the beginning and ending of the Tearmes by a new Table for euer in a most easie maner Prim 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Â A B C D E F G 1 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 4 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 8 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 10 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 11 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 12 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 13 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 14 9 9 9 9 8 8 6 15 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 16 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 17 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 18 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 19 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 By the 32 chapter you must first get the Prime Dominicall letter which had enter this little ensuing table finding the Prime in the margent vpon the left hand from whence proceed rightwards vntill you come vnder the Dominical letter of the proposed yeare noting in the common angle the number answering thereunto also the number in the head of the Table ouer the said Dominical letter A new and perpetuall Table to find the beginning and ending of the foure Tearmes Intermin Easter Tearme Trinitie Tearme Michaelmas Tearme Hillarie Tearme W D begins ends begins ends begins ends begins ends 5 3 Apri 8 may 4 ma. 22 Iu. 10 Oct 9 No 28 Ia 23 Feb. 12 5 4 april 9 may 5 ma. 23 Iu. 11 Oct 9 no 2 Ia 23 feb 12 5 5 apri 10 may 6 ma. 24 Iu. 12 Oct 9 no 28 Ia 23 feb 12 5 6 apr 11 may 7 ma. 25 Iu. 13 Oct 9 no 28 Ia 23 feb 12 6 â— apr 12 may 8 ma 26 Iu. 14 Oct 9 no 28 Ia 23 feb 13 6 1 apr 13 may 9 ma. 27 Iu. 15 Oc. 10 no 28 Ia 24 feb 12 6 2 apr 14 ma. 10 ma. 28 Iu. 16 Oct 9 no 29 Ia 23 feb 12 6 3 apr 15 ma. 11 ma. 29 Iu 17 Oct 9 no 28 Ia 23 feb 12 6 4 apr 16 ma. 12 ma. 30 Iu. 18 Oct 9 no 28 Ia 23 feb 12 6 5 apr 17 ma. 13 ma. 31 Iu. 19 Oct 9 no 28 Ia 23 feb 12 6 6 apr 18 na 14 Iune 1 Iu. 20 Oct 9 no. 28 Ia 23 feb 12 7 0 apr 19 ma. 15 Iun. 2 Iu. 21 Oct 9 no 28 Ia. 23 feb 13 7 1 apr 20 ma. 16 Iun. 3 Iu 22 Oc 10 no. 28 Ia 24 feb 12 7 2 apr 21 ma. 17 Iun. 4 Iu 23 Oct 9 no 29 Ia 23 feb 12 7 3 apr 22 ma. 18 Iun. 5 Iu 24 Oct 9 no 28 Ia. 23 feb 12 7 4 apr 23 ma. 19 Iun. 6 Iu 25 Oct. 9 no 28 Ia 23 feb 12 7 5 apr 24 ma. 20 Iun. 7 Iu 26 Oct 9 no 28 Ia 23 feb 12 7 6 apr 25 ma. 21 Iun. 8 Iu 2â— Oct 9 no 28 Ia 23 feb 1â— 8 0 apr 26 ma. 22 Iun 9 Iu 28 Oct 9 no 28 Ia 23 feb 13 8 1 apr 27 ma. 23 Iu. 10 Iu 29 Oc 10 no 28 Ia 24 feb 12 8 2 apr 28 ma. 24 Iu. 11 Iu. 30 Oct. 9 no 29 Ia 23 feb 12 8 3 apr 29 ma. 25 Iu. 12 Iuly 1 Oct 9 no 28 Ia 23 feb 12 8 4 apr 30 ma. 26 Iu. 13 Iuly 2 Oct. 9 no 28 Ia 23 feb 12 8 5 May 1 ma. 27 Iu. 14 Iuly 3 Oct 9 no 28 Ia. 23 feb 12 8 6 may 2 ma. 28 Iu. 15 Iuly 4 Oct 9 no. 28 Ia. 23 feb 12 9 0 may 3 ma. 29 Iu. 16 Iuly 5 Oct 9 no 28 Ia. 2 feb 13 9 1 may 4 ma. 30 Iu. 17 Iuly 6 Oc. 10 no 28 Ia. 24 feb 12 9 2 may 5 ma. 31 Iu 18 Iuly 7 Oct 9 no 29 Ia 23 feb 12 9 3 may 6 Iune 1 Iu. 19 Iuly 8 Oct 9 no. 28 Ia 23 feb 12 9 4 may 7 Iun. 2 Iu. 20 Iuly 9 Oct 9 no 28 Ia 23 feb 12 9 5 may 8 Iun. 3 Iu. 21 Iul. 10 Oct 9 no 28 Ia. 23 feb 12 9 6 may 9 Iun. 4 Iu. 22 Iul 11 Oct 9 no 28 Ia. 23 feb 12 10 0 may 10 Iun 5 Iu. 23 Iul 12 Oct 9 no 28 Ia. 23 feb 12 10 1 may 11 Iun 6 Iu 24 Iul 13 Oc 10 no 28 Ia 24 feb 12 10 2 may 12 Iun. 7 Iu. 25 Iul 14 Oct 9 no 29 Ia. 23 feb 12 The which two numbers keepe calling that you found in the body of the Table weekes and that in the front of the Table dayes then to find how the Tearmes shall happe enter the Table before and in the two rowes vpon your left hand vnder Interuallum minus finde the numbers formerly found in the little Table answering to which vpon your right hand is the beginning and ending of euery Tearme vnder their proper Titles Example 1613. The Prime is 18. and the Dominicall letter C as in the 32 Chapter then I enter the former little Table and finde 18 vpon the left side and so proceeding vntill I come vnder C. I finde 7 in the body of the Table and 2 ouer C the which 7 and 2 I finde in the Table of Termes in the rowes vnder inter min. whereby proceeding rightwards I may conclude that Easter Tearme shall begin Aprill 21 and end May 17. Trinity Tearme begins Iune 4 and ends Iune 23 and so forth The like for any other yeare As for the Returnes of euery Tearme they be these that follow Easter Tearme hath 5 Returnes Quindeno paschae Tres paschae Mense paschae Quinque paschae Crastino Ascensionis Trinity Tearme hath 4 Returnes Crastino Trinitatis Octabis Trinitatis Quindeno Trinitatis and Tres Trinitatis Hillary Tearme hath 4 Returnes Octabis Hilar. Quind Hill Crastino Purificationis and Octab. Purificationis Michaelmas Tearme hath 8 Returnes Octa. Michael Quind Mich Tres Mich. Mense Mich. Crastino Animarum Crastino Martini Octa. Marti Quindeno Marti Now if you would know what day any of these Returnes happen vpon remember what is faid before and it is easie The vulgar Notes of the Tearmes Easter Tearme beginneth 17 daies affer Easter and endeth 4 daies after Ascension day Trinity Tearme beginneth the next day after Corpus Christi day ending the wednesday fortnight Michaelmas Tearme beginneth the 9. or 10 of October ending the 28. or 29. of Nouember Hillary Tearme beginneth the 23 or 24 of Ianuary ending the 12. as 13. of February The Exchequer alwaies openeth eight dayes before any Tearme onely excepting Trinitie Tearme and then it openeth but 4 daies before A new Table for twenty yeares shewing the beginning and ending of the foure Termes the vse whereof is thus Seeke the yeare of our Lord in the Colume vpon the left hand answering to which in a right line rightwards is the day of the moneth that enery Terme beginneth and endeth vnder their proper titles
Anno Dom. Easter Tearme Trinitie Tearme Michaelmas Tearme Hillary Tearme  begins ends begins ends begins ends begins ends 1612 Ap. 29 ma 25 IuÌ„ 12 July 1 Oct 9 N 1.28 Ia 23 Fe. 12 1613 apr 21 ma 17 Iun 4 Iun 23 Oct 9 10. 29 Ia. 23 Fe. 12 1614 may 11 Iun. 7 Iu 24 Iul 13 10 28 23 12 1615 apr 26 ma 22 Iun 9 Iun 28 9 28 23 13 1616 apr 17 〈◊〉 13 ma 31 Iun 19 9 28 23 12 1617 may 7 Iun 2 Iu 20 July 9 9 28 23 13 1618 apr 22 ma 18 Iun 5 Iu 24 9 28 23 12 1619 apr 14 ma 10 ma. 28 Iu. 16 9 29 23 12 1620 may 3 ma. 29 Iu 16 Iuly 5 9 28 23 13 1621 apr 16 ma 12 ma. 30 Iun 18 9 28 23 12 1622 may 8 Iun 3 Iu 2. Iul 10 Oct 9 28 23 12 1623 apr 30 ma 26 Iu 13 Iuly 2 9 28 23 12 1624 apr 14 ma 10 ma 28 Iun 16 9 29 23 12 1625 may 4 ma 30 Iu 17 Iuly 6 10 28 23 12 1626 apr 26 ma 22 Iun 9 Iu 28 9 28 23 13 1627 apr 11 ma 7 ma 25 Iu 13 9 28 23 12 1628 apr 30 ma. 26 Iu 13 Iuly 2 9 28 2 12 1629 apr 22 ma 18 Jun 5 Ju 24 9 28 23 12 1630 apr 14 ma 10 ma 28 Iu 16 9 29 23 12 1631 apr 27 ma 23 Iu 10 Iu 29 10 28 2â— 12 Example As 1612 Easter Tearme beginneth Aprill 29 and endeth May 25. Trinity Tearme begins Iune 12 and ends Iuly the first c. The old and vulgar Rule remembred in diuers Books whereby to know the Law-dayes in the Court of Arches the Audience of Canterbury the Spirituall and Ciuill lawes throughout the yeare which I am bold to insert since it is proper to no particular Author Michaelmas Tearme S. Luke S. Simon Iude. S. Faith S. Edward All Saints S. Martine Edmond K. S. Katherin S. Andrew The Conception of our Lady Ye must well vnderstand that the first day ensuing each of the Feastes set downe before euery Terme the Court of the Arches is kept in the forenoone at Bow Church and in the afternoone the same first day is kept in Southwarke the Admirall Court for ciuili causes The second day after each of these feasts the Audience Court of Canterbury is held in that Consistory in Pauls in the fore-noone and the Prerogatine Court of Canterbury is kept in the same place in the afternoone the same day The third day following any of those feasts the Bishop of Londons Court of Consistory is holden in Pauls in the fore-noone and in the same place is the Court of the Quéenes highnesse Comissioners vpon Appeales and the court of Delegates holden in the after-noone the same third day Hillarie Tearme S. Hillary S. Wolstane Conuers of Paul S. Blase S. Scolastice S. Valentine Ashwedensday S. Matthias S. Chadde Perpet Feli S. Gregory An. of our L. Vnderstand that the foure first Feasts of this Terme be neuer chaÌ„ged but are certaine the other are sometime kept and somtime omitted after the course of the yeare altered And if it so chaunce the one of those feasts be Ashwedensday that are after S. Blase day so that the same Law-day after Ashwedensday cannot be kept because the Law-day of the other feast doth light on the same day the second Law-day after Ashwedensday shall be kept and the other omitted And if the Law-day after Ashwedensday be the next day after S. Blase then shall all and euery of those daies bee obserued in order as they may be held conueniently And note that although Ashwedensday be the 7 in order yet it hath no certaine place but is changed as the feast of Easter causeth it Easter Tearme The 15. day after Easter Saint Alphage Saint Marke Euangelift Inuention of the Crosse Gordian Saint Dunstane Ascension day In this Terme the first sitting is alwaies kept the Munday being the 15 day after Easter and so after the feasts here noted which shall next follow by course after Easter and the like space being kept betwéene other feasts the rest of the law-daies are kept the third day after the Ascension which is the last of this Terme And if it happen that the Ascension day do come before any of those feasts aforesaid then they are omitted for that yeare And likewise if any of those dayes come before the 15 day after Easter those dayes are also omitted Trinitie Tearme Trinitie-sunday Corpus Christi Boniface bishop S. Barnabe S. Botolph S. Iohn S. Paul Tr. S. Tho. S. Swithin S. Margaret S. Anne Remember that the law-Law-daies of this Terme are changed by the meanes of Pentecost and the first sitting is holden alwayes the first day after Trinitie Sunday and the second Law-day is holden the first day after Corpus Christi day except it fall on some day aboue named which chaunceth somtime and then the fitter day is kept And after the second session account foure daies or there about and then looke which is the next feast and the first law-day after the said feast shall be the third session the other law-daies follow in order but so many of them are kept as for the time of the yeare is thought meet Note generally that euery day is called a Law-day that is not Sunday or holiday and that if the feast day being knowne of any Court day in any Terme and the first or second day following bee Sunday then the Court day is kept after the said holiday or feast day First of all these dayes are not altered except they light on Sunday or some Holiday and euery day is called a Law day vnlesse it be Sunday or Holiday Note pag. 241. l. 10. Corpus day is omitted Wages for Boat-men and for their Barges and Boats confirmed by Act of Parliament Ann. 6. H. 8. Cap. 7. VVHeréas Watermen or Maisters of Barges and Boats did as they doe continually practise to raise the wages or hire of their Boats breaking thereby the ancient custome and reasonable wages and so abused the great and exacted on the poore whereby many assaults and frayes wore and sometime are committed which hath often caused manslaughter and also by reason of that easte and vnconscionable gaine the seruants of many House-holders and Husbandmen neare adioyning where such Boates or Ferries were did daily runne from their maisters and become Watermen For the auoyding of which and many such other inconueniences it was ordained by the former Statute of H. 8. that these laudable customes and ancient orders of wages for Boat-men should bee obserued and kept vpon pains that the offender should forfeit treble the fare and that all Bailiffes Constables and other the Kings officers next adioyning vnto the Ferries vpon complaint to them made or to any of them by them that be grieued in that behalfe to arrest them and commit them to ward for their misdemeanour and that they should make fine for the same All which to the end the poore and simple should not be deceiued nor the better sort deluded and to the end euery one might in that behalfe certainly know what wages was due to euery Ferry whereby both parties might know the one when he giues and the other when he receiueth abountifull reward And that they should not murmure when a Gentleman giueth three pence or foure pence for crossing the water I haue taken paines to set downe the wages allowed to euery Ferry by the Statute as followeth First for wages for Boat-men and for their Barges or Boates or for a Barge from London to Grauesend foure shillings or else euery person and his male two pence so it passe not foure shillings From London to Erith Greenewich Grastorrocke or Purfleete twelue pence or else for euery person and his fardell a peny so it passe not 12 d. From London to Wolwich thirtéene pence for a Boat or Wherry that is the Tyde-boat or else euery person a halfe peny From London to Greenewich foure pence or else a halfe peny for euery person and his fardell From London-bridge Old Swan the Crane in the Vintry S. Mary Queries or Pauls Wharfe to Westminster or Lambeth or from Westminster or Lambeth to any of the foresaid places 3 pence or else euery person a halfe-peny From Blacke-Friers Bride-well and the Temple to Westminster or Lambeth two pence with their males or a halfe-peny for euery person so it amount not aboue two pence From Westminster to Lambeth or Strand-gate or any way crossing the water a halfe peny For a boat from London to Mortlake 12 d. or else euery person 2 d. with his male And from those places aboue named to London for a Boat or Barge the like summes of money Watermen rowing in great Barges w e Lords or other persons to haue 6 d. the day and find theÌ„selues vnlesse they row to Mortlake c. then to haue 8 d. a péecs by day and find themselues ANGLICANI IVRIS PRACTIcis expertis salutem EDIDI studiosi Iuris professores hoc Concordâ—ntium annorum Epitomen haùd profectò ingenij ostentandi gratia sed ingeÌ„ti sanè desiderio iuuandi legulios proptereà quòd experientia mera cognoui nonnullos necpusillos causidicos nec tyrones leguleios turpiter errare incautè trasilire cùm propter corum imbecillitatem in Arithmetica calculatione tùm propter indigentiam tabularum annorum Concordantiam explicare Dabo igitur operam supputare imò tabulam praeclaram coÌ„pendiosam aedificare non ectypò incommodè sed de nouo nubes depellere vmbras inscitiae discutere vt absque difficultate aut vllo sudore ad respondendam aliquam questionem in nostra Anglicana Computatione facilitate perueniamus Quae si non ingrata fuissent tibi ac lectoribus intellexero mea in posterum ad scribendum augebitur industria interim igitur si aliquid propter praesentes occupationes rarum in his exercendis vsum non satis commodè explicatum digestuque fuerit id vel humanitèr corrigendo vel patienter ferendo hanc lucubratiunculam nostram qualemcunque boni consule Vale Arthur Hopton Imprinted at London for the Company of Stationers 1612.
 1494 428 9 118 mar 30  1495 429 10 117 aprill 10  1496 430 11 116 apri 3 C Iesus Colledge in Cambridge founded by Iohn Alcocke the 29 Bishop of Ely 1497 431 12 115 mar 26  1498 432 13 114 aprill 15  1499 533 14 113 mar 31 Gascoine wine at forty shillings the Tun. 1500 434 15 112 apr 19. E  1501 435 16 111 aprill 1â— Â 1502 436 17 110 mar 27 Prince Arthur married to Katherine daughter to Ferdinand King of Spaine 1503 437 18 109 april 16  1504 438 19 108 apr 7. G Christ Colledge in Cambr. first founded by Henry 6. who named it Gods house but this yeare Henry the 7. granted a Charter to his mother that it might bee translated at her pleasure for the benefite of Students prouiding it were euer called Christs Colledge 1505 439 20 107 mar 23  1506 440 21 106 aprill 12  1507 441 22 105 aprill 4  1508 442 23 104 aprill 30  1509 443 24 103 aprill 8  Anno Domini post conquestum K. Reigne Time expired 1612 Easter day King Henry the eighth was a mighty man and wise He abrogated the Popes authority in England and pulled downe their Abbies c. Henry the 7. dyed Apri 22 Defect Henry the 8. began Apri 22 Defect Henry 7. dyed at Richmond hauing reigned 23 years 10. mo 24. da. buried at Westmin 1509 443 1 103 april â—â— S Iohns Colledge in Cambridge being an ancient Hostell was conuerted to a Colledge by the Excecutors of the Countesse of Richmond and Derby and Mother to H. 7. in this yeare as her will was 1510 444 1 102 mar 31  1511 445 2 101 april 20  1512 446 3 100 apâ—il 10  1513 447 4 99 mar 27 1513. VVill Smith Bishop of Lincolne founded Brason nose Colledge in Oxford 1514 448 5 98 april 18  1515 449 6 97 aprill 8 Magdalen Colledge an Hostell first for diuers Moâ—kes of sundry Monasteries was this yeare translated by the Duke of Buckingham who this yeare built vp the Hall 1516 450 7 96 ap 23 F  1517 451 8 95 april 12  1516 452 9 94 aprill 4  1519 453 10 93 april 2â— Â 1520 454 11 92 apr 8. A  1521 455 12 91 mar 31  1522 456 13 90 april 20  1523 457 14 89 aprill 5  1524 458 15 88 mâ—â— 2. C  1523 459 16 87 apriâ—l 17  1526 460 17 86 april 1. Corpus Christs Colledge founded by Ri. Fox Bishop of Winchester 1527 461 18 85 apri 21  1528 462 19 84 apr 12. E  1529 463 20 83 mar 28 Queene Katherine brought before the two Cardinals her marriage at last found vnlawfull 1530 464 21 82 aprill 15  1531 465 22 81 aprill â— Â 1532 466 23 80 ma 31. G Sir Thomas Moore discharged T. Audley Lord Chauncelloâ— 1533 467 24 79 aprill 13  1534 468 25 78 aprill â— The Popes authority abrogated 1535 469 26 77 mar 20 Sir Thomas Moore beheaded 1536 470 27 76 apr â—6 B The King married the Lady Iane. 1537 471 28 75 aprill 1  1538 472 29 74 april 21 Christ-church in Oxford founded by Cardinall VVolsey 1539 473 30 73 aprill 6  1540 474 31 72 ma. 28 D Queene Katherine beheaded 1541 475 32 71 april 17  1542 476 33 70 aprill 9 The King married Ka. Parre and this yeare the King went to Boloin 1543 477 34 69 mar 25  1544 478 35 68 apr 13 F  1545 479 36 67 aprill 5  1546 480 37 66 april 25 Trinity Colledge in Cambridge founded Anno Domini post conquestuÌ„ K Reigne Time expired Easter day Edvvard the sixth began his reigne at nine yeares old who hauing his Councell appointed by his Father After him succeeded Mary his eldest Sister who restored the Popes authority And after her Elizabeth second daughter of Henry the eighth Henry the 8. dyed Ian. 28 period Edw. the 6. began Ian. 28 period He dyed hauing reâ—â—â— 37 yeares 10 moneths and two dayes buried at Westminster 1546 480 1 66 aprill 25  1547 481 1 65 april 10 Muskelborough field 1548 482 2 64 april 1. A The siege of Hadington 1549 483 3 63 april 21 Boloin yeelded 1550 484 4 62 aprill 6 The second fall of base money 1551 485 5 61 mar 20  1552 486 6 60 apr 17. C The new Seruice-booke in English 1553 487 7 59 aprill 2  Edward 6 dyed Iuly 6. Defectiu Mary began Iuly 6. Defectiu He died at Green-wich buried at Westminster when he had reigned 6 ye 23 wee 5. dai 1553 487 1 59 aprill 2 Bishops restored 1554 488 1 58 mar 15 VViat beheaded 1555 489 2 57 april 14 The first vse of Coches in England 1556 490 3 56 apr 5. E Trinity Coll in Oxf being in Anno 1370 a religious house called Durham Colledge was now refounded by Tho. Pope knight 1557 491 4 5â— april 1 8  1558 492 5 54 aprill 1â— Â Q. Mary died NoueÌ„ 17. periodi Q Elizab began NoueÌ„ 17. periodi She died hauing reigned 5 yeares 4 moneths and 22 dayes buried at Westminster 1558 492 1 52 april 10 Now the Masse was suppressed 1559 493 1 53 mar 25  1560 494 2 52 ap 14. G All base money suppressed 1561 495 3 51 aprill 6 Paules steeple burned 1562 496 4 50 mar 2 Going to New hauen 1563 497 5 49 aprill 11 108 parishes infected in London 1564 498 6 48 apri 2. B  1565 499 7 47 april 22 Thames frozen Anno Reg. 7. 1566 500 8 46 april 14 This yeare sir VVil Peter Knight augmented Exceter Colledge first founded by VValte Stapleton Bishop of Exceter 1556 1568 501 9 45 mar 3 C  1568 502 10 44 ap 28. D  1569 503 11 43 aprill â—0  1570 504 12 4 mar 26 Diuers ArmieÌ„s sent into Scotland 1571 505 13 41 april 15 The Duke of Norfolke arrained 1572 506 14 40 apr 6 F The Massacre in France 1573 507 15 39 mar 22 Edenborow yeelded to the English 1574 508 16 38 april 12 An Earth-quake 1575 509 17 37 aprill 3 The Family of Loue. Anno Domini post conquestum K. Reigne time expi Easter day Charles Iames the first of that name son to Henry Stevvard Lord Darley Mary King Queen of Scotl. borne at Edenburg whose god-father was Ch. K of France Phill. D of Sauov Q. Eliz. being his godmother who gaue him a Font of gold of 333. ounces whose true successor he is 1576 510 16 30 apr 22. A  1577 511 19 35 aprill 7  1578 512 20 34 mar 30  1579 513 21 33 april 10 Frobushers voyage to Cathay A blazing star Great snow great floods A generall earth-quake 1580 514 22 32 apr 3. C  1581 515 23 31 mar 26  1582 516 24 30 april 15 A blazing starre Strange tempest 1583 517 25
the regnal yeares stand periodicall or compleat against the yeares of our Lord so that the yeare Regnall standeth against that Eclesian yeare or yeare of our Lord it ended in and not against that it began in so that if a question in the Computation be put in the beginning of the regnal yeare or in this Concordancie in the ending of the regnal yeare the demand is easie but if the contrary happen it is more hard Therefore the matter and intent of this my worke is when a question is pronounded by the yeare of any King to know in what yeare of our Lord it was the is whether it were in the yeare of cur Lord. God that the regnall yeare did take beginning or ending in This considered all shall be made easie by the ensuing examples Seeke in your Tables for Edward the 6 then in the row vnder K. Reigne finde the 6. yeare of his reigne which you shall sinde placed against 1552 against which in the row vnder Time expired is 60. My leass is therefore expired in January the 8 day 1612. Or hauing found the yeare of our Lord count as in the first question or substract 1552 from 1612 as before but reckoning with the old Computation you haue 61. yeares which is false but to make all plaine worke as followeth Notes to bee obserued for this new kinde of of casie Computation YOu must first consider that in my Kalender in the Margent vpon the left hand the wéekes be numbred from our Lady day the which number for breuities sake is called the Hebdomadall Number Next here is an insuing Table wherein the names of all the Kings and Quéenes of England since the Conquest be writ and to them is added a certaine number of wéeks and daies as to Henry the 7 21 wéekes and 3 dayes which I call Epact which Bosco saith is Intercalare or addere But howsoeuer you may admit the word without offence since it is but for distinction or difference sake which had worke 〈◊〉 followeth A Table of the Epacts for each King KINGS Names Epact KINGS Names Epact w. da. w. da. Wil. Conquerour 29 0 Hen. the. fourth 27 1 Wil. Rufus 24 0 Henry the fifth 51 2 Henry the first 18 3 Henry the sixth 22 5 Stephen 36 0 Edw. the fourth 49 0 Henry the second 30 4 Edward the fifth 2 1 Richard the first 14 5 Rich. the third 11 2 Iohn 1 6 Hen. the seuenth 21 3 Henry the third 31 1 Hen. the eighth 4 0 Edward the first 33 5 Edw. the sixth 44 0 Edward the secoÌ„d 14 6 Mary 15 1 Edward the third 43 4 Elizabeth 33 6 Richard the secoÌ„d 12 4 King Iames. 51 5 When any question is propounded by the yeare of any King only without mention of the Ecclesâ—â—◠〈…〉 yeare you must note in what Kings reignâ—◠〈…〉 what moneth and day of the moneth it 〈…〉 date Next ' find the said moneth and 〈…〉 moneth sée what Hebdomadall 〈…〉 â—â—â—reth thereunto that is how 〈…〉 it is from the 25 of March 〈…〉 â—â—â—ble finde the name of the King 〈…〉 number of wéekes daâ—â—◠〈…〉 pact and against the 〈…〉 numbers viz. 〈…〉 consider which 〈…〉 If the Eâ—â—â—â—◠〈…〉 the demâ—â—◠〈…〉 yeare which standeth against the Ecclesian yeare periodically But if the Hebdomadall number be the greater the demand was made in the beginning of the Regnall yeare which answereth to the Ecclesian yeare or yeare of our Lord next before And of both these differences an example followeth Quest 3 I haue an Euidence bearing date the 13 of May in the 23 yeare of Elizabeth I would know 1612 what yeare of our Lord it was how long since how long after the Conquest it was ANSVVER To answer this question by this new Table first séeke the Epact of Elizabeth which is 33 wéeks 6 daies then the Hebdomadall number of the 13 of May is 13 wéeks here the Epact is the greater Therefore according to the first difference the demand is made in the ending of the regnal yeare that stands periodically against the yeare of our 〈◊〉 in the Concordancy Wherefore to resolue 〈…〉 â—â—estion find the 23 yeare of Elizabeth aâ—â—◠〈…〉 â—â—ich standeth 1581 in the first row in 〈…〉 15 in the fourth is 31 whereby 〈…〉 Euidence was dated in the 25 Anno Domini 1581 515 afâ—â—◠〈…〉 that it is 31 yeares since 〈…〉 see the answere to 〈…〉 Quest 4. I haue a lease bearing date the 5 of March in the 2 yeare of Elizabeth and is to continue for 60 yeares I demand what yeare of our Lord it was dated in and consequently how many yeares bee expired this yeare 1612. ANSVVER As in the last question conferre the Epact of Elizabeth and the Hebdomadall Number of the 5 of March together noting which is the greater In this question the Hebdomadall number is the greater therefore according to the second difference the demand was made in the beginning of the regnall yeare which answereth to the yeare of our Lord next before Séeke therefore the second yeare of Elizabeth against which in the first row is 1560 but for the causes before said you must take the yeare next before that is 1559 and that yeare of our Lord was the lease dated in the tune expired standing against the same as 53 and so many yeares of my lease bee expired But if you séeke how many yeares be expired in any other yeare after 1612 worke as in the first question Quest 5. To finde Easter day and the rest of the moueable feasts because many times Deeds c. beare date vpon such dayes without mention of the moneth as also to finde the Dominicall letter First seeke the yeare of our Lord God or yeare of the King against either of which in the last row vpon the right hand is the moneth and day of the moneth the Easter day fell vpon that yeare which had get the other moueable Feasts thus From Easter day count fixe Sundaies backewards so haue you Quadragessima or the first Sunday in Lent then goe backe vnto the next Tuesday so haue yee Shroue-tuesday Againe From Easter day forwards count fiue weekes or 35 dayes so haue you Rogation Sunday The next Thursday after is Ascension day Ten dayes after is Whitsunday The next Sunday following is Trinitie Sunday and foure dayes after is Corpus Christi day Hauing found Easter day see what day of the Moneth it happened on and finde that day in the Kalender for the letter answering thereto was Dominicall letter that yeare As 1611 Easter day was the 24 of March to which F answereth in the Kalender therefore F was Sunday letter that yeare But when it is Leape-yeare there be two Dominicall letters whereof that which beginneth the yeare and serueth till Saint Mathias day is noted by the time in the Table when Easter day happeneth and the other seruing to the end of the yeare is the next letter in the Alphabet that goeth before or this
letter is found by Easter day as before Quest 6. I haue a deed bearing date vpon Wednesday day in the Easter weeke in the yeare of our Lord 1556. I desire this present yeare 1612. to know in what Kings yeare it was what moneth what day of the Moneth and how long since it was dated ANSVVER First seeke 1556 against which vnder Easter day standeth Aprill 5. Wherefore Easter day was the 5 of Aprill D beeing Dominicall letter so that Wednesday in Easter weeke was the 8 of Aprill G standing for the same then you may see it was in Queene Maries time and remembring what was said before in the third yeare of her reigne and that it is 56 yeares since and 490 after the Conquest Now if any euidence beare date vpon the Kalends Nones or Ides of any moneth they bee easily found in the Kalender without further speech because they stand against the ordinary day of the moneth Note by the name of euery King deceased you shall finde one of these words Periodicall which signifieth the King reigned so many yeares as be in the Concordancie beside odde monethes c. or Defectiue which signifieth hee did not reigne compleat so many yeares but onely wrote of so many Quest 7. How shall I make a Concordancie of principall times of note that were in being long since ANSVVER In the ensuing Table is set downe how many yeares it is since at this present yeare 1612. Since the Creation 5582 Flood 3925 Promise of Abraham 3558 Israelits departure out of Egypt 3128 Entrance of Brute into England 2719 Building of the Temple of Salomō 2648 Building of Rome 2363 Captiuity of Babylon 2217 Death of Alexander 1936. Birth of Christ 1612 passiō of Christ 1579 England receiued the faith 1432 Conquest of England 546 Inuenting of Printing 152 Order of Templars 494 Time the London Paris were cōmanded to be paued 426 Building of London bridge with stone 435 But if you séeke how long it is since any of these times after 1612 séeke in your Table what number standeth against that proposed yeare of our Lord in the row vnder Time expired that adde to the time of note proposed if the demand were made in any yeare before 1612 take the number vnder the title Time expired answering to the yeare of our Lord out of the number in the former table as 1600 I would know how long it was thē after the Creation therefore according to what is said I take 12 from 5582 so haue I 5570 my demand Quest 8. How shall I finde the Golden number Circle of the Sunne and Epact by this Concordancy ANSVVER To the time of Post Conquestum adde three and from the Total reiect 19 so often as you may or diuide by 19 so is the which remaineth the Golden number and the quotient or number of 19 reiected the number of Reuolutions of the said Circle since the Conquest Now for the Circle of the Sunne to the time of post Conquestum adde 11 diuiding by 28 as before by 19 so is the remainder the Circle of the Sunne For the Epact worke as in the 30. Chapter To know if figures be mistaken in the Concordancy Adde Anno Domini and Time expired together for they must make both 1612 I meane in none of the Tables after 1612. Also adde Time expired and post Conquestum both together for they must make 1612. Also take 1066 from the proposed yeare and the remainder is post conquestum Lastly take Ann. Dom. proposed frō the present yeare of our Lord so haue you Time expired Let this suffice for the briefe vse of this Concordancy Of the foure times of pleading called Tearmes and of their Returnes For the hearing and determining of all kinde of cōtracts discords such like in that common weale there be foure times in the yeare appointed which be called Termes because in those dayes the learned Iudges set Finis Terminus Contentionum or Terminus litis that is an end of contention and debate betwixt party and party Now euery of these foure Tearmes consist of foure fiue or eight Returnes euery Returne of foure daies and euery day seruing vnto a seuerall purpose Note therefore that euery Tearme hath but part or all of these 6 kinde of Returnes viz. Crastino Octabis Quindeno Tres Mense and Quinque as you may gather hereafter Euery of which Returnes hath a Basis or knowne day from whence they take their denomination and bee reckoned The signification of which sixe kinde of Returnes is thus Crastino is the morrow after the Basis or day nominated as Crastino Trinitatis is the morrow after Trinity Sunday Trinity Sunday being the Basis and the day that giues the denomination Octabis is 8 dayes after inclusiuely Quind is 15 dayes after Tres that day thrée-wéekes Mense that day moneth Quinq that day fiue wéekes Now euery of these Returnes hath foure seueral daies wherupon they consist The first whereof hath double signification the one is the day of Returne and the other the day of Essoyne for the defendant in a personall action or the Tenant in are all action to bee essoyned The second is the day of Exceptions for the Plaintiffe or Demaundant to lay an exception if no Essoyne bee cast that the Defendant shall not be essoyned or amerced The third is Returna Breuium that is the day whereon the Sheriffe must returne the writ And the fourth is the day of appearance for Parties and Iurors in the Court of Common Pleas. But if so any of these dayes fall vpon an Holy-day that is no Court day as in Easter Tearme vpon Ascension day in Trinity Terme vpon S. Iohn Baptists day in Michaelmas Terme vpon All-Saints day and in Hillary Terme vpon the Purification of our Lady or vpon any Sunday all which bee not Court dayes then must the next day following serue for both As if the Essoyne day fell vpon a Sunday then Munday must serue for Essoyne day and day of Exception both As for these dayes they haue all most vse in the Court of Common pleas where all sutes commence by originall c. But for Latitats or other processe vpon a bill certaine it is vpon a day certaine as Die lunae proxi post Purifi which must alwayes be reckoned from the essoyne day In the Starre-chamber Chauncery Court of Wards and Court of Requests they vse none of these Returnes but onely the day of appearance which is quarto die post Yet note well if a Capias Exigent Scri-facias or Destringas be executed after the day of Essoyne by the Sheriffe or a Commission seate vpon out of any of the foresaid Courts after the said Essoyne day it is neither iustifiable nor warrantable but for that these Termes may be found out easily by euery one for euer as also for that it is most fit for all men to know I haue deuised in performance thereof the ensuing Table for their sakes whose vse is thus To find
Cauda the taile because they appeare vnperfect or maimed being neuer séene all at once to vs but as it were the taile or some part cut off these two circles the one passe by the beginning of Cancer and Capricorne appointing the Sommer and Winter Solstitials the other by the beginning of Aries and Libra coequating the dayes and nights and crosse one the other with tight sphericall angles vpon the poles of the world and these 4 times are expressed in these 2 verses Hac duo Solstitium faciunt Cancer Capricornus Sed noctes aequant Aries Libra diebus CHAP. XII Of the foure lesser Circles in Heauen THese circles bee called lesser circles because they diuide not the spheare into two equall parts as the great circles doe and they bée foure in number called the two Polar circles and the two Tropickes of which Polar circles the one is called the Arctique the other the Antarctique both being made by the conuersion of the Poles of the Ecliptique so that they be alwaies distant as far from the poles of the world as the Sunnes greatest declination from the Equinoctiall commeth to which is 23 degrées 28 minutes the Arctique taketh his name of Arctos which is the Beare whose one fore-foote doth also describe this circle This circle is also called Septentrional of Septentrio which signifies 7 Oxen represented by the 7 starres in the lesser Beare The Tropickes take their names from the Greekes also à 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is conuersio or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which with Cicero lib. 2. de natura Deor. is Reuersio so that taking the Tropique from Tropos it is a conuersion or reuersion of the Sunne because being in either of these circles hée alwaies turneth againe towards the Equinoctiall CHAP. XIII Of Time TIme is the measurer of motion and as Armandus saith of Rest and Quietnesse containing thrée parts Past Present and to Come Time present called Nunc being a moment indiuisible or the least part of Time and yet the beginner and ender of time euen as a point is the least part of a line and yet beginneth and endeth the same for Nunc now this instant doth knit Tempus praeteritum futurum ending time past and beginning time to come There is also a space or time called Seculum An age in English being an hundred yeares at the end of which time in Rome they were vsed to celebrate Plaies called Ludi seculares There is another space of time containing a thousand yeares called Aeuum being ten Ages But Iohannes de sacro Bosco diuides the lesser parts of time into fiue parts as Quadrans the fourth part of the day or six houres an houre being the 24 part of a natural day 2 Punctus in the Sunnes account the 4 part of an houre in the Moones the 5 part 3 Momentum the 10 part of Punctus 4 Vncia the 12 part of Momentum and the last is Atomos the 44 part of Vncia CHAP. XIIII Of the day both Naturall and Artificiall and their diuers beginnings THe day is of two sorts Naturall and Artificiall the Naturall day is the space of 24 houres in which time the Sunne is caried by the first Mouer from the East into the West and so round about the world into the East againe The Artificiall day continues from Sunne rising to Sunne setting and the Artificiall night is from the sunnes setting to his rising And you must note that this naturall day according to diuers hath diuers beginnings as the Romanes count it from mid-night to mid-night because at that time our Lord was borne being Sunday and so do we account it for fasting dayes The Arabians begin their day at Noone and end at Noone the next day for because they say the Sunne was made in the Meridian and so doe all Astronomers account the day because it alwaies falleth at one certaine time The Vmbrians the Tuscan◠the Iewes the Athenians Italians and Egyptians do begin their day at sunne set and so do we celebrate festiuall daies The Babylonians Persians and Bohemians begin their day at sunne rising holding till sunne setting and so do our Lawyers count it in England The Phisitians diuide the day into 4 quarters the first is from the 9 houre of the night to the 3 houre of the day warme and moist mouing to sanguine The second is from the 3 houre of the Artificiall day to the 9 houre warme and dry increasing choler The third is from the 9 houre to the 3. houre of the night cold and dry begetting melancholy The fourth is from the 3 houre of the night to the 9 againe cold and moist causing phlegme Ioannes de sacro Bosco diuides the Artificiall day thus into 4 quarters calling the first Rubens the second Splendens the third vrens the fourth Tepens whereupon the sunne is fained to haue 4 horses Eous Lampas Pyrois Phlegon The Iewes began at sun rising and so diuided the Artificial day into 4 quarters alotting to euery quarter 3 houres wherby also they diuided the day Artificiall into 12 equall parts calling euery part an houre and beginning at sunne rising so that 12 a clocke or high noone was their 6 houre and sunne set their 12 houre so that where the Scriptures say The Ague left him the seuenth houre that is at one a clocke so the labourers the came into the Vineyard at the 11 houre came at fiue of the clock but by this 5 a clock is meant the houre of the Artificiall day and not the Naturall day the which is knowne according to the time of the yeare for the Artificiall day is done some time of the yeare before 5 as in the 25 Chapter CHAP. XV. Of the names of the Dayes and their Etymologie THe Iewes call their first day Sabbatum the next Prima Sabbati the next secunda Sabbati c. according as is written Manè prima Sabbati surgens Dei filius that is the first day after the Sabboth which is our Sunday vpon which day the Romanes calling the Planets Gods began their account calling the first the day of the Sun the next of the Moone the next of Mars the next of Mercury the fifth of Iupiter the sixth of Venus and the last of Saturne still skipping to the third Planet because the 24 houres in the Artificiall day and night are giuen to the 7 Planets successiuely so that if Sol rule the first houre vpon Sunday as hee must because it is his owne day then Venus hath the next and so proceed giuing euery of the 24 houres a Planet in true succession you shall finde that the 24 houre which beginneth Munday falleth to the Moone therefore if any day be denominated by any one planet the next day following taketh denomination of the third Planet next following which order after the Christians obserued And you shall note that a day in Latine called Dies is so called à 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is Clarus or à 〈◊〉 〈◊〉
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is Duo because the naturall day is diuided into 2 parts to wit into Day Night or it may be called Dies à Dijs for the Planets be called Dij Gods whereof the dayes take their names Nox the Night is so called à Noceo noces because it is Tempus nocentibus aptum a fit time to do hurt and mischiefe CHAP. XVI Of the Weeke A Wéeke hath diuers names in Latine it is called Septimana à Septem and Mane as it were hauing septem Matutina tempora seauen mornings And so pars is taken pro toto It is also called Hebdomada ab 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is septem as containing seauen daies It is also called Sabbatum by the Iewes and therefore it is said in Scripture Ieiuno bis in Sabbato c. wherby Sabbatum is Aequiuocum ad totam septimanam And you must note that the Iewes Sabboth day was Saterday but the Christians obserued Sunday for to begin their wéeke because on that day our Lord was borne rose and sent his holy Ghost vpon his Apostles CHAP. XVII Of a Moneth Solar and Vsuall OF Moneths there be thrée kinds Solar Lunar and Vsuall The Solar moneth is the space of time that the Sun runneth through one signe of the Zodiacke being 30 dayes The Vsuall Moneth is the number of dayes according as they bee in our Kalender and amongst the Latines Romulus first distinguished the moneths diuiding the yeare into 10 moneths because in that time a woman might bring forth a childe or because during that time it was not fit for a woman to marry after the death of her husband The first moneth he called Martius à Marte of Mars his Father or rather of Mars in respect of warre because as then the Romane Kings were vsed to procéed in expeditions for it is rather thought that Amulius was Romulus his Father then Mars Amulius being his vnckle The next moneth he called Aprill ab Aperiendo because then the poares of the earth opened The third is May à Maioribus the fourth Iunius à Iunioribus The rest of the moneths were called Quintilis Sextilis September October Nouember and December because they were 5 6 c moneths distant from March But after Numa Pompilius added two more moneths to make them twelue calling the one Ianuary à Ianua because as you passe per Ianuam in atrium so per Ianuarium in annum or of Ianus the God of Merchandize who hauing two faces so Ianuary hath two respects the one to the yeare past the other to the yeare to come The other moneth he called February à Februo that is a Plutone because then the Romans offered sacrifice to Pluto and the infernall Gods for the soules of their ancestors or it is called February à Febre because as then in warme regions men were accustomed Febricitare that is to be sicke of an Ague so also may September be said quasi septimus ab imbre which is à Tempore pluuioso And to these moneths he gaue some 30 daies others 31 daies orderly so that when he came to Ianuary he wanted a day which he tooke from February which he restored againe in the Leape-yeare Then commeth Iulius Caesar and altereth the moneth Quintilis to Iuly calling it after his name for that hee was borne in that moneth After whom commeth Augustus and calleth the moneth Sextilis Augustus after his owne name and grudging that his moneth August should haue lesser dayes in it then Caesars moneth hee taketh another day from February adding the same to August and thereby left February but 28 dayes whereby hee did disorder the daies of the moneth that before did consist of 30 and 31 daies successiuely making Iuly August and September haue 31 dayes altogether and February but 28 dayes wherefore to auoid this inconuenience he was forced to take a day from September giuing it to October another from Nouember for December The which ordination of the moneths and position of dayes is vsed to this present time according to these verses Sep. No. Iun. Ap. dato triginta reliquis magic vno Nisit bissextus februus minor esto duobus Which is Thirty daies hath September Aprill Iune and Nouember The rest haue thirty and one Saue February alone Which moneth hath but eight and twenty meare Saue when it is Bissextile or Leape-yeare CHAP. XVIII Of the Lunar Moneth and the diuersities thereof OF Moneths Ioan. de sacro Bosco noteth 4 kinds as the moneth of Peragration of Apparition Medicinall and the moneth of Consecution The moneth of Peragration is a space of time containing daies 27 houres 7 minutes 43 seconds 7 thirds 15 fourths 36 fifths 55. In which space the Moone runneth through the 12 signes of the Zodiacke and is called of some a yeare of which yeares it is not much for one to liue 1000 for 80 Solar yeares make as many within 40. But this moneth is accomplished certaine minuts sooner or later according to her swift or slow motion The second is the Moneth of Aparition consisting of 28 dayes vulgarly diuided into foure wéekes The Moneth Medicinall containeth according to Galen 26 daies and a halfe and is also diuided into 4 wéekes The last is the moneth of Consecution being a space of time that the Moone departing from coniunction with the Sunne passeth round about the circls of the Zodiacke returning to the point where she left the Sunne finishing her Moneth of Peragration but finding the Sunne not there because he is carried by his owne proper motion neere one signe further shee is forced to spend two daies 4 houres 44 I. 3 II. and 16 III. to ouertake the Sunne before shee can come into coniunction againe so that this moneth is produced vnto 29 daies and a halfe c. and is called the Moneth of Consecution for that the Moone prosecutes to ouertake the Sunne CHAP. XIX Of the Lunar Yeare both Common and Extraordinary OF Lunar yeares there bee two kindes the one is called in Latine Annus Communis the other Embolismalis The common Lunar yeare is the space of 12 Moones not Moneths or changes which the Latines call Lunations it is called the common yeare Lunar in respect of his accord with the Solar yeare for as the one containes 12 Moones Lunar so the other consisteth of 12 moneths Solar the one hauing 365 dayes the other 354 dayes but in both there is omission of fractions so that the Solar yeare excéeds the common Lunar yeare 11 dayes of which the Epact is made The yeare called Annus Embolismalis is a space of 13 Moones containing 384 dayes so that this yeare exceedeth the common Lunar yeare 30 daies the Solar yeare 19 dayes it is called Embolismus ab Embolismo as Bissextilis is à Bis sex Sacro Bosco castles it Embolismus ab 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is quiddam insertum CHAP. XX. Of the Solar yeare and the Etymology thereof THe Astronomers make many diuisions of this
Solar yeare which are not much néedfull to be knowne in respect of this Treatiss To bee therefore short the Solar yeare is a space of time that the Sunne by his proper motion departing from some point in the Eclipticke returneth to the same place againe and this yeare Solar is either Astronomicall or Poeticall the Astronomicall yeare is either Tropicall or Sidereall and the Tropicall yeare is either Equall or Vnequall The Tropicall yeare taketh his beginning from the Vernall Equinox containing 365 dayes 5 houres 49 minuts 15 seconds and 46 thirds but the vnequall or aparent Tropical yeare containes sometime more as 365 dayes 5 houres 56 minuts 53 seconds and 1 third and other times lesse as 365 dayes 5 houres 42 minutes 38 seconds and 27 thirds And this vnequality is made by the vnequall precession of the Equinoctiall points The Egyptians wanting the vse of letters set forth the yeare like an Adder eating her owne taile so that it may bee said Annus ab Anguis a Snake wee may depaint the yeare by a King in respect they both turne round in themselues so may it be called Annus from Annulus a King for a motion in a King finished beginneth againe without end and therefore Virgil Atque in se sua per vostigia voluitur Annus Some call a yeare Annus ab innouatione because the strength and vertue of all vegetable things is renewed and are passed ouer by the course of time It is called Annus ab An which is Circum and eo in by reason of the foresaid reuolution of Time CHAP. XXI Of the Iulian yeare or our vulgar yeare and of the Leap-yeare and the cause thereof with the diuers beginnings of yeares IVlius Caesar anno mundi 3925.45 yeares before the birth of Christ and the yeare before his bloudy death noting the falsenesse of the yeare then vsed by the Councell of Sosigenes an excellent Mathematitian made the yeare to consist of 365 dayes and 6 houres and because it would be very difficult to computate these 6 houres euery yeare for should you begin this yeare at 12 of the clocke and 6 houres it must end the next yeare at 12 and 6 houres and the next yeare following would end at mid-night c. So that wee should driue the beginning of the yeare euery 4 yeares a day further without the getting of a day so that in 124 yeares the Annuntiation of Mary would fall to bée where Saint Marke Euangelist is or a day sooner To auoyd which inconuenience Caesar concluded that at euery foure yeares there should be a day gotten by the surplus of the 6 houres in euery yeare for 4 times 6 make 24 houres which day he added to February for that it is the shortest moneth and according to the ancient and also according to our Churches account the last moneth and this day they put at the 25 of February so that the letter F is twise repeated Saint Mathias day being obserued vpon the later according to the verse Bissextum sextae Martis tenuere Calendae Posteriore die celebrantur festa Mathiae So that the Iulian yeare is two-fold as Iulian and Bissextill it is called Bissextill of bis and sex because the 6 Kalends of March is twise repeated so may it be called Annus intercalaris because of the day that is put betwéene so may February in that respect be called Mensis intercalaris and so may the 25 of February that yeare be called Dies intercalaris But since the Romanes haue found that this Iulian yeare was too great and by helpe of Antonius Lilius they haue abated the quantity of the yeare making it to consist of 365 daies 5 houres 49 minutes and 12 seconds whereby their account in the celebration of the festiuall daies and of the times of the yeare differeth 11 dayes from ours as in my Kalender and yet is neither of these accounts precisely true by occasion of the vnequall precession of the Equinoctiall points of which here is no place to speake By this that is said in the Chapters before you may gather that a wéeke hath seuen dayes or 168 houres a moneth 4 wéekes 30 dayes or 720 houres I speake of Solar moneths and a yeare 52 wéekes 12 moneths 365 dayes or 8760 houres But the leape yeare hath 366 daies or 8784 houres wanting indéed according vnto true calculation 47 minutes and 12 seconds and so much doth euery foure yeares differ from our Iulian yeare which is 11 minutes and 48 seconds euery yeare And you must note that according vnto diuers men the yeare hath diuers beginnings which some call Aera Numa Pompilius did begin the yeare at the Hyemall Solstitiall because as then the Sunne began to ascend Romulus began the yeare at the Equinoctiall of March because as then all things began to flourish all trées and plants to bud c. The Arabians begin their yeare at the Estiuall Solstitiall because they are of opinion that the Sun was made in Leo. Some let their yeare take beginning at the Autumnall Equinoctiall The Egyptians count from the death of Nabuchadonozor the Persians from Iezdegird the Arabians or Moores from the preaching of Mahomet who was after the birth of Christ 626 yeares The Astronomers begin their yeare the first of Ianuary and so do we take it vulgarly in England But the Church of England and the date of all writings and such like hath their yeare to begin vpon the 25 day of March The Iewes began their yeare after two sorts viz for feasts in March and for other affaires in September And so must wee vnderstand Ezechiel chap. 40. vers 1. The Spaniards did reckon their yeare for tributes and all other payments from the Emperour Octauian vntill King Iohn altered it to the Natiuity of our Lord and you shall note that it was 500 yeares after the birth of Christ that the Christians did begin their yeare at the Annunciation of Mary CHAP. XXII Vulgar errours reformed I Tould you before in what time the Sunne did finish his course through the 12 signes of the Zodiaque and here you must know further that he hath thrée motions as slow being in Apogaeon or his greatest Eccentricity and then goeth not aboue 57 minutes 18 seconds in 24 houres and sometime but 56 minuts 43 seconds Swift being in Perigaeon or nearest the earth and then may goe one degrée 1 minute and 43 seconds in 24 houres and his meane motion at what times he passeth 59 minuts and 8 seconds in 24 houres by occasion whereof diuers things happen contrary as the vulgar take it as there be more daies by about 10 from the Equinoctiall of March vnto the Equinoctiall of September then there is from the Equinoctiall of September to the Equinoctiall of March. By occasion of this diuersity of the Sunnes motion the vulgar be also much deceiued that say that the dayes doe lengthen and shorten one houre euery 15 dayes which is false indéed from the 11 of March vnto the
27 of Aprill that proportion is true but then from the 27 of Aprill it must be to the 17 day of May which is 20 daies before the day be an houre longer and then from the 17 of May at what time the day is 16 houres long in the latitude of 52 degrèes and 20 minuts vnto the 12 of Iune which is 26 dayes the day doth but lengthen halfe an houre and 3 minutes The like it doth in shortning Another errour doe they run into concerning the Dogge-dayes wherein the old Computation was much to blame in pretending a certainty for the beginning of them the 6 of Iuly and ending the 17 of August which is false as I noted in my Almanacke 1607 But as there so also in this Kalender shall they be truly placed the effect of the Starre Plin. reporteth lib. 1. chap. 40. of his Naturall History Another errour most runne into concerning the primeing of the moone for it is not as they suppose alwaies vpon the 5 day it containes a halfe quarter of that Moone happeneth she being 3 daies and 18 houres old being then 4 points of the compasse to the Eastward of the Sunne Also you shall note that when the hornes of the Moone hang perpendicular one ouer the other then the Moone is 90 degrées of the Eclipticke aboue the Horizon if the vpper horne incline more into the East then the lower horne doth then she is short of 90 degrées but if the vpper horne be more into the West the Moone is more then 90 degrées of the Eclipticke from the Horizon but this is not meant degrées of altitude taken instrumentally CAAP. XXIII Of the Kalends Nones c. And what they be YOu must know that in euery moneth there be thrée principall dayes which as the Romans pleased gaue denomination to all the rest of the daies in the yeare and they be called Kalends Nones and Ides The Kalends be the first day of euery moneth from which the daies are accounted backwards calling the next day in this regression Pridiè Calendas as the last of March is Pridiè Calendas Aprilis they were called Kalends or Calendae as it were Colendae because in old time they were vsed to sanctifie the first day of euery moneth in honour of Iuno and therefore Ouid said Vendicat Ausonias Iunonis cura Calendas Or they be called Kalends of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Calo which is voco to call because the first day of euery moneth the Pontifex minor standing in an eminent place of the Citie did make 4 calles or more according to the number of daies that the Faires called Nundinae should endure therefore in the plurall number they bee called Calendae as it were calles Or they may bee called Kalendae Kalends à 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is Bonum because the first day of euery moneth one friend was accustomed mutually to giue certaine gifts or presents to another to the end that all the moneth following there might happen to them bonum omen Now the Nones bee certaine daies placed in euery moneth wherof the most hath but 6 and the moneth that hath least 4. they begin at the Ides and end at the Kalends they take their name as some say of Non because during that time the Romanes sanctified no day to their God as may appeare by Ouid Nonarum tutela Deo caret c. Or they might be called Noue by reason of the renouation of their images euery moneth or they are called Nonae à Nundinis which is Faires or markets because the number of Nones limited the duration thereof in euery moneth Lastly about the midst of euery moneth there be certaine daies called Ides which is as it were Diuisions for they diuide euery moneth into 2 parts and are a number of 8 daies which in euery moneth according to the order of daies in our Kalender follow the Nones according to the verse Octo tenent Idus menses generaliter omnes But some moneths haue more Nones then others as in the verse Mar. Ma. lul Oct. senas reliquis dato bis duo Nonas Therefore if you take all the Nones and Ides of euery moneth and adde them together substracting the whole from the number of dayes in the moneth then is the remainder the number of Kalends in that moneth and as there is Pridiè Kalendas so there is Pridiè Nonas and Pridiè Idus And you must know that amongst the ancient Astronomers there bee certaine vnfortunate dayes in euery moneth the which in many matters they held ominous and fatall but of the truth thereof let them iudge that are obseruers thereof onely I will set them downe lest of some the booke bee condemned for their absence and in such sort as no one as yet hath obserued CHAP. XXIIII Of the infortunate and fatall dayes of the yeare as also of the good and happy dayes IAnuary the 1.2.4.5.10.15.17.19 February the 8.10 and the 17. March the 15.16 and the 19. Aprill the 16. and 21. Not so euill the 7.8.10.20 May the 7.11.20 Not so bad the 3. and 5. Iune the 4. and 7. Not so euill 10.15.22 Iuly the 15.20 August the 19.20 These not so bad 1.29 and 30. September the 6 and 7. Not so bad the 3.4.21.22 October the 5. Not so bad the 3.16.24 Nouember the 15.19 Not so bad 5.6.28.29 December the 6.7.9 Not so euill the 15.17.22 Furthermore Astrologers will haue in euery Moone 2 infortunate daies wherein they recount it most vnhappy to begin or vndertake any kinds of worldly affaires and they repute them right perilous many wayes else the which dayes follow In Ianuary the 3 and 4 day of the new Moone February the 5 and 7. March the 6 and 7. April the 5 and 8. May the 8 and 9. Iune the 5 and 15. Iuly the 3 and 13. August 8 and 13. September 8 and 13. October 5 and 12. Nouember the 5 and 9. December the 3 and 13. Againe there bee sixe most infortunate daies chosen out of the whole yeare by some wherein they aduertise no man to bleed because of great danger of death and for that the effects of the Constellations worke most wonderfull to death and otherwise be right vnfortunate It is therefore very ill to haue a child borne in them for feare of an euill death and bad and vnhappy they be in other humane affaires as the ancients teach and they be Ianuary the 3 day Iuly the 1. October the 2. Aprill the 30. August the 1. and the 31. Moreouer in euery moneth there were two dayes which were called Aegri mali Aegyptiaci they be called Aegri ab effectu because according to the opinion of many if any fell sicke in any of these dayes they should hardly or neuer escape it They bee called Mali because it was naught to begin any kinde of worke by reason of the euill affections of the Constellations They be called Aegyptiaci because they were inuented of the Egyptians and they
do also note vnto vs the 10 plagues of Egypt in these verses Sanguis rana culex muscae paruae pecus vlcus Grando locustae nox mors prius orta necant Bloud frogs lice flies all cattell lost their breath Plague haile locusts night no man scaped death Now these infortunate daies were noted alwaies in the Romane Kalender notwithstanding the inhibition of Augustine saying Calendas mensium dies Aegyptiacos non obseruetis But yet to satisfie all take them in the ensuing verses Armis Gunfe Dei Kalatos Adamare dabatur Linamemor Constans gelidos Infancia quosdam Omne limen Aaron bagis Concordia laudat Chije linkat Ei Coëquatae Gearcha Lifardus Of the words in these foure verses euery two serue for one moneth the first standing for Ianuary If therefore you desire to know the first of the two former fatall daies in any moneth count so many daies from the beginning of the moneth descending as the first letter in the first word is distant from A inclusiuely according to the Alphabet where that number ends there is the fatall day as in Aprill L. beginning Lixa is the 10 letter in the Alphabet therefore the 10 day is fatall and according to the number of the first letter in the order of the Alphabet of the secoÌ„d sillable the said houre of that said day is vehemently to be suspected But to haue the second fatall day of the moneth you must reckon so many daies from the last day of the moneth ascending as the number of that first letter of the second word for that moneth commeth vnto in the order of the Alphabet as in Aprill M. for Memor is the 11 letter in the Alphabet therefore the 11 day before the last of Aprill is a fatall day which is the 19 day of Aprill and so as before the first letter of the second sillable doth shew the most infortunate houre according to the number thereof in the Alphabet you must note that H in this account is taken for no letter Againe there be certain vnfortunat bad daies in the yeare called Dog-daies as before is remeÌ„bred Likwise through England the 28 of December being Innocents day is called Crosse-day and so is it accounted euery wéeke There be other daies recounted in a little foolish booke called the Booke of Knowledge taken according to the course of the Moone as thus The first day of the Moone Adam was made that he counteth a fortunate day but it is false for Adam was not made the first day of the Moone for the fourth day of the creation was the Sun Moone made and Adam the 6 day so that the Moone was made 2 daies before Adam what vertue should the moone receiue by the creation of Adam The like errour is vpon the 2 day of the moone for Eue so of the rest which since their errours is apparent they be better omitted the repeated for the truth of the rest I commend to your experience And you must note that there be other daies infortunate and euill caused by the motions of the starres planets and by the aspects of the Moone to the rest of the 6 planets as in the ensuing table is compendiously to bée séene A Table of the Moones Aspects to  Coniunction Sextile Quadrat Trine Opposition Saturne An infortunate day Iourney not to princes conuerse not with old meÌ„ fly husbandmeÌ„ Rurall labourers Iovne with rurall people till the earth plant trees vines such like But doe not seeke the loue of women Conferre not with Princes aged men abstaine froÌ„ phisicke and iournies seeke not thy desire Accompany rurall people repaire thy house plant vines and till thy ground Entertaine no seruant begin nor vndertake no kinde of thing Iupiter A fortunate day Goe vnto great men and Rulers expect good councell and iustice Accompanie Lawyers and Ecclesiasticall men reade law and statutes Study Phylosophy and you may intreate of Law matters as iudgements c. Begin all honest workes repaire seek to Kings Prelats Iudges it is good to meet them Take thy iourney it is good to meet with persons Ecclesiastical Mars An infortunate day Take no iourney auoyde Souldiers and warfaring men Buy weapons horses for war take iourny toward war deale with Alchimy fire workes A day of feare beware of contention the peace truce shall not hold Dispose of all things necessary for war buy horses of war make experieÌ„ce in alchimy Take no iourney hire no seruant seeke no loue of womeÌ„ auoide coÌ„pany of any Sol. Begin nothing but what thou wouldst should bee kept close and secret Repaire to Kings Princes c. Effect thy busines expect the office and dignity sought Take heede of princes and great men for this day is to be shund in all affaires Giue gifts to Kings great men aske and haue a league betwixt kings shall hold Come not before great meÌ„ auoid this day in all thy affaires as most infortunate Venus Dayes of preasure put on new apparrell seeke the Loue of women now they bee tractable aske haue Good to seeke loue of women take a wife women be fond Hire thy seruant dayes of sport put on new apparrell and take a wife Combe thy haire seek the loue of womeÌ„ set thy childreÌ„ to schoole put on new apparel in al let not the ☽ be in Leo Hire seruants take thy iourney proceed in matrimony it is a day of pleasure and content Mercury Beginne Calculations and writings exeâ—cise merchandise let thâ— Ambassador or Messenger proceed Write Letters seeke Officesâ— set children to â—choole accomâ—anying wittmen and Singers Let Ambassadors Messengers or postes proceede iourney excellent to buy or sell Poets be busy make verses exercise thy things witty let thy Children goe to schoole Accompany Penne-men send messengers take a iourney exercise the Mathematickes And you must not that that fortunate planets be Iupiter Venus that infortunate wicked are Saturne and Mars the indifferent be Sol Mercury Luna So that the Coniunction of the good is good of the euill had and of the indifferent indifferent excepting the Sunne and Moone Also the good in Coniunction with that bad is bad the good with the meane is indifferent and the bad with the meane is bad Certaine daies of the yeare be also good or bad according to the place of the Moone in the heauens and those places bee called Mansions as in the Table according to which the temperature and quality of the day is much altered A Table of the Mansions of the Moone for this Age. Man Beginning of euery Mansion Quality The Elections S D M 1 ♈ 27 53 Temperate Iourney take phisicke especially lâ—xatiues 2 ♉ 10 45 Temperate or dry Iourney by water sow plant c. Do not purge or vomit 3 ♉ 23 37 Very moist Make Marchandize buy cattell do not Nauigate 4 ♊ 6 29 Cold moist most cold Plant sow seeedes c. Bad for mariages and voyages
hid North-east windes Of the Raine-bow If two Raine-bowes appeare raine a Raine-bow presently after raine faire wether Presages from Thunder and Lightning If in sommer there be more thunder then lightning windes from the coast it thundred but if the lightning excéed raine lightning without thunder betokens raine and thunder if it lighten only from the North-west raine the ensuing day if from the North windes thence if from the South-North-west or full west if lighten especially in the night winde raine from those coasts morning thunder windes but mid-day thunder raine Presages by the Cloudes If the racke ride apace in the aire windes from that coast they come the worse if it come from the North or South if at Sunne-set the racks ride on both sides fromwards him tempest blacke cloudes flying out of the East rains at night but from the west raine the next day if the cloudes bee disparkled many together of the East flying like fléeces of wooll raine for 3 daies after when cloudes flye low séeming to settle vpon the tops of hils cold wether insueth but the mountaine tops being faire and cleare the wether will take vp if the cloudes séeme full charged and yet looke white withall which constitution of the aire is called by some Towers by others white wether haile is at hand If mistes come downe from the hils or descend from the Heauens and settle in the Valleyes it promiseth faire hot wether mists in the euening shew a hot day on the morrow The like when white mistes rise from waters in the Euening Prognostications by fires From the heauens we will procéed to our common fires The fire burning pale or kéeping a huzzing noyse stormy wether if the flame of fire or candle mount winding and wauing as it were winds the like if the fire or candle goe out of it selfe or kindle and take fire with much adoe Further when you discerne many sparkles gather together in the fire knitting one to another the coales hanging to the bottome or side of the pot newly taken off the fire the fire raked in the imbers kéepeth a spitting and sparkling from it if the ashes vpon the earth grow together or when the liue coale shineth brighter or burneth more then ordinary all these be tokens of raine Prognostications by water If the sea within the hauen after the departing of the flood in a low ebbe water be calme yet kéep a noyse rumbling within winde if it do thus by fits cold wether and raine if in a calme season the sea strond or water-bankes resound or make a noise great tempest the like of the sea it selfe the puffins swimming aboue water tell of cold wether for many daies the sea being calme heauing and puffing vp sheweth there is great store of winds within her which will shortly breaks out to a tempest Prognostications from Fishes and Fowles The Dolphin disporting vpon the waues foreshewes winds if they fling and dash the water this and that way and the sea be rough faire wether the Cuttle or little Calamaria Loligo launcing and flying about the water the Cockles or Winckles sticking hard to the grauell the Seavrchings thrusting themselues into the mudde or couered with sand the croking extraordinary of Frogges the low flying of Swallowes the chirping of Sparrowes the crying of Peacockes and Hearnes the bathing of Crowes the stinging of of Flyes and Gnats the early straggling of Sea-mewes the proking of their fethers by the Guls Malards Duckes all foreshew winde or raine Contrary the Water-fowle gather together and combate or Cranes make haste to flye into the middest of the land or Cormorants and Guls forsaking the waters or Cranes soring quietly aloft or Crowes or Rauens gaying against the Sunne are all tokens of faire wether But if the Howlat cry Chi-uit raine Rauens crying one to another as if they sobbed and vexed clapping themselues with their wings windes but doing it by interualles of time wet and winde the late returning home of Iacke-dawes hard wether also that working of the spinner the busie heauing of Moles the appearing of wormes Hennes resorting to the roost couered with dust the Ante busied with her Egges the Bées in faire wether not wandring farre abroad Bels heard further then ordinary the wallowing of dogges the alteration of the crowing of the Cocke befoken all fowle wether Prognostications of foure-footed Beasts The leaping and playing of shéepe such small cattell shew alteration of wether the crying of Swine Oxen beasts licking themselues against the haire or holding vp their nose and smelling into to the aire swine shaking hay or such like stuffe beasts eating gréedily or licking their hooues or sodainly moue here and there all signifie raine or fowle wether Prognostications from woods stones c. The hearbe Trefoile looketh rough against a tempest and the leaues thereof will stand staring vp as if it were afraid thereof Also if dishes stones or such like sweate or be wet if wainescot doores that ioyne well be stubborne to open if salt dissolue in the salt-saller or any solid body sweate looke for great raine the like is séene by the pissing of Dogges If there bee a rumbling noise or sounding in the mountaines and forrests or if the leaues of trées flicker and play themselues no winde stirring which foretell some change of wether the like prediction is gathered by the light downe of Poplares or Thistles flying to and fro in the aire looke what is said of the noise in forrests vnderstand the same here in vallyes and in the aire I cannot stand to runne into an ample discourse of this subiect lest I driue the quantity of my volume beyond my intent but they shall be amply handled in a Booke I haue to come forth called Cosmologia Meteorologia CHAP. XXIX Of the foure quarters of the yeare and first of Winter VVINTER the first quarter Astronomical taketh his beginning when the Sunne entreth into Capricorne during vntill he haue gone to the latter part of Pisces it is the coldest time of the yeare and the colder and dryer the wholsomer yet ouer much cold killeth trees in a warme region especially such that bee tender A warme and moist Winter is vnwholsome and an enemy to husbandmen but reasonable store of snow doth ranken the fields and preserue corne The diseases of this quarter bee pushes in the face leprosie tooth-ach red-spots feuers the scab fluxes of bloud by the inferiour parts paines of the eyes palsies gouts and such like Of the Spring THe Spring is the most comfortablest quarter in all the yeare and is of nature warme and moist for then the Sunne draweth neere to the Zenith comming towards the starres of a warme nature and then that East-winds blow dispearcing the superfluous humors making the earth apt to bring forth all things for the good and comfort of man This quarter beginneth when the Sunne entreth into Aries at what time the dayes and nights be equal and continueth vntill the 12 of Iune
at what time the Sunne hath runne through Aries Taurus and Gemini if the Spring be much moist the fruite will bee rotten and scarce but wéedes will abound if hoate the trées soone bring forth leaues the fruits of that quarter as Cheries c. will soone be ripe which being not gathered before their full maturity will bee subiect to wormes especially in warme regions but it is seldome with vs though frequent in Italy Roses will bee frome but not so swéete all such things shal better please the sight then that sent or tast if it bee cold and dry there will hoare frosts fall in the end of the quarter according to the full Moone the wine and fruits will be scarce being dry and not hot fruits will bee scarce but good with want of graine if it be cold the fruits will be late riping if it be wet with much South wind and the former Winter dry with Northen winds the next Summer will happen agues and bleerenesse dropping of the eyes and paine of the bowels A dry Spring with much Northen winds and a wet Winter full of Southerne winds going before causeth women with child to bee deliuered before their time or to bring forth weake children Gal. l. 3. Aphor. 3. So that if the quarter vary from his proper nature the commodities of the earth be made worse and scarce the ordinary diseases of this quarter bee leaprosies red spots tooth-ach feuers of bloud pushes or wheales in the face small-pox ring-wormes falling-sickenesse paines in the throate and necke the Kings euill wens griefes in the shoulders and armes causes by bloud Of Sommer SOmmer is of nature hot and dry like the fiery tryplicity or like the chollericke if taketh beginning when the Sun entreth Cancer continuing vntil he haue passed ouer Cancer Leo and Virgo and now is rage and choller most abounding being the hottest time 〈◊〉 the yeare but in the begining there rise certainâ—â—â—arres in Cancer whose vertue is to make moist especially Aselli so that the Sunne comming to them some raine falleth to fructify the earth but comming to Leo beeing neere Syrius and Procyon starres of a warme nature the heat groweth most vehement to temperate which the Etesian winds blow Lastly comming to Virgo which is a barren signe the constellation of Arcturus rising a mittigation of heat is produced with some raine If Sommer be ouer wet the Sommer fruits shall putrify and there will bee but small store of graine there will be many sickenesses if it be onely dry there will happen want of graine and Sommer fruits will be wholsome the fishes shall die in waters great sicknesses will happen if it exceede in heat many sicknesses also will happen with great store of Sommer friutes if to conclude it bee cold the yeare will bee wholsome but the fruits rotten This quarter as it is hot and dry in nature so doth it accordingly alter the humors in mans body bringing all fruits to their ripenesse cattell to their fatnesse and men to their wealth the sicknesses agreeing to the nature thereof bee griefes and torments about the breast ribbes and spléene pushes leprosy and diseases of the face as in the Spring bleard and sore eyes with other impediments therein the plurisy cough heart and stomacke-aking sorrow vexations feuers of bloud apostumes pestilence feuers the ianndise paines in the belly and secret parts with other infirmities proceeding of melancholy Of Autumne AUtumne is the fourth and last quarter Astronomicall but the third according to our English accompt by nature is cold and dry melancholy like old age resembling the element of the earth beginning at the Sunnes first ingresse into Libra producing thereby a second Equinoctiall cocquating the daies with the nights which may also be called our second Spring making an apt time to take Physicke bléed c. but in that Libra is a signe of the Airy triplicity there is produced heat with temperate moisture but comming to Scorpio the aire is made more cold and moist for Scorpio is of the watry triplicity but comming to Sagitarius a signe of the fiery triplicity accompanied with certaine starres of a warme nature there is made a restraint of the extremity of wet and cold for the good of such as sow plow If Autumne be most moist grapes will be putrified and wine bad if the end be wet there will be want of fruite the insuing yeare if the beginning be dry there will be penuria Milij if hot many sickenesses and euils if cold there is losse of haruest fruits in quantity iuyce and beauty The diseases of this quarter properly be paines in the backe darknesse of sight retention of vrine fluxes of bloud paynes in the backe and priuy parts with infirmities in the face as in the Spring also the canker fistuloes emrods the stone and grauell feuers of bloud and impediments in the eies And here note that Winter in Latine Hyems is so called ab 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is dimidium for the vulgar people doe diuide the yeare into two parts Sommer and Winter Winter being the greater Ver the Spring is so called à vireo vires because then omnia virent all things flourish Aestas Sommer is so called ab aestu which is à feruore by reason of heat Lastly Autumnus Autumne or Haruest is so called à bonorum anni augmentatione or it taketh name with Hipocrates ab ortu Arcturi during till the Vespertine setting of the Pleiades or of Autumnus which is morbidum or tempestiuosum these foure times be resembled to the foure Regions of the world to the foure Cardinall winds to the foure Elements to the foure quarters to the foure humors to the foure ages as in the ensuing table  Warme and dry Hot moist Cold moist Cold dry Regions of the world Oriens Meri Occid Septe Cardinall winds East South West North 4 Elements Fyre Ayre Water Earth 4 Quarters of the yeare Sommer Spring Wint. Autu 4 Humors Cholor Sangu Fleame MelaÌ„ â— Ages Youth Ma. sta Age old ag CHAP. XXX Certaine predictions of the weather in euery moneth with necessary abstracts and the Poeticall rising of the Starres Ianuary NEw-yeares day in the morning being red portends great tempest and warre after ryseth Orions girdle Vespertine troubling the ayre causing South-west winds the 10 and 11 day doth Lucida Corona produce by a Vespertine setting about which time also riseth Asellus and praesepe great causers of raine the more Iupiter being in moist signes the 12 day Asellus riseth Cosmicall the 13 Praesepe setteth Cosmicall the 20 the South part of Asellus ryseth Chronicall the 28 Sirius riseth Vespertinus the 30 Eagle riseth Cosmicall All which with Ptolemaeus bring wet and tempest some say if the Sun shine the 12 of Ianuary there shall be much winde others Prognosticate of Saint Pauls day saying if the Sunne shine it is token of a happy yeare if raine or snow indifferent if misty great death but
if it thunder there will bee great windes and death that yeare The Abstract Cut timber ridde fruit trees of superfluous branches vncouer their rootes drench weake and sicke cattell Kyne with veriuce horses with water and ground malt fodden witha little bran dig gardines lib and geld for rearing February THe third day Regulus riseth Chronicall the fourth he setteth Cosmicall of whom Ptol. saith the cleare starre in the heart of the Lyon beginning to set the North winde bloweth with often raine Carda saith it raiseth the South-west windes The 9 the taile of the Dolphin doth set vespertine which Ptol. saith bringeth windes and snow and the more raine the winds being south Some say thunder vpon Shroue-tuesday foretelleth winde and store of fruit and plenty the Sun-beames being early abroad others affirme that so much he shineth that day and the like hoe shineth euery day in Lent The Abstract Set cut and lay quicke-sets and roses sow beanes pease and oates especially the land being cold and stiffe furnish your gardens with sallads for Sommer March THe 6 day Vindemiator riseth vespertine bringing North winds with frost the 8 riseth the Rammes-horne snow or raine the 10 Arcturus riseth Chronicall causing tempests Carda saith at the vespertine rising of this starre Swallows be séene and the Spring commeth Stadius cap. 7. at the vespertine setting of Arcturus swallows depart by multitudes and at his vespertine rising come againe and this rising bringeth South-west winds and by-west blowing commonly 12 daies with raine or haile ending in the west Herewith agréeth Ptol. Plin. Stadius Collumell and others especially being furthered with the radiation of the Moone or Mars The 11 or 12 day Sol entreth Aries the West windes blow Storkes come with Ptol. in Aegypt they came the 17 of May. The 21 Spica Virginis setteth Cosmicall cloudy Some say so many mistes in March so many hoare frosts after Easter The Abstract Now regarding winde and weather graft also couer the rootes of your trees opened in December or Ianuary with ranke earth sow pease beans oates parsneps onions artichockes cowcumbers sage mellons manure barly land but in cold clay ground sow at the end of the moneth Aprill THe 17 of Aprill Augustus terminus Pleiadum one of the seauen starres riseth Cosmicall the other following a little after causing Westwindes the 22 the South part of Lucida Lancis setteth Cosmicall often proue king showers of raine Some say if it raine vpon Ascension day which sometimes falleth in Aprill it doth betoken scarrity of all kinde of foode for cattell but being faire it signifieth plenty The Abstract Yet it is good to sow Barley chiefly in strong land some kinde of garden-seeds sow now also as Mellons Citrions Cowcumbers Artichockes sow likewise Hempe Flax setting some garden-herbes towards the end of the Moneth Now the time beginneth to barke trees and to yeeld to good Day-men natures aboundance May. THe fourth of May Sirius or Canis maior setteth vespertine tempest from the South and North-east and by-north and as Stadius saith if the full Moone happen within two daies before or after it prognosticates blasting to corne and other flowers The 6 and 7 Hyades begin to set the South blowing with raine So Ptol. speaketh of the setting of the 7 starres The 9 Pleiades set Chronicall causing◠South winds which with Ptol. at last turne into the West The 11 the Buls Eye setteth the 18 Procyon setteth Heliacall making wine rage in Cellers with Stadius The 23 the Eagle riseth Chronicall which happening at the new or full Moone all fruits bee hurt with wormes and Caterpillers with Carda The 24 the 7 starres rise Cosmicall the 27 the Buls Eye riseth Cosmicall both which fore-shew raine and hurt to vines Some say the Sunne shining vpon the 25 day wines shall prosper well also in the end of May Okes begin to beare blossomes which happening fore-shewes much tallow and fruit The Abstract In the beginning you may sow Barley set and sow tender hearbes seeds as sweet-Marierome Sommer-sauory Basill c. Set Stilles to worke vsing May deaw therein stirring land for Wheate and Rye Iune THe 6 day the lesser Dogge setteth vespertine which happening at the full Moone hurts all fruits Stadius saith if it happen at full Moone it bringeth mischiefe to swéet flowers and vines by reason of his burning heate The 12 Sol enters Cancer Vine and Oliues flourish the 16 Arcturus setteth Cosmicall making the aire intemperate the 21 the left side of Orion riseth Cosmicall raising the West windes If it raine the 24 day Hazell-nuts do not prosper The Abstract Set Gilloflowers and Rosemary sow Lettuce 3 or 4 dayes after the full which is also good from February to the end of September sheare sheep fetch home fewell and towards the end of the moneth begin to mow July THe 2 day riseth Orions Girdle and is a Criticall day for if it raine this day it doth continue so often for 4. wéeks Stadius saith if Iupiter be aspected with Mars Mercury or the Sunne at this rising great tempest is portended at the rising of the great Dogge and foresheweth Northeast windes and by-North corruption of the aire with the rising of the Etesian windes The 13 Lucida Coronae setteth Chronicall the 23 the North part of Asellus setteth vespertine at which time with Ptol. the North-east and by-East winds blow as fore-runners of the Etesian winds Carda these winds as fore-runners of the rising of the Dogge blow 8 dayes before with which Stadius agréeth Some say if it be faire 3 Sondayes before S. Iames day corne wil be good but wet corne withereth The Abstract At the full Moone gather flowers and seedes and let your flowers rather dry in the shade then the Sunne for the Sunne draweth away their vertue but to auoid corruption before you take them away let the Sunnes heate be vpon them a while Take heed of suddaine colds for nothing sooner breedeth the plague and therefore to drinke being hot is naught It were vaine to tell good husbands that it is now fit for them to be in medowes and else where to prouide for Winter Therefore I will commend this rime to sluggards and idle persons Labour in Sommer take paines with the Ant Else in the Winter liue cold and in want August THe first of August the great Dogge riseth Cosmicall Carda saith at the rising of this starre all liuing creatures bee troubled and that it is scarce possible that drynesse and sicknesse should not be Stadius recounts many more enormities as troubling of wine in Cellars Dogges going mad fluxes of the Seas waters death of fishes with the extremity of heate especially if Mars or Iupiter be in fiery signes Diaphanes saith if at the rising of the great Dogge with the Sunne the Moone be in Aries it doth presignificate raine and tempest in Taurus stormes in Gemini pestilence in Cancer drynesse in Leo burning heat in Virgo showers often with vntimely birth of children in
Libra great drynesse in Scorpio plagues in Sagittarius or Capricorne raine and tempest in Aquarius drought and sicknesse in Pisces raine the insuing yeare But these Stadius saith be not knowne to him for truths for he holds them more substantiall that bee taken Exvarijs commixtionum causis The 3 day the Eagle setteth Cosmicall the South-west and by-west windes blowing with great heate Carda saith it raiseth the Etesian windes which with Ptol. do continue 21 daies the 8 Regulus riseth Cosmicall raising North-east by-north winds the 13 day the great Dogge riseth Heliacall which limits the beginning of the Grecian yeare and of this rising be diuers obseruations if then the heauen bee cloudy and darke it signifieth a heauy time with plagues c. but being faire and cleare it is good Also the 13 of August the Dolphine setteth Cosmicall bringing raine and beginning Autumne according to Ptol. The 24 is S. Bartholomewes day if the winde change not the following night the vulgar hold it good Stadius recounts tempests with haile c. to come from the West and North-west part in the end of August which often doe hurt The Abstract Reape Wheate and Rye sow Winter hearbes in the new Moone stirre land for Wheate and Rye and about the end of the Moneth downe with Oates or before according to the goodnesse of your soile Looke more in Iuly September THe first day of this moneth is Criticall if it do not raine then the rest of Autumne is like to bee dry the 12 day Arcturus riseth Cosmicall raine and with Ptol. after two dayes Swallowes leaue to be séene The 13 day is Equinoctiall windes from West North-west the 17 Lucida Coronae riseth Cosmicall Ptol. windes turne troubling the seas with winterly weather So many dayes old the Moone is on Michaelmas day so many flouds will happen that Winter The Abstract Cut downe your Lent-tilling gather the fruits of your trees conuerting them to vse as Crabbes for Veriuice c. About the middest of the Moneth sow wheat and Rye in cold and strong land sow winter parsneps and Carrots get hyues c. October THe 15 day the Dragons Taile setteth vespertine after this day wee must expect no more warmenesse and therefore the Germanes call it den Galen Sommer The 21 the East windes blow the 26 the left foot of Orion setteth with the 12 degree of Scorpio causing often great raine if leaues now hang vpon the trées some say it portends a cold winter or many Caterpillers The Abstract Sow Wheat and Rye the sooner the better for feare of raine The new Moone maketh a fit time to set and remoue yong trees as the Plum Peare Apple and Bay-tree to set Nuts Akornes c. after the full moone gather your winter fruits Nouember THe 4 or 5 day the Scorpions heart setteth vespertine which with Astrologers is a Critical day The 5 day the Dogge setteth bringing southernly wether the like iudge of Orion which setteth about this time The 8 day Succulae or Hyades sets Cosmicall frost or raine the 10 the Pleiades set Cosmicall if then the heauens bee cloudy it denunciates a wet winter if day a sharpe winter Pliny saith Succularum Pleiadarum occasum terrâ marique turbidum esse The 24 Arcturus setteth Heliacall causing often raine with Cardanus The Abstract The time is apt to make Malt to kill Bacons to cut Ashes to sow if you were too late the last moneth to set Crabbe-tree stockes to remoue Trees as in the last moneth in the increasing of the Moone but in the wane set beanes pease c. Also now vncouer the rootes of your Apple trees and so let them rest till March. December THe 6 of December is Dies Nicholai of which Cardanus thus saith Proximi septem Dies à . Bruma totidemque ante raro ventis infestantur they be called Halcyon dayes Stadius saith about the Brumall Solstitiall there doth happen Halcyon or most Tranquill weather the 26 day the faire starre Arcturus setteth vespertine and then with Carda the South winds blow Some say if Christmas day come in the new Moone it is a token of a good yeare and so much the better by how much it is neerer the new Moone the contrary happeneth in the decrease The Abstract The time is good to fall timber to vncouer the roots of Apple-trees to fallow land for Barley to set beanes pease c. the wether being not too hard and now Fowlers be busie with Lime-twigges and other engines to take Fowles Let a warme fire be thy bathe the Kitchin thy Apothecaries shop and good hoat meate thy dyet to which according to thy ability inuite thy neighbour Therefore to conclude If thou be poore and canst not feast at all Go feast with such as shall to feasting call CHAP. XXXI Predictions of euery day more particularly TO giue you iudgement of the temperature of euery particular day there must be great care had and many things obserued as the quality of the signe the Lord of the lunation the quality of the Absids and of the Planets for there is no great change of wether vnlesse Saturne Iupiter or Mars be aspected also the méeting of the planets mingling of their vertue with the Fixed Starres whose nature and magnitude are duely to bée obserued the want or not obseruing of these and many other which appertaine to preiudications cause our ordinary and common Prognosticators so grosly to erre as I noted in my Almanacke 1608 for as I said there so must I héere also Qui non potest in singulos dies de pruina niue grandine c. Distincte praedicere huic praedicenti abundantiam aut penuriam frugum nequaquam fides adhibenda est Ouer and beside what is said the aspects of the Planets amongst themselues are most heedfully to be regarded euen as in the ensuing Table set in Latine for the more breuity Enter this Table with the ♂ ☠or 〈◊〉 of the Planets noting the weather in the common Angle  ☽ ☿ ♀ ☉ ♂ ♃  ♄ Turb Hum. Hum. rem cal Neb. pruma Nub. Nix Venti pluu vēti et imber venti Nub. vent Niuosa Pluu frig Pluu subita Pluu frig Plu. aut Nix Pluu frig Grand toni Plu. frig nix vel Neb. Plu. vel tō Ton. gran Plu vel tur Remis fri. Tur. vel hu grand ton vēt vel plu Turbi V Ae A Hy ♃ AEris Temperam Ventos Magnos Temperam Ventos toni fulm ventos Rmiss frig Turb vent Toni tem Turb uent Remis fri Veris AEstatis Autumni Hyemis ♂ Minuit frigiditatem humid in sig cali ful in aestate Ventos ali quando nubi feros in aesta Toni Pluuiam Imbrem pluuiam Remiss frig Venti Sicc Tonit fulm Venti Sicc Remiss frig Veris AEstatis Autumni Hyemis ☉ Alterat aerem pro natura temporis Ventos aliquando cum humid plu presertim vento fig. Pluuiam Toni imbrem pluuiam humiditatem Veris AEstatis Autumm Hyemia ♀
Hebrewes it is called Pascha with the Greekes Basis and with the Latines Transitus with vs Easter Rogation Sunday is so called because nos rogat Ecclesia the Church commanded vs to contiune fasting processions and praiers as well against the bodily Woolues such as late were in â—â—tance as also against the spirituall Woolues Pentecoste is so called from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is Quinquagesimus because there be 50 dayes betwixt Easter and Whitsunday inclustuely and this time the Church doth obserue in remeÌ„brance of the Law giuen vnto Moses in the burning mount as also in memoriall of the Holy Ghost that appeared to the Apostles like clouen tongues as you may read Acts 2.1 And these be called moueable Feasts for that they haue not any fixed place in the Kalender by reason of the celebration of Easter whereupon the finding of all the rest depend CHAP. XL. To finde all the moueable Feasts for cuer according to our English Kalender ENter this Table seeking the Golden Number in the first row descending vpon the left hand which hauing found proceed directly vnto the right hand vntill you comme vnder the Dominicall letter for the proposed yeare so shall the number in the common angle shew you the number of weÌ„eks of Interuallum Minus and the number iust ouer the Dominical Letter are odde daies to be added which is the distance of weeks and dayes betwixt the birth of our Lord and Quinquagesima or Esto mihi which is Shroue-sunday A Table of the distance betwixt Christmas day and Shroue-Sunday seruing for the English Kalender Prim 0 1 2 3 4 5 6  A B C D E F G 1 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 4 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 8 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 10 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 11 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 12 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 13 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 14 9 9 9 9 8 8 6 15 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 16 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 17 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 18 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 19 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 Example 1613. The Golden number is 18 and the Dominicall letter is C finding therefore 18 in the fist row vnder Prime and then proceeding rightwards vntill I come vnder C I finde seuen weekes and ouer C 2 I conclude Interuallum minus for from Christmas to Shroue-sunday is seuen weekes and two dayes This Interuallum minus being found find the same in the ensuing Table vpon the first row vpon the left hand answering to which shall you finde the rest of the moueable Feasts in order according as they bee written in the front of the Table Example 1613. I found Interual minus 7 weekes 2 dayes answering to which in the insuing Table is Quadragesima Feb. 2. Easter day April 4. Rogation Sunday may 9. and so forth and lastly Internal maius 25 weekes which is the number of weekes betwixt Trinity Sunday and Aduent Sunday A Table whereby to finde the Moueable Feasts in the English Kalender Interual Minus Quadragesima Easter day Rogation Ascension day Whitsunday Aduent Sunday Interuallum maius wee day 5 3 8 Febr. 22 Mar 26 Apr 0 Aprâ— 10 Ma. 29. No. 27 5 4 9 23 27 1 May. 11 30 27 5 5 10 24 28 2 12 1 DeceÌ„ 27 5 6 11 25 29 3 13 2 27 6 0 12 26 30 4 14 3 27 6 1 13 27 1 May 5 15 27 No. 26 6 2 14 28 2 6 16 28 26 6 3 15 29 3 7 17 29 26 6 4 16 30 4 8 18 30 No. 26 6 5 17 31 5 9 19 1. DeceÌ„ 26 6 6 18 1 April 6 10 20 2 26 7 o 19 2 7 11 21 3 26 7 1 20 3 8 12 22 27 No. 25 7 2 21 4 9 13 23 28 25 7 3 22 5 10 14 24 29 25 7 4 23 6 11 15 25 30 25 7 5 24 7 12 16 26 1 DeceÌ„ 25 7 6 25 8 13 17 27 2 25 8 0 26 9 14 18 28 3 25 8 1 27 10 15 19 29 27 No. 24 8 2 28 11 16 20 30 28 24 8 3 Mar. 1. 12 17 21 31 29 24 8 4 2 13 18 22 1 June 30 24 8 5 3 14 19 23 2 1 DeceÌ„ 24 8 6 4 15 20 24 3 2 24 9 o 5 16 21 25 4 3 24 9 1 6 17 22 26 5 27 Nou. 23 9 2 7 18 23 27 6 28 23 9 3 8 19 24 28 7 29 23 0 4 9 20 25 29 8 30 23 9 5 10 21 26 30 9 1 Dece 23 9 6 11 22 27 31 10 2 23 10 0 12 23 28 1 June 11 3 23 10 1 13 24 29 2 12 27 No. 22 10 2 14 25 30 3 13 28 22 One thing note in the vse of this Table that the Leap-yeare hath two Letters as GF BA DC FE AG CB or ED the first of these alwaies beginning the yeare as in Chap. 30. but you must enter this Table with the later To finde the Moueable Feasts otherwise Seeke the change of the Moone in February for that yeare as in Chap. 31. the next Tuesday after is Shroue-tuesday but if the change be vpon Tuesday then the next Tuesday following is Shroue-tuesday then the next Sunday is the first Sunday in Lent six Sundayes after is Easter day to which adde 5 weekes so haue you Rogation Sunday then is it foure daies more to Ascension day from which proceed forwards 10 dayes for Whitsunday the next Sunday after is Trinity Sunday and the next Thursday Corpus Christi day CHAP. XLI To finde the Moueable feasts according to the Romane Church THe Romans say they do obserue their Easter that moueable feasts both according to Gods commandement and according to the Edict in the Councel of Trent the truth thereof I leaue to the learned and here set downe how to finde it for Merchants and others that haue to doe beyond the seas To haue their Easter you must first finde the Epact for they haue reiected the Golden Number in that behalfe and yet doth their Epact often misse a day sometimes two and seldome hit truly the day of the new Moone euen as with vs it doth But to find the first find the Golden Number in the insuing Table vnder it is the Epact An. Do. 1614 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619 1620 1621 1622 1623 An. Do. 1624 1625 1626 1627 1628 1629 1630 1612 1613  Prime 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Prime 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18  Epact 19 1 12 23 4 15 26 7 18 29 Epact 10 21 2 23 24 5 26 27 8  And this is a perfect agreement of the Prime and Epact in the new Romane Kalender and is true vntill 1700. And for your more ease I haue
added the yeare of our Lord God vnto 1630 so that knowing what yeare of our Lord it is you haue vnder it both the Prime and Epact and when these yeares of our Lord God be expired then set 1631 where 1612 is and 1632 where 1613 is and so proceede whereby you make your Table serue so long as the Epact and Prime agree which is vntill 1700 be past or take 10 from our Epact found Chap. 30. so haue you the Romane Epact till 1700 after which time deduct 11 for the correption of the yeares Now to finde the moueable feasts according to the Romanes do thus First finde the Epact as before and then the Dominicall Letter for the Tabula Paschatis noua Reformata Lit. Do. Cyclus EpactaruÌ„ Dies Cinerum Pascha Resurre Ascensio Domini Pentecostes Aduent Domini D 23.22.21.20.19.18.17.16.15.14.13.12.11.10.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1 * 29.28.27 26.25 25.24 4. Febr. 11. Feb. 18. Feb. 25 Feb. 4 mar 22. Ma. 29. mar 5 Aprill 12. Apr. 19. Apr. 30. Apr 7 May 14. may 21. may 28 may 10 May 17 may 24 may 31. may 7. June 29. No. 29 29 29 29 E 23.22.21.20.19 18.17.16.15.14.13.12.11.10.9.8.7.6 5 4 3.2.1 * 29.28.27.26.25.25.24 5. Febr. 12 Feb 9. Febr. 26. Feb. â— mar 23 mar 30. mar 6 Aprill 13. Apr. 20. Apr. 1. may 8. may 15 may 22. may 29. may 11 may 18 may 25 may 1 Iune 8 Iune 30. No. 30 30 30 30 F 23.22.21.20.19.18.17.16.15.14.13 12.11.10.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1 * 29.28.27.26.25.25.24 6 Freb. 13. Feb. 20. Feb. 27 Feb. 6 mar 24. mar 31. mar 7. April 14. apri 21 Apr. 2. may 9. may 16. may 23 may 30. may 12 may 19. may 26 may 2 Iune 9 Iune 1. Deec 1 1 1 1 G 23.22.21.20.19.18.17.16.15 14.13.12.11.10.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1 * 29.28.27.26.25.25.24 7. Febr. 14 Feb. 21. Feb. 28 Feb. 7 mar 25. mar 1. April 8. April 15. Apr 22 Apri 3 may 10 may 17 may 24 may 31 may 13 may 20 may 27. may 3. Iune 10 Iun. 2. Dece 2 2 2 2 A 23.12.21.20.19.18.17.16.15.14.13 12.11.10.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1 * 29 28.27.26.25.25 24. 8. Febr. 15 Feb. 22 Feb. 1 Febr. 3 mar 26. mar 2. April 9. aprill 16. apr 23. apr 4. may 11 may 18. may 25. may 1 Iune 14. may 21 may 28 may 4 Iune 11 Iun 3 Dece 3 3 3 3 B 23.22.21.20.19.18.17.16.15.14.13.12.11.10.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1 * 29.28.27 26.25.25.24 9. Febr. 16 Feb. 23. Feb. 2. mar 9. mar 27 mar 3 aprill 10 april 17. apr 24. apr 5. may 12. may 19 mar â—6 may 2. Iune 15 may 22 may 29 may 5 Iune 12 Iun. 2. No. 27 27 27 27 C 23.22.21.20.19.18.17.16.15.14.13.12.11.10.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1 * 29.20 27.26.25.25.24 10. Feb. 17. Feb. 14. Feb. 3. mar 10. mar 28. mat 1â— april 11. april 18. april 25. april 6. may 13 may 20. may 17 may 3 Iune 16 may 23 may 30 may 6 Iune 13 Iun. 28. No. 28 28 28 28 proposed yeare as you be after taught these had finde the Dominicall letter in the last Table vpon the left hand then in the square answering to that letter finde the Epact amongst the numbers there set this had procéed right wards in the same line so shall you haue the day and moneth that any of the feasts written in the top of the Table happeneth vpon This needeth no example One thing note if the proposed yeare bee Bissextile then must you finde Dies Cinerum or Ash-wednesday with the former of the letters and the rest of the feasts with the later letter A Table to finde the Circle of the Sunne and Dominicall Letter in the Romane Kalender till after Anno 1700. Ann. Do. 1612 1613 1614 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619 1620  Cyclus ☉ 25 26 27 28 1 2 3 4 5  Litera Domini AG F E D CB A G F ED  Ann Do. 1621 1622 1623 1624 1625 1626 1627 1628 1629  Cyclus ☉ 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14  Litera Domini C B A GF E D C BA G  Ann Do. 1630 1631 1632 1633 1634 1635 1636 1637 1638 1639 Cyclus ☉ 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2â— Litera Domini F E DC B A G FE D C B The vse of this Table is Find the Circle of the Sunne for the proposed yeare so haue you the Dominicall Letter vnder it or finde the yeare of our Lord so haue you the Circle of the Sunne and Dominicall Letter vnder the same And this Table you make perpetuall if when the yeares of our Lord there placed be expired you place 1640 where 1612 is and so proceed and when that circle of yeares bee finished set 1667 where 1640 was proceeding forth in like manner CHAP. XLII Of the Ember and Fasting-daies as also of the times of Mariage THere be foure times in the yeare called Anni quatuor tempora which the Church hath appointed for Ieiuniall or fasting dayee euery of which times containeth three daies Wednesday Friday and Saturday two of which fasts depends on dayes fixed the other vpon dayes moueable First we fast in the Spring to the end as all things then flourish so may also the workes of men in Sommer that we may be in charity in Autumne that we may bring forth the fruits of good workes and in winter that as the leaues fall from the trees and small hearhes dye so vice may be killed in vs and superfluities fall from vs Or we rast to temperate and moderate the humour predominating that quarter as Choler in Sommer c. as in Chap. 27. the which fasting dayes be The Wednesday Friday and Saturday after Quadragesima The Wednesday Friday and Saturday after Whitsunday The Wednesday Friday and Saturday after Holy Crosse The Wednesday Friday and Saturday after Saint Lucies day But if Holy Crosse or S. Lucies day fall vpon a Wednesday then take the Wednesday following as for other fasting dayes they be noted in the Kalender And the cause wherefore the Romanes and we obserue no fasting day betwixt the Resurrection and Ascension day is as I take it grounded vpon this Text Can the children of the Mariage Chamber fast whilst the Bridegrome is with them c. Mark 2.19 Times prohibited from Marriage from after AdueÌ„tsunday after Septuagesima 3 dayes before the Ascension till 8 daies after the Epiphany from after AdueÌ„tsunday after Septuagesima 3 dayes before the Ascension till 8 do after Easter Trinity Sunday CHAP. XLII Of Weights and Measures vsed in England In England wee commonly vse two kinde of weights as Troy and Auerdupois by the Troy weight we weigh wheat bread gold siluer and such like and this Troy weight containes in euery pound 12 ounces euery ounce 20 peny weight euery peny weight 24 graines whereby a Marke weight is 80 ounces as in the insuing Table Graines 5760 2880 1440 960 480 240 120 60 24 12 6 Peny weight 240 120 60 40 20 10 5 2½ 1 1½ 7 4 Ounces 12 6 3 2 1 ½ ¼  Pounds 1 ½ ¼  By the weight Auerdupois is weighed all kinde
besieged Exceter 1068 2 2 544 ma. 23. F Ro. Cum. Ear. of NorthuÌ„ slain by the CoÌ„mons 1069 3 3 543 Aprill 2 The English came out of Scotl. against the K. 1070 4 4 542 4 The K. bereued all abbies of their treasures 1071 5 5 541 24. The castle of Ledes and Oxford built 1072 6 6 540 8 A The King inuaded Scotland forced the King to homage 1073 7 7 539 Mar. 31  1074 8 8 538 April 20 Married priests remoued by the Pope 1075 9 9 537 5 Bishop of Durham slaine for his cruelty 1076 10 10 536 ma. 27. C A great Frost from October till April 1077 11 11 535 April 16 A blazing star on palm-sunday nere the sun 1078 12 12 534 8 The Towre of London built by the King 1079 13 13 533 ma. 24. A great murther by an Abbot in his Church who killed 3 Monkes wounded 18 men that their bloud ranne from the altar downe the steps at Glastenbury and this yeare was an earth-quake on Christmas day 1080 14 14 532 apr 12. E  1081 15 15 531 aprill 4  1082 16 16 530 aprill 24  1083 17 17 529 aprill 9 England surucied rated the men â—â—â—bred 1084 18 18 528 ma. 31. G The King had homage generally and 6 shillings for euery hide land 1085 19 19 527 aprill 25  1086 20 20 526 aprill 5 Battle Abby Stelby Abby built by the King 1087 21 21 525 mar 28 Gavvens sepulchre found in Wales Wil Conq. died Sept. 9. Defect Wil Ruf. began Sept. 9. Defect He died hauing reigned 20 yea 11 mo 14 dayes in anno 1087 buried in Normandy Anno Domini Post CoÌ„q K. Reigne time expired Easter day Rufus was a variable man couetous an oppressor of the Commons very prodigal Henry brother to Rufus borne at Salby called Beauclarke for his learning 1087 21 1 525 mar 28 The Nobles rebell and are vanquished at the Castle of Rochester 1088 22 1 524 Apr. 16 B  1089 23 2 523 aprill 1  1090 24 3 522 april 21 The King of Scots did homage 1091 25 4 521 april 13 The King built the Castle of Tine 1092 26 5 520 ma. 28. D The Earle of Northumberland slew the King of Scots and his Sonne 1093 27 6 519 aprill 17  1094 28 7 518 aprill 9 The King assaulted Wales but did no good 1095 29 8 517 mar 25 Warres aginst the Infidels 1096 30 9 516 apr 13. F R. Duke of Norm went towards Ierusalem 1097 31 10 515 aprill 5 The EarldoÌ„ of Goodwin drownd by the sea 1098 33 11 514 mar 28 Ierusalem yeelded to Godfrey of Bullen also in this sommer bloud sprang out of the earth in Barkeshire at Finchamsteed 1099 33 12 513 aprill 20  1100 34 13 512 aprill 1  Wil. Rufus slaine Aug. 1 Defect Henry the 1 begaÌ„ Aug. 1 Defect K. Rufus reigned 12 yeares II monethes 2 weeks 3 dayes being slaine with an arrow 1100 34 1 512 Apr 1 A S. Edw. lawes restored the yard made 1101 35 1 511 april 21 Winchester and Glocester burnt 1102 36 2 510 april 6 Norwich Church S. Bartholmews hospital built the one by that Bishop the other by a minstrel 1103 37 3 509 mar 29  1104 38 4 508 apr 17 C  1105 39 5 507 april 9 4 circles ablazing star appeare about the sunne 1106 40 6 506 april 25  1107 41 7 505 april 14 The K. perpetually imprisons his brothers 8 and Trinity within Algate is founded 1108 42 8 504 apr 5. E  1109 43 9 503 april 25 The Emperor Henry maried the K daughter 1110 44 10 502 april 20 Robert the Kings base sonne made first Earle of Glocester 1111 45 11 501 aprill 2  1112 46 12 500 apr 23 G The King inuades Normandy 12 1113 47 13 499 april 6 Great mortality 13 1114 48 14 498 mar 29 Worcester burnt 14 1115 49 15 497 april 18 Octo. 10. Thames and Medway dry 15. Chester burnt a blazing starre 1116 50 16 496 apr 2 B The moone seemed turned into bloud 1117 51 17 495 mar 25  1118 52 18 494 april 14 S. Giles without Oldburn built by Q. Maud 18 1119 53 19 493 april 6 The order of Templars began 19 1120 54 20 492 apr 18 D Many battles betwixt the English French King 20 1121 55 21 491 apr 10  1122 56 22 490 mar 26 The King returning to England his children the Duke of Normandy with 160 persons were drowned Anno Reg 22 1123 57 23 489 april 15  Anno Domini Post CoÌ„q K Reigne time expired Easter day Stephen Earle of Boloine son of the Earle of Blon and Adela the Conquerours daughter being wel personaged fauoured gentle politique and martiall free from exactions 1124 58 24 488 apr 5. F  1125 59 25 487 mar 29 Coyners had their priuy members cut off and their right hands for false coyning 25. 1126 60 26 486 aprill 11 The monastery of S. Oseth in Essex fouÌ„ded 26 1127 61 27 485 aprill 10  1128 62 28 484 apr 22. A Men ware haire like women 1229 63 29 483 aprill 14  1130 64 30 482 mar 30  1131 65 31 481 april 21 The King gaue his daughter the Empresse to the Earle of Angiers 31. 1132 66 32 480 apr 12. C Carlile made a Bishoprike 32. 1133 67 33 479 Ma. 25 From west Cheape to Algate burnt 33. 1134 68 34 478 april 15 Worcester defaced with fire 34. and the Hospitall of S. Crose by Winchester founded by Henry Blors Bishop of Winchester 1135 69 35 477 april 6  Henry 1 dyed Decem. 2 period Stephen began Decem. 2 period Henry 1 reigned 35 yeares 4 moneths and 11 dayes boweld at Roan buried at Reading 1135 69 1 477 april 6.  1136 70 1 476 ma. 22. F. Great fire about London-stone 1137 71 2 475 april 17 Exceter besieged by the King 2. 1138 72 3 474 april 3 All Rochester burnt with 39 Churches 1139 73 4 473 april 22 10000 Scots slaine by the Bishop of Yorke for aiding Maud Empresse 4. 1140 74 5 472 apr 7. F  1141 75 6 471 mar 30 The Earle of Glocester inuaded NotinghaÌ„ 6 1142 76 7 470 april 19 Lincoln besiged the K. prisoner restored 7 The King besieged Waltham Castle 1143 77 8 469 april 4  1144 78 9 468 ma. 26. B Boxley Abbey founded Anno Reg. 9. 1145 79 10 467 april 15 The King forceth the Towre of London froÌ„ the Earle of Essex at S. Albons 10. 1146 80 11 466 april 14  1147 81 12 465 april 20 The Empresse goes into Norway 1148 82 13 464 apr 11 D  1149 83 14 463 april 13 S. Katherines by the Towre built for poore by Queene Matild Anno Reg. 14. 1150 84 15 462 april 16  1151 85 16 461 april 18 England was full of trouble and warres 16 Gratianus dyed 1152 86 17 460 ma. 30.
F Queene Maud deceased 1153 87 18 459 april 19  1154 88 19 458 april 4  Stephen dyed Octo 25 Defect Henry 2 began Octo 25 Defect He reigned 18 years 11. moneths 18 dayes and buried at Feuersham in Kent 1154 88 1 458 april 4 Flemings departed EnglaÌ„d their castle spoiled being built to pill the rich and spoyle the poore 1155 89 1 457 mar 27  1156 90 2 456 apri 5. A  1157 91 3 455 Ma. 31 The K. goes against Wales fels their woods Anno Domini Post CoÌ„g K Reigne time expired Easter day Henry 2. son of Ieffery Pâ—antaâ—enet and Maud the Empresse he was noble wise stedfast yet a wedlocke-breaker Richard the 1 for his valour called Cordelion son of Henry the 2. who would haue no Iews nor women at his Coronation 1158 92 4 454 april 20  1159 93 5 453 april 12 The K. had 124 p. Escuage of the English 5. 1160 94 6 452 ma. 27. C The Kings sonne marieth the French Kings daughter he 7 she 2 yeares old Anno Reg. 6. 1161 95 7 451 april 16  1162 96 8 450 aprill 8. 30 Germans professed théselues publicans they be burnt with a letter and whipped 8. 1163 97 9 449 mar 25. London bridge new built with timber 1164 98 10 448 apr 12. E  1165 99 11 447 april 4  1166 100 12 446 april 24 A great Earth-quake in Ely c. 12 1167 101 13 445 aprill 9 Wars betwixt EnglaÌ„d France renewed 13 1168 102 14 444 ma. 31. G  1169 103 15 443 april 29 The king crowns his son in his own time 15. 1170 104 16 442 aprill 5 Thomas Becket murthered after was the regiment of Ireland granted to the King by Pope Adrian the 4 an Englishman called Nicholas Breake speare 1171 105 17 441 mar 28  1172 106 18 440 apr 16. B  1173 107 19 439 aprill 8 Leicester burnt razed K. of Scots prisoner 1174 108 20 438 mar 24. K. Henry the son c. reconciled to the King 1175 109 21 437 april 13 The King and his son visit T. Beckets tombe London-bridge built with stone towards the which a Cardinall and the Arch-bishop of Canterbury gaue 1000 markes 1176 110 22 436 apr 4. D  1177 111 23 435 april 24  1178 112 24 434 april 9.  1179 113 25 433 aprill 1  1180 114 26 432 apr 20 F Vsurers punished 1181 115 27 431 april 5  1182 116 28 430 mar 28 S. Austines in Bristow founded 1183 117 29 429 aprill 17  1184 118 30 428 apr 1 A The king sent an army into Wales 1185 119 31 427 april 21 Glocester burnt 1186 120 32 426 april 13 Paris in Fraunce and London paued and thatching in both left because all lubericke was spoiled thereby with fire Maud the Empresse dveth 1187 121 33 425 mar 29  1188 122 34 424 apr 17 C  1189 123 35 423 aprill 9.  Henry the 2 dieth Iuly 6 Defecti Rich. the 1. began Iuly 6 Defecti He reigned 34 ye 9 mo 1. day is buried at Fonterland in a monastery by him founded 1189 123 1 423 aprill 9 Robert Hood and little Iohn and this yeare London obtained to bee gouerned by Sheriffes and Maiors 1190 124 1 422 mar 25  1191 125 2 421 aprill 14  1192 126 3 420 am 5. E King Richard taken prisoner by Leopold Anno Domini post conquestum K. reigne time expired 612 Easter day K. lohs brother to K. Richard the I. was of complection melancholy Hee granted the Shrief wicke of London Midolesex to the Citizens for 300. pound perannum as of old 1193 127 4 419 mar 28 His ranfome was 100000. pound 1194 128 5 418 april 10  1195 129 6 417 april 2 The King Crowned againe Anno Reg. 6. The King complains of Leopold to the Pope 1196 130 7 416 apr 21. G He excommunicates Leop. Duke of Austria 1197 131 8 415 april 6 The King the Earle of Flanders conspire 1198 132 9 414 mar 29 The King tooke 5 shillings of euery Hydeland through England 1199 133 10 413 aprill 18  Rich the 1. slaine Aprill 6. period K. Iohn began Aprill 6. period Richard the 1 reigned 9 years 9 moneths buried at Founteuerard his heart at Roan his bowels at Chalne 1199 133 1 413 april 18  1200 134 1 412 apri 9. B  1201 135 2 411 mar 25 The King had 3 shillin for euery plow-land 1202 136 3 410 april 14 The King of Scots with many of his Nobility did homage to the King at Lincolne 1203 137 4 409 aprill 6  1204 138 5 408 ap 28. D  1205 139 6 407 april 12 Arthur Earle of Brittaine murthered By reason of a frost from Ianuary to March wheat was sold for a marke the Quarter which before was at 12 pence Anno Reg 6. 1206 140 7 406 aprill 2  1207 141 8 405 april 22 The King took the 13 part of all moueable goods both of the Lay and Religious 1208 142 9 404 apr 6 F  1209 143 10 403 mar 29 London-bridge builded with stone and this yeare the Citizens of London had a grant to choose them a Mayor and the king of Scots gaue 11000 markes and his two daughters for a pledge for a treaty of peace 1210 144 11 402 aprill 10  1211 145 12 401 aprill 3  1212 146 13 400 ma. 25. A  1213 147 14 399 aprill 13  1214 148 15 398 april 6 By meanes of Pandulph the Barons excommunicated their Charter and Liberties before granted disanulled 1215 149 16 397 aprill 9  1216 150 17 396 apr 10 C  King Iohn dyed Octob. 19 periodic K. Henry 3 began Octob. 19 periodic He reigned 17 years 17 weekes buried at Worcester dying at Newarke Castle with much griefe for the losse of diners things 1216 150 1 396 apr 10. C  1217 151 1 395 mar 26  1218 152 2 394 mar 25  1219 153 3 393 aprill 7  1220 154 4 392 ma. 29 E. The new worke of our Lady Chappell at Westminster begun by the King 1221 155 5 391 april 11  1222 156 6 390 aprill 3  1223 157 7 389 april 23  1224 158 8 388 aprill 14 The King of Ierusalem seeketh aid of the King to win Ierusalem 1225 159 9 387 mar 30  Anno Domini Post conquestum K Reigne time expired 1612 Easter day Henry the 3 eldest son of Iohn aged 9 yeares was crowned at Glocester remaining in custody of VVil Marshall Earle of Penbrooke in his life hee tooke the 15 part of all mens goods moueable 1226 160 10 380 april 19 The Citizens of London had liberty to hunt a certaine distance about the City and to passe toll-free through England anno reg 10. 1227 161 11 385 april 11  1228 162 12 384 ma. 26 B  1229 163 13 383 april 15  1230
164 14 382 april 7 Â 1231 165 15 381 mar 23 Thunder lasted 15 daies beginning the morrow after S. Martins day 1232 166 16 380 april 12 Â 1233 167 17 379 apr 3 D Foure Sunnes appeared beside the true Sun of a red colour 1234 168 18 378 april 23 Â 1235 169 19 377 april 8 The Iewes of Norwich stole a Boy and circumcised him minding to haue crucified him at Easter 1236 170 20 376 ma. 30. F Â 1237 171 21 375 april 19 Â 1238 172 22 374 april 4 Â 1239 173 23 373 mar 27 Â 1240 174 24 372 ap 15 A Â 1241 175 25 371 april 14 The Iews were forced to giue 20000 marks at two termes in the yeare or suffer perpetuall prison Anno Reg. 25. 1242 176 26 370 april 20 Â 1243 177 27 369 april 12 Â 1244 178 28 368 apr 3 C Â 1245 179 29 367 april 16 Â 1246 180 30 366 april 8 The King enlarged the Church of S. Peters in Westminster 1247 181 31 365 mar 31 Â 1248 182 32 364 apr 19 E The King farmed Queene-hiue for 50 pound per annum to the Citizens 1249 183 33 363 april 4 Â 1250 184 34 362 ma. 27 Â 1251 185 35 361 apr 10 Great tempests vpon the sea and fearefull and this yeare the King granted that wheretofore the Citizens of London were to present the Mayor before the King whersoeuer he were that now Barons of the Exchequer should serue 1252 186 36 360 mar 31 Â 1253 187 37 359 april 20 Â 1254 188 38 358 mar 29 Â 1255 189 39 357 aprill 10 Â 1256 190 40 356 april 16 Peter Colledge in Cambridge founded by Hugh Balsama being after Bishop of Ely 1257 191 41 355 april 8 Â 1258 192 42 354 mar 24 Â 1259 193 43 353 aprill 3 Â 1260 194 44 352 apr 4 D Â 1261 195 45 351 april 24 Â 1262 196 46 350 april 9 Baliol Colledge in Oxford founded by Iohn Baliol father to Iohn Baliol King of Scots 1263 167 47 349 april 1 Â 1264 198 48 348 april 26 Â 1265 199 49 347 april 5 Â Anno Domini post conquestum K. Reigne time expired 1612 Easter day Edvvard the 1 after the Conquest son to Henry the 3 surnamed Longshankes who destroyed the Iews Sinagogue and after banished them all our of England bearing their charges till they were out of his Realme 1266 200 50 346 mar 28 Â 1267 201 51 345 april 17 Â 1268 202 52 344 apr â— A Â 1269 203 53 343 mar 24 The Thames hard frozen from S. Andrew to Candlemas 1270 204 54 342 april 1 Â 1271 205 55 341 april 5 Bow-steeple fell downe and did much hurt Anno Reg. 56. Anno Dom. 1271. Henry 3 dyed Nouemb. 10 period Edw. 1 began Nouemb. 10 period He dyed hauing reigned 56 yeares and 4 weekes buried at Westminster 1272 206 1 340 ap 24. C Â 1273 207 1 339 april 9 Â 1274 208 2 338 april 1 Â 1275 209 3 337 april 14 Great Earth-quakes Anno Reg. 3. and vsury forbidden to the Iewes 1276 210 4 336 apr 3 E Â 1277 211 5 335 mar 28 Â 1278 212 6 334 april 17 Merton Colledge in Oxford founded by VValter Merton 126. and this yeare translated by the King to Oxford and this yeare also was the statute of Mortmaine enacted 1279 213 7 333 april 2 Â 1280 214 8 332 apr 21. G Â 1281 215 9 331 april 13 Â 1282 216 10 330 mar 19 Â 1283 217 11 329 april 18 The Iewes Synagogue destroyed 1284 218 12 328 april 9. B Â 1285 219 13 327 april 25 Â 1286 220 14 326 april 14 Knights Templars suppressed and Knights of the Rhodes ordained 1287 221 15 325 april 6 Â 1288 222 16 324 ma 28 D The extremity of the Sunnes heate killed many 1289 223 17 323 april 10 Â 1290 224 18 322 april 2 Â 1291 225 19 321 april 22 The Iewes corrupting England with vsury had first a badge giuen them to weare that they might be knowne and after were banished to the number of 15000009 persons 1292 226 20 320 april 6. F Â 1293 227 21 319 mar 29 Â 1294 228 22 318 april 18 Â 1295 229 23 317 aprill 3 Â 1296 230 24 316 ma. 25. A Â 1297 231 25 315 april 4 Iohn Baliol King of Scots contrary to his alegeance rebelled The King won the Castle of Barwicke and Dunbar slew 25000 Scots and conquered Edenborough 1298 232 26 314 april 6 Â 1299 233 27 313 april 19 Â 1300 234 28 312 apr 16 C Â 1301 235 29 311 aprill 2 The King againe subdued most part of Scotland tooke the Castle of Estreucline with other and made the Lords sweare him fealty Anno Domini Post conquestum K. Reigne time expired 1612 Easter day Edvv. the 2. son to Edvv 1. born at Carnaruan he was comly of body but vnstedfast of maners not regarding to gouerne his realme by discretion which caused much trouble 1302 236 30 310 april 22 And 1302. the King gaue his sonne the princedome of Wales the Dukedome of Cornwal and Earledome of Chester 1303 237 31 309 aprill 7 Â 1304 238 32 308 apr 29. E Â 1305 239 33 307 aprill 18 Â 1306 240 34 306 aprill 3 Â 1307 241 35 305 mar 26 Â Edward the 1. dyed Iuly Defect Edward the 2. began Iuly Defect He died of a bloudy-flix hauing reigned 34 vea 8. mo 6. dai buried at Westminster 1307 241 1 305 mar 26 Â 1308 242 1 304 ap 14 G Purce of Gaueston exiled 1309 243 2 303 aprill 6 Â 1310 244 3 302 april 19 Gauestone returned out of Ireland 1311 245 4 301 april 21 Gauestone beheaded 1312 246 5 300 ma. 26. B Â 1313 247 6 299 april 15 The battell at Streueling where the Scots had the better And this yeare the King of Fraunce burned all his leporous and pocky people as well men as women for that he supposed they had poysoned the waters which caused his leprosie And about this time the Iewes had a purpose to poyson all the Christians by poysoning their springs 1314 248 7 298 aprill 7 Â 1315 249 8 297 april 13 Â 1316 250 9 296 ap 11 D Â 1317 251 10 295 aprill 3 Â 1318 252 11 294 april 23 Â 1319 253 12 293 aprill 8 Â 1320 254 13 292 ma. 30. F Â 1321 255 14 291 apri 19 Â 1322 256 15 290 april 1â— Â 1323 257 16 289 mar 27 Michaell house in Cambridge founded by Haruid de Stanton priest 1324 258 17 288 ap 15. A Â 1325 259 18 287 aprill 7 Â 1326 260 19 288 mar 23 Clare-hall builded in Cambridge first founded by Ri. Badovv enlarged by Gualther Theasteed the foundation whereof at last by both them was resigned to the Lady Elizabeth Claire Edw. the 2. depos Ianua 25 period Edw.
april 12 Guild-hall in London begun 1412 346 13 200 apri 3. C New Nobles made 4 pence lesse theÌ„ before Henry the 4. dyed 5. began Mar. 20 periodi Henry the 5. began Mar. 20 periodi Hee dyed hauing reigned 13 yeares 6. moneths 3 daies and buryed at Canterbury 1412 346 1 200 april 3  1413 347 1 199 april 23 Sir Iohn Old Castle committed 1414 348 2 198 aprill 8 Moore gate first builded 1415 349 3 197 april 31 The King sailed into Normandy with 1000 saile The battell at Agincourt 1416 350 4 196 ap 20. E  1417 351 5 195 april 11 A decree for Lantherne and Candle-light in London 1418 352 6 194 mar 27  1419 353 7 193 april 16 Sir Iohn Old Câ—stâ—e hanged and burned 1420 354 8 192 apr 7. G The King made Regent of France 1421 355 9 191 mar 23 The Bishop of Winchester lent the King 20000 pound to stay a subsidy 1422 356 10 190 april 11  Henry the 5. dyed Aug. 1 Defect Henry the 6. began Aug. 1 Defect Hee died when he had reigned 9 yeares 5 moneths 24 daies is buried at Westminst 1422 356 1 190 april 11  1423 357 1 189 april 3  1424 358 2 188 apr 23. B The young King of Scotland taken by the English in the 8 yeare of Henry the 4. remained prisoner till 1424. and being deliuered was married to the Lady Iane daughter to the Earle of Somerset Anno Reâ— 2. 1425 359 3 187 april 8  1426 360 4 186 mar 31  1427 361 5 185 april 20 Raine from the first of Aprill to Hollontide 1428 362 6 184 apr 4 D  1429 363 7 183 mar 27  1430 364 8 182 april 16  1431 365 9 181 april 1  1432 366 10 180 apr 20. F The King being 12 yeares old was triumphantly crowned King of France in our Ladies Church in Paris with the consent of both kingdomes and the French called him Little Harry 1433 367 11 179 april 12  1434 368 12 178 mar 28  1435 369 13 177 april 17  1436 370 14 176 apri 8. A  1437 371 15 175 mar 31 All-soules Colledge in Oxford founded by Henry Bishop of Canterbury the king greatly augmenting the reuenewes 1438 372 16 174 april 13  1439 373 17 173 april 5  1440 374 18 172 ma. 27 C Lincoln Col. in Oxf. founded by Râ— Fleming Kings Colledge in Cambridge founded by Henry the sixth 1441 375 19 171 april 16  1442 376 20 170 april 1  1443 377 21 169 april 21  Anno Domini posticonquetun K. Reigne time expired 1612 Easter-day Edvvard Earle of March hauing deposed Henry 6 was crowned by the name of Ed. the 4 and after was deposed and driuen out of his Kingdome but at last by helpe of his brother reâ—â—ained the Crowne 1444 378 22 168 apr 12 E  1445 379 23 167 mar 28 A manage concluded betwixt the Kingson and the King of Cicils daughter 1446 380 24 106 april 17  1447 381 25 165 april 9 Queenes Colledge in Cambridge begun by Lady Margaret wife to Henry the 6. And 1447 Diuinity Schoole was sounded by Humphrey Duke of Glocester 1448 382 26 164 ma. 24. O  1449 383 27 163 april 13  1550 384 28 162 april 5  1451 385 29 161 april 25  1452 386 30 160 apri 9. E Prince Henry borne October 12 and before this time the Mayor of London euer rode to Westminster 1453 387 31 159 april 1  1454 388 32 158 april 21  1455 389 33 157 aprill 6 The Duke of Yorke was discharged of the protectorship 1456 390 34 156 ma. 28 D  1457 391 35 155 aprill 17  â—458 392 36 154 aprill â— Â 1459 393 37 153 mar 25 Katherine-Hall in Cambridge founded by Ro VVoodlarke Doctor of Diuinity and this yeare was Maâ—dalen Colledâ—e in Oxford founded by VVilliam VVunsleet Bishop of Winchester 1460 394 38 15â— april 13  Henry 6 deposed March 4 periodi Edward 4 began March 4 periodi Being deposed he reigned 8 yeares 6 moneths and 8 dayes 1460 394 1 152 aprill 13  1461 395 1 151 aprill 5  1462 396 2 150 aprill 18  1463 397 3 149 aprill â—0  1464 398 4 148 april 1. A The battell at Hexham 1465 399 5 147 aprill 14 The King taken neere the Abby of Selby in Yorkeshire and sent to the Towre 1466 400 6 146 aprill 6  1467 401 7 145 mar 29  1468 402 8 144 apr 17 C  1469 403 9 143 aprill 〈◊〉  1470 404 10 142 aprill 22 King Edvvard proclaimed vsurper hauing fled to Flaunders and King Henry restored The K. Edvvard landed at Rauensport regained the Crowne by helpe of his brother Duke of Clarence tooke Q. Margaret with prince Edvvard prisoners 1471 405 11 141 aprill 14  1472 406 12 140 ma. 29. E  1473 407 13 139 aprill 18  1474 4â—8 14 138 april 1â— Â 1475 409 15 137 mar 26  1476 410 16 136 apri 14 G The King sailed into France to aide the Duke of Burgondy but by sute of the French King peace was concluded 1477 411 17 135 aprill 6  1478 412 18 134 mar 22  1479 413 19 133 april 11 A great Dearth 1480 414 20 132 apr 2 B  Anno Domini post conquesin King Reigne time expired 1612 Easter day Edvvard the 5 about 13 yeares old was depriued of his life and Crowne by his Vncle the Duke of Glocester Richard the 3. brother to Edvvard the 4 was made King Iune 22. and was crowned at Westminister but was shortly after slaine 1481 415 21 131 april 22 The Citizens of London lent the King 5000 marke 1482 416 22 130 april 7  1483 417 23 129 mar 30  Edward 4. dyed Aprill 9 Defect Edward 5. begaÌ„ Aprill 9 Defect He died hauing reigned â—2 years 5 weekes and one day buried at Windsor 1483 417 1 129 mar 30  Edwa. 5 murthered Ian. 22 Defect Ri. 3. vsurp began Ian. 22 Defect He was murthered hauing reigned two moneths and 18 dayes 1483 417 1 129 mar 3â— Â 1484 4â—8 1 128 ap 18. D The king began the high tower at Westmin 1485 419 2 127 aprill 3 The battell at Bosworth Richard 3 slaine August 22 periodi Henry 7 began August 22 periodi He was slaine when he had reigned 2 years 8 weekes and 5 dayes buried at Leicester 1485 419 1 127 april 3 Sweating sicknesse The King ordeined a number of good Archers to attend him called Yeomen of the Guard 1486 420 1 126 mar 20  1487 421 2 125 aprill 1â— Prince Arthur borne 1487. 1488 422 3 124 apri 6 F  1489 423 4 123 aprill 19 The Earle of Northumberland slaine 1490 424 5 122 aprill 11  1491 425 6 121 aprill 3 Henry the Kings sonne borne 1492 420 7 120 apr 22. A  3493 427 8 119 aprill 7
29 april 14 The prince of Orange slaine 1584 518 26 28 apr 19. E Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge founded by VValter Mildmay 1585 519 27 27 aprill 11  1586 520 28 26 aprill 3 Sir H. Sidney deceased 1587 521 29 25 aprill 16 The Queene of Scots beheaded 158◠522 30 24 apr 7 G Tilbury Campe. 1589 523 31 23 mar 30 Portugall voyage 1590 524 32 22 aprill 19 Christs Colledge in Cambridge founded 1591 525 33 21 aprill 4  1592 526 34 20 ma. 26. B Terme at Hartford 1593 527 35 19 aprill 15 Prince Henry borne in Scotland 1594 528 36 18 mar 31  1595 529 37 17 april 20 A great dearth Anno Reg. 37. 1596 530 38 18 apr 11. D The Spaniards win Callis 1597 531 39 15 mar 27 The voyages to the Isles of Tercera's 1598 532 40 14 aprill 16 The King of Spaine dyeth 1599 533 41 13 aprill 8 The Earle of Essex rode towards Ireland 1600 534 42 12 ma. 23. F  1601 535 43 11 april 12 The Earle of Essex beheaded 43. Marshall Baron of France arriued 1602 536 44 10 aprill 4 Seminaries executed Q. Elizabeth died Mar. 24 periodi K. Iames began Mar. 24 periodi She dyed hauing reigned 44. years 4. moneths 14 daies buried at Westminster An. D P. C kr Sc. T. e. East da The great plague in London wherof dred from Decem. 1602. to Dece 1603 30 578 peace with Spaine 3 Popes in 6 weekes Powder treason The King of Denmark cometh to England Great inundations in England The Oath of Alegeance ministred The first plantation of Virginia The King of France murthered And the prince created Prince of Wales after setteth his house in honorable fashion order his Titles be Henry Prince of VVales Duke of Cornvvall and Rothesey and Earle of Chester 1602 536 1 36 10 aprill 4 1603 537 1 37 9 apri 24 1604 538 2 38 8 ap 18. A 1605 539 3 39 7 mar 31 1606 540 4 40 6 apri 20 1607 541 5 41 5 april 5 1608 542 6 42 4 m. 27 C 1609 543 7 43 3 april 16 1610 544 8 44 2 aprill 8 1611 545 9 45 1 mar 24 Anno Domini post conquestum K. Re. England K. Re. Scotland time expired Easter day 1612 546 10 46 0 apr 12 E 1613 547 11 47 1 aprill 4 1614 548 12 48 2 april 24 1615 549 13 49 3 aprill 9 1616 550 14 50 4 ma. 31. G 1917 551 15 51 5 april 20 1618 552 16 52 6 april 5 1619 553 17 53 7 mar 28 1620 554 18 54 8 apr 16 B 1621 555 19 55 9 april 1 1622 556 20 56 10 april 21 1623 557 21 57 11 april 13 1624 558 22 58 12 ma 28. D 1625 559 23 59 13 april 17 1626 560 24 60 14 aprill 9 1627 561 25 61 15 mar 25 1628 562 26 62 16 apr 13 P 1629 563 27 63 17 aprill 5 Anno Domini post conquestum K Re. England K Re. Scotland time expire Easter day 1630 564 28 64 18 mar 28 1631 565 29 65 19 aprill 10 1632 566 30 66 20 apri 1. A 1633 567 31 67 21 april 21 1634 568 32 68 22 april 6 1635 569 33 69 23 mar 29 1636 570 34 70 24 ap 17. C 1637 571 35 71 25 aprill 9 1638 572 36 72 26 mar 25 1639 573 37 73 27 april 14 1640 574 38 74 18 apr 4. B 1641 575 39 75 29 april 25 1642 576 40 76 30 april 10 1643 577 41 77 31 april 2 1644 578 42 78 32 ap 21. G 1645 579 43 79 33 aprill 6 1646 580 44 80 34 mar 29 Note in the reading of these briefe Chronicle Notes at the end of many of them you shall haue certaine figures set which signifies the yeare of the King it happened in because sometime the accident was not in that regnal yeare that stands against the Eclesian yeare The Description and vse of this New Table called A Concordancy of Yeares THis my Concordancy of Yeares hath in euery page 5 seuerall rowes vnder seuerall Titles as the first row is vnder the Yeare of our Lord beginning at 1066. at what time the Conqueror began so continuing to the yeare 1646. The next row is vnder post Conquestū shewing how many yeares any yeare of our Lord or any yeare of any King was after the Conquest The third is vnder Kings Reigne shewing how the yeares of the Kings answere to the yeares of our Lord. The fourth is vnder Time expired shewing how many yeares it is since any of the yeares placed in any of the 3 former rowes at this present yeare 1612. And the last row is placed vnder the Title of Easter day shewing what day of the moneth Easter day fell vpon any yeare since the Conquest to the yeare 1646. In which row also be certaine Capitall letters placed which bee the later of the Dominicall letters in the Leape-yeare as in Chap. 21. Now these things considered you are to vnderstand that all the difficulty in computating of time is when the question is onely propounded by the yeare of the Kings reigne and therefore if you can deuise when any question is made by any yeare of any King to know in what yeare of our Lord it was then the labour is nothing for you must know that euery yeare of any King as yet began in one yeare of the Lord ended in the next insuing yeare which is the cause of this difference But to make all more plaine I will propound certaine examples both of the yeare of our Lord and of the regnall yeare Quest 1 I haue a Lease for an hundred yeares bearing date in Aprill 1514 and I would know this yeare 1612. what time I haue remaining ANSVVERE Séeke first the yeare of our Lord 1514 their begin to tell at the next yeare forwards calling 1515. one 1516. two and so procéed vntill you come to 1612 so shall you count to the number of 98 yeares and so many of your 100 yeares be expired But in the numbring thus you must remember that before after the change of euery Prince one the same yeare of our Lord is twice placed therefore omit the one in your reckoning Or take 1514 out of 1612 so haue you 98 years Or séeke with more ease in the third row vnder Time expired what figures stand against 1514 so shall you finde 98 as before and so many yeares be expired 1612. But if you had sought this any other yeare after 1612. as 1614 then must you haue séene what figures in the fift row had béene against 1614 as 2 the which 2 must haue béene added to 98 so had you 100 yeares The like for any other yeare after to 1646. Quest 2. I haue a Lease granted for 60 yeares bearing date the 8 of Ianuary in the 6 yeare of Edward the 6. and I would know this yeare 1612 how many years be expired ANSVVER You must note first that