sicknesses shal they be infected / whiche shall come of the inward partes with gret feuers and paynes in the head also pestilens Of the Haruest ¶ The Haruest this yere shal be somewhat warmer and dryer than it hath ben in tymes past / in the begynnynge with moche dew / in the ende with moche rayne / and shal be wyndy among / with a lytel rayne There shall than reygne many agues and quarteyns / with paynes in the heed / in some places with pestilens of the collycke shall many people be infected ¶ Of the xii monethes and their quarters Ianuary The fyrst quarter the second day at two a clocke before noone / many dark days / with wyndes frostes The full moone the x. daye at vi a clocke before none / and than is the eclippes of the mone / with snow in some places The last quarter the xvii day at vi a clocke after none variable / with frostes / rymes and wyndes The new mone the xxiiii day at ix a clocke xxii myn before none / than is the clips of the Son / with colde / dankissh a lytel frost The fyrst quarter the xxxi day at x. a clock after none / moyst colde February The full mone the viii day at x. a clock xxvi mi. after none / winde and variable The last quarter the xvi day at one a clocke before none variable with rayne snowe The new mone the xxii day at x. a clock and iiii mynu at after none / some tyme fowle wether Marche The fyrst quarter / the fyrst daye at vi a clocke after none / as before wyth certayne fayre dayes The full mone / the ix day xii a clocke at nyght / varyable / tolde / wyndye somtyme fayre wethrr The last quarter the .xvi. daye at seuen of the clocke in the mourning / accordyng to the ceason The new mone the xxiii day before none ii of the clocke at night varyable with wynde and rayne The fyrst quarter the xxxi daye at one of the clocke after none / Colde wyndye somtyme fayre wether Apryll The full mone the seuenth day at ten of the clocke xxx mynutes at after noone / reasonable with colde somtyme varyable The last quarter the fourthe daye at one a clocke after noone / somtyme rayne The new moone the xxii daye at two of the clocke and. xx mynutes before none / somtyme drye and wyndye The fyrst quarter the xxx daye at v a clocke after none / acordyng to the ceason with a lytell rayne May. The full mone the seuenth daye at vi of the clocke xlviii mynutes before noone / throughout as before The last quarter / the one thirtye daye at nyne of the clocke at after noone / almost as before The new mone the xxi day at v of the clocke the syxth mynute at after none / varyable The fyrst quarter the xxix daye at seuen of the clocke at after noone / somtyme wyndye and dankysshe with hote and fayre dayes Here after foloweth the moneth of Iune The full mone / the fyfth day at ten a clocke xliii mi. after noone / hote / varyable / with lyghtnynge The last quarter the xxi day at vii a clocke in the mornyng / varyable with heate The new mone the .xx. day at eyght a clocke before none / fayre somtyme wynd and moysty The fyrst quarter the xxviii daye at vi a clocke before none / almost as before Iulius The full mone / the fourth daye at viii a clocke xxi min. after none and than is the clippes of the mone metely fayre wether The last q … â–ª the xi day viii at after none / soÌ„nme rayne temperate The new mone the third day at ten a clocke xxxvi min. after noone / accordyng to the ceasone / somwhat variable The first quarter the xxvii daye at ii a clocke after none / almost as before August The full mone / the third daye at iiii a clocke after noone / somtyme moysty The last quarter the .x. daye xi of the clocke before noone variable The new mone the xviii day / one a clock after none / moiste with wyndes / somtymes sonshyne The first quarter / the xxv daye at one of the clocke after none / almost as before Septembre The full mone the fyrst daye at one a clocke and. xl mi. after none wyndy / somtyme moist and colde The last quarter the ix day at v. clock before none / cold / wynd / and rayne with the sonne shynynge The new mone the seuentyne day at two of the clocke the xl mynute before Noone / wyndye / somtyme reasonable The fyrst quarter the xxiii day at two of the clocke / the fourth mynute afore none / mystye with deaw / wynde and rayne October The full mone the fyrst day at ii of the clocke before none / moyst with wynde The last quarter the nyenth day at one of the clocke before noone / colde / with rayne and darke dayes The new moone the xvi daye at thre of the clocke xxx mynutes at afternoone / varyable with wynd The fyrst quarter the xxiii daye at nyne a clocke before noone / somtyme rayne / colde / and wyndy / and somtyme otherwyse The full Moone the xxx day at v. a clocke throughout all the worlde / principally in our realme here / with variaunce / sedition / and open warre / many men shal be spoyled slayne / houses / castels / and cytyes shal be taken / brent and destroyed / the people shal be without mercy or pytye The countreys beynge vnder the protection of Aries / as Fraunce / Englande / and a parte of Dutchelande / with hole Denmarke / shall haue moch to do And I se not / nor I fynde not / after myne opynyon / that these warres and variaunces shal be appeased / how be it in the Eclippes of the Moone the fourth daye of Iuly / Iupiter is lodged euen aboute the myddes of the heuens / for Mars beyng in the clips of the Moone in Ianuary asited in the tenth house in the hyest seate of the heuens Italye / Lumbardye / Pyemont / Naples / Poullye / Calabre / Sicilie / Corphen / Sardayn MynorqÌ„ / Molto / MatorqÌ„ / Spayne Portyngale / Hungary / Albanye / Poole / Boheme / so forth a great part of Asia and Afâ—rica / shal be all in trouble and warre / we may wel trymble at the newes that we shall here dayly / as well of the Turkes and sarasyns as of the Christians A bodyes heare of his heade may somtyme stande vpryght for feare of these newe tydynges / which we shall dayly here of The feates of warre and the victory shall stande dyuers tymes variable / so that in one countrey there shall be cytyes and townes won / and in an other lost agayne Let vs pray vnto god earnestly / that he may fasten the princes hartes / turne it to peace / contrary to ther positions and influences of the heuens
and shall be of 〈◊〉 poyntes / almost xvii min so that all the hole Sonne saue a lytell shal be darkened The Sonne shall stand south southest with the mone / which shall stand right vnder the Sonne / so that in our orisone if shal hynder and take away the brightnesse of the Son which Eclyppes and also other Eclypses before goyng we shall well parfytly se if that ye se the mone or the sonne And if case be that through darkenesse of the wether we shuld not se the soÌ„ne or the mone / yet the Eclyppes shall be neuer the lesse if 〈◊〉 shuld not se it The Eclyppes shall haue before his ascendent the xii degre of Aries Venus shal be in the vi degre of capricorne right south / syttyng in the myddes of heuen Iupiter Saturnus shal be in the eyght house about the southwest all the seuen planetes shall as than be aboue the erth / that is to wyt / thre in the eight house / two in the tenthe house / and two in the xi house / which shal be wonderfull of great mistery Out of these iiii Eclipses shal be brought forth wonderfull maters / as we shall expresse here after Mars shall be in the Eclyppes of the Sonne in the house of death in Scorpio in propria domo gaudio ê“prio propria triplicitate Iupiter shal be in proprio casu betwene Saturne and Mars / in the eyght house of death also â–ª Here after foloweth the thyrde Eclyppes of the Moone THe thyrd Eclyppes shal be of the mone / shal be the fourth day of Iuly viii a clocke xxi mi. after none / and shall be of xvii poyntes xv my so that the mone shal be hole darke i houre a halfe shall endure longer than the first and shall be almost hole darkened whan it shall ryse in the est so that it shall seme to be a wonderfull mater Saturnus and Iupiter shall syt togyther in the south / Mars beneth the southeast / Mercurius in the west northwest The ascendent shal be the viii degre of aquatius The Son shal be in the viii house The operation of this shall begyn incontynently after that the Eclippes shal be passed / and shall fall very stronge at that tyme. A fourth Eclyppes THe fourth Eclyppes is of the Moone / shal be the. xxix day of December / at vi a clocke xx myn before noone / and shal be of xiiii poyntes xviii myn Than shal the moone sit about the northwest before the day / and shall go downe all blacke darkened The moone shal be an hole houre darke and. iii myn and shall endure from the begynnynge to th ende thre houres xxxvi mynu and shall haue the self same asceÌ„deÌ„t Iunii mediuÌ„ câ—…li and also occasuÌ„ with gods / also thother houses of the heueÌ„s shal be euen as the heuens were at the tyme of the other foresayd eclypsis / which shal be a wonderous matter / as is well knowen to all astronomers Iupiter and Marcurius shall syt bothe southeast / in the xii hous about the erth Saturne shall syt in the south southeast / and so forth all the other planettes shal be vnder the erth / the ascendent shal be the fyrst degre of Capricornus / in the myddes of the heuens / in the rxvi degre of Libra and so forth as it is in the foresayd Eclipses ¶ Of sycknesses that shall reygne this yere PArusing the signes made vpoÌ„ the calculations of heuens / the tymes of the foure Eclipsis aforesayd / I fynde that this yere shal be apte to great burnyng and feruent sycknesses / of the which many people shall dye / yt that the mercyfulnes of god do not helpe It is to be doubted of great deth There shall reygne moche payne in the heade / in the throte / in the sydes / with burnynge agues / and so forth Those that hath Scorpio / Pisces / or Cancer in the myddes of heuens with one aspect quadrant / or the opposition of Saturne or Mars shal be this yrre sore vexed with sycknesses / comonly with the foresayd triplicitye / or of suche lyke humours or matters as the aforesayd triplicitye is gyuynge and bryngynge forth ¶ Of all growynge thynges AL thynges that by the auctour of Mars and Venus are ascribed vnto / and are vnder theyr protection / shal prospere well this yere / and encrease to the great auauÌ„tage of the people They may stande in ieopardye in the begynnynge of Apryll / and in the ende of Marche / but they shal ê“spere well agayne in the buddynge tyme / but those that haue Iupiter and Sol to their protector / shall haue moche hynderauÌ„ce in their buddyng / how be it there shal be succour done froÌ„ other quarters / so that they shall not be very deare ¶ Of the foure ceasons of the yere / and fyrst of Wynter WHat tyme the foure seasons of the yere begyn I haue shewed vnto the people ynough in tymes past / so that they ought now to know that them selues / wherfore it is no nede to speake more of that / but go vnto the properties and inclinatioÌ„ of the foure quarters of the yeare / than must I fyrst make mencion of the Wynter / which is vntemperat / and than of the two Eclypsis / the one of the Sonne / the other of the Moone / whiche shal be in Ianuary nexte coÌ„mynge very vntemperate / with greate tempestes of wyndes / and shal be apt to frost ynough / durynge longe / but not so sore as the last wynter was Gouernours of landes / cytyes / castels must than take good hede / and weapon them agaynst treason / for there shall be many secretly conspyred / and than shal reygne vnreasonable sortes of sycknesses / and in some places pestilens in generall / with dyuers others / Wherfore I wyll speake no more of that Of the Lent season IN the Lent season shal there be moch rumoure and newes of warres And there shall as thaÌ„ raygne many new diseases which shal be very harde for Phisytions and Surgyons to cure And it shall be in the begynnynge colde / with raynes hayle and snowe Of the Somer THe Somer begynneth the xi day of Iune at ten of the clocke at night / and shall haue for his ascendent the tenth degre of Aquarius in the myddes of heuens The fyrst degree of Sagittarius and Iupiter shall be in the nyenth house / and Mars in the leueÌ„th / the Sonne in the fyfth house / and shal be after her signification enclyned to great bloude shedynge and also to great vexations / seditions and warres also it semeth that thorow thexpectation of Iupiter Mars with the sextile aspect / Spirituall persones / as the bysshop of Rome other may well go aboute to make â—n appoyntement / but they shal noâ— bringe it to passe nor to none effecte / and also with great faruent and hote
¶ Of Phillip the kynge of Spayne PHillip the sonne of Charles kyng of Spayne / who shal be of age in the yere of our lorde god M. v. C. xliiii xvii yeres old / and he hath in his reuolution this yere the first degre of Pisces / for his ascendent is in the fyrst house / Lunâ— in the fourth / Iupiter / Sol / Venus / and Marcurius / al in octaua pars fortune in nona Saturnus in sexta soo that his fygure this yere is enclyned to be almost as it was in his byrthe / after the influence of the planets / whiche shal be a wonderfull token / and shall be through Mars / beynge about the ascendent / and he shall be this yere very liberall to those that employ themselues vnto hym in feates of weapoÌ„s / and shal be hymselfe wonderous desyrous to warre / for to vaynquysh his fathers ennemyes / so that he through the gyfte of fortune shal be very strong / as well by the helpe and assistens of the spiritualtye as of the temporaltye / and shall gete great victory / and conquere by warre Saturnus beyng in the sixth house thretneth his maiesty somwhat with sycknes of his body ex humoribus crassis and also calcuiosis ex materia viscida wherfore he must take good hede of hym selfe / that with good aduysement the more bycause that Sol and Iupiter are in the eyght house ¶ Of thr Emperours maiestye CHarles the fyfthe Emperour of Rome / after the fygure of his reuolution of this yere M. v. hundreth and. xliiii shall haue for his ascendent the xi degre of Leo / and in the myddes of heuens Aries domuÌ„ Martis cum casum Saturnus whiche at the tyme of his birth had a lucky fygure of the heueÌ„s / so that Iupiter / Sol / Marcurius pars fortune and Venus were all in domo secunda whiche shall this yere be so sore mynded to warre as euer he was in his lyfe / and shall through Aries beynge in the tenth house / be counseylled aspectu trino sextile of good planets / and they be therin very lucky / shall haue great victory and prospere gretly Neuerthe lesse / bycause that Mars is in the fyfth house / Saturnus and Iupiter in the fourthe house / it is greatly to be coniectured / that he shal haue some gret thing agaynst him / so that his mynde shal be often troubled / but yet he shall ouercome all at length / through Sol beynge Lorde of thascendent / but not without gret bloude shedyng of many men / bycause that the lord of thasceÌ„dent is lodged in the viii house which is the house of death But through Venus beyng in the syxth house / there might chaunce some inconuenyence of sycknesse vnto him / how be it / it shall notte hynder him And also he shal be in many feates of warre victoriouse / and shal be feared sore of his enemyes / whiche shall bere vnto him secretly a good hert Of the kyng of Englandes Maiestye HEnry the eight / king of Englande / who was .lii. yeres olde in the moneth of Iune last past / hauynge in his reuolution of this yere Saturnus in the Ascendent of Virgo / in the myddes of heuen And his maiestye shall bere him selfe wisely this yere in all his affayres / and shall be also lucky in his settynge for the through the excellency of Fortune beyng in the myddes of the heueÌ„s with Iuppiter and Venus in the ix house wherfore he shall triumphe in money gyftes beyng very lyberall It shall be good to serue him this yere / by cause that Mercurius is lorde of the myddes of heuens In warres he shall also prospere haue great fortune / bycause that Luna is in the viii house / wel infourmed aspectu sextill of other good Planetes His Realme shall prospere in the feates of merchundyse / and be fortunate And he shal haue more honoure this yere / than he hath had in many yeres past with specyall loue of his subiectes And shal be in the lent very earnest for some causes that hath ben longe in his here for to bryng it to a good ende / effecte and purpose ¶ Of the Frenche Kynge FRauncys / the French kig fyrst of that name / who is in the moneth of September next commynge l. yeres olde After the reuolution of this yeare he shall oftentymes be heuy of chere / and shall haue great losse in his dominion / shall haue but lytell good lucke in the feates of warre Some of his gentylles shall secretly departe from hym / he shal do his vttermost by one thyrd person to entreate for peace / but it shall not preuayle / his couÌ„trey shal be sore vexed euery where / he is also enclined to fal in to a great sycknes and dredefull / Mars fortunate is to hym lodged in an vnfortunable house / hauyng very euyll aspectes in his ascendent in the myddes of the heueÌ„s / wherfore he hath nede to loke wysely aboute him his subiectes In his owne parsone he wyll come to the felde / but he shall bere awaye lytell honoure or lucke Finis ¶ Thus endeth the Pronostication for the yere of our lord a M. v. C. xliiii and here after foloweth an Aduartysement of Phisycke ✚ ¶ An aduertysement PTolome sayth in the C. xx conclusyons / on this wyse Enterprise not with iern to open any membre whan the Mone is in any Signe that hath dominion of that membre By the which wordes / the Philosopher wyl haue vs to obserue the course of the Mone in pourgynge of the bodyes / bycause that the operation of the mone is to moysten the bodyes This is parceyued effectually in the greued membre that is subiect vnto the Sygne where in the mone is vpon any day / where by it foloweth / that it is not lefull to opeÌ„ that membre / as longe as the Moone is in that Sygne F. ii The nature of the twelue heuenly Sygnes The xii heuenly Sygnes workyng in vs / are lyke vnto foure elementes These in workyng are hote drye / fyrye and coloricke Aries Leo Sagittarius These in workyng ar colde drye / earthy melancolycke Taurus Uirgo Capricornus These in workyng are moyst â—yerly sanguyne Gemini Libra Aquarius These in workyng at moist watry / flâ—maâ— Cancer Scorpio Pisces ¶ These sygnes doth the Moone ouer ronne all within the space of xxvii dayes and the third parte of a day / but some ouerconneth them in the space of a yere / that is in C. C C xlv days a quarter of a day It is to be noted also that a daye contayneth foure twenty houres and the houre xl mynutes Of Phlebotony or bloud lettinge ¶ In lettynge of bloude are these thre to be obserued / namely the coÌ„uenyent sygnes where in the mone is / the complexion and the age of a man The sygnes conuenyent for the sanguynes are Taurus / Virgo and Capricornus For the colerycke / Cancer / Scorpio Pisces For the melancolycke / Libra Aquarius For the flegmarycke Aries and Sagittarius Leo is an euyll Sygne to let bloud in Furthermore / Age is to be consydred also 〈…〉 quarter of the Mone is apte for yonge age / the seconde for myddle age / the third fourth for olde age ¶ An obseruation for Phisycke Whan the Moone is in sygnes that be hote / than is the power attractyue by heate drought / whan it is in erthy / than is the power attractyue whan it is in ayrie sygnes than is the powre digestyue ¶ Imprinted at London in the Olde Bayly in Sayntpoulchres paryssh by Rychard Lant / for Rychard Grafton CuÌ„ priuilegio ad imprimenduÌ„ soluÌ„ ¶ This Pronostication is to be sold at the west dore of Paules by wyllyam Telotson