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Gmap. XXXII r. 

 }^ The mfideratm of the Wmds^nfpeciivc to Agriculture, 



AS touching windsjthc rcafon and quartering of them is more intricate/ullcr alio of Icru- 

 pulous doubts and difficulties, than was the obfervation of the Moone ; notwithftanding 

 thatjthere is not a day in the yearc goeth over our head^but wee may eafily find and marke 

 both South and North. For if a man doc obfervc the Sunne rifing any day whenfoevcr hcc will, 

 and upon the fixt hourc of the fame day (to wit at noonc) ftand fo as he have his left (Vioulder di* 

 redtly turned againft thefaid Sunne rifing, he may bcaflurcdj that hec hath the South full upon 

 his facCj or before him, and the North behind his backc. Now the line orftreight way that run- H 

 *p^itratt4s&ci. neth in this manner through a field North and Southjis called in Latinc'^Cardo. When a man 

 traMtvetmbus thuSjif hc would lec his ownc lliaddowjhe fhall doe well to turn his bodie round about: 



for otherwilc it will be behind him, Chaunging fides therefore/o as he have the Sunnerifingor 

 Levant of that day juft againft his right fliouldcr^and the fetiing upon hisleftjhee may know the 

 mid day or South point as well as beforejnamely^when his bodic caftcth juft before him the (lior- 

 teftiliaddowjenclmingtothconehandnomorc than to the other. Let there bee then cither a 

 fmall furrow rafed along juft through the middeft of the fhaddow with a fpit.tle fpade,orthc point 

 of fomehookea orelfcalincdrawncwithatraincofafhesj for the length of fbme twenticfoot 

 or ihereabout(to make the thing more plainc.) Which done,cut the faid line or furrow crofle o- 

 verthwart the middle, to wit, at the tenth foot, if the whole bee twentic ".and then make around I 

 fmall circle about itjwhich may (crvein deed of a Navilljand bee fo called. Thar part of the line 

 then which goeth directly forward from the crown of the head in the forefaid fhaddow,pointeth 

 out the North wind.Thou therefore that art to lop or prune trees,take heed thou inakcii not thy 

 cuts fo,as they looke into that coaft : neither let thine hortyards or vineyards /land open to that 

 windjunleffe it be in AfFrickCjCyrenCjand /Egypt. Againe,fo long»as the wind fits in that cornet 

 beware Ploughman [for now I fpeake to thee] thou brcake up or eare no ground, nor enter into 

 any fuch workc in the field as thou art alrcadic forbidden by mee to doe. But marke what part of 

 the line lhall comcfrom the forefaid Circle ffraight before thy feet^rcgarding the noone-tidc or 

 mid day,afiLirc thy (elfe the fame telleth thes which is the South wind,callcd by the Grcckcs No- 

 tus,as we have declared aireadie. Doth the wind rife and blow from that fide ? meddle not Hus- ^ 

 bandman during that time with thy vinc» Carpenter, fell no trees then for timber I advifc thee. 

 A wet wind this is and bote, within the climate of Italic. In Affricke verily dric ynougli it is, and 

 bringethf aiic weather with if,but with all his faire looks,he kindleth fire otherwhiles,and b urncth 

 many things. Let hardly the Vine(pread her braunchesjand run into :his wind,in all places of 

 Italie : but leave not the cim either of tree or vine looking that way. Hc that fettcth out a plot of 

 ground for Olives, and planteth them, hath caufc to bee afraid of ihiswind, clpecially for fours 

 daies together,about the rifing or apparition of the ftar Vergilis or 5 rood-hen. They alfo that 

 graifc fions in the ftocke by cleft, or fet bud in the fcutchconby w.7 of inoculation, mufl take 

 heed how they meddle in this wind. 



Moreover, it will not be amific to give fomc caveat as touching.hc very hourc of thenoonc- £ 

 day^which giveth us knowledge of this wind and this quarter 3 namely, what is to be done at fuch 

 atime^and what not ?Thou woodman and forrager both, fee thoj neither cut nor lop trees, fee 

 thou gather no grccne leaves and tendrils for thy fodder at noon^-tide.Thou ll]eepeheard,thou 

 heardmanwhatloever, when thoupercciveft in Summer time^ythyftaddow growing fhort, 

 that nooneftcad is at hand,drive thy fhcepe and cattailc out of Sunne, intofome wormc-fiail 

 and place of {"hade. More yet I have to fay to thee. If thou keepefheepc or other bealh at their 

 paff ure in Summer timejead them or drive them before thee ;ll the morning into the Weft,bc- 

 fore mid-day : but after noone rurne thy faceEaftward with ihy flockeand thy heard Othcrwiic, 

 and at other feaibnsj as namely, all Winter and in the Sprii:g, thou fhouldeft doe thy cattailc 

 l3urf,to conduct orlciid them alter this mannerout of the varmcSunneintomoiff places, and M 

 where thedeawfalleth. Ascharie alio and heedfullmuft thou be to drive thy cattailc biorthward 

 from the Su.nnejand there to let them graze : for marke whi I fay. In fo doing,they will not bee 

 able to hold open their eies 5 this wind will make them ble;red & bloudihotten 5 nayytwill drive 

 liicm into a gurrie or flux of the bellie, which willfoone mike an end of them. Howbcit,ifthoii 



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