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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

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