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A00750	The rules and righte ample documentes, touchinge the vse and practise of the common almanackes, which are named ephemerides A briefe and shorte introduction vpon the iudiciall astrologie, for to prognosticate of thinges to come, by the helpe of the sayde ephemerides. With a treatise added hereunto, touchinge the coniunction of the planets, in euery one of the. 12. signes, and of their prognostications and reuolutions of yeres. The hole faithfully, and clerely translated into Englyshe by Humfrey Baker.; Canons & documents tresamples, touchant l'usage & practique des communs almanachz, que l'on nomme ephemerides. English	Fine, Oronce, 1494-1555.; Baker, Humfrey, fl. 1557-1587.	1558 (1558)	STC 10878.7; ESTC S107419	38,281	107

third six● nynthe and twelfth the said thinges shalbe neither deare nor yet good cheape but of a meane price So saye we and muste iudge of other planets and thinges vppon the whiche they haue their signification of the whiche planetes the significations for to make short are such as folowe Jupiter signifyeth oyle cotton hony and siluer Mars signifieth pepper targettes and all other armours The sunne signifieth gold that is vnforged and that hath not bene wrought Venus signifieth al greases oyntmentes spices white odoriferāt wood perles and the ornamentes of women Mercury signifieth all small graines all maner of silke woorkes as well tisshues as others nuttes and thinges of like qualitie And the mone signifieth swete encence mylke cheese and other lyke thinges Of the signification of the coniuntion of the planets in the signe of Aries VUhen you shall haue thē made the figure and found Saturne Jupiter conioyned together in the signe of Aries or the one of them neare vnto the other they signifie some newe secte to come But if in the said signe of Aries are founde to be Jupiter Uenus Mercury the sunne and the mone or for the least thre of them there shalbe greate plentie of all thinges people shalbe enclined to goodnes and there shall be great raynes and hayles writers and scriueners shall muche profit Cattell shall be at a lowe and vyle price And the fresshe Riuers and waters shall aboundantl●e encrease And if Jupiter and the mone be founde in one like degre of the said signe of Aries in the orientall or easte parte it signifieth then that the kinge shal do iustice and right iugement in his realmes and that his kingedome and lordeshippe shall prospere But if Saturne Mars or Mars and Jupiter or Mars and Mercury or the saide Mars and Uenus be founde in the place abouesaide and orientall parte there shal be warre great effusion of bloude amonge the Arabians in theyr countreis and they shall be destroyed their men of warre taken and seperated into diuers countreis Of the signification of the coniunction of the planets in the signe of Taurus If Uenus and Mars be found conioyned in one like degre of the signe of Taurus then wemen shall moue seditions against men hopinge to be violated by them and there shalbe a greate death of catel But if Mars be in the signe of Taurus there shall be warre towarde the South parte and suche vehemente windes that the fruit shal fal from the trees and the most part shal perishe by drouth And if Mars Jupiter Uenus and the mone or three of theim be founde in the place and part abouesaide men shal lightely make lies and there shall be greate noyses and tumult among them selues and that yeare shall die the most beutiful creatures for Jupiter and Uenus do signifie the fayrest and Mars ioyned and abidinge with theim in the saide signe and degree shall slea them And besides this there shall be greate raines and aboundaunce of waters as wel of the sea as of the floudes and riuers And at the sonth part people shall rise and rebel desiringe to slaye their Lorde but they can not do it And if Saturne Jupiter and Mars be in the said degree of Taurus then the emperours and kinges ▪ shal los● their realme or beinge astonied wyth ouermuch feare shal die And the men of religion as chanons and monkes shall leaue their habites or els shall dye But if Saturne Mars be onely in the same place ▪ and signe as aboue women shall haue diseases in their ●eates in the throte and in the priuie partes and the men in the generall partes and in the bladder ¶ Of the signification of the cōiunction of the planetes in Gemini If the Sunne Uenus and the moone are conioyned in the signe of Gemini the scriueners and writers shall gaine but litle that yere seruaunts shal rebel against their Lordes and maisters but there shalbe great aboūdaunce of corne vpon the earth and the high wayes il assured because of the aboūdaunce of theues and robbers And if Mars and Saturne or mars and Jupiter be conioyned in the said signe or degre there shalbe greate warres in the lande of Armenia in Asia for their enemies shal runne vpon them and the moabites shall moue warre and shall slea their preistes and they shall go into the mountaynes trusting in the iudgements of their deuines and prophetes And from the easte parte shall come a merueilous greate winde ¶ Of the signification of the cōiunction of the planetes in Cancer If Jupiter Mars the sunne and the mone be conioyned in the signe of Cancer then terrour and feare shal compasse them who do stir vp prouoke the other by offences and amonges the men the one shal molest and greue the other And there shalbe sene many signes in heauen as comets and fiers flienge in the ayre with earthquakes the waters shal waxe drye the fruites shalbe corrupted marred the sailers shal perishe vpon the sea the cities castels and townes being edified harde or nere to the sea side shall be troubled with great feare and the north winde called boreas shall do muche domage the same yeare Of the coniunctiō of the planets in Leo. If Saturne Jupiter mars the mone be found conioyned in the signe of Leo the people dwellinge east wardes shall make warres within them selues mē shalbe vexed greued with paines of the bellye of the stomack of the priuie partes But if Jupiter mars and the sunne be in the said signe the merchaunts shal feare to haue wronge of their Lorde the wind shalbe great from the easte parte the Arabians shal not be without fear ¶ Of the significatiō of the coniunction of the planets in Uirgo If Jupiter Mars and Mercurye be conioyned in the signe of Uirgo all the fruytes of the earth shall perishe almost all wholy by the greate aboundaunce of Locustes and greshoppers But if Saturne and the sunne be there founde conioyned and eclipsed and the heade of the dragon with Mars be there at the same time or nere therto then in the lande of the Nubians and in the South parte shall be engendred sedicion amonge the poore and riche people And if Saturne and Jupiter be in the said place ther shal folow great raine and the wind shal procede from the South parte and all thinges especially Corne and wine shall be dere the same yeare ¶ Of the signification of the coniunctiō of the planets in Libra If Mars and Jupiter be conioyned in the signe of Libra the heuen shalbe sene to be redde whiche is a signe of diseases to come vpon men of effusion of bloud But if the Sunne Jupiter the mone be in the saide place there shall folowe mortalitie of wemen and great raynes And if Mars Saturne be in the same place there shall folowe warres and the theues and robbers shall fall vpon men by the waye to robbe them ¶ Of the

sayd you shal discretlye entremingle the applications of the moone vnto the planettes and of the one planet vnto the other for to indge more certeynly of the perticuler days And to make an end of this matter you shall yet note these .ii. lessons wherof the firste is that the sygnyfycation of the tyme thus found as hath bene sayde aboue his effect principally shall appeare and come forth when the moone after the coniunction quadrature or opposition abouesayde shalbe conioyned or comme vnto some stronge planet with the sygnificatour of the sayd time ¶ The seconde is that when the moone shall come vnto the signe ascendant during the sayd coniunction quadrature or opposition the time shalbe disposed vn to the nature and qualitie of the sayde signe And this suffiseth for the disposition of the time and chaunge of the weather ¶ Of the aspectes and constellations which must be obserued and chosen for to beginne and ende happelye all workes and humayne businesse The .xxvii. rule THe dysposition of the heauenly bodyes do grea●lye inclyne the inferiour thinges to bee happely done or begonne and dothe aduaunce theyn or elles make late theyr comminge to perfection and their full and hole effecte to comme forthe for this cause are here sette forthe by order the elections whiche must be obserued or auoyded in these places beginninge at Saturne and then at the other planettes in order Saturne beinge with the moone in Coniunction ¶ Causeth an euell vnluckye daye for all matters and principally it is not good to haue to doo with aged people ne w t rural folkes nor laborers sextile aspect ¶ It is good to haue to doo with olde folkes and of good counsel to edefy castelles and houses and to erecte thinges that are in ruyne to plowe to plant and nought to requyre the loue of women quadrature ▪ ¶ You must beware and kepe your selfe from olde folkes and from labouring or planting it is nought also to iourney and leaue to accomplishe thy desire especiallye if it bee euel trine aspecte It is good to haue to do with aged people to labour y ● earth vines to sowe and to plante trees to fortfye castelles and to make the foundacion of cityes and townes opposition It is neither good to sowe nor to plant nor to beginune any matter what so euer it be it is requisite to auoyde y ● cōuer satiō meting w t olde folkes Iupiter beinge with the moone in coniunction ¶ It is good to be conuersant with noble men with religyous persons and lawyars to giue supplications and requestes and to demaunde right and iustice Sextile Aspect It is good to speake vnto iudges and ecclesiastical and religious persons and to begin all good workes quadrature ▪ It is a mete time to studye in philosophy to mete with iudges and religious persons to require right and iustice Trine aspect It is good to beginn all good matters and to haue to doo with lawyars iudges religious persons and their prelates and to require of theyn the thinge which they would obtayne Opposition It is a mete time to studye in philosophye and to haue conuersation with ecclesiasticall persons and with noble men and to go before Judges Mars beinge with the moone in Coniunction It is good to auoyde warriours and all noises debates and strife sextile aspect It is good to leade and encourage men of warre vnto the battell to haue to do with princes and captaines to buy horses for the warres and thinges of redde coloure and to finish all firy workes quadrature ▪ It is an vnmete time to mete with gentlemen and knightes and to worke in firie workes trine aspecte It is good to be with warriours and to deuise of things perteininge to the warres to buy beastes and to make fyer for the alch●mye opposition It is an vnmete tyme to treate of loue and frendships to take seruauntes and to beginne any thinge whatsoeuer that it be Sol beinge with the moone in coniunction It is good to finishe hidden matters and secrete counsels that one would not haue to be knowen and naught to do any other thinge Sextile Aspect It is good to haue to do with kinges princes wise mē and of counsell and good to require right offices and dignities quadrature ▪ It is not good to mete with princes and noble men Tsine aspect It is good to mete with kinges princes counsellers people of estate and to require of them right and iustice and that thinge which a man wold obtaine of theim and to seke loue and frendship of princes Opposition ▪ It is a very vnhappye daye for all matters therefore at tempte nothinge ne any manner of sute neither plant build nor iourneye Venus be iuge with the moone in ●oniunction It is good to take a wife to treate of loue to haue cohabitation with wemen and good to take seruauntes sextile aspect It is good to attempte mariage to seke the loue of wemen to put on newe apparel and to speak vnto noble men quadrature It is good also to take a wife good to woo and to obtayne sutes of womenne to combe the heade and to putte on newe apparell trine aspect It is lykewise good to take a wife to combe the heade to seke the loue of women to be conuersaunte with theym and to putte on newe apparell Mercurye beynge with the moone in eomunction It is good and a lucky day to bye and sell to iourneye to geue accomptes good to entre children in liberall artes and to demaunde benefices sextile aspect It is good for the versifier to pleade causes to geue accomptes to iourneye to bye and sell to vse marchaundise ▪ and good to entre chyldren to learninge quadrature It is good to calculate and to render vp accomptes to send embassage good to haue to do with penne menne and wryters to bye and sell and to iourneye Opposition It is good to meete with writers to bye and sell to vse marchaundise to send embassage and messengers ●good to set children to studye and learninge Likewise when the moone after her coniunction with anye fortunate planette shal be notably remoued farre from the sayd planet the daye shal be vnfortunate and when she shall be notablye remoued farre from her coniunction with any vnfortunace planet it is the good to worke in all matters especiallye the moone being in the signe of Cancer Taurus Pisces or Sagittarius or in the house of the Sunnne hauynge Trine or Sextil e aspect with the sayd Sunne ¶ Besides this the moone hath certeyne and propre effectes in euery one of the. xii signes in case she bee not then letted by any stronge signification or constellation The whyche are suche as foloweth Aries It is good to begin that which a man would haue sone ended and nought to beginne anye thinge that a man would haue to be firme and stable and to haue to do with kinges and riche men good to bathe nought to clippe heare to scarifye