this case euerye one maye easelye indge those dreames as the same happneth of the notes For that lyke as one beholding a farre of twoo sundrye thynges of like distaunce and the one of theym hee well knoweth then throughe this be commeth the better and easelyer vnto the vnderstandinge and knowledge of the other Also he ought to know how to discusse from like to like For like as the poetes which also are named naturall prophetes do further passe by a small similitude of any matter vnto another lyke as in speakyng of the nature of Venus do thereby proceade to discusse the caulmnes of the ayre so like in many others Yet that personne is apter to interprete dreames whiche otherwyse is not occupyed about other matters And that men sumtimes do dreame in the one they apply with the other so that the one for the other they sometyme declare And it is also written of Hercules that hee dreamed such dreames at the first whiche no persone coulde expounde but dreaminge afterwarde the like was then declared to him as it after succeded Also it behouethe the expounder not to be ignorant howe that the doinges busines of meÌ„ doe daylye alter through the one and throughe the other by the disposition of the bloude and spirits For these when they bee many and cleare doo dispose the persone vnto mirth And the same is named a signe because men beecome sad beyng in the darke vnto whiche the humor verye subtill and distemperate doth theÌ„ dispose them For otherwyse beynge cleare they dispose the personne to beholde and see hydde matters But the subtile bumors ouer heated doe dispose the person vnto Ire in that these bee engendred of the burning and great heate of the bloud easely and apte to bee inâ—amed But the grosse and cleare vnto sports and the bodilye actes of myrth And often those personnes in whome theese are mulâ—iplyed seeme to laughe withoute cause â—nd yett as the common prouerbe is that â—othinge vnder heauen but reioyseth alâ—hough the same somtime may be couered 〈◊〉 vs And the same also they declare by the motion of theym For when they bee moued vehemently from the hart toward the outwarde parte of the breaste then doo they cause Ire and towarde the part downewarde shamefastnes but when the mocion succedeth outwarde then dothe it cause ioye and myrthe And throughe the lacke also of them eyther in the quantitye or qualitye are the sensitiue powers forced to woorke eyther corruptly or dimynishedlye euen in the dreame especialye when the wayes and passages betwene the Imaginatiue and Cogitatiue by whiche they passe bee hiunred or trowbled for then the powers are often deceyued Also the disposition of bloude throughe whoos 's subtiller parte the spyrites are engendred dooth alter the workings both wakyng and a slepe For wheÌ„ the bloude is cleare not grosse nor subtyle then doth it ingendre y lyke spirites whyche dispose vnto ioye and myrthe eueÌ„ lyke as the distempered bloude woorketh vn to that kynd of Ice whiche longe lasteth contrary wyse the thin hot doth worke vnto that which is sone kindled sone qualifyed the waterye in contrarye maner doth woorke vnto feare But the grosse bloude distempered in heat doth worke vnto the sturdimâ—sse of wil sadnes wherfore it behoueth the expounder of dreams to inquite orderlye whether the dreame appeared pleasaunt or otherwyse vnpleasante for the knowledge of those dothe geue greate vnderstandinge to hym And it shal be necessarye for the interpretoure to consider and knowe what the persone tradeth or occupyeth of what birth hee is what possessioÌ„s he hath what state he is in for the healthe of bodye of what age he is also which seeth y dream Also a dreaâ—e ought exactly to be told as eyther withoute anye addinge to of matter or takynge fro For that these doo cause great error vnto the vnderstanding of a truth Also if any shal doubt or be deceiued in that tellinge of his dream then must the interpreter nedes be deceyued in the declaring of the true meanynge thereof And in all dreames also which haue not a manifeste cause it behoueth diligenty to mark whether they be sene ether in the night or day time so that we may not think to mak differeÌ„t of the night afore froÌ„ the daye or the night euening from the morning spring if so be hee hath moderatly eaten before sleape For that immoderate feedinge dothe not permit matters to be trulye decerned vnto the morninge Of them which interprete dreames by the colours of the Stars by other accidentes ANd nowe some affirminge the arte of deuining by dreams do teach that things whiche appeare in the proper nature dooe forshe we good like as dreaming to see the earthe whiche of her nature is colde and drye and of this sheweth the dominion of the Melancolie humor in that person And the lyke whereas they wryte that to see drye trees or cleft doth after signify perill of lyfe which if that should be true theÌ„ many husbandmeÌ„ and fellers of trees shoulde die because they often dreame of suche businesses which they earnestlye go about and busy them selues in And in the like sort this is not true that to see in the sleepe deformed thynges that the same foresheweth a sicknesse to come neyther is this also true if that a thinge deformed of nature doth then appeare farre to the dreamer that the farrenes doth forshewe an euill for that some do thinke to see artificial garments should signifie a deceit in that vnder these is the truethe often couered Nor it disagreeth not that to se filthye thynges in the sleepe that the same doth declare corrupt humors because the stincke maye proceeade of the outwarde meanes or bee represented by the kyndes reserued and then shoulde it rather argue the goodnes of smelling And althoughe the body greeued maye be sayde to argue many humors yet maye it declare that the expulsiue matter is shed forth to the caryringe downe of the groundes or that the sinewes or mouinge powers of the spirite are hindered stopped throughe some vapour or humor greuing wherof it faileth not vnder the propre working that it may be attributed to one cause with dependeth of many But well consideringe that the â—ayre is the outward cause of dreames because in the first it receiueth the impressioÌ„ of the starres and after touchethe the bodies of men and beastes whiche are altâ—red of it yea in the daye tyme like as appearethe in the nighte Rauen and Owle whiche as moste men affirme by his synginge ouer the chamber of the sicke is prognosticated shortlye after deathe because as men say these lyke as many other beastes are more easelye chaunged in the respecâ—e of men for that those are not occupyed with earnest cares but that the ayre in this case doth not onely touch outwardlye but by the passages or poores the sence enterethe And where that others say that to see in the sleepe cleare and brighte
the spirites lightlye moued Wherof whyles we soundly sleepe we then dreame nothinge at all So that all kyndes of vayne dreames in this point do agree wyth the light motioÌ„ of the spirites all do agree in the matter for y the matter of ach is the remembrauÌ„ce of y sene or heard for no vain dreames are caused but through them As y lyke for example when a man in his slepe thinketh to se a monster with thre heads which hee either hearde of by the discription of some or sawe paynted in the lyke sorte whiche heades he remembred to be on this wyse as the one lyke a Lyon the other a serpente or Dragon the other a Goat That if anye other straunge matter also a man shall see in his sleepe or some vnknowen thinge or deformed Plant then are those none other then vnparfite thinges or transposed For an vnknowen man is none other then when a man is vnparfitlye founde And the knowledge of this is that all men yea the moste knowen beeyng seene far of are vnknowen Therfore through the vnperfite knowledge and traÌ„sposing and mixinge of sightes are all dreames caused So that it appeareth that al dreames to agre booth in the efficiente cause and in the matter for the efficyente cause is the moderate motion of the spirites but the matter is the memorye of things seene eyther whole or vnparfit For as it is manifest that there be diuers kyndes of dreames euen so it behoueth y the causes bee diuers for that throughe them those are alwais caused This moderate motion oughte not alwayes to be thoughte so perfit that this moderation is exquisitely an indiuiduat But if the mocion be vehementer and troublesomer althoughe it maye bee moderated in the kynde yet are they called vayne dreames troubled vnperfite and confused And in this maner doo twoo kyndes of them aryse the one whiche is of meate and is the more confused and vnperfyte yet more fayntly For that from the meate and drinke the vapours are not soo parfytelye caried as from the humours whiche so cause dreames more vnperfite lame yea and more obscure in that the vapour is fatter if the parson drinketh wyne then of humours Yet are the kyndes not so stable doe moue wyth suche a force as those whiche are caused by the humors Wherfore the dreames caused of meate are lesse parfyte lesse agreeynge and in order so that they appeare more troubled confused and diuers then those whiche are caused of the humors as are contrary those which are caused of the humors be more stable in order agreeing yet lesser troubled and diuers with lesse force then those which are caused of meate And those which are caused wyth a lesser troublinge and bee clearer but caused as they were compounde throughe many remembraunces conioyned do affecte more by the sleepe through that whiche agreeth that by wakyng in the day time litle Also they agre for the more parte to those thinges eyther seen or harde or imagined the day before or but a fewe dayes before or els a longe tyme before And theÌ„ do they shew y order as it were of the whole matter But those whiche are in an order and bee wythe the leaste motyon of the spyrites caused gentle and that without anye agitacion of the vpper causes procured doe yet more affecte the soule that wakynge bee maye then bee holden wythe a certayne admiration And seeynge a man may throughe the effectes proceede vnto ech causes therfore oughte a trauÌ„ce to be ineche kyndes For if dreames by a greate mocion maye appeare troubled dyuers obscure and vnperfite and that they seeme a litle to agree then shall wee sâ—ye that eyther meate or drincke or suche lyke matter was the causer of these Of the deuision of Dreames and order of interpretyng of theÌ„ IT muste needes ensue that some causes of effecte to bee true of all dreames of the others whiche are caused therfore those causes are eyther bodilye or not bodilye and hoth also eyther newe or before wrought So that it must uedes ensew that ther be foure kyndes of dreames Now the new and bodelye causes are meate and drincke lyke as the heades of Garlike the Coleworts the Onyones the Beanes and what soeuer ascend to the head and especiallye those whiche engender melancholye Further yealowe choller doothe cause to appeare in sleepe bothe fyers fightynge and Melancholye causethe to appeare in sleepe claye myer or dirte Burialles graues imprisonmente and feare and bloude causethe to appeare sporâ—es fayre places bloude and purple coloure and the flewme causethe to appeare waters showers of rayne and snowe for that the same is a moyste colde qualitye But the vncorporate causes precedent are cares cogitations matter as committed to memorye feare hope gladnes heauines or sadnes of mynde hatred and loue But the new are those whiche frame the superior cause come vnto the soule For of all the other members al the causes of the diuisions doo so agree that many endeuour to place this laste vnder some of the three foresayd And it behoueth first â—o seke out whiche may be of euery kynde therfore whiche true and which false for that none do shewe matters to come but those whiche are sente frome the superioure cause and those also whiche are caused of humours And hereof why those maye bee true it behouethe to shewe and what truth also may be found in al the kindes And after that which bee formes that maye bee interpreted And to coâ—clude the whole tretise as it euidentelye appeareth doothe eyther consiste of the difference of thinges seene or of the maner of seeynge or difference of the dreaminges For that by nature men see true dreames whiche dreame but seldome and false dreames whiche dayelye dreame Also suche as be occupyed in greate actions and businesses and greately abstayne from meate and drinke nor are troubled wyth feare nor sadnes doo see and haue true dreames but suche affected in the contrary manner doo see false dreames And for that cause the dreames of Princes are commonlie true And suche of honeste manners trewe faythfull and godlye haue for the more parte trewe dreames And suche whiche are not so godlye but cruell yet no deceiuers see commonlye trewe dreames and the supersticious parsons do see very fewe true dreames Also he whiche is accustomed to see true dreames to his dreames is more credyte to bee giuen then to those whiche are of a contrary manner And men haue truer dreames in the Sommer and the Wynter then in the Springe and the Harueste for that in those tymes they often alter Also quiet seasons dooe cause true dreames but the wynde and boystrouse weather dooe worke contrarye and the more boysterouse the rather falser Besydes shorte dreames and in order are truer and moore euydente and of a cause more constante are caused And dreames moued or cansed in the rysinge of the Sonne and before or after vnto the thirde hower bee for the more
but rather when suche errors doe happen let vs returne them on the parson and not on the Art. For if through the mysuage of some men good thinges should be condemned what Art so good should not be misliked of what doctrine so wholsome for the people so profitable for the common wealth and so necessarye for mans vse should not be cleane banished Then should Phisicke because vnder som mens handes their pacientes prosper not be reiected Law for that sometymes iudgment is giueÌ„ amisse be abolished and the vse of Surgery because the ChirurgiaÌ„ doth often kepe the wounded in longer paynes then he nedes be cast out of a Common wealth But as these knowledges are neuer a whyt the less esteemed thought the vnskilfulnes and rashenes of the practisers put ofteÌ„tymes the patients and clyents in great hasard peril and mischiefe no more oughte thys Act of diuination to be eschewed whereby daungers may be foreseene and yet it selfe voyde of all daunger perill What hazâ—rde of life what losse of substaunce or what dauÌ„ger of lim caÌ„ a dreame put the dreamer vnto eneÌ„ so much as wheÌ„ he awaketh he wondereth how such imagination or fancy crept into his minde Be his dreame neuer so terrible or fearefull as falling into the haÌ„ds of theues werewouÌ„ded by theÌ„ fightinge in bloudy battailes or on euerye syde beset wyth enemyes in suche maner as it would make a stout maÌ„ to quake yet when he awaketh no skinne is brokeÌ„ he hath no ache in his bones he is stil in his quiet bedde as whole and as safe as when he went to rest nothinge so nor so it was onlye a dreame If now he haue his knowledge of diuination what a coÌ„fort wil it be to hym that examining the cyrcumstances in their due tyme order shal prognosticate what such things portende And thereby may solace himself with good happes and labour to preuent or hinder the imminent mysfortune or at the least arme hymselfe so stronglye wyth patience as quietly to beare theim for a mischiefe knowne of before and diligeÌ„tly loked for is not so greuous as wheÌ„ it commeth on a sodayne It is a wonderful thing and almost incredible that dreames should haue such vertu in them were it not that God hath reuealed it vnto vs When he himselfe as a meane often vsed them to open vnto his people of Israell his secrete wil and pleasure Were it not that we haue red of the wonderful chauÌ„ces in olde time foretolde by them and were it not agayn that we dayly se the effect of dreames But alas our ignorance maketh vs so blynde that we know them not vntil they be paste For a man beholdinge in his sleape the toppe or ende of an house fallinge downe hearyng a dogge to barke or houle seeynge a hare to chase a hound or a byrd to flye withoute winges will seeke no further but esteeme it as a vayne dreame laughinge at his own conceate hauing more regard to the present spectacle then to the cyrcumstaunces to come making no more accompte of them then of thinges casual natural or impossible For a house to fall doune is casuall a dogge to barcke naturall the hare to persecute the hound is agaynst nature a foule to flye withoute winges soundeth impossible Yet al these by cyrcumstances signifie such eueÌ„tes as may be for the profitte or hinderance of the dreamer It seemeth a thing against nature a thing moste straunge for a woman to be deliuered of a firebrande yf Hecuba had lefte here and sought no further then had she not knowen howe her sonne Paris wyth whoÌ„ she then went should be the destruction of his owne countrye Troye It is monstrous for a Uyne to springe out of a womans bowels and for the Braunches to couer or shadow the greate country of Asia yet this foreshewes Astiages that of his daughter should bee borne suche a child as should grow to a mighty Prince and vnnaturallye should driue him out of his kingdome For a Cignet to hane feethers sone growen out and flyinge into the element fil-filing there the ayre with most sweet tunes and sound seemeth incredible and bâ—yonde mans expectation But hauing â— further eye it may well signifye some excelleÌ„t learned maÌ„ for his learning wisedome and vertue These fewe examples gentle Reader of an infinite nomber I haue set forth to shew thee what notable destinies chauÌ„ges of fortune notable â—llucke and notable good lucke what honour what shame what singularitye in learninge and wysedome haue beene it aunciente times by dreams signifyed and foreshewed And in this my treatice smalâ— in comparison to the number I could seâ—forth I will manifest suche straunge happes as haue chauÌ„ced in later yeares and also teach the further how thou maist vsâ— and behaue thy selfe in expounding sucâ— as hereafter are to come And hear Iâ— craue at thy handes gentle Reader to vsâ— good descretion to beleeue nothing rashlye nor to pronounce anye thinge without good iudgment but first to practise iâ— wythe thy selfe secretlye and then if thy iudgementes fall out ryghte thou maisâ— the bolder communicate it wythe other â—f not coÌ„demn it not but leaue it to their â—udgementes whose learning beyng moâ—e profounde or knowledge more parfitte can better and more sincerelye interpret the same Thou knowest well enoughe that if one stringe be oute of tune it causeth aâ— vnpleasaÌ„t sound of all the rest or if the Physition preparinge remedies ageynste poysons makinge rough thinges gentle medecines do myxe theÌ„ vntoward â—y and out of season shall rather further the disease then cure the sick euen so it is wyth dreames If they beyng somtymes obscure and harde shall not be applied in their due order but shal bee negligentlye waighed ouer curious in some thing and rashe in other nothinge is by theym knowen nothinge can be by them preuented and helped Thus gentle Reader I take my leaue of thee at this time ceassinge to trouble thee anye loÌ„ger I trust I haue spoken sufficientlye to vtter my meaninge and to giue thee warning howe to deale If thou canst attayne to the knowledge ther of I wil be glad of it if thou caÌ„st not yet blame not me that wisheth it with al myâ— hart I can do no more but teache thynâ— it is to learne farewell and God prospethy doinges Qui bene coÌ„iectat vates 〈◊〉 hic optimus extat The distinction of Dreames THe cause why Auerrois dothe rather attribute this passion of Dreamyng to the Imaginatiue parte is that lyke as the motion of wakynge beginneth from the outwarde senses and endeth at the memoratiue euen so dothe the motion of sleepe contrarye begynne from this and Endeth at the outwarde motions Wherefore seeyng the same â—s a passion of the inner partes and not of â—he memoratiue nor cogitatiue For that as hee wryteth the woorkynge of â—hese is not manifested in the sleepe therefore the same shal be of the Imaginatiue whiche onelye consisteth in the mouinge â—nd continual dooyng and maye also
recyue formes of the Memoratiue when â—s the dreame is of insensible matters coÌ„â—eiued And of both the like when as the Dreame is mixâ—â—â— and of the outewarde â—oinge also lyke as of the hearinge or of â—â—e vnderstaÌ„ding And he further wryteth that when they happen trewe the same then dothe somwhat declare of that which was in the hower of knowledge and yet this for the more part not present beyng for if this woulde happen in the presente and instaunte doynge that then the same shoulde not forshewe thynges to come but rather matters presente In that alâ— thinges to come moue and woorke accordinge to their causes But how so euer the same bee yet Aristotle affirmeth that dreames may be caused by the sheadinge of formes whiche proceade frome those thinges workinge in the acte Yet hee perhappes meaneth that the same signification of the dreame is not caused in the mouing of it Wherefore howe soeuer be doubted that the vnderstandinge abstracted maye minister Imaginatiuelye theâ— knowledge of the perticuler indiuiduate wheÌ„ as the same is of the generall things by the whiche it doth manifestlye appear that certaine are indiuiduates of the simple substances and certaine of the mixte So that either they be â—uinge and as thâ— mineralles or haue lyfe woorking as thâ— plantes or otherwyse sensitiue as thâ— Beastes or of vnderstandinge as men And of the accidentes also certaine are in the Symples certayne in the Myxte and certayne in Beastes and of these besides certaine are of nature and certayne by Arte and of it selfe also or of happe So that these not otherwyse mente but onelye by accidente Wherefore al the indiuiduates of the simple and compâ—â—be by substaunces and of all other Accidenâ—es by theymselues haue terminate causes whiche althoughe they maye bee vnderstanded by our conceiuinge of theym yet â—â—n they not be vnderstanden of theymsâ—lues in that these happen not vnder the seÌ„â—es nor as thinges to come But to be briefe lyke as the Phisition by twooe propositions of whiche the one generall intelligible conceiued by arte and that other particuler and sensible inuented of some what maye prognosticâ—â—e vppon sicknesses and health euen so the knowledge or dreames may proceade of two causes the one of the vniuersail that is by the vndersâ—â—â—dinge whiche doth illuminat the Imaginatiue and the other of the particuler vnder that In that dreames for the more parte are caused of those matters whiche bee knowen to the dreamer And of this he concludeth that y knowledge of the imaginatiue is rather ended at the similitude or kynde of the indiuiduate then at the indiuiduate it selfe Because that if the same bee illuminated by the vnderstandinge then is that continually procured to bee caused like it with the kynde whithe is more spirituall then the indiuiduat And a man also doth more comprehend in his dreame then wakinge in the daye tyme because in a dreame iâ— more resolued theÌ„ that in the daye whichâ— is troubled throughe the doinges of the outwarde senses And hee concludeth also that a dreame is none other then a fantastical appearaunce whiche the persone sleapynge conceiueth For if they are of those affections which bee in vs theâ— is the same either of the part of the spiritâ— and in suche sort are they rather causes oâ— the parte of the bodye and are signes buâ— those whiche are causes of theim beynge without vs seeing by no maner they maâ— be in our power therefore are they name â— accidentes And a like example may herâ— â—e applyed of the Eclipse of the Sunne whose cause is the Moone which runneth â—etwene But the signe is a starre appeaâ—inge in the day tyme running vnder the â—ight of the Sunne or as the roughnes of â—he tongue which declareth the signe of a â—euer So that a dream is the onely cause â—n that whiche imagineth the venerall act â—n so much as fantasy doth moue the dreaâ—er to that act which afterward he exerâ—iseth wakinge Also the signe may onely â—e as when we be moued and led vnto the â—nowledge of any matter as the like exaÌ„â—â—le is written of a certain person whiche â—reamed that himself was throwen into a â—ost boate fat of pitche in the whiche he â—hought himselfe to be scalded wakinge â—pon the feare thereof did after vomit vp much a dust or brent choller So that this â—ream was theÌ„ a signe of the matter preâ—ent and not the accideÌ„t or cause why this â—ente before And euen the like example â—s he which dreameth these matters that â—re not in our power like as those which â—re caused in the East grauÌ„ting that they may happen yet was not the dreame the cause nor the signe like as he whiche speaketh of anye matter wakinge and in the day tyme although that maye after happen in the dreame the same ensued not altogether of the talke in that not allwayes nor oftentymes happeneth the diuisions but those whiche are caused of the others And for a further knowledge to be vnderstanded that althoughe dreames forshewe rather matters to com-Yet be many of them paste whiche helpe to the remembringe of those wroughte in the day and to the vnderstanding of the others and perhappes to giue warninge of harmes that maye happen And yet these after the mynde of Aristotle doe not of necessitye happen because if anye hathe dreamed to bee sicke and hathe in hym selfe the cause of a sicknesse yet may the sicknesse bee stayed by an other stronger motion of nature For that in the ayre dooe often times appeare signes of rayne whiche after enseweth not and muche lyke to this dooe certen conclude that there are such whiche before the execution doo chaâ—nge their determination Also dreames are muche varied whiche do happen through the doynges wrought before in the day tyme in that not al are sollicited nor delighted in those nor the vapoures doo moue in the same sexe nor the wayes of the common sence to the Imaginatiue and memorie are caried the lyke in one as in another nor there is not the selfe same maner disposed in one time as in an other Also to sicke personnes do some fearfull dreames happen when as the spirits cariynge the vertues of life be aflicted by some euill vapour And the lyke when anye fearing is moued to crye out then is sicknesses prognosticated to ensewe But of the interpreter of dreames bee ought to be suche a one whâ—che hathe perfict knowledge to distinguish the simitude of al matters and to be skilfull in the manners and condicions of the moste people Besides it isirequisite that he bee a personne whiche leadethe an honeste lyfe For although he may happelye touche euerye kynde of cause yette is the same difficill to make apparaunte howe so euer the same maye be reduced to the Acte Whiche is the chiefe principal purpose And further headde the of the interpreter that hee ought to bee a moste arteficiall iudger which well knoweth similitudes in that all dreams fall not out right for in
parte trewe But those dreames at the noone tyme of the daye and at the settynge of the Sonne bee not so true For that the sonne is the authour of the true and constante thinges So that when he shal be nere the angels be doth then cause the truer dreames And the terrour or feare of thinges mouynge a man oute of bedde do often follow true as the lyke happened to Caesar the daye before he was slayne And the coÌ„dition also whiche is fullfylled by and by of the slepe when it shal be without cogitation doth the reason shewe trewe and most certaine dreames be much before or after the rysing of the Sunne it shall then signifye the cause to deginne or els shal then be accomplished or discouered Therefore that space shal bee referred vnto the whole dreame as vnto the whole yeare And nowe as to the qualityes of thinges seene it is manifest that whatsoeuer are presentlye begone are spâ—dylier accomplished yea and that verye swiftlye those which presently through y proper course are neare the ende but those contrarye do slowly ensue So that a man must coÌ„sider the nature of the dreamer the age and the reste needfull lyke as the wealthye persons and men in aucthority And whosoeuer also haue a constitute tyme as Magistrates for a yeare lyke as the selfe samh custome is vsed in London by the yearely chosinge of the Mayre And to be briefe the tymes of dreames are either presente or shortly after or a longe tyme after to come or paste or els a tyme appointed for that no man can number the yeares monethes nor dayes exept that when the words or peculiar signes declaringe the nombers shall come And besides these whatsoeuer dreames shal be caused in the Kalendes of Januarye or on Christmas daye come to passe wythin a yeare after And if in the KaleÌ„des of any moneth or in the entrance of y Sonne into anye signe then within a moneth And if in the same day of the Sunnes enteraunce eyther into the Solstice or Equinoctiall then shall the effecte ensue within three monethes And if in the houre of the full Moone or Chaunge theÌ„ within xv dayes after And if at the Sunrysinge on the Sondaye then within seuen dayes after And if at the new enterance of an office of gouernmente or enterance of a newe house or of the newe dwellinge in an other countrey or newe enteringe of a shippe or in any other beginninge to speake generally before the ende of that busâ—â—â—sse shall the effecte be accomplished Also dreames happeninge on Christmas day and on the day of the salutation of the virgin Marye shewe maruelous matters to follow do also extend their good happes vnto the returne of the next yeare And the daye of that resurrection for that the same is a mouable feast doth signify the lyke yet chaunginge the forme of thinges as that the parson shall passe out of one condicion of lyfe into an other or els it declareth that mutation to come in the same yere And that no new happe besydes of encrease for the present lyfe is after promised of the same And seeyng in all matters some one may be better worse and whiche profiteth and harmeth euen so must it happen in the lyke wherefore whatsoeuer do remoue impedimentes do cause dreames the truer for some impediments are of the mynde others of the bodye and others whiche hinder and trouble dreames For the dreames art troubled of these which declare dreames of an other kinde like as meates and wyne and the veneral acte excessiuely vsed and troubles of y mind sorrow of which a maÌ„ must beware Of the Authors proper opmioÌ„ about the maner of interpreting Dreames which come by an outward cause AND to eschewe the longe circumstances and prolizites of cerayne and that the readers of these may not bee wearied aboute so dyuers as vayne practices which be written and declared by many about the interpretation of Dreames Therefore wee will follow and vse a surer and easyer way into these whiche shall bringe with it some wonted reason of others happeninge to come by the which maner many haue bene inuented For manye truelye wyth these coÌ„ceyue to direct of the particuler doinges in the day tyme For how much y kindes moued altered be in the cause of remembraunce and oftentymes also wyth similitudes perceyued in the sleepe or rather wyth the experience of them whiche after followed we saw to declare much And many also wheÌ„ they see or perceiue that it hath otherwyse happened or come to passe then as it is wonte oftentymes to them to succeade and followe as to some good And contrariwyse when it so meeteth that it hath otherwyse hurted then they be striken with a feate which is the expectation of the euill And semblably wheÌ„the imaginatiue in a dreame of himselfe or rather with the helâ—e of another inwarde vertue doth perceiue some what from the outward that he thinketh to adioyne and apply like and the dreamer also hathe experienced to haue otherwyse come to passe then it moueth againe the similitudes or formes of those matters which in the lyke or in some haue happened wyth the which prosperous dreames hee caused And contrarywyse when hee is myndfull that it hurted then hee prouoketh them againe of which otherwise hee receiued harme For not by one haâ— or hurte onely a man may conclude thaâ— it may like succede lyke as not one spring alon worketh and multiplyeth the swallow but by the often comming of him â— that also somwhat contrarying the migâ—tyer shall not hinder as the Philosophe sayth which is that oftentymes present signes of rayue be at hand which succede nor fall not after So that not al thinges are to be sought out by the causes For it is truly as Aristotle sayth that the learned to earnestlye enquire and searche out that which commeth to passe or perfourmed in euery kynde and how muche the nature of that matter worketh and geeueth also a similitude whiche appeareth by the Mathemathicane perswading to proue by the orator to demonstrate Wherefore those are not to be denyed which by a long tyme haue bene obserued and founde true forasmuche as in their kynde they be neare to the termes of the first principles And if therfore deuining by this arte a man sometymes may be deceiued it is noo maruayle because that no man hitherto hath affirmed that assuritye that of dreames he may haue suche certayntye which he hath of the sciences and others which we worke wakyng in the day time in the which also errour happeneth For both the Gramarian doth sometymes harberouslye wryte and the Phisition also harmeth in his cures Of the obseruation of the Autentiks in deuining or pronouncinge by similitudes ANd they witnesse to this opynion whiche the auncietne menne did obserue in deuininge or pronouncinge by them for when as they saw and marked a certaine animall lyke to flye to go oute of certeyn appels they pronosticated theÌ„ battaile to