The eighteenth Booke of 



old, put her horns direcl: and ftreight forth^Hic prefagcth thereby fbmc greac tempeft at Tea pre- G 

 fently to follow, unleflc it be fo that fhe have a guirland or circle about her , and the Time clearc 

 and pure ; for then there is good hope that there will be no foiile nor rough weather before the 

 full. Ifatthefulljonlhalfcofherfecme pure and neat, a fignc it is of afairefeafonjifitbe red, 

 the wind will be bufie ; ifenclined roblacke, what elfebutraincjrainc. Doe you fee at any time a 

 darkemiflor clowd round about the body of the nioone? it bctokeneth winds from that part 

 where it firft breaketh : arid in cafethcrebee twofuch clowdie and miftie circles environing her, 

 the tempei^ will bee the greater : but how if there bee three of them for failing, and thofc cither 

 blackCaOr interrupted5diS:raded and not united ? furely then there will be more Itormes & more. 

 The new moonc whiles fhec is croiffant, if flicc rife with the upper tip or horne blackifh, telleth 

 beforehand that there will be iiore of raine after the full, and when (he is in the wane: but if the H 

 nether tip be fo affe^ied, the rain will fall before (he be at the full. But what if that blacknefle ap- 

 pcare in the middle of her bodie between ? then (faith Fano)k will powrc of rain in the very full. 

 A full moone having about her a round circle 3 fheweth that there will bee wind from that part, 

 where the faid circle is mofllplendant.Ifher homes appcare when fhcrifeth, more groflc and 

 ihickp than ordinariejiookcfoonc after for a terrible tempeftand ftormie weather. If ihec fhew 

 not in our Horizon before the prime or fourth day after thcchaungc^ and the Well wind blow 

 withalljthen that moone throughout thrcatncth cold and winter weather; and if the day after the 

 full fhe feeme extraordinarily enflamedj lliecmenacethuntouslharpe fliowres and bitter tem- 

 pefts. Finally, in every moone there be eight points and fo many daies(according as fhe lighteth 

 upon the angles of the Sunne) which mofl men obfctvc onely^and take their prefages of future j 

 weather by, to witj the thirds icvenih, eleventh, fifteenth, nineteenth^ one and twcntietb^feven 

 and twentieth, and the very day of her conjun6lion orchaunge. 



In the third place,aman may know the difpofition of thcleafonsby thcfixed ffarsj&thcre- 

 foreit behooveth to oblcrve and marke them. They feeme othcrwbiles in the skie to flit and run 

 100 and fro, and then wee fhall not be long without great winds, rifing from that quarter where 

 llich appeared and gave token. 



The ftarrie skie^ if it fliew cleare and bright all over, and in every part alike, during that par- , 

 tlcular feaion [namely, bctwccnc the occultation of thcHarp-flar,and the i^quino6liallpoint] 

 which I propofed and fetdowne heretofore, it is a fore- token of a faireanddric Autumnc, but 

 yet cold. K 



If the Spring and Summer both^paffed not clearc without fome raine and wet weather ^it will 

 bee an occafion that the Auiumne following fhall be drie,and leffc difpofed to wind ; howbeir, 

 thicke, muddie, and cnclined to mifts . A faire and drie Autumnc,bringeth in alwaies a windic 

 winter. 



When all on a fodainc the fbrs loofe their brightncfle and looke dim,and that neither upon 

 a clowd nor a tnifl in the aire jit fignifieth either raine,or grievous tempefls. 



If theflarresmakefemblanceasif they flew up and downe many togithcrjand in their flying 

 feeme wbitiili, they denounce winds from that coafl where they thus do flioot. Now if it feeme 

 to the eye, as if they ran and kept one certaine place, thofe winds will hold and fit long in one 

 corner : but in cafe they do fb in many quartets of the heaven, they betoken variable and incon- L 

 ftant winds, going and commingjand never at reft. [Whcnyoufce a circle about any of the 

 other five planets or wandring flats, you fliall have powring fhowtcs fbonc after.] Within the 

 iignc Cancer,there be two pretie ftars which the Mathematicians call Afclli, [/. little Affcs] bc- 

 tweenc which there feemeth to be a finall clowd taking up fome litde roomc^and this they name 

 in Latine Praefepia, [/. a Crib,Crarch,BowzeyjOr Manger : ] now if it chaunce that this Raeke 

 or Crib appcarc not,andyet the aire be faire and cleare otherwifc,a figne it is of cold,foule, and 

 winter weather. Alfoiftheoneof thofe two little flats, to wit, that which ftandeth Northerly, 

 be hidden with a mift,then fhall you have the South wind to rage 3 but in cafe the other which is 

 more Southerly , be out of fight,thcn the Northeafl wind will play his part. 



As touching the Rainbow, if it appearc double as if there were two of them at once, it tcl- M 

 leth of raine toward. A Rainbow presently after raine, is a figne of faire weather : but this is not 

 focertein,neitherwillit hold long. AIfo,whena ra3n feethnew circles Ml about any planets, 

 there will be much raine foone after. 



In Summer titne, if there chaunce to bee more fhundcr than lightning, it thrcatneth winds 



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