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A17556	A prognostication of right good effect fructfully augmented, contayninge playne, briefe, pleasant, chosen rules, to iudge the wether for euer, by the sunne, moone, sterres, cometes, raynbowe, thunder, cloudes, with other extraordinarie tokens, not omitting the aspectes of planetes, with a brefe iudgemente for euer, of plentie, lacke, sickenes, death, vvarres &c. Openinge also many naturall causes, woorthy to be knowe[n]. To these and others, now at the last are adioyned, diuers general pleasaunte tables: for euer manyfolde wayes profitable, to al maner men of vnderstanding: therfore agayne publisshed by Leonard Dygges Gentylman, in the yeare of oure Lorde. 1555.; Prognostication of right good effect	Digges, Leonard, d. 1571?	1555 (1555)	STC 435.35; ESTC S122158	33,166	68

by the vertue of the Sunne to the nether part of the middle space of the ayre there through colde thycked then dissolued thus engendred falleth on the earth Here I leaue to speake of miraculous raynes as Mylke Blud Flesh Yern Woll c. For more satisfieng in these reade Plinius in the second boke 58. Chapter Of Frost and Dew A Colde moyst vapour a litle waye drawen vp in the day thorow faynt heat of the Sunne descendeth in the night dissolued on the earth there congelated or resolued in to water the one called Frost the other Dew The last is a signe of fayr wether in the spryng or Haruest Of Snowe IT is a moyst vapour drawen vp to the middle region of the ayre then thy●ked and frosen into the body of a cloude So congelated descendeth Of Hayle A Cloude resolued into water in the fall congelated maketh Hayle The hyer it commeth from aboue and the longer it tarryeth in the ayre the rounde● hayle Of wyndes VVynde is a multitude of drye exhalations drawen vp frō the earth and aboue the earth enforced here and there Of earthquakes in the most quyet tyme. PLentye of wyndes entred into holes cones or caues of the earth whiche absent from aboue the earth causeth quietnes the violent brustyng oute of them the earth closed agayne is the earthquake Sign●● est futurorum bellorum Tokens of earthquakes to come AFyry cloude appering in the element like a litel pyllar is a token of earthquakes to come The obscuritie or darknes of the Sunne without cloudes and straungely coloured blouddy or otherwyse is a token of earthquakes Also when Well water and others are troubled or salt or infec ted by fauour c. A great quyetnes of ayre by lande and sea and chiefly the long absence of wyndes Also straunge noyses herde as clamours of men russhynge of harnes mourninges lamentations c. All these haue bene obserued to signifie earthquakes at hande Of Thunders and lightninges THunder is the quenching of fyre in a cloude Or thunder is an exhalation hote and drye myxte with moysture carryed vp to the middleregiō there thycked and wrapped into a cloude of this hore matter coupled with moystnes closed in the cloude groweth a stryfe the heat beating and breakyng out the sydes of the cloude with a thundringe noyse the fyre then dispersed is the lightnynge Thus for the lerned Tonit 〈◊〉 sonitus est qui editur quādo ●ube● rumpit halitus Fulmen flamma vel repētinus est ignis qui ex collisione nubium aut ruptura nascitur Aristotele affirmeth the lightnyng after the thunder but the fyre doth fyrst appere in that the sight is before the hering If this satiisfie not reade the second of hys Meteoron Here foloweth a note of lightninges There be thre kyndes of lightninges drye moyst and clere DRye do not burne but cleaue depart or diuide Moyst burne not but alter colour The clere are of maruelous natures Full barels by it are emptied It melteth mony in the purs it breaketh the swerde the purs and scaberd not perisshed yea wex in them vnmolten Of the Cometes or flames in the night A Comet is a flame working in a drye hote flymye exhalation drawē vp to the hyest part of the ayre His mater or substance after it is brent dispersed prouoketh wyndes The natural cause of the Sunne eclypsed NOthing els is the Eclips of the Sunne but the direct putting the body of the Moone betwene the Sunne and the earth or betwene our sight and the Sunne which chaunceth onely at the change A Corollarie BY this gather the darkenes at Christes death not to stande by natur all ecliptical cause but by supernatural or miracle For it was at the ful Moone the scriptures witnes which enforced Dio●ysius Areopagita at the tyme of his passion to speake thus Aut Deus natur● patitur aut mundi machina dissoluitur The cause of the Moone eclipsed THe Sunne beyng in the contrarie poynt to the ful Moone enforceth the shadowe of the earth then directly put betwene the Sunne and the Moone towardes the Moone hyding more or lesse of the Moone as she differeth from the Ecliptical Some obserue pestilent plagues sodayn batayl great dearth to ensue these eclypses which all I desire God to auert from his chosen Many other thinges by this Eclips are gathered as Longitudes of countreys the quantitie of the Sunne contayning the bignes of the earth 162 times the compasse of the earth 21600. myles whose thycknes accordinge to Archimedes rule is 6872 myles and 8 eleuenthes of a myle The quantite of the Moone is the 43 part of the earth The Sunne contayneth the globe of the Moone 7000 tymes Saturnus comprehendeth the bignes of the earth 91 tymes Iupiter 95 tymes Mars 1 and 10. sixtenthes Venus one 37 part Mercurius on 32000 parte of the earth Note here that Alfraganus affirmeth the least fixed sterre perfectly sene as bygge as the whole earth HAec non erunt admirationi si globi capacit atem ex longitudine diametri quaesieris Continet enim sol●● dim●tiens terrae dimetientem quinquies semissem Estque propertio diametri solis ad terrae dimetientē quae est numeri vud●●im ad duo quintupla sesquialtera Cubus soli● mille ter●●ntū vnā triginta partes tales continet cuiusmodi terrae cubus octonas conplectitur Cubus enim numeri vndecim est mille tercentū vnū triginta Cubus vero bi●arii qui est terrae octo Subducto quoties id fieri potest minore cubo qui est terrae à maiore qui est solis cognoscitur cub●●d cubum proportio quanto Sol maior terra sit Inuenimus ergo octo centics sexagi●● sexies in mille tercentum vno triginta ¶ Terrae Diametros Lunae dimetientē cōplectitur ter duas eius diamet●i portiones quintas Estque ea proportio dimetientis terrae ad Lunae diametrum quae est septen decim ad quinque tripla superbipartiens quintas Cubus numeri septendecim quater mille nongenta tredecim Cubus numer● quinque est centum viginti quinque Maiore cubo per minorem distributo reperimu● numerum cētum vigintiquinque tricies nouies in quater mille nongēus tredecim quod paululum à superioribus obseruationibus diflert How many myles the Moone is from the earth and euery planet from other AS some haue published it is from the earth to the Moone 15750. myles From the Moone to Mercurie is 12812. myles From Mercurie to Venus as many myles From Venus to the Sunne is 23437. myles and a half From the Sunne to Mars is 15725. myles From Mars to Iupiter is 78721. myles From Iupiter to Saturne as many myles From Saturne to the firmament 120485 myles The Whole summe from the earth to the firmament is 280734. myles and a half The natural causes of many Sunnes

full in Leone betokeneth rayne The Sunne in Pisces or in Aries the Moone in Virgo Libra or Sagittarie signifieth rayne especially in watry dwellinges The Moone in Aquari or Pisces looke for chaunge of weather thē chiefly she troubleth the ayer The Moon also at the chaunge or rather at the full in Aries Libra Scorpius or Pisces tempestuous weather folowith The Sunne in Aquari in Aries Libra or Scorpio but chiefly in Leone the Moone then at the full and that after raine or missinges looke for lightnyng thundryng c. Also the Sunne or Moone foūde in Pisces without all helpe of Mars it betokeneth aboundance of rayne lightning thunder c. To cōclude the Moone in Cancer Leo Capricornus or Aquarius ayded with any aspect but chiefly with the opposition or quadrate of Venus rayne folowyth The iudgement of weather by sterres BEholde the sterres whose magnitude you knowe best If they appeare of muche light in bignes great more blasing thē they are comonly it be tokeneth great wynde or moysture in that part where they shewe in wynter colde and frost When sterres seme to runne in the elemēt it shewyth wynde Affirme also alteration of weather if they be few in nūbre cloudie and of litel light Further when dimme sterres appeare wyth long firie tayles iudge wyndes and great drougthe the moe in nūbre the greater effect When sterres in the nyght as it is sayd shote or seme to fall it arguith wynde in that part If in diuers places inordinate wyndes yf in all places then pronounce Wyndes Thunder Lightnynges yea weather most tempestuous The signification of Cometes Cometes signifie corruptiō of the ayre They arsignes of earthquakes of warres chaunging of kyngdomes great derth of corne yea a comon death of man and beast How by the cloudes change of weather is perceaued IF thyck clowdes resemblyng flockes or rather great heapes of woll be gatherid in many places they shewe rayne Also whē grosse thicke darke clowdes ryght ouer the northe part or somwhat declining to the west ar close with the earth immediatly folowyth rayne If they appeare lyke hylles somedeale from the earth a good token of weather ouerpassed Blacke clowdes signifie rayne white clowdes apperyng in wynter at the Horizon two or thre dayes together prognosticate colde and snowe Of the raynebowe and his effect touchyng alteration of ayer IF in the mornyng the raynebow appere it signifieth moysture onlesse great drouthe of ayer woorke the contrarie If in the euening it shewe it self fayr weather ensueth so that aboundaunt moyste ayer take not awaye the effect Or thus The rayne bowe appering if it be fayr it betokeneth fowle weather if fowle loke for fair weather The grener the moare raine redder wynde Of Thundres what they signifie THundres in the morning signifie wynd about Noone rayn in the euenyng great tempest Sōme wryte theyr grounde I see not that Sonnedayes thundre shold brynge the deathe of learned men Iudges and others Mundayes thundre the deathe of women Tuesdayes thundre plentie of grayne Wednesdayes thundre the deathe of harlottes and other blodshede Thursdayes thūdre plentie of shepe c●rne Frydayes thundre the slaughter of a great man and other horrible murders Saterdayes thundre a generall pestilent plage and great deathe How weather is knowne after the chaunge of euery Moone by the prime dayes SVnday prime drie weather Mondaye prime moyst weather Tuesday prime colde and wyndie Wedensday prime wōder full Thursday prime fayer and cleare Fryday prime myxte weather Saterday prime moyst weather Now ensuyth extraordinarie tokens for the knowledge of weather SOme haue obserued euil weather to folow whā watry fowles leaue the sea desiring lande the foules of the lande flyeng hyghe the cryeng of fowles about waters makyng a great noyse wyth ther wynges Also the sees swellyng wyth vncustomed waues If bestes eate gredyly if they lycke ther hooues if they sodaynly moue here and there makyng a noyse brethyng vp to the ayer with open nostrels rayne folowyth Also the busy heuing of moules the appering or cōming owte of woormes hennes resorting to the ꝑche or rest couered wyth dust declare rayne The ample woorkyng of the spinnar in the ayer the ant busied wyth her egges the bees in fayr weather not far wādring the cōtinual prating of the crowe chiefly twise or thrise quicke calling shewe tempest Whan the crowe or rauen gapith agaynst the sonne in somer heate foloweth If they busy thēselues in proyning or wasshing ād that in wynter looke for rayne The vncustomed noyse of pultrie the noyse of swyne of pecokes declare the same The swalowe flyēg and beating the water the chirpinge of the sparowe in the morning signifie rayne Rayne sodaynly dryed vp woody coueringes strayter then of custome bells hearde further then comonli the wallowynge of dogges the alteration of the cock crowing all declare rayny weather I leaue these wāting the good grounde of the rest If the lernid be desirefull of the too forsayd let them reade graue Virgil primo Georgicorum At Bor. c. Ther be a multitude of other not extraordinarie but of the best knowen causes many for breuitie here omitted the moare part not mencioned because they passe the capacitie of the comon sort vpon all the whiche the Astronomer dothe well and lernydly conclude I doubte not ther be also some time vnknowen maters mitigatinge the aforesayde or prouokyng tempestes vnloked for whiche neather experience ne learning hath stablisshed How vnkynd these considered yea how far from woorthy thankes giuing are they which in general heddily do blame checkyng bitterly the Astrologer with these iudiciarie maters the least part emong a nūbre of his most certayn doynges whan thinges fortune contrarie to expectation Vnderstande gentle reader the cō sent of a multitude famously learnid is theyr buclar euen in these maters iudiciari who haue wayed a long time prudently the great strengthe the vehement force and maruaylous natures of all erratical and coelestial cōstellatiōs with theyr Angles Radiations Aspectes Affections Stationes Progressions Defections Dispositions Applications Preuentions Ref●enations Contrarieties Abscisions Coniunctions Quadratures and Oppositions c. Therefore extreme foly yea mere madnes dothe he vtter which imbraydeth or bacbiteth these knowleges not remembring the great and manifolde benefites hadd through them and that wyth most certentie in all other doynges What Meteoroscoper yea who lernyd in maters astronomical notith not the great effectes at the rising of the ster called the Litell dogge Trewlie the consent of the best learnid do agree of his force yea Plinie in his historie of nature affirmeth the sees thē most fierce wynes to flowe in cellars standing waters to moue dogges inclined to madnes then most wood Farther these cōstellations Orion Arcturus Corona rising prouoke tempestuous weather the Kydd and Goate wyndes Hyades or Succulae rayne What Meteorologer consentith not to the great alteration and mutation of ayer at the coniunction opposition or quadrate aspect of Saturne

your numbre 7. So on youre right hande in the rowe or order you shall see Virgo the celestial signe that the Moon is in and after that these thre letters b b b whiche declare badde or euell to let bludde to pourge or bathe agreable to the titles in the head G there had signified good To know what the Moone differeth from the Sunne MVltiplie the age of the Moone by 4 and deuide by 10 the quotient sheweth the signes that the Moone differeth frome the Sunne the remayne augmented by 3 bryngeth degrees to be added Nowe shall folowe what dayes in euery moneth are vnmete to let bludde daungerous to suffre woūding perillous to fall sicke deathly to iourney euell to marrye and naught to take any mater in hande The whole yeare after this compte folowinge hath 33. euell dayes The yeare hath xxxiii euyl dayes generall for euer IANVARIE hathe eyghte suche dayes the. i the. ij the iiij the. v the. x the. xv the. xvij the. xxix Drynke whyte wyne this moneth Februarie hath thre dayes the. viij the. x the. xvij these not so euell the. xxvi the. xxvij the. xxviij Eate no potage of okes or malowes they are venemous Marche thre dayes the. xv the. xvi the. xix this not so euell the xxviij daye This moneth all swete meates are good April two dayes the. xvi the. xxi these not so euell the. vij the viij the. x the. xx Vse hote meates of light digestion Maie thre dayes the vij the. xv the. xx these not so euell the iij the. vi Ryse early and vse breakefast Iune two the. iiij the. vij these not so euel the. x the. xv the. xxij Sage and lettuse are good to eate Colde water fastinge hurteth not Iulie two dayes the xv the. xx Abstayne from carnalitie August two dayes the. xix the. xx these not so euel the first the xxix the. xxx It hurteth not to abstayne frō potage and all hote meates and drinkes of spicerie September two dayes the. vi the. vij these not so euell the. iij the iiij the. xxi the. xxij Eate good fruyte October one daye the vi these not so euel the. iij the. xvi the xxiiij Good wyne is wholsome this moneth Nouember two dayes the. xv the. xix these not so euell the. v the vi the. xxviij the. xxix Blede not Decembre thre dayes the. vi the. vij the. ix these dayes not so euell the. xv the. xvij the ▪ xxij Blede not ouer muche Warme not thy legges at the fyre A conducible note for lettiug bludde LEt bludde at no tyme without great cause for it bringeth wekenes and many infirmities If ye do see it be after good dige 〈◊〉 n and fastinge in a fayre temperate daye Beware before of all maner exercise bathinges watchinges and carnal copulacion c. After vse fine meates of light digestion abstayninge from all the aforesayd vntill the fourth daye These signes are most daungerous for bludde letting the Moone beyng in them Taurus Gemini Leo Virgo and Capricorne with the laste half of Libra and Scorpius Therest are all good so the Moone beare no dominion in that member which ye cut as foloweth Beholde the figure The dominion of the Moone in mans bodye Aries The. Head and face Taurus The. Necke Gemini The. Armes handes shoulders Cancer The. Brest stomache rybbes Leo. The. Hart backe Virgo The. Bowels belly Libra The. Reynes nauill buttockes Scorpius The. Secret membres Sagittarius The. Thyes Capricornus The. Knees Aquarius The. Shynnes legges Pisces The. Fete FRom the chaunge to the firste quarter a mete tyme to let yonge men bludde From the firste quarter to the ful good for middle age From the ful to the laste quarter apt for aged folke From the laste quarter to the change best for olde men Signes mete for the complexions for the fleumatike the head and thyes excepted ARIES Sagittarius for melancholike buttockes and legges excepted Libra Aquarius for cholerike brest membres and fete excepted Cancer Scorpius Pisces For the sanguine all be apt that tofore are named good In the springe tyme let bludde at the right side In Haruest time at the left syde The learned Phisician will consider beside all that is sayde the Coniunctions Oppositions and quadrate aspectes of the Planetes with many other thinges Astronomical most necessarie bothe in bludletletting purging bathinge c. For to take purgations and to bathe THe metest time to take purgations c. is neither in hote nor colde dayes that is from the tenthe of Marche to the twelfthe of Iune Further by rules Astronomical it muste be perfourmed when the Moone is in cold moyst and watry signes as Cācer Scorpius and Pisces conforted by aspectes and radiations of planetes fortifienge the vertue of the bodye expulsiue The Moone in Aries Taurus and Capricornus naughte One cause of vomiting the purgation is the Moone hauing aspect to any planet retrograde The Moone in these signes folowinge very good to bathe Aries Leo Sagittari Cancer Scorpius Pisces These ensuyng are euel to bathe Taurus Virgo and Capricorne Of inundations or fluddes of tymbre fallinge sowyng planting graffing hear clipping shauing and geldinge THe fludde is biggest at the full bycause then dispersinge her vertue she filleth all places with moysture By commō experience ioyned with lerning I knowe at the full the Moone Iodeth all bodyes with humou●s and so are emptied growinge to the change Of this some gather the fall of tymbre at the change more to the purpose then other tymes wantyng then superfiuous moysture the cause of putrefaction Omnis putredo ab aqueo humido ortum habet Schoner willeth from the. xv daye vnto the. xxij daye of the Moone trees to be felled and that after Midsomer to Ianuarie So tymbre is strong sounde and voyde of wormes To sowe Taurus Cancer Virgo Libra and Capricorne are best in the increace of the Moone To Plant or Graff best is when the M●one hath her beynge in any fixed signe either in Tauro or Aquario in thencrease Heare cutte groweth well the Moone encreacing beynge in Tauro Virgine or Libra Cuttinge shauing clipping in the wane causeth baldnes what is then cut groweth litel Caluitiū prohibet oleum Tartari The best tyme of Gel●ing is in Cancer Scorpio or Pisces in the wane Thys rounde Table aboue and that also whiche ensueth conduce to the reste folowinge Here after ensuyth a table for the moueable feastes whose vse is thus briefly declared THis Table folowing conteyneth in the fyrst title the Prime in the second the Dominical letter in the thirde Lent in the fourthe Easter daie in the fyfthe Rogation daie in the sixte whitsondaie in theseuenthe howe manye wekes and dayes are betwene whitsondaie and Midsomer Whiche all appeare by their titles The vse is this Ye shall consider by the Table before put forthe what numbre the prime is that yeare where of ye requyre to know