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A86058	The knowledge of things vnknowne Shewing the effects of the planets, and oth[er] astronomical constellations. With the strange events that befall men, wome[n] and children born under them. Compiled by Godfridus super palladium de agricultara [sic], Anglicarum. Together with the husband-mans practice, or prognostication for eve[r:] as teacheth Albert, Alkind, and Ptolomey with the shepheards prognostication of the weather, and Pythag[oras] his wheele of fortune. This is unknown to many men, though it be known to some [men.]	Godfridus.	1663 (1663)	Wing G929B; ESTC R228364	91,497	266

Land 5 From the time of Christmas unto the Twelfth day THe Husband-man understanding all this when on Christmas even at midnight the wind waxeth still it betokeneth a fruitfull yéere when on the Twelfth day afore day it is somewhat windy that betokeneth great plenty of Oyle When the Sun on the Twelfth day in the morning doth shine that betokeneth foule weather In the beginning it is never stedfast weather for the moneths goe all one through another the same day If it be faire weather that day it is happy and fortunate The sixth day after the first day is the last day so that the first is last and that in the six dayes every day leaveth behind him two moneths Also that the second day leaveth February afore noone and Ianuary at the after noone and so forth doth all other dayes January If it be on New-yéers day that the clouds in the morning be red it shall be an angry yéere with much War and great tempests If the Sun doe shine on the 22. day of January there shall be much wind If the Sun ●et● shine on St. Pauls day the twenty five day of Ianuary it shall be a fruitfull yéere and if it doe rain or snow it shal be betwéene both If it be very misty it betokeneth great death If thou heare it thunder that day it betokeneth great winds and great death and most especially among rich men that yéer February On Shrode-tuesday whosoever doth plant or sow it shall remain alwayes green Item how much the Sun did shine that day so much he shall shine every day in Lent And alwayes the next new Moon that falleth after Candlemas day and after that the next te●sday shall be alwaies Shrove-tuesday And when the Sun riseth and shineth early then prospereth well all manner of fruit if you hear it thunder that it betokeneth great wind and much fruit Saint Beda saith there be three dayes and three nights that if a child be be born there in the body abideth whole and shall not consume away untill the day of Iudgment that is in the last dayes of Ianuary and the secrets thereof are full wondrous And if a tree be hewed at on the same day it shall never fail March The more mists that there be in March the more good doth it and as many dayes as be in March so many hoar frosts shall you have after Easter and so many mysts in August All manner of trées that shall be cut downe unto the two last holy capes in March shall never fail Item If on Palm-sunday be no faire weather that betokeneth too goodness If it doe thunder that day then it signifieth a merry yéere and death of great men Aprill If it raine never so little on the Ascension day it betokeneth dearth of all manner of food for Cattell But when it is faire weather it is prosperous and there shall be plenty of Tallow and much Wooll May. If the Sun doe shine on the 25 day of May Wine shall prosper well but if it doth rain it doth much hurt Item if it raine on Whitsunday it is not good Item in the last of May ●●e Oake trées begin to heare blossoms if they blossome then you shall have a good yéere of Tallow and plenty of Fruit. Iune If it rain néer so little on Midsummer day that is the 24 day of Iune then do not the Hasell nuts prosper If the holy Sacraments day of our Lord be faire then it is good and cause fruit plenty and the Lambs to dye Iuly If it raine the second day of Iuly such weather shal be forty dayes after day by day yet some imputed it to Swithin the 15. August If the the Sun do shine on the 15 day of August that is a good token and specially for Wine September If thou wilt sée and know how it shall go that yeer then take heed to the Oak apples about S. Michaels day for by them you shall know how that yéer shall be If the apples of the Oak trēes when they be cut be within full of Spiders then followeth a naughty yéer if the apples have within them flies that betokens a méetly good yéer If they have maggots in them then followeth a good yéer If there be nothing in them then followeth great dearth if the apples be many and early ripe so shall it be an early Winter and very much snow shall be afore Christmass and after that it shal be cold If the inner part or kernell be fair and cleare then shal the Summer be fair and the corn good also but if they be very moist then shall the summer also be moist If they be lean then shall there be a hot and dry Summer If thunder in this moneth it presageth plenty of wine and corn that yéer October When the leaves will not fall from the trées then followeth after a cold winter or else a great number of caterpillars on the trées November Whether the Winter be cold or warm go on Alballows day to a béech trée cut a chip thereof if it be dry then shall the winter be warm if thou wilt try on S. Andrews even whether it shal be moist or dry yéer that followeth you shal know by a glass ful of water if the yéer shal be moist much rain shal fall then shal the water in the glass run over and if there shal follow a dry yéer then shal not the water arise to the brink thereof When there followeth a foggy night a good yéer after ensueth that is when it cometh on the thursday night or on a flesh day at night and not on the Friday or Saturday wherein some men wil eat no other meat but flesh i● there be thundring that betokeneth plenty of fruit December When Christmasse day cometh while the Moon waxeth it shall be a very good yéer and the nearer it cometh to the New Moon the better shall that yéer be If it come when the Moon decreaseth it shal be a hard yéer and the nearer the latter end thereof it cometh the worse and harder shal the yéer be And if any wood be cut off on the two last dayes of December and on the first day of Ianuary it shal not rot nor wither away nor be ful of wormes but alwayes wa● harder and in his age as hard as a stone 6. How thou maist rule thy beasts that year Item put out of thy stable all thy beasts or what other cattle that thou hast the 3 nights following hereafter make the stals stables very clean with the mangers also give a beast no meat those nights in those places but bestow them in some other room and there give them meat for that is good and these be she thrée nights Christmas even at night New-yéers even and Twelfe even at night 7 An old rule of the Husband-man Item When it is fair weather thrée Sundaies after S. Iamses his day it betokeneth that corn shal be very good but if

Goat But the two little Stars that be at the outermost of his hand be called the Kids And all those be Southern Signs that lye on the South side of the Zodiack And their names be be these Orion the Centaurus the beast that Centaurus h●ldeth in his hand Thirsylocus whom Centaurus setteth before the Sensar the Southern Fish the Whale the water poure●h off Aquarios the Flood of Orion the South Crown which of some is named Uraniscats the Roade that lyeth by Hipparchos And again in these there be certain Stars that have taken them proper names For the bright Star that is in Prokyon is called Prokyon and the gli●●ring Star that is in the Dogs mouth for that she is thought to cause mo●●fe●vent heat is called the Dog even by the name of the whole Sign The Star that 〈◊〉 in the top of the Star of Argo is named Canopus and this is so seldom seen in the Roades except it be from high places But in Alexandria she is not seen at all where the fourth part of the Sign doth scanty appear above the Horizon 43. Of the twelve Winds with their Names and Properties THe Winde is an exaltation hot and dry ingendred in the inner parts and hollowness of the Garth which when it hath issue and cometh forth it moveth sidelong about the Earth and is called the Wind. And there be twelve of them which old Marriners had in use of whom four be called Cardinals The first principal Wind. Auster the Meridional or South wind hot and moist air or likened to the air Sanguine full of Lightning and maketh or causeth great rain he nourisheth large cloudes and ingendreth pestilence and much sickness Auster Aphricus his first collateral or side winde airery he causeth sicknesse and rain his second collateral is called Auro Austor airery he provoketh clouds and sicknesse The second principal Wind. The fourth winde and the second Cardinal is Septentreonarius contrary or positive to the first cold and dry melancholick compared to the earth he putteth away rain he causeth cold and dryeth and conserveth health and hurteth the flowers and fruits of the earth his collaterals the first is Aquilo frosty and dry earthy without rain and hurteth the flowers Circius his second collateral earthy cold and dry causeth round or hurle-windes thick snow and winds The third cardinal Winde From the rising of the Equinoctial that is in the Gast bloweth Subsolanus the third cardinal winde harp hot dry cholerick temperate sweet pure subtile or thin he nourisheth Clouds he conserveth Bodies in health and bringeth forth flowers Hellefrontus collateral Solstitial and Estive or summery dryeth all things The fourth cardinal Wind. Last of all in the going down the Equafor that is the West bloweth Favonious cold and moist watery flegmatick which resolveth and loseth cold favoureth and bringeth forth flowers he causeth rain thunder and sicknesse his collaterals Affricus and Corus have the same nature and properties 44. Strange Wonders most worthy of note IN the Country of Cilicia as the worthy Cosmographer Pomponius Mela reporteth in the innermost places there is a Province of great renown For the discomfiture of the Persians by Alexander and the flight of Darius at that time having in it a famous City called Issos whereof the Bay is named the Bay of Isses but now having not so much as a little Town Far from thence lyeth the Foreland Amanoides betwéen the Rivers Pyramus Cydnus Pyramus being the nearer to Issos returneth by Mailon and Cydnus runneth our beyond through Tarsus Then is there a City possessed in old time by the Rhodians and Argives and afterward at the appointment of Pompey called Soloe by Pyrates now Pompeyopole Hard by on a little hill is the Tombe of the Poet Aratus worthy to be spoken of because it is unknown why stones that are cast into it do leap about Not far from hence is the Town of Cyrocus environed with a narrow talk to the firm Land Above it is a Cave named Coricus of singular nature and far more excellent than may with ease be discribed For gaping with a wide mouth even immediately from the top it openeth the Mountain butting upon the Sea which is of great height as it were of ten Furlongs then going deep down and the farther the larger it is gréen round about with budding Trées and casteth it self into a round Vault on both sides full of Woods so marvellous and beautiful that at the first it amazeth the minds of them that come into it and it maketh them think they have never seeen enough of it There is but one going down into it narrow and rough of a mile and a half long by pleasant shadowes and coverts of wood yielding a certain rude noise with Rivers trickling on either hand When ye come to the bottome there again openeth another Cave worthy to be spoken of for other things It maketh the enterers into it afraid with the dinne of Timbrels which raise a ghastly and great ratling within afterward being a while lightsome and anon the further ye go waring darker it leadeth such as dare adventure quite out of sight and carrieth them deep as it were in amine where a mighty River rising with a great brest doth but onely shew it self and when it hath gushed violently a while in a short Channel sinking down again and it is no more seen Within is a waste space more horrible than any man dare pierce into and therefore it is unknown It is altogether stately and undoubtedly holy and both worthy and also believed to be inhabited of Gods Every thing presenteth a statelinesse and setteth out it self with a certain Majesty There is another beyond which they call Typhos Cave which is a narrow mouth and as they that have tried it doth report very law and therefore dimmed with continual darknesse and not easie to be sought out howbeit because it was sometime the chamber of the Gyant Typho because it now out of hand stifleth such things as are let down into it it is worthy to be mentioned for the nature thereof and for the tale that is reported of it Beyond that are two Forelands that is to say Sarpedon sometime the bonds of King Sarpedons Realm and Anemutium which parteth Cilica from Pamphilia and between them Celendris and Natidos Towns builded and people by the Samians whereof Celendris is nearer is Sarpedon FINIS THE HUSBAND-MANS Practice Or Prognostication for Ever As teacheth Albert Alkind Haly and Ptolomy With the Shepheards perpetual Prognostication for the Weather London Printed by S. D. for John Stafford and are to be sold at the sign of the George at Fleet-bridge 1663. What the Husband-man should Practice and what Rule he should follow after the Teaching of Albert Alkind Haly Ptolomy THe wise and cunning Masters in Astronomy have found that man may sée and mark the weather of the holy Christmas night how the whole year after shall be in his working and doing and

The Face long to be unshamefast the face of small cause sweating to be crasty lecherous and a great féeder the face very little and round to be foolish the face long ondlean to be bold very crooked long and leane to be malicious longer from the forehead to she james to be a lyer narrower from the jawes unto the chin to be envious and contentious the face fleshy to be flow applyed to the Oxe the face leane to be carefull and eircumspect the face very fleshy to be carefull applied to the Asse and Hart the face big to be slow applyed to the Oxe and Asse a narrow face to be a niggard a countenance looking downward to be an hypocrite and wicked the face to be hollow without any bearing out to be contentions like to a drunken countenance to be lightly drunke like to an frefull countenance to be irefull and applyed to the apparances like to the shamefast countenance to be shamefac't the face deformed and awry to be evill conditioned Of the Lips The Lips bigge that the upper hangeth downe over the nether to be foolish applied to the Asse the upper lip bearing out that the gumbe séene to be a wrangler and spitefull applyed to the Dog the Lips thin hanging the one over the other be bold and ha●dy applyed to the Lion the Lips thin and hard to be irefull and unapt to learne applyed to the Sow the Lips thin and soft to be stout applyed to the Lion Of the Chin. The Chin round to be effeminate applyed to the woman the under thin hanging low downe to be lecherous the Chin having a Pit at the end to be a wily person and libidinous the Chin sharpe to be faithfull applyed to the Dog the Chin small and sharp to be envious and cruell applyed to the Serpent the Chin in a manuer square to be honest conditioned the Chin long and downward sharpe to be a crafty fellow Of the Beard The Beard unséemly formed to be of a good nature of a naturall cause the Beard unséemly fashioned to be of an evill nature of the contrary The womans Beard to be lecherous the woman having no Beard at all to be honest conditioned The mans Beard over hairy to be melanchalicke of a naturall cause The Colour of the Eyes A darke yellow to be honest conditioned applyed to the Lion and fiery to be unshamefast yet full of mirth variable of colour to be chearfull applied to the Passion and shining bright to be luxurious applyed to the Cock and Raven the colour red about to be irefull applyed to the Passion very black to be fearfull which the property of the colour giveth Black and yellow of colour to be honest conditioned applyed to the comliness thereof gray or white to be chéerfull which the property of the colour giveth The Colour of the Face The ckéeks and nose of the Livers rednesse to be most digested the colour red above to be shamefast applyed to the Passion the théeks red above to be lovers of Wine applied to the Passion The Colour of the Brest Of a fierce colour to be irefull applyed to the Passion The Colour of the whole Body A very Pale colour except it be of sicknesse to be fearfull applyed to the Passion of an honey colour to he fluggish of a naturall cause of a fiery colour to be long angry hard to be pleased very furious and Pale not procéeded of over-much study to be vicious and wicked very blacke of colour to be fearfull of courage applyed to the Black-more very white to be fearefull applyed to the Woman swarfish of colour to be meanely strong Yellow of colour to be honest conditioned applyed to the Lyon very red or ruddy to be wily and ingenious applyed to the Wolfe Of the Teeth The Téeth bigge and broad to be sharpe witted one of a dull capacity and lascivious applyed both to the Oxe and Asse the sharpe Téeth if they be long and fast bearing outward to be a great féeder ireful and wicked applyed to the Dog and Bear Of the Voyce The Voyce small soft and broken to be fearefull applyed to the woman big and high to be very irefull applyed to the masty Dog● a soft voyce without reaching to be gentle applyed to the Shéep the voyce small and loud to be irefull applyed to the Goat the voyce loud and big to be injurious applyed to the Asse the beginning big and ending small to be irefull applyed to such which cry out anb to the crying of the Oxe Of the Neck The Neck short to be witty applyed to the Wolfe and Cat such sufficient strong about the knot or joynt of the neck are witty and of a good capacity such there weake to be dullards the Neck bigge to be strong applyed to the Man the Neck slender applyed to the Woman big and fleshey to be irefull applyed to the Bull the Neck meane to be stout applyed to the Lyon long and small to be feareful applyed to the Hart. Of the Brest The Brest with out hayre to be unshamefast or fearefull applyed to the Woman very fleshy to be unapt to learne the space from the throat boale to the bottome of the brest longer then from the bottom of the brest●unto the navil of the belly to be of a witty and good capacity the-Paps fat and hanging down to men to be weake and effeminate A big péece of flesh bearing out of the lest side of the brest in the forme of a Léekes head or smew sprung up and that there be one or many ●ayres growing on it it is then an argument if honour and riches as Ptolomy writeth the Brest big and wel fashioned to be strong applyed to the man the Brest large and well compact to be strong applyed to the Lyon hairy on the Brest to be unconstant and bold applyed to the Birds Of the Shoulders The Shoulders sharp to be deceitfull the Shoulders broad to be sirong of good capacity but narrow to be a dullard the Shoulders fashioned big to be strong the Shoulders eviil fashioned to be weak well compounded to be liberal weak compounded and bearing up thin to be a niggard Of the Stammack The Belly small to be of good capacity such hairy from the Navil downward to befull of words applyed to the Birds such fat about the Stomack to be strong otherwise weake the Belly bearing out big to be a great féeder Of the Back The Back crooked to be a niggard ill conditioned and equally formed to be of a good nature the Back narrow weake the Back big to be strong the Back large to be strong and high minded Of the Armes The Armes hairy to be unconstant and lecherous applyed to the Birds the Armes very long to be strong bold horest and gentle the Armes short to be a procurer of discord and lecherous Of the Hands The Hands small to be unconstant and wily the Palmes of the hands unto the wrists broad and narrow upward to be a ●●otour in his