. 5 xv d xvii Kl. ●●a●h●te.  xvi e xvi Kl.  14 xvii f xv Kl. ●uit. Reg Eliz. 3 xviii g xiiii Kl.   nineteen A xiii Kl.  11 xx b xii Kl. Edmund king  xxi c xi Kl.  19 xxii d x Kl. Cicilie. 8 xxiii e ix Kl. Clement.  xxiiii f viii Kl.  16 xxv g seven Kl. Katherine. 5 xxvi A vi Kl.   xxvii b v Kl.  13 xxviii c iiii Kl.  2 xxix d iii Kl. Fast. 10 thirty e Prid. Kl. Andrew Apo  
The day is ten hours  

If stomach forsake thee,  
Then tart receipts make thee.   
The night is xiiii. hours   

DECEMBER hath XXXI days.  

〈…〉 with your timber would you that wil● tu●●ne,  
And trust me by trial the same shall not 〈◊〉:  
Good digging of gardens removing of bees,  
Vnwri●ng the roots of all your fruit trees.   
Prime.      10 i f Kalend.  
The 18 of December 1556. was burned in Smithfielde that valiant, and constant Martyr, master john Philpot, who so soon as he came into Smithfield he kneeled down and said I will pay my vows in thee O Smithfield.  
The 22, of December, 1557, were burned in Smithfield john Rough, minister a Scotishman, and Margaret Mearing.  
The 20. of this Month Esdias exhorted the Israelites to put away their strange wives 1. Esd. 9 vers. 6. etc.  18 two g iii No.  7 iii A iii No.   iiii b Prid. No.  15 v c Nonas.  4 vi d viii Id. Nicho. Bl.  seven e seven Id.  12 viii f vi Id. Concep. Ma  ix g v Id.  1 x A iiii Id.  9 xi b iii Id.   xii c Prid. Id. Sol in Capri 17 xiii d Idus. Lucy. 6 xiiii e nineteen Kl. januarii.  xv f xviii Kl.  34 xvi g xvii Kl. O sapientia. 1 xvii A xvi Kl.   xviii b xv Kl.  11 nineteen c xiiii Kl.   xx d xiii Kl. Fa●. 19 xxi e xii K. Thomas Ap 8 xxii f xi Kl.   xxiii g x Kl.  16 xxiiii A ix Kl. Fast. 5 xxv b viii Kl. Christmas.  xxvi c seven Kl. S. Steven. 13 xxvii d vi Kl. S. john. 2 xxviii e v Kl. Innocents'.  xxix f iiii Kl.  10 thirty g iii Kl.   xxxi A Prid. Kl silvest Bl.  
The day is ●i● hours.  

With warm clothing it thee  
Lest nipping cold hit thee.   
The night is xvii hours.