The eighteenth Booke of 



and the Liipine^turiic about with him.What ftandefl: thou flaring ftiil into th<i slvie^ and holdefi G 

 up thy nofe aloft into the aire ? why arc thou amufed upon the courfe of the ftars, and fearcheft 

 into heaven ? Hart thou not I pray thee another Brood hen ftarj other V ergih'ac, 1 fay ^ even be- 

 fore and under thy very feet, I meane thefe pretie glo-wornies > Surely thefe come duly at their 

 fctdaies'.thefekeepe time jull with thole of the heaven, and fo long as they appeare and (bine 

 above, thele gloe and glictcrbcneath: as if they were linked to that itarby fome neerc alliance 

 and alfinicie : in fuch fort, as a man may refol ve and hold for certaine that engendred they be no 

 otherwife but by the influence therof, and are the very chickens and brood of the forefaid Hen, 

 And therefore conclude we may^that whofoever foweth his fummer corn, and looketh to reapc 

 fruit accordingly before thefeare to bcefeene, deceiveth himfelfe, and loofeth all his coft and 

 paines. In this meane time and fpacebetweene, the pretie Bee commethabroadj and teileth us n 

 thatBeanesbloume,foritisthe BeanebioiTomethatcalleth herforih ofherhive. 



Wouldft thou know another fignc yer,ihat winter is paf^ and all the cold cleane gone ? when 

 thou feeft the Mulbetrie tree to bud and put out young Ic^ives/eare no more froft nor hard wea- 

 ther to doc any harme for that yeare. Then (hardly)go to thy worke appropriate for this feafoni 

 now is it good to plant young fions and quick-lets of Olivesj now is the time to fcrape &cleanfe 

 here and there where need is,the old Olive trees j and now would meddows be watered,even pre- 

 fently after the ^Equinox. What iselfe to be doncin the field this Spring time PMary, fofoone 

 as the grafic in the meddow is growne to a flsm and begins once to (pindie, then let foofth the 

 water,and draine your meddowes.Then doe the Vines looke for to be disburgened and rid from 

 their fiipcrfluous leaves and needleflc branches: And herein there is a certain gage fer,and a rule | 

 to goe by, namely jwhen as the C^id burgeons are fliot out foute fingers in length. Where, note 

 hy the wayjthat the disbraunchingof an acrein Vineyardjis one mans work a day and no more. 

 TJi is is the leafon to give come lands their ftirring, that is to fay, the fecond tilth or fallow. As 

 for the farceling or weeding of [Winter] corne, it would bee done within tweniie daies. For let 

 this ^quinodiall feafon pailejit is thought that farceling and weeding will hurt not only cornc, 

 but vines alfo.ToconcIudejthis is the very time alfo to wafh fheepe. 



And now to come againc unto our ftars where wc left.The morrow after the rifing of appari- 

 tion of the flat Vergilii^beforefaid, C<!e/^rrcckoncth_, that the iigne Ardurus loofeth his light 

 and is hidden in the morning. Alfo,that the third day before the Ides of fvlay, to wit, the thir- 

 teenth of that moneih jthe Harpc ftar arifeth and begins to fhine.Moreover)twelve daies before 

 t^ie Calends of lune,which is the one and twentieth day ihereof,ihe Kid-lbr goeth down in the 

 evening : at what time as in the region of Attica the Dog- ftar alfo fetteth after the fame manner, 

 Tlie next day after(by C<efars account for the Meridian of Iialy)Orions Sword beginneth by little 

 and little to retire and goe out of our fight. The third day before the Nones of lune,/. the third 

 dayof that moneth (alter C^rjEphiiDeridesfor our climate of Italic, as alfo according to the. 

 Chaldeans calculation for the Meridisaof Afryri3)the Eagle-ftar beginneth to rife and appear 

 in the evening. In which region, Ar6turus goeth downe, andweelooiethe fight thereof in the 

 morning,eight daies before the Ides of lunCjWhich is the fixt of the month : howfoever with us 

 here in iuhchc fctieth two daies later. As alfbiwo daies alter thaty.the tentli of iune,the Dol- 

 phin ftar appeareth and givethhght in the evening. But feventeene daies before the Calends of ^ 

 luliejwhich is the fifteenth of lune, wc in Italic fee the rifing of Orions Sword, which they in JE- 

 gyptdo obfervefoure daies after, /ind eleven daies beforcthe laid Calends,towii,the one and 

 twenticrh day of Iune,thefame ftar (I meane the Sword of Ondln)bcgu]neth to go down and be 

 obfcured ialralie,if Cafars Almanacke bee true. Now are wee come to the eight day before the 

 Calends of lulie,namely,thai: foure and twentieth day of lune, the very longeU day and fhorteft 

 night of the whole yeare^and the Summer Sunneftcad.In this feafon alio be vines disburgeoned 

 and cleanfed from their unprofitable leaves and branches: then required it is,and care would be 

 had, thatanoldVincyardiliould haveoncedigging, and the new, twice. This is the time of 

 llicepe-fliearing. Now,wouid Lupines bee turned in with the plough,for to enrich and manure 

 the ground.Now arc the lands to be cruflied and fet up againft the f eed time.Now Vetches would ^ 

 iland no ionger,but bee cur for tomake forrage. Beanes alfo would bcenow mowed downCjand 

 thrafhcd out of the way fbone after. 



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