: Here beginneth the Book of knowledge of things unknown a pertaining to astronomy with certain necessary Rules, and certain spears containing herein Compiled by Godfridus super Palladum de agricultura Anglicatum. Ptholomeus ¶ This is unknown to many men, though they be known to some men. ¶ Here beginneth the Book of. Knowledge. ¶ sunday. IF the Nativity of our Lord come on a Sunday, winter shallbe good. Ver shall be windy, sweet and hot, vintage shallbe good Oxen waxeth, Sheep shallbe multiplied, Honey and Milk, and all goods shallbe plenteous Old men and women shall die, peace and accord shall be in the land. Also the Sundays of each year suing, in the hour of the day, or of night, to do all things that thou wilt begin it is profitable. Who that been borne shallbe strong, great and shining, Who that flieth shallbe found. ¶ monday. IF it come on the Monday winter shallbe meddled. Ver shallbe windy and good-sommer all dry, or even the contrary, if it be rainy full of tempest, vintage shall be in middle assize. In each monday of the same year in the hour of day, or of night, to do all things that thou wilt begin it is good, dreams pertaineth to effect. Who that been born shall be strong. Who that flieth shall soon be found, theft done shallbe proved, he that falleth in to his bed soon shall rekever. ¶ tuesday. IF it come on the tuesday, winter shallbe good. Ver shallbe windy, summer shallbe good, bintage shallbe traue●louse, women shall die, ships shall perish of sees In each tuesday of the same year in the hour of day, or of night, to do all things that thou wilt begin it is good. Who that been borne shallbe strong and covetous, dreams pertaineth to age. Who that flieth shall soon be found, theft than done shall be proved. ¶ wednesday. IF it come on the wednesday, winter shallbe sharp and hard. Ver shallbe windy and evil, summer shallbe good, vintage shallbe good & traue●lous, good wit y● shalt find, young men shall die, Honey shall not be earned, bearers shall travail, shipmen shall travail in each year. In each wednesday of each year to do allthings that thou wyl● begin it is good. ¶ Thursday. IF it come on the Thursday, winter shallbe good. Ver shallbe windy, summer good, vintage good and plenty shall be, Kings and princes perameter shall die. And in each Thursday of each year to do all things that thou wilt begin it is good. Who that ●en borne shall be of fair speech & worshipful. Who flieth shall soon be found theft done by awenche shallbe proved. Who that falleth in his bed rather other latter oft was wont to rekever. ¶ friday. IF it come on the Friday winter shall be marvelous Ver windy and good, summer good and dry, byntage plenteous, there shall be dolour of the Air, Sheep and been shall perish. Oats shallbe dear. In each friday of each year to do all things that thou wilt begin it is good. Who that benborne shall be profitable & Lecherous. Who that flieth shall soon be found, theft done by a Child shall be proved. ¶ saturday. IF it come on the saturdaye winter shallbe dyrke, snow shallbe great, fruit shallbe plenteous Ver shall be windy, summer evil, byntage evil by places Oats shallbe dear, men shall wax sick, and been shall die. In no saturday of that same year, whether it be in the hour of day, or night to begin every thing uneath it shall be good, but if the course of the Moon bring it thereto, theft done shall be found, he that flieth shall turn again to his own they that is sick shall long wail, and uneath they shall scape, that theyne should die. ¶ Finis the seven. days. ¶ Here followeth of the birth of Children. ON the sunday, who that is borne he shall be great, and shining. Who that is borne on the monday, to begin all things he shallbe good. Who that is borne on the tuesday, he shallbe covetous, and he shall peryishe with iron, and uneath he shall come to the last age, to begin all things he shallbe good. He that is borne on the wednesday, he shall lightly learn words. He that is borne on the Thursday, he shallbe stable and worship full, and to begin all things is good. He that is borne on the Friday he shall be of long life and lecherous, 〈◊〉 to begin all things is good, He that is borne on the saturday, he shall seldom be profitable, but if the course of the Moon byrngeit thereto. ¶ Here beginneth the nature and disposition of the days of the Moon with the girth of Children. ¶ The first day. IN the first Day of the Moon Adam was made, to do all things it is profitable, and what ever thou wilt to do good, and that thou seest in thy sleep, shallbe well, & shallbe turned into joy. If thou seemest to be overcomen, never the latter, thou shalt overcome. A child that is borne shall soon wax, and be of long life, and rich. He that falleth sick shall long wail, and he shall suffer a long sickness, it is good ●o let a little blood. ¶ The second day. IN the second Day of the Moon, Eve was made, to do an ernde it is good, and to do all things it is profitable, to buy and to sell, to sty into a ship,, to make away, to sow seeds, theft done shalsoone be found. Whatso ever thou shalt see in sleep, soon effect it shall have, whycher it be good or evil: to let blood it is good. A child that is borne, soon shall wax, & he shallbe a lecher, or a strompe●. ¶ The iii day. IN the three day of the moon Kay● was borne, of all things that should be done, it behoveth to abstain, but only that thou wilt not that it wax again, it is good to draw up roots in the yard and in the field, thefted one shallbe soon be found, whatso ever thou seest in sleep, it is nought. Who that is borne, mently the shall wax, but he shall buy young. A sick man that falleth in his bed, shall travail, and he shall not scape, to let blood it is good. ¶ The four day. IN the four day of the moon Abel was borne. Whatso ever thou dost is good in each travail, the dreams that thou seest hath effect. Hope in god and counsel good. A child that is borne, he shallbe a good Treatoure, and much he shallbe praised. A man that falleth sick, either soon shallbe healed, or soon shall die, it is good to let blood. ¶ The .v. day. IN the .v. day of the moon, do nothing of erndene of work, to make sacrament, it is not good. Who that fleeth, bound or dead, he shallbe showed/ the dreams that thou shalt see, shallbe well. After that thou haste seen: it shallbe. Beware that thou lose no counsel. A child that is borne shaldye young. He that falleth in his bed, soon shalldye, to let blood it is good. ¶ The vi day. IN the vi day of the moon, to send children to school, it is good, and to use huntynge, the dreams that thou shalt se, nigh shall hap in good, but beware that thou say nought to any man. Thy counsel do not discover. A child borne, shallbe of long life and silly. A sick man uneath shall escape, to let blood it is good. ¶ The vii day. IN the vij day of the moon Abel was slain. He that falleth sick, shaldye, he that is borne shallbe of long life, and good to let blood, and to take drink it is good A dream that thou seest, long after shallbe. Who that fleeth shall soon be found, and theft also. To buy swine, to tame beasts, to clip hairs, & to take all manner of nourishing, it is good. A sick man if he be medyeyned, shallbe healed. ¶ The viii day. ANd in the eight day of the Moon, whatsoever thou wilt do is good, all things that thou wilt treat, to go in counsel to buy Manciples & beasts: folds of sheep into another place to change, it is good, to set fundamentes, to sow Seeds, to go into a way. A child that is borne, shallbe sick but in all days, he shallbe a purchasoure, & he shall die young. A dream shallbe certain, & soon shallbe. If thou seest sorry things, turn then to the east, he that waxeth sick shall live: theft shallbe found, to let blood it behoveth in the midst of the day. ¶ The ix day. ANd in the ix day of the Moon, Lameth was borne, to do all things it is profitable, what thing thou wilt entre to make, it is good, and shall profit. A dream that thou seest, shall come in the day following, or in the second day, and thou shalt see a sign in the east, and that shall appear in sleep openly within xi days shall come. A child borne in all things shallbe a purchasoure and good, and long of life. A sick man shall wayl● much and arise. Who shallbe chased, shall not be found, & who that is oppressed, shallbe comforted, presume thou not to let blood. ¶ The ten day. AND in the ten day of the Moon, was borne the Patriarch Noe. What so ever thou wilt do shall pertain to light. Dreams be vain, and within four days shall come without peril. A child that is borne, shall environ many countries, and he shall die old what soever be lost, shallbe hid, who that is bound, shallbe unbound. Who that fleeth, after shallbe found: who that falleth in travail, without peril shallbe delivered. Who that falleth in his bed, he shall long abide, to let blood, it is good. ¶ The xi day. AND in the xi day of the Moon, Sem was borne, it is good to begin works, to go out, to sow, to make wedding. A dream within four days shallbe fulfilled without perils, and soon it shall appear after that thou seest. A child that is borne shallbe of long life & religious, & lovable, he shall have a sign in the forehead, or in the mouth or in the eye, & in latter age he shallbe made better. A wench shall have a sign that she shallbe learned with wisdom, to go into a way, it is good, and to change fooldes of sheep, fro place to place, he that is sick and he be long sick, he shallbe heeled each day to let blood it is good. The xii day. ANd in the twelve day of the Moon, was borne Canaan the son of Cham, nothing thou shalt begin, for it is a grievous days, a dream shall be certain, to joy to the after that thou seest, within ix days, it shallbe fulfilled to wed and to do erndes it is profitable, that is lost shallbe found. A child that is borne shallbe of long life angry and honest, a sick man shallbe grened and arise. Who that is taken shallbe left, theft soon shall be found, to let blood at even it is good. ☞ ¶ The xiii day. ANd in the xiij day of the Moon. Noah planted wines, & in each day wines been made to plant wines it is good. After that thou seest, thy dream shallbe, and within four dates it shall come to gladness, but take heed to Psalms & to Orisons. A child borne in adversity shallbe let, he shallbe angry, and he shall not be long of life. Who that is bound shall be loosed, that is lost shall be found. Who that waxeth sick, long time shall travail, and uneath shall be saved but die: Towed a wife, it is good, it is good each day to let blood. ¶ The xiiii day. IN the xiiij day of the Moon it is a good day and a glad. Not blessed all things that shallbe done what ever thou wilt do, and shall come to the to heel. A dream within six days shallbe, to make wedding it is good, and to go in the way. Axe of thy friend, or thine enemy, and it shallbe done to the. A child that is borne, shallbe a tretoure, the sick man shall be changed & rise, and shall be heeled by medicine to let blood it is good. ¶ The xu day. ANd in the xu day of the Moon. Tongges were divided, do no work, begin no ernde, for it is a grievous day. A sick man shall long travail, but he shall escape. A dream that thou seest nothing shall no● but soon shall come. A child borne shall die young, that is lost shallbe found, to let blood it is good. ☞ The xvi day. IN the xvi day of the Moon, Pythagoras was borne, the Auc●oure of Philosophers, to buy and to sell it is good, to tame Oxen and other Beasts. A dream is not good after long time it shall come, and it shall be harmful, to take a wife to make wedding it is good, folds o● Sheep from place to place to change it is good. A child that is borne shall be of long life but he shall be poor forsworn, & a cursed. A sick man if he change his pla●e he shall live, to let blood it is good. ¶ The xvii day. IN the xvij day of the Moon it is evil to do an 〈◊〉. A dream that thou seest after long time shallbe, or withi xxx days. A child that is borne shallbe silly, he that is sick shallbe much ground, and a rise, that is lost shall ●● found, to send children to school, to be wedd●● and to make 〈◊〉 and take it is good, but not to 〈◊〉 blood. ¶ The xviii day●. ANd in the xviij day of the Moon, is good for allthings to be done, namely to begin houses. And to set children to school dreams are good and shallbe done within twenty days. Who that sickness hath shall lsoone rise, or long be sick, & than cover. Theft than done shall be found. A knave child than borne shall be unovercome and eloquent, proud unpesable, & not long life. A maid child than borne, shallbe chas●e laborious, senyaunt and b●●ter in her hinder age, they shall both be marked about the knees, not so hardy thou let the blood this day. ¶ The▪ nineteen. day. IN the xix day of the Moon is not 〈◊〉 good ne full evil, dreams shall ●o 〈◊〉 within twenty days. Who that 〈◊〉 hath shalsoone rise if he ta●● medicyn●, theft than done shall not be found. A knave child than borne, shallbe true, benign, sleight, wise, ever wax better and better in great worship, and have a mark in the brow. A maiden child than borne, shallbe eight sick: save not paid of one man, that day is good to bleed. ¶ The twenty day. AND in the twenty day of the Moon, Isaac blessed his son what ever thou wilt do is good, a dream that thou seest shall appear, but say it to no man, to make wedding it is good, to by a mancyple, it is good, to build houses it is good folds of sheep, from place to place to change it is good, & to tame beasts and to sow seeds. A child that is borne shallbe a fighter and he shall have many aryvynges, that is los●e shallbe found, to change been it is good. A sick man shall long wail or so●ne 〈◊〉, to let blood on even it is good. ¶ The xxi day. IN the xxi day of that Moon saul was borne, first king of the jews, a dream is true, and to joy shall pertain within four days. A child that is borne shall find moche evil, he shallbe a th●f●, & wy●ty, he shallbe a treat our, and travailous. Fsa● roke the residue blyssynges of his father, it is good to he'll swine, and other beasts: it behoveth to abstain frò gaming things, to go in the way it is good. A sick man shall vesycke and arise, theft shallbe found, let no blood neither dayene night. ¶ The xxii day. IN the xxij day of the Moon joseph was borne, it is a day of holiness, if thou dost any earned thou shalt find it grenous, dreams shall be certain, and shall come to io●e. A child borne, in aldayes shall be a purchesoure, merry, fair, religious, and lyperous. A sick man both late is confirmed and healed. Been to change from place to place it is good. A sy●ke man shall be sick, and be healed, to let blood all day it is good. ¶ The xxiii day. IN the xiij day of the Moon Benyamyn was borne, son of the right side, the last son of the Patriatke Noe. What ever thou wilt do is good. A dream that thou seest shall turn to joy, and nothing shall noy, and other while it was wont to fall within eight days, To take a wife it is good, to make weddings, to set foundamentes to open new earth, to ●ame beasts it is good. A child borne, shall be out ●aste, and many letrynges, he shall make and in sins he shall die. A sick man shallbe sick, and arise, it is good to let blood. ¶ The xxiiii day IN the xxiiij day of the Moon Golyas was borne, a dream that thou seest, signifieth thine hele, and nothing shall noy. A child borne shallbe compendious, and shall do wonderful things. A sick man shall lange wish and be heeled to let blood before the third hour it is good. ¶ The xxv day. AND in the xxv day of the Moon, Our Lord send signs into Egypt by Moses, and in each day he passed the red sea, he that maketh sacrament, shall die in a perilous death, beware dread to come, the dream signifieth hard things, and within ten days it was wont to come, Erly then bow thine head into the East. A child borne shallbe an evil man, many perils he shall suffer. A sick man shall sustain injury and uneath shall scape, it is good to let blood. ¶ The xxxvi day. IN the xxvi day of the Moon Moses dried the red Sea. In each day jonathas, the son of Saul, was borne, & deed is Saul with his sons, thou shalt begin nothing, the dream shallbe certain and shall be turned in to joy, to men pilgrims it pertaineth to beware of aspyes, of thine enemies A child borne shallbe full lovable, but neither rich ne poor. A sick man shall travail and arise, if he have the dropsy he shall die, to let blood a little, it is needful. ¶ The xxvii day. IN the xxvii day of the Moon. Our Lord rained Manna, to the children of Israel, what ever thou wilt do is good, be busy for a dream that thou seest was wont to come, either to good or to evil. A child borne, shallbe of long life and most loved, and menlyche strange neither rich ne poor. A sick man shall rise to life, he shall be holden in moche langonre, but he shall be heeled, folds of sheep from place to place to change it is good, to let blood on even, it is good. ¶ The xxviii day. ANd in the xxviij day of the Moon, the da●es ben fighting ●abe●nacles den fixed in desert, what ever thou wilt do is good A dream that thou seest shall turn in to joy, and shall come Welfullyche. A child borne, shallbe much loved, he shallbe holden in sickness. ● syck● man that falleth in fyrm●c● soon shallbe saved, to let blood in the evening it accordeth. ¶ The xxix day. AND in the xxix day of the Moon, the jews went in to the Land of behest, Herode the king, cut of the children's hedes, begin nothing the dream shallbe certain, and good gladness, and joy it signifieth, an 〈◊〉 begynit is good to fulfil, to take a wife it is good, but vylte thou not make dowers, ne write testaments. A child borne shall be of long life, wise, and holy, and meek, to fish, and hunt & it is good. A sick man shall not grievously be sick, but a escape, it is good to let blood. ¶ The xxx day. IN the xxx day of the Moon▪ Samuel the Prophet, was borne, what ever thou wilt do is good. A dream that appeareth to the certain, and within ii days thou shalt see, and thou shall find a red Sign in the East, within ix days. A child borne shallbe of long life and profitable, and well measured in each thing. A sick man shall nigh come to death, in no manner let no blood. These and many other ●●tayneth to men after as the course of the Moon followeth. ¶ Of Saturn, and what Saturn is. SAturne, what is Saturn, he is the first Planet, and the wyckedest, and he unbegynneth the zodiac but once in xxx year, than followeth it forth in the zodiac by twelve signs, that Saturn reigneth in ●che▪ signs two years and ● half, in vi Signs he raineth xu ●●res. And in all the twelve Signs he 〈◊〉 even xxx years, & right as there ar●. twelve signs in the zodiac, so are there twelve months in the year, ●che sign to his month. Wherefore beware before, and make puruayaunce therefore, and soak when Saturn raineth in the three winter signs, that is to say, Capricorn, aquary, and Pisces, & so long those seven. years and half a year, shall be scarceness and dearth of corn, fruit Beestes, and all other things, for in the three years Signs▪ he hath might and mo●ste power to fulfil his malice, if he be nought le●●ed by neyghbourhed of any good Pla●et▪ ¶ This next Chapter following declareth, what signifieth the thondre in every year. THondre in Ianuarye▪ signifieth the same year, great winds plea●ye of corn, and battle. Peradventure also thondre in February year, sygnyfyth that same 〈◊〉 many men, namely rich men, shall die in great sickness. Thondre in M●rche, signifieth that same ye●r great winds, plenty of corns, and debate amongs people. Thondre in april, signifieth that same year to be fruitful, and merry, and also death of wicked men. Thondre in may signifieth that year need scarse●es and birth o● corns and great hunger. Thondre in june, signifieth that same years, that woods shall be overeasten with winds. And great raging shallbe of Lions, & Wo●kes, and so like of other harmful Beasts. Thondre in july, signifieth that same year shallbe good corn, & fruits of Beasts, that is to say, their strength shall perysshe▪ Thondre in August, signifieth the same year sorrow weling of many, and o● most hotethynges, and also many shallbe syeke. Thondre in Septembre, signifieth that same year great wind copy of corn, that is to say, plenteous, and occasion of folk, that is to say, much falling. Thondre in Octobre sygnyfyth that same year, great w●nde and scantness of Corns, and fruits of trees, Thondre in Novembre signifieth that same year to be fruitful, and merry, and cheap corn. Thondre in Decembre signifieth that same year cheap corn, & of wheere, peace and accord among the people. ¶ This Chapter following, declareth what are the evil days, and forbode in the year. And also which be the best bleeding days in the year. WIt thou well that in every month, be two evil days, one in waxing of the month, and another in the waning. The Calendars showeth them and their hours openly enough, in the which days, if any folk take sickness, or begin any new thing, it is great grace, if it ever far well, or come to good end. Also there are L. canicular days, that is to say, from the xu Kalefi. of August, to the N●nas of Septembre, in the which Days it is forbode, by astronomy to all manner of folks: That they let them no blood, ne take no Drinks, and also good it is to abstain than from women, and they should greatleches know and keep, and teach to other men. For why all that time reigneth a Statre, that is called Caniculacanis, in latin, a hound in english, now of this foresaid star Canicula, the foresaid. L. days, are called Canicular days, that is to say, door days and biting as a Bitch, for the kind of the star Canicula, is boiling and beenning as fire, & bi●ynge as a bitch whelp, that time the heat of the son, and of the star is so dowlcet and violent, that men's bodies at midnight, sweets as at midday, & swelleth lightly: bloweth and brenneth, and if they than be hurt, than been they more sick than at any other time, and right neren deed. In those days all venomous Serpents, creepeth and flieth, and gendereth, and so they overset hugelye the Air, in seding of theyrkind, so that many a man are deed thereby, there again all the summer: namely those days, a fire is good night and day, and wholesome. And seeth such meats and take keep of great violent moats. ¶ Also from the xviij Kalend. of Octobre, to the xvij Kalend. of Novembre, look thou take no cold, for than the poors of man, and of earth, and of all things else setten. And they may not open again till the xvij Kalend. of april, wherefore such things as thou takest, within the poors th'affection thou shalt hold till they open truely it should less harm the'to take cold at Christenmas than then. ¶ Td know how a man shall keep himself in health. IF thou wilt keep the long in health, than hold this rule, that is to say, fly anger, wrath, and ewr, give the to mirth in measure, travail sadly, so that thou sweet not to much in the summer and namely in the Canyculer days, i'll all manner of strong drinks & hot spices, brenning meats namely to have them v●andly. Fast not to long at morn. Sup not to late at night, eat not hastily: ne eat but little at one's: and that, that thou eatest, chew it well every time that thou eats, rest a little rather after, sleep not the under meal, namely out of these four mouths. That is tosaye, may, june, july, and August. And yet th● l●sse that thou sleepest than the better it is: sleep well in the waxing, of the night, and be early up in the morning, tymelyer the better. And every day beware of wicked mists that none enter in the fasting, for thereof cometh great pestilences ● great heat. And in great cold and in pestilences eat much garlic every day ix Saffron chives, it will do the moche good. Eat Enough in wyn●er, eat Enough in Ver, but eat but little in summer, look thy meat be well seasoned in harvest, beware of fruyres, for they are not good, if it be given the for medicine, of all manners of meats sudden is the best, eat not to many hot spices, ne eat but little at one's, for better it were vii times on the day, than once thy fill, flesh is more nourishing than fish. Eat not to much sour meats nor salt for they will make thy bones sore, Look thy drink be not to new, ne to old: Sweet powdered meats be most wholesome. Of all things take me sure and no more, for in measure rests virtue. And that seyntes did hold them to ¶ To know what perilous days: come in the change of every Moon. IN each change of every Moon be two days in the which, what thing so is begun, late or never it shall come to end, and the days be full perilous, for many things ¶ In januarie, when the Moon is three or four ¶ In February, when the Moon is .v. or vij ¶ In March vi or vij ¶ In Apryll .v. or viii ¶ In Mayt viii or ix ¶ In june .v. or xu ¶ In july iii or xiii ¶ In August viii or xiii ¶ In Septembre viii or xiii ¶ In Octobre .v. or xii ¶ In Novembre .v. or ix. ¶ In Decembre three or xiij ¶ Astronomyers saith, that vi days in the year are perilous of death. And therefore they forbed men to bleed on th●m, or take any drinks, that is to say. ¶ The third day of the Month of januarie. ¶ The first day of the month of july. ¶ The second day of the month of Octobre. ¶ The last day of the month of Apryll. ¶ The first day of August. ¶ The last day going out of Decembre. ¶ These vi days with great diligence ought to be kept, but namely the latter three for all the veins are than full. For then whither man or Beast he ●●yt in than, within. seven days, or certainly within xiiij days they shall die. And if they take any drinks, within xv. days they shall die. And if they eat of any goose in these ij days within xl. days they shall die. And if any child be borne, in these three latter days they shall die a wicked death, ¶ Astronomiers and Astrologiers, saith that in the beginning of March, the vij night or the xviij day, let the blood of the right arm. And in the beginning of april xi day on the left arm. And in the end of Ma●e three or .v. day, on whither arm thou wilt. And thus of all that year thou shalt syke●ly● bewaresshe fro the Fevers, and fro the falling gout, & fro the fists gout. And fro loss of thy sight, Bia●magest, insent●●o qui of Ptholomei● Each man's body is ruled by a certain sign of the zodiac. Wherefore as saith Ptholome●s in the place of Bone. If thou be sick in any limb, do no medicine unto that limb, when the Moon is in sign of that limb, for it shall rather hinder, than fourther. And namely flee blood letting, it that time of those limbs. Thus shalt thou know which signs reigneth in which limbs. ¶ The bull raineth in the neck and in the throat over all. ¶ The Gemuse raineth in the shoulder, arms, and hands, and those three be the signs of Ver. ¶ The Creves or Lobster, reigneth in the breast, stomach and limbs, arteries, the milt, heart, liver, and gall. ¶ The Lion reigneth in the back sides, bones, sinew, and gristles. ¶ The Maid reigneth in the womb, mydry●e and gu●tes. And also ¶ Here followeth the dyscryption of the four Elements: and of the four Complexions. I Do the to Wit that in each man and woman, reigneth each planet, and every sign of the zodiac, and every prime qualities, and every Element, and every Complexion, but not in every like, for in some men reigneth one more & in some men reigneth another, and therefore membe of divers manners, wherefore good is that we see shortly the kind of those prymes qualities. And so forth on the other. ¶ Of the four prime qualities, and what they are. ☞ Four Prime qualities, there be. That is to say, moistness, hotness, dryness be two contraryus. And therefore they may no neyghe together without a mean, for the hotness on the one side bindeth them together, and coldness on the other side. Also hotness & coldness are two contraries, & therefore they may not nigh together, without a mean, for the moistness on the one side, bindeth them together. And dryness, on the other. Moystenes is cause of every thick Substance, and of every sweet taste. And there again dryness is cause of every thine substance, and of every sour stinking ●ast. And also hotness is cause of every red colour, and large quantity. There again coldness is cause of every white colour and little quantity. ¶ Combyne, That is ●o say, knit these four prime qualities altar these four combinations. That is to say, knyttynges, and than they will hold four Elements, that is to say. The Air moist and hot. The fire hot and dry. The Earth dry and cold. The Water cold and moist. The Air & the Earth are two contraries, and therefore they may not neyghe together, but as fire binds them on the one side, between them. And the water on the other side between them. Also Fire and water, are two contraries and therefore they may not neyghe together, but as the Air between them binds on the one side. And the Earth between bindeth them together, on the other side. The Fire is sharp, subtle, and monable. The Air is subtle, monable, and corpulent, and dull. The Earth is corpulent and thick. The Water is movable, corpulent and dull. The Earth is corpulent, dull, and unmovable, right as an egg shell, Vyngose a thine skin. And the sign Vyngose the white, and in the mids of the yolk, is a little tender hole, right so the Fire Vyngose the Air ten times more, and ten times. Than the Air Vyngose the Water ten times more, and ten times tymer than the water. The water Vyngose the Earth ten times more, and ten times tymer than the Earth. In the heart of the Earth is the senter of the world. That is to say, the mids point. And in every Sente● is hell. And there again is above the fire are the stars, and above them is heaven crystalline, that is to say, waters of all bliss, departed in nine orders of Angels, than is heaven in the highest, rowmest, and largest. And there again, is Hell in the lowest, narrowest, and straytest. ¶ Right as there be four Elements, so there be four Complexions according in all manner qualities to these four Elements, ¶ The first is sanguine, that is to say, blood gendereth in the livers limb, and like to the Air. ¶ The second is Cooler gendered in the gall, And like thereto. And it is according to the fire. ¶ The third is melancholy, gendered in the milt, and like to the dregs of blood, and it accordeth to the Earth. ¶ The Fourth is Flumes gendered in the lungs like to glat, and it accordeth to the water. A sanguine man moche may, and moche coveteth, for he is moist and hot. ¶ A Cooloryke man, moche coveteth and little may, for he is hot and dry. ¶ A Melancolyus man, little may, and little coueyte●h, for he is dry and cold. ¶ A phlegmatic man, little coverteth, and little may for is cold and moist. ¶ A sanguine manis large loving, glade of cheer, laughing & ●oddy, of Colour, steadfast, tlesshely, right hardy, mannerly, gentle, and well noryrshed. ¶ A Cooleryke man is guileful, false, and wrathful, tretours, and right hardy, quynt, small, dry, and black of colour. ¶ A Melancolyus man, is envious, sorry, covetous, hard, and false holdyning, guileful, dreadful, slothful, and clear of colour. ¶ A Flumettyke man is slomery sleepy, slow, sleyghtfull, and much spitting, dul●e, and hard of wit, fat visage, and white of colour. ¶ Of the four quarters of the year: and of the four complexions: and what they are. IN the year be four quarters ruled by these four complexions, that is to say, Ver, summer, Harvest, and winter. Ver hath three months. That is to say. March, april, and may. And is sanguine complexion. Summer hath also three months. That is to say. june, july, and August. And this quarteriss choleric complexion. Harvest hath also three mo●thes. That is to say Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, and this quarter is melancolyus complexion. Winter hath also iij months. That is to say, december, januarie, & February, & this quarteris phlegmatic complexion. ¶ Each day also these four complexions reigneth, that is to say. Fro iij after midnight, unto ix reigneth sanguine, & fro ix after midnight to three after midday, reigneth choleric, & from three after midday to ix after midday reigneth melancholy, & fro ix after midday to three after midnight reigneth flume. ¶ Also in the four Quarters of the world reigneth these four complexions. That is to say. sanguine in the East, Cooloryke in the South, Melancholy in the West. And phlegm in the North. ¶ Also the four Complexions, reigneth in four ages of man. That is to say, Cooler in childhood. sanguine in manhood, phlegm in age. And M●lancolyus in old childhood. If fro the birth, to xiiij year full done, Manhood is from thence to xxx year age. Fro thence to l. year. And old from thence to lxxx year, and so forth to death. ¶ Also these four complexions reigneth in four parts of man's body. ¶ Cooler raineth in all the coule● limbs from the breast upward. ¶ sanguine reigneth, in all small limbs. Also from the midriff to the weasand. ¶ And phlegm reigneth in all noryssheande limbs, also fro the reins to the midriff. ¶ And melancholy reigneth in all the limbs, from the reins downward. ¶ Wherefore every man's ●rine is ●as●● four that is to say, Corltyl, Superfyce, mids, and ground, every party of the ●ryne to his part, of man's body. And therefore to four things in every urine, we must take heed. That is to say, Substance, quantity, Cooler, and content iii substances there are. That is to say, thick, thine, and middle. ¶ Thick Substance betokeneth moche moistness. ¶ Thine Substance, betokeneth moche dryness. ¶ And middle Substance betokeneth temporance. ¶ Also three Quamtytes be in urine. That is to say. Moche, little, and Mene. ¶ Moche quantity, betokeneth great cold. ¶ And little quantity betokeneth great heat. ¶ And Mean quantity betokeneth temporance. ¶ Also take heed to the cast, whither it be sweet or not. ¶ Sweet cast betokeneth health. ¶ And other taste betokeneth sickness. ¶ Also in brynes be twenty Colours, of the which the first ten betokeneth cold. And the other ten betokeneth heat. ¶ The ten colours that betokeneth cold, are these. ¶ The first is black a dark coal and cometh of lived going before. ¶ The second like to lead, and those ii betokeneth mortyfication. ¶ The third is white as clear water. ¶ The fourth is laktyke, like to whey. ¶ The fift is caropose, like to grey russet: or to Camel's beer. ¶ The vi is yellow like to falow leaves falling of trees. And those four colours betokeneth indygestion. ¶ The seventh is subpale, that is to say, not fullpale. ¶ The right is pale, like to some sodenflesshe. ¶ The ninth is Subsytryn●, That is to say, fulsycryne. ¶ The ten is sytryne like to a ponisiter, or to right yellow flowers. ¶ And these four colours, betokeneth beginning of digestion. ¶ Now we have seen the colours, which betokeneth cold. So we see the other ten which betokeneth heat. ¶ The first is Subryfe. That is to say, not full ruff. ☞ The second is ruff like to fy●● gold. ☞ And those two colours betokeneth per●yte digestion. So the ●●ryne be middle of substance, middle of quantity, sweet of taste, and without contents. ¶ The third is subryfe, that is to ●a●e full red. ¶ The fourth is red like to Saffron dirt. ¶ The fift is subrugunde, that is to say, not full rubygunde ¶ The sixth is rubygunde like a strong flaume of fire. And these iiij. colours betokeneth passing of digestion. (???) ¶ The seventh Ynopose like to whytewyne. ¶ The right is kynanos like to ●oten blood. And these two betokeneth adustyon. ¶ The nynche is green as the ●ole stock. ¶ The tenth is black, as a clear black horn. And this black cometh of green going tofore. And these two betokeneth adustyon and death. ¶ In Urine be xviii contents. That is to say. Serkell, Ampull, ●raynes, Clouds, Scum, Atterer, Fatness, Humer, Blood, Gravel, Here, Scalos, Bran, Crinodose, sperm, Dust, Eskes, Sedimen, or Ypostas. ¶ The Serkle, showeth all the qualities of the head. ¶ Ampull, that is to say, cream, showeth also the brain disturbed. ¶ Grains betokens of remne, and glut. ☞ Clouds showeth vice, of the small limbs. ☞ Scum, that is to say, foam, showeth ventosity, and often the jandyes. ❧ Atterer, that is to say, quiter showeth vice of the reigns. The bladder, or of the liver. ☞ Fatness as oil drops, showeth wasting, and dissolution of all the body, namely of the loins. ☞ Humer like gl●t, or like dre●es of blood, or rotten gall, it showeth vice of the midriff, or above or beneath ❧ Blood showeth vice of the liver or of the reins, or of the bladder. ☞ Gravel showeth the stone. ☞ hairs showeth dissolution, of the fatness of all the body, of the reigns namely ☞ Scalos and bran, showeth the third spice of Fever ethic incurable. ❧ sperm, that is to say, mankind showeth to much lechery. ☞ Dust showeth the gout, or a woman conceyned. ☞ Eskes the privy harness to be grieved. ❧ Sedymen, that is ●o say, clo●des in the ground of the Urine, or breaking up toward. ❧ The circle is called Ypostas. That is to say, the ground, and it hathemooste signification of all, & namely of the lowerpartyes. ¶ Of every man's body be four principal limbs, that is to say, soulet limbs, small limbs, and norysshande limbs, and gendering limbs. ¶ Sowlet limbs, be the drains, and all that are there about, down to the weasand. ¶ Small limbs be the heart, and the lungs, and all that be about them betwixt the weasand and the midriff. ☞ nourishing limbs, be the liver, mile, gall, and guts, and all that be about them, between the weasand, and the midriff, and the Reigns. ☞ Gendering limbs, be the reigns, bladder, privy harness, and the limbs about fro the reigns downward. ¶ Also here followeth an A. B. C. Whereby thou 〈◊〉 know of what Plainer every man is A. E 1 I. S. 1. B. K. 2. Q. R 2. G. ℥. L. D. M. 4. C. O. ●. V ●. T. ●. F. 8. P. ●. X. 9 ☞ Depart this by ix unto a hundredth. And if one or 8. be over, than the Son is his Planet. If. 2. or ●. be over, than Venus is his planet. If. ℥. be over, than he is of Mercury. If. 4. be over, than he is of the Moon. If. 5. be over, than he is of Saturnus. If. 6. be over, than be is of jupiter. If. 7. be over, than he is of Mars. ¶ Adam. 31. Andren. 1●. Aldon. ●2. Nufos. 12. Benastri●is. 92, Becus. 9 David. 9 ¶ Also here followeth another. A B. C. To know by of what sign in the zodiac, every manis, that is to say under which sign he is borne, and to which sign, he is most like. Also hereby thou may know his fortune and the moment in the which he shall die. Also here by thou may know the fortune, and infortune of many things, to bones, cities, and Castles. ¶ A. 2. B. 2. C. 20. D. 41. E. 5. F. 24. G. 3. H. 20. I. 10. K. 13. L. 42. M. 12. N. 22. O. 12. P. 21. Q. 24. R. 27. S. 22. T. ●1. V 13 X. 20. Y. 20. T. 7. ¶ If thou wilt know by this. A. B. C. any man as it is said before take his name & his mother's name. And also if thou wilt know of any town, by this. A. B. C. as it is said before, than take that towns name, and the name of the City of jerusalem, for that is the mother of all towns, & than a count the letters of the names, by the number of this. A. B. C. and when thou haste all done, depart it by xxviij and if one or two be over, than that that thou seekest longeth to the wether. And if three or. iii●. or .v. be over, than that that thou seekest, longeth to the Bull. And if vi or vii be over, than longeth it to the Iemu●e, And if viii or ix be over, than longeth it to the Crab. And if ten xi. or xii than longeth it to the lion. And if xiij or xiiij than longeth it to the virgin And if xu or xvi be over, than longeth it to the Lyba●de And if xvij xviij or xix than longeth it to the Scorpion. And if xx. or xxi than longeth it to the Segittarie. And if xxij or xxiij than longeth it to the Capricorn. And if xxiiii or xxv than longeth it to the aquary. And if xxvii or xxviii than longeth it to the fish. ¶ Another Alphebet. Depart any thing in vi●. by the proper name of these letters: A. will tell, which of thee. vi●. it is by the over number divided by ix A. 3 I. 3. R. ●. B. 4. K 5. S. 13 C. 2, L ●. T. ●●. D 2. M. 25. V 1●. E. ●. N 25 X. ●●. F. 4. O 1● Y. 5●. G. 2. P. 13. ● 34. H 5. Q. 15. ¶ To know the wether that shallbe all the year/ after the change of every Moon, by the Prime days. sunday Prime/ dry W●ther/ ¶ monday Prime/ moist Weather/ ¶ tuesday Prime/ cold and Wind/ ¶ wednesday Prime/ metu●y●ous/ ¶ Thursday Prime/ fair and clear/ ¶ friday Prime/ fair and sow●●/ ¶ saturday Prime/ ●ayne. ¶ A Rule to know upon what Letter, what Hour, and what minute as toloweth. Prime upon hor● mym●. A. ●9. 9 B. 4. 5. C. 13. 1. D. 20. 18. E. 18. 12. F. 21. 4. G. 15. 20. EVermore thus reygueth these vij planets. first reigneth Saturn. Than jupiter, Than Mars, Than Sol, Than Venus, Than Mercury, and than Luna. Saturn is Lord on saturday, jupit is lord on thursday, Mars is lord of tuesday, Sol on sunday, Venus on friday, and Mercury of wednesday, and Luna on monday. Saturn. jupiter, Mars, Sol, and Mercury, is masculine. That is to say mankind, Venus and Luna, are femynyne, that is to say womankind. Saturn, Mars, and Luna, are evil planets. jupiter, Sol, and Venus, be good planets, and Mercury is changeable. On saturdaye the first hour after midnight, reigneth Saturn, the second hour jupiter, the third hour Mars, the four hour Sol, the .v. hour Venus, the vi hour Mercury, the vij hour, Luna. And then again Saturn, the eight hour, and jupiter the ix hour, Mars the ten hour, Sol, the xi hour, Ve●us the twelve hour, Mercury the xiii hour, and Lun● the xiiij hour. Than again the third of day tyme. Saturn the xu hour. jupiter the xvi hour, Mars the xvij hour, Sol the xviij hour, Venus the xix hour, Mercury the twenty hour, and Luna the xxi hour. And than again the four tyme. Saturn the xxii hour. jupiter the xxiij hour▪ Mars the xxiiij hour. And 〈…〉 beginneth Sol in the 〈…〉 midnight on the sunday, Venus the two hour, Mercury the third hour, Luna the four hour, Saturn the .v. hour. And so forth hour by hour, and planet by planet, in order as they stand. Each planet in his own day, teygneth ever more certainly the first hour, the viii hour, the xu hour, and the xxii hour. And so forth evermore one after another. And next after that reigneth the Planette that is next in order as thus Saturn, jupiter, Mars, Sol, Venus Mercurius and Luna. ¶ Of the most best and profytablest days that be in the year to let blood. IN the beginning of March. That is to say, the vi and the ten day, thou shalt draw out blood of the right arm. In the beginning of Apryll of the left arm, and that in the xi day for the sight In th'end of may, of which arm thou wilt, and that again the Fevers, and if thou so dost, neither thou shalt lose thy sight, ne thou shalt have no Fevers how long thou livest. ¶ Quot reti●t vita et non morti● Imago Si semper fuerint vivent morietur ●t infra. Collge ꝓ numeros a●iquid cupis esse ꝓ 〈◊〉 junge simul nomē●utū fetiaqʒ diem. A three K xu V four B vi L xxi X vi C twelve M xxv y vi D twenty N xxij z three E xxvi O twenty F xxv P xiiij G three Q xvi R. xiii●. S xxix T. xxvii●. ¶ sunday. xii●. ¶ monday. xviij. ¶ tuesday. xv. ¶ wednesday. xxv. ¶ Thursday. xi. ¶ friday. xv. ¶ saturday. xxvi. ¶ Thus endeth the Sper● of Platon. SE●nt Beede saith, that if any man be let blood, or take any medicine in the last day of Apryll or the first day of Harvest, or the last day of the month of Decembre, within xlvi days, he shall be deed, and if any man in those days eat of a goose, within xl days he shall be dead. ¶ Who ever in the vii day of March letteth him blood in the right arm in the xi day of Apryll in the left arm, he shall not lose the sight of his eyen. And in the four or .v. last day of may, in the both arms be let no blood he shall have no Fevers ¶ Who so ever in the first day of each month, falleth into any infirmity, the third day suing is to dread, which if he pass he shall escape till thirty. days. ¶ Who so falleth in the ii day is to dread, which if he pass though he long be sy●ke he shallbe delivered. ¶ He that falleth in the iii day, at 〈◊〉 shall be delivered. ¶ He that falleth in the four day sick he shallbe grievously to the xxviii day, which if he pass shall escape. ¶ He that falleth the .v. day, thought he suffer grievously he shall escape. ¶ He that falleth in the vi day, though he seem to be healed never the latter in the .v. day of the other Moon he shallbe dead. ¶ He that falleth the vii day without grief he shallbe delivered. ¶ He that falleth the viii day, if he be not whole at the xii day, he shall be dead. ¶ He that falleth in the ix day, though it be with great great, he shall escape. ¶ He that falleth in the ten day without doubt he shall be dead. ¶ He that falleth the xi. day he shall be delivered at the next. ¶ He that falleth in the twelve day but if he be delivered within two days within xu he shallbe dead. ¶ He that falleth in the xiij day, till to xviij days, he shallbe sick, which if he pass, he shall escape. ¶ He that falleth in the xiiij day, he shall dwell till to xu and so he shall escape. ¶ He that waxeth sick the xu day but if he recover within xviij. days he shallbe dead. ¶ He that falleth in the xvi day, though he be grieved till xxiv. days, till to xxviij days, he shall escape ¶ He that falleth the xvii day, he shall die the ten day. ¶ He that falleth in the xviij day soon shallbe heeled. ¶ He that falleth in the xix day, also shall escape. ¶ He that falleth in the twenty day, sick in the .v. day he shall escape, but never the less, in the month following he shallbe deed. ¶ He that waxeth sick in the xxi day, but he run into peril of death within ten days of that other month, he shallbe delivered. ¶ He that waxeth sick in the xxij day, but he run into peril of death within ten days of that other month he shallbe delivered. ¶ He the falleth in the. xxii● day, though it be with grievousness of pain in the other month he shallbe delivered ¶ He that falleth in the xxiiii day, in the xxii. day, he shallbe delivered, but nevertheless in the month fold wing, he shallbe dead. ¶ He that falleth sick the xxv day though he suffer a little, nevertheless he shall escape. ¶ He that falleth in the xxvi day, though he suffer to the ou● passing nevertheless in that other month he shallbe delivered. ¶ He that falleth in the xxvii. day, it manaseth death. ¶ He that falleth in the xxviij day it manasseth death. ¶ He that falleth the. rxix. day, little and little in that other month he shallbe delivered. ¶ He that falleth sy●ke in the xxx day, it is doubt whether he pass any of th●se. ¶ Also he that waxeth sick in the xxxi day, whether he shall escape, it is unknown. ¶ Explicit. ¶ Imprinted by me Robert wire: Dwelling at the Sign of S. Iohn evangelist, in S. martyn's parish, beside Charing Cross. ¶ Cum privilegio 〈◊〉 imprim●●dum. o. um.