6oj^ The eighteenth Booke of 



and hpwdrie focv^r the floorcbe, yet they lay a courls of chaffe nnderneath betweene it and the C 

 cprn€. MorcoveFj they put up their corne in garners and bins, togichet with their fpike or eare : 

 by which devife they are fure (if no aire come in ) cbarno hurtful! wortuc or verminc.will breed 

 among ic. And verelyr^rr^? faith for eertein, Thatwheatinthat manner laid up, willlaft fiftie 

 yecres, and Millet an hundred . Hee afficmcth moreover, that beans and other puHe will keepe 

 good a long time in oilebarrtls, if they bee eaik^dnwith afhes. Heeavoucherh moreover j that 

 beans were knownc to have continued from the timciwhcreiu king PjrrhmMvQQ^ unto the Pyrats 

 warrcj which under the condu6l of Fompcy the Great wasdi(patched and brought to an end| 

 which provifion of beans had Been laid up 1 20, yearesbeforc, . and kept dole in a certaine cave 

 under:the ground, within the cittie of Ambraciai Thei^ich peafe is die only graine that is fub^ 

 yiOito no vermin breeding in > it whileiclyeth in gamer or barne. Sdmc there are who take cer^ H 

 teine pitchers of earth iiaving vinegtc in, them, upon whichbeeingwell bedded in a(hes and 

 dpnfeOver with pitch, they make their heaps of pulley and by this meanesthey are verily perfua- 

 dcdjthat-no meevils^miteSjbr other wOrmes will breed thdrein to doehatme . Others/or to pre- 

 lerve their pulfe, put thea\into falt-fiih barrels, but they dawbe the fame firft with a certain kind 

 ofmortarmadeof plaftrci Laftof a)l,foir to keepe Lenrils,there be that drench them with the 

 vinegreconfe£tcd with Laferpitium^.-andwhen they bee dried againcbcfmcare them over with 

 pile. But will you have indeed one ftion rule for all ? To be lure that no werme or vermin lliall 

 breed m your corne, cut it downs and gather it about the chaunge of the moone, Thetefore ic 

 skiilcth very much to know a mans intention, whether hee meane to keepe or to fell his corne : 

 for certein it is, that as the moone growech/ojdoth corne v\axfuU and great,and therefore filleth I 

 the ilrike a great dcale better. m > sil .• 



ofvinUgt : andthe^micttUr Jeafm in Kjiuiumm, 



Ccording to out partition of the ycare into four-quarters, it followeth now by courle and 

 order, to treat of the Autumnejwhich beginneth at the retreat or occultation oftheHarp- 

 ftarFidiculajandfo forward to the ^Equinox in September .-from whence I willproceed 

 to the couching or goingdown of the Brood-hen Vergilise, the very beginning & firftentrance 

 of the winter. In which meane fpaces and equal! diftances, both before & after thefaid ^Equi- K 

 noXjthefe ftars following are fignificant jand let out the particular feafbns: Firft,the day before 

 the Ides of Auguff , \i. the cwekih of the month] the ftar called the Horfejappeareth in the H^t- 

 mifphcere to the people of Attica : butat eventide the fame day,ihe Dolphin if arfetteth to them 

 in JEgypt, and likewile to us here in Italy ,accotding to C^njArs account. Alfo eleven dales before 

 the Calends of September, which is the 2 2 day of Augufl, (by the calculation of C^/^r and the 

 I; w!l-«'Jr'^°" the ftar named in Latinc * Vindemiator, r. the Vintager, Beginncth to flicw in the 



i.the forerun- momingjboih to the Aflytians and the Italians 5 3 truflic vaunt-curriour, bringing certaine ti- 

 ner of the via. dings With him, and promifing affiired hope of a vintage, and that the grapcswill beripe anon : 

 ^^^-'CtVinde. andfor a farther token and apparence thereof, marke the grapes then, for now begin they to 

 mam follow ■ chaunge colour. To the people of Affyria, the fifth day before the Calends of September, id L 

 erh afterward ^j^^ jj^g 2 8 of Auguft, bodi the ftar Sagitta feemcth to goe downc, and withal! the Etcfian winds 

 ju epcem er, jjg^ g^^^ give overblowing. ThcVincager himfelfe,to witjtheftarfocallcdj tothe inhabitants 

 of ^gypt cifedi uoon tlie Nones of September, ?.th(^ fiith day of the month : upon which day 

 to the people of Aitica,the ftar Af6furus rilcth in the morning -jand the Sagitta,/. the Shaft,go- 

 cth downcjn the evening. To come now to the Ides of September ifivedaies before themjthat 

 is to fay, thenmtb day of the moncth (after C^^rs card) the ftar called Capella,/. the Kid, fhew- 

 eth it felfe here in Italy toward evening ; but the day before the faid Ides, i, the twelfth day of the 

 monedi, the one halfe of Ardurus appearctli to rife : and then for five dales togither (his influ- 

 ence isfucli) hekeepethlliciifouleworkeboth by fea and land, that both Sailer and Husband- 

 man feele the violence of his arrivall : and this reafon is given therof \ For if (fay they) at the tall M 

 or occultation of the Dolphin ftar, there be no ifiowres of rainCjnOne will Ardurus bring with 

 him at hiscomming. An evident figne there isjthattheftar Ardurus will not be longbefore he 

 arile, and that is this. The departure of the Swallowes: for this is certein, if hee chaunce to fiir- 

 prifc any of thcmj and that they be. not gone before out of the eouivtrGy,they arc fii?e to pay for 

 .:,'v; ' u . ' ' their 



