C5I42) 
fifteen yem w&Skd all the Roman Proviocei* Z^nafoi is 
his AiKhor \ aad Lipfm his abettor id thcfc words ^ 2Vtftf 
mqu&m maj^ lues mihihSlaJpath temporum.fiveUr varum. 
As plagues and fatnbe/o ftorms and ten)pe{ts,aod (as far as 
I could colleft) this froft, and fome winds, (more in (ome 
places then in other) did run frotn one place, and break out 
in another at differing times and by fhort journeys^ about 
ten iailes ata time.Thunder is not often heard above twen- 
ty miles off 5 except when it roUa about m a large compa&j 
or the (bund is affifted by the conveyance of WoodS) Fo« 
refts.Rivers or Channels* Hence Correfpondence will be 
Beceflary to perfcfl: theft Regifters* 
If fuch a K^lendar as is here propofed, were happily be- 
gun, the leading example would draw oo and grow to a& 
ford us better Lighr^ than hath been hitherto aflured by all 
the remains of Aftrology. And they may make acquaintance 
with others, who have a genius,5mployment and opportuni* 
ties fit to bear the trouble «f drawing the Tables of Weathec 
and remarkable fatalities^ Ferewarnings may pre- 
pare us to confult for Preventions or Remedies* 
In the year 1629 or 16^0 there was a Dearth 
ia England: And much talk there was then, th^Lt in London 
they had a way to knead and ferment boyled Tumepswith 
a fmall quantity of meal ; and that it made better Bread for 
whitenefs, pleaiantnefs, lading and wholefbmnefs, than is 
made oftbe fined flower or wheat. Turneps, Rapes, Gar* 
rets, Parfneps, Potadoes, and other Roots lye fafe under 
ground from fcorching heat, and are faid to thrive beft in 
the greateft rain* Patadoes were a relief to Ireland in their 
laft famine.They yield meat and drink.But after all our dili- 
gence and contrivances,our only fafeguard is, to ferve him^ 
that is the Supreme Governor and Difpofcr of all. 
