Piioies Naturall Hiftorie. 



A their long tarrying and to die for it. Thefixteenth day before che Calends of Od'ober^ vihicb is 

 the fixteenth day of Septerabcrgthc i^ar called Spica,^ the Bare of cornejwbich the lignc Virgo 

 (/. the Virgin) holdech in her hand^rifeth in the morningto ihein in ^Egypc ; and then thcEic- 

 fian winds aKb are quiet and laid in that countrey. Howbcit d,^tCLC^frs calculation^this falleih 

 out upon the fourteenth day before the Calends of 06i:ober,/,the iSof Seprcinber, to us in 

 Italy : and by the account of the Chaldazans^a day after to them that dwell in A(ry!ia.Moreovcr3 

 the 2 1 of September (after the fupputation of C^/ar) the Knot of the two fifnes, a fignc or iht 

 fo called, goeth downe to our fight in Italic 5 like as the very yEquinodtiall ftar ic relfc three diiies 

 after. After which nrnZyPhilifpU'S^Calif^m^ Dofuheta^ Parmemjcpi^^ Conon^ Criiot/^ Dtmccrum^ 

 jEw^tfAr^^and 7^,9, agree ail in this, (and that is inarveile to fee fomanyAlirologers to accord) 



B That fouredaies before the Calends of October, the ftarCapella,/. the Kid, rifcrh in the mor- 

 ning: and the morrow after^the [two] Kids doe thehke. The hxt day before theNqnes of Octo- 

 ber, which is the fecond day of the moneth, in Attica and the regions adjoyning^the ftar named 

 the Crownc appeareth betimes in the morning :but in Afi3,and to us Italians (after the recko- 

 ningof C^/TzOtbcnextday following, the fiar Heniochus goefh downe in the morning. Two 

 daics after that, to wit, the fifth ofOctober (according to C^^/^r^ computation) the ftar named 

 Corona, /.theCrowne, beginnethtofhinein italic: the next day afrer,theilars called theKids;^ 

 loofe theirlightin the cvening.The eighth day of Odober,which is eight daics before the Ides 

 thereof, the (bining ftar within the forcfaid Corona, fhcweth it felfe in Italic, by Cafars bookc : 

 but the 1 3 day of the fame monethjthe flar Vergilia?,/. the Brood-hen, llicweth in the evening : 



C and upon the very Idesjwhich is the 15 day of the moneth, the Crownc ftar aforefaid appeareth. 

 fullandwhole. Now fix daiesbeforethcCalendsof November, /.thc27of October, theftars 

 called Sucula?,or the rainieHyadeSjbcgin to fiiew in the evening: and the laft day of Odober_, 

 which is the even of the Calends of November, (if C^g/jr fay true) Ardurus fetteth in Italy,and 

 thcfaidSucuIaeor Hyadesrife the lame day togitherwith thcSunne. Foure daies before the 

 Nones of November, the fecond day of tiie moneth, Ardurus goeth downe in the eveiiing : 

 like as the fift day i>efoietheIdes,^.theninthday of November, the ftar named Orions fword 

 beginneth to retire : and likewife two daics aftcfj the Brood-hen Vergiliis is hidden and appea- 

 reth no more. 



As touching now the countrey workc that Husbandmen are to employ themlel ves about du- 

 D ring this fpace of time or haiic quarter thus defcribcd , they ought if they did well , to fow Na- 

 vcwcSjTurnepSjandKadilhes, upon thofe daics that I have appomted heretofore ; and let them 

 never goe by the voice of the rurall fort, who t hinke it not good to fow fo much as Rapes , after 

 the departure of the Storke: for bold may we be here in Italy, even after theieaftVuIcanalia to . 

 put them into the ground 5 as alfo our early white corne, togither with Panickc. But after the go- \ 

 ing downe of theHarpe-ftar,goodIhoIditto fow Vetches, Phafeols, or Kidney.beansjasaifo 

 thedradgcor boilemongforhorfcs, called Pabukim,/. Forage : howbcit, folke niy,that this • 

 forage would not be fowne but about the new rooone.This is the time alfo to ftrip green leaves, 

 and flip tendronsh-om trees, thereof to make fodder for beafts inwinteriand one good daiesi 

 worke it is for a man to fill foure hampers made of purpofe for fuch brotife. N^w if thcfe leaves 

 E be gathered and prepared before-hand when the moone is in the wane, they will never corrupt 

 and putiifie, Greene muft this broulc be in any wile when it is gathered , andnotfeereor wi- 

 thered. 



To come now unto Vintage: men thought in old time that it was not readienorthc grapes 

 ripe enough J before the i^tquinoxin September: but nowadaicsl fee how they goe to works 

 everywhere fboner, and fall hafrily to gather grapes halfe ripe. Therefore it were notamifleto 

 fet downe certaine markes and fignes to dired the husbandman for this feafon. The rules there- 

 fore to guide him, be thcfe: Gather no grapes hot,that is to fay,when they be drie,nor unleflc a 

 goodfhowreof raine come betweene: yet take heed you rauft, that youpluckc them not full of 

 dcwj namely while the dew that fell over night, doth ftanduppn them 5 nor before the Sun hath 

 F drunkc up the faid moifture, and dried them. Set into thy vintage hardly and fall to gatherings 

 when eiiiher the vine leaves or greene braunches called the PortoirSj doe fall and reft upon the 

 old wood : or when, alter you have taken one grape from the reft of his fellowes ftanding thickc 

 togither in the clufter, you fee the void place not to fill up againe, whereby it appeareth that the 

 grapes arid kernels about it^ grow no more. Very good it is for grapesjif they be gathered when 



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