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caps, by reason of the clouds lying upon them, and encom 

 passing them, it presages imminent tempests. 



51. Amber, or gold colour clouds before sunsetting, that 

 have as it were gilded helms or borders, after the sun be 

 gins to be quite down, foreshow fair clear weather. 



52. Grayish, and as it were clay-coloured clouds, show 

 that rain with wind are drawing on. 



53. Some petty cloud showing itself suddenly, having not 

 been seen before, and all the sky clear about it, especially 

 if it be in the west, and about noon, shows there is a storm 

 a coming. 



54. Clouds and mists ascending, and going upward, 

 presage rain, and that this be done suddenly, so that they 

 be as it were sucked up, they presage rain, but if they fall 

 and reside in the valleys, they presage fair weather. 



55. A big cloud growing white, which the ancients called 

 a white tempest, in summer is a forerunner of small hail, 

 like comfits, in winter, snow. 



56. A fair and clear autumn presages a windy winter; 

 a windy winter, a rainy spring; a rainy spring, a clear 

 summer ; a clear summer, a windy autumn. So that the 

 year (as the proverb goes) is seldom its own debtor, and 

 the same order of seasons will scarce happen two years 

 together. 



57. Fires upon the hearth when they look paler than 

 they are accustomed, and make a murmuring noise within 

 themselves, do presage tempests. And if the flame rises 

 bending and turning, it signifies wind chiefly ; and when 

 the snuffs of lamps and candles grow like mushrooms with 

 broad heads, it is a sign of rainy weather. 



58. Coals shining bright, and sparkling overmuch, sig 

 nify wind. 



59. When the superficies of the sea is calm and smooth 

 in the harbour, and yet murmurs within itself, though it 

 doth not swell, signifies wind. 



60. The shores resounding in a calm, and the sound of 

 the sea itself, with a clear noise, and a certain echo, heard 

 plainer and further than ordinary, presages winds. 



61. If in a calm and smooth sea we espy froth here and 

 there, or white circles or bubbles of water, they are prog 

 nostics of winds ; and if these presages be very apparent, 

 they foreshow rough tempests. 



62. If in a rough sea there appear a shining froth (which 

 they call sea-lungs), it foreshows a lasting tempest for many 

 days. 



