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The course of storris brode and wyde 
Off pe worde [sic] on euery side, 
Off alle p* planetts course be lawe, 
Intille a boke he couth hem drawe. 
The boke he callid 3eor3e, " 
Hyt was wel knowen fer and nye. 
He pt wille listen to my lore 
He may be better for euer more. 
“ Die Dominica, 
“Take we nou pt ilke Jere 
pt begynnes in Janiuere ; 
For sothe to you tell I may 
When p® Jere begynnes on Sonday, 
pe profett I vnderstande 
Litull whete shal be in lande, 
Off wyne and hony differance grete, 
Wole and wax shal be lete; 
As p° boke can tell, 
p° prophett of hay shall cum to well ; 
Ther shalle no wynter hem do spill, 
Mony trespas pt shalle be ill: 
In f° end of wynter a frost shall fall 
pt mony 3ong trees shend hit shall, 
pe blake wyndis shal be strong, 
But pei shal not last long, 
In p¢ end of somer shal be weete 
With hoge reynes and with grete: 
The cornys shalle cum hom full well, 
The royne shalle dere hem neuer a dell. 
‘A prince of p¢ londes wide 
Shalle barret a 3ere for her pride: 
Worre and wrake pen shal be, 
pt alle be worde [s?c] shalle hit se: 
Robbe and refe in p® londe, 
Let euery man take hede to his honde. 
“ Die Lune. 
“ When p¢ Jere begynnes with p° monday, 
Strong wynter pen come may. 
Liyttyng, thonderyng, and tempest grett, 
Frosty haylyng, and tempest wete. 
per shalle cum in euery londe, 
For sothe pen shalle I vnderstonde, 
Mony men shalle in sekenesse falle, 
In fevers and oper sekenesse with alle. 
pt 3ere shal be litull qwete, 
And plente shal be of appuls grete. 
Cornes shal be in euery londe, 
Ther tunnes of wyne shulde stonde, 
Princes and erles shalle werre and wrake, 
And man sla3ter pei shalle make, : 
Wymmen sballe wepe and sory be, 
For mennys deth pt pei shall see. 
pe princes will, if bei may, 
Sett ych on oper on a day. 
Sorow and wepyng per will rise, 
Many after in alle wyse. 
“ Die Martis. 
“ When pe tuseday begynnes p° Jere, © 
pe first day of Januiere, 
Hete shalle cum well fell, 
As seith b¢ profet Ezechell. 
pt-wynter shall fall gret wete, 
And somer shalle drye euery strete: 
Ferly deth, as I Zou telle, 
Shalle pt 3ere mony man quell. 
Off wyne and corne shal be fylle, 
And hony who so hit luf wylle. 
Werre shal be in pt Jere, 
As pe boke tellis here, 
Wyndis thore strenghe of kynde 
Shalle mony townys ouerwynde. 
The see shalle full of schippus be, 
Rohe men and her meny. 
Many men shall in pt Jere 
Be broght to noght for gret dere. 
“ Die Mercuri. 
“ When Januiere begynnes on wedynsday, 
Trees shall blowe and wende away ; 
And litull frute shall pt Zere be 
Off appuls and of perre tree. 
Wynter shal be colde with alle, 
And grett cornys on erth shall falle. 
In pe end of wynter shalle cum a snowe, 
And longe lye; bt men shalle knowe. 
Wynde shalle blow both calde and hete, 
And reyne and heile in euery strete. 
Whete shall cum in pt Jere, 
Bothe mych strong wyne and clere. 
Men shalle wynne wel of ber qwete, 
. And haue innogh be per hepe. 
In pt Jere corne shal be 
In somer tyme gret plente. ~ 
Alle pt 3ere without care 
Men of beir owne shall wel fare. 
“ Die Jouis. 
“When thursday begynnes p* Jere, 
As pe boke tellus here, 
Gret colde shalle cum with p° myste, 
With harde frost and long last. 
Wynter shal be ouer drye with alle, 
p' no reyne falle shalle. 
In wynter in pe last ende, 
Gret reyne shalle cum how so hit wende. 
In somer gret tempests shal be, 
pe whete ouer p¢ course shalle flee. 
Be hit went neuer so well, 
per shal be shent mony busshell. 
Mich sekenes in londe shal be 
Off mony men and her meny. 
In somer after pt wynter, 
pen shalle hit be mycul better, 
And for pe tyme of b® Jere shelle 
Be bothe corne and melle. 
per shalle plente in pt Jere felle, 
pt milners nede not for to stelle. 
pt 3ere in somer I ynderstonde, 
Sqwine shalle dye to p° grounde, 
He is wise in bt tyme 
pt slees his sqwine in gode tyme. 
«“ Die Veneris. 
“ When friday in p* Jere is fonde, 
pen be welwax p? husbonde, 
pt he saw after p° plogh ; 
For ben he may haue corne inogh. 
Iff vynes well tilled be 
Off wyne shal be gret plente. 
pt 3ere whete shal be ouer alle, 
per shalle mony childer ouer qualle. 
be chyncogh shalle be full rife, 
pt mony men shalle short her life. 
And trees shall blow swith well 
And bryng frute litul or neuer a dell. 
Gret sekenesse and mycull woo 
Shalle mony men haue er p* Jere goo. 
Hides and felles shall cum to londe 
Gode chepe to b* husbonde, ” 
Oyle of olif and of fell 
pt Zere shal be onen(? ) be well. 
[2n4 §. No 14., Apri, 5. °56. 
