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O^atnrall Hi/lory : 



3 I2 i The Predictions likewife of Cold and Long winters , and Hot and Drie 

 1 Summers , are good to be known ; As well for the Discovery of theCd«/>s, 

 as for divers Provisions. That 01 Ptoji of Haws and and Briar-Berries, 

 hath been fpoken of before. \iwain\cot, or S taw, that have ufed to Sweat, 

 be more dry in the Beginning of winter ; Or the Drops of the Eaves of Hou- 

 ses come more (lowly down, than they ufe 5 it portendeth a Hard ancl 

 Frofy winter , . The Cd»/<? is, for that it flieweth an Inclination of the Aire, 

 to DrieWeather;which in Winter is ever joyned with Fro/?. 



Generally, a Moijt and a Coo/? Summer, portendeth a Winter. The 

 Gi«/> is, for that the Vapours of the Earthy are not diflipated in the Summer, 

 by the S##«f ; And fo they re-bound upon the winter. 



A Hot and Dr) Summer 5 and Autumn, and efpecially if the Hf4f and 

 drought extend far intoS^^w^y,portendeth an Open Beginning of winter, 

 and Co/*/s to lucceed, toward the latter Part of the winter , and the Begin- 

 ning of the Spring) For till then, the former Heat and Drought bearethe 

 Sway; and the Vapours are not fufficiently Multiplied. 



An Open and Warm winter portendeth a Hot and Dry Summer : For the 

 Vapours dilperfe into the winter Showers Whereas Cold and Frofl keepeth 

 them in , and tranfpotteth them into the late Spring, and Summer follow- 

 ing. 



Birds that ufe to change Countries at certaine Seafens, if they come Earli- 

 er, doe {hew the Temperature of Wi?^fr,according to that Countreywhcnce. 

 theycame: As the Winter-Birds,(namc\y,Woodcocks-_FeIdefares^c.) if they 

 come earlier, and out of the Northern Countries, with us (hew Cold Winters. 

 And if it be in thefameCo^y^thcn they fhew a T emperature of Seafon,\ike 

 unto that Seafon in which they come.* As Swallows, Batts,Cuckoes, &c. 

 that come towards Summer, it they ccme early, fhew a Hot Summer to 

 follow. 



The Prognoflicks, more Immediate, of Weather to follow foon after , are 

 more Certaine than thofc of Seasons. The Rebounding of the Sea , upon the 

 Shore-, And the Murmur of Winds in the Woods , witnont apparent Wind; 

 fhew Wind to follow : For fuch winds, breathing chiefly out of the Earth, 

 are not at the flrft perceived, except they be pent, by Water or Wood. jAad 

 therefore a Murmur out oi Caves likewife porcendeth as much. 



The Upper Regions of the Aire, perceive the Collection of the Matter, of 

 Tempeft,an& Winds, before the Aire here below : And therefore the Obscu- 

 ring of the Smaller Starres is a Signe c&Tempefs following,And of this kind 

 you (hall find a Number of Inflames in our Inquisition de Ventis. 



Great Mountains have a Perception of the Disposition of the Aire to T empefls, 

 fooner than the Vatteys or Plains below f And therefore they fay in wales, 

 when certaine Hills have their Night. Caps on, they mean Mifchiefe. The 

 Caufe is for that Tempefls, which are for themoft part bred above, in the 

 Middle Region, (as they call it,) are fooneft perceived to collect in the Pla- 

 ces next it. 



The Aire, and Fire-, have Subtil Perceptions of WindRijing^ before Jflen 

 find it. We fee the Trembling of a Candle will dilcover a Wind, that other- 

 wife we doe not feel : And the Flexions Burning of Flames doth fhew the 

 Aire beginneth to be unquiet : And fo doe Codes of Fire by catting off the 

 Ajhes more then they ufe. The Caufe is, for that no Wind, at the firft, till 

 it hath ftrook, and driven the Aire , is apparent to the Senfe : But flame is 

 eafier to move, than Aire : And for the Ajhe s, it is no marvell,though Wind 

 un-perceived/hake them off; For we ufually try, which way the Wind j 



bloweth, J 



