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A50263	A very useful manual, or, The young mans companion containing plain and easy directions for spelling, reading, and uniting English, with easy rules, for their attaining to writing, and arithmetick, and the Englishing of the Latin Bible without a tutor, likewise the plotting and measuring of land, globes, steeples, walls, barrels, timber, stone, boards, glass, &c. ... : and several other considerable and necessary matters, intended for the good of all, and for promoting love to one another : as by the table annexed particularly appears / collected by William Mather.	Mather, W. (William), fl. 1695.	1681 (1681)	Wing M1286; ESTC R36919	124,932	462

9 is 72 set down 2 under 8 and carry 7 and work as the other Line Lastly add up the two Lines saying 3 set it down then 2 and 8 is 10 set down a Cipher and carry 1 then 1 that I carried and 5 is 6 and 4 is 10 set down a Cipher and carry 1 saying 1 and 5 is 6. 23 times 100 is 2300 A Pattern to mark Linnen by One pound 2 ounces 12 penny weight Troy is equal to 16 ounces or one pound Averdupois Or 1 l. Averdupois is equal to 14 ⅗ ounces Troy One ounce Troy is 5 shillings Silver 8 grains Troy is one shilling in Gold If the Date of the year when an antient Book was printed or a man born in the year of our Lord 1616 what is his age this year 1681. Do this by Substraction from 1681 take 1616 rests 0065 Say take 6 from 1 that I cannot do but must borrow 10 to put to the 1 makes 11 then again 6 from 11 and there remains 5 now one that I borrowed and 1 is two so two from 8 and there rests 6 then 6 from 6 and 1 from 1. A Table shewing the Length of the longest artificial day in any place of the World having the height of the Pole   Day Poles height H. M. 0 12 0 6 12 20 12 12 42 16 12 58 20 13 12 24 13 30 27 13 42 30 13 56 32 14 06 34 14 16 35 14 22 36 14 28 37 14 34 38 14 38 39 14 44 40 14 52 41 14 58 42 15 04 P.h. H. M. 43 15 12 44 15 18 45 15 26 46 15 34 47 15 42 48 15 52 49 16 0 50 16 10 51 26 20 52 16 30 53 16 42 54 16 54 55 17 8 56 17 22 57 17 36 58 17 52 59 18 10 60 18 30 P.h. Days H. M. 61   18 54 62   19 20 63   19 50 64   20 24 65   21 10 66   22 18 ½ 66   24 0 67   20 0 68 42 1 16 69 52 16 25 70 64 13 46 71 74 0 0 72 82 6 36 73 89 4 58 74 96 17 0 75 104 1 4 76 110 7 27 77 116 14 22 78 122 17 6 79 127 9 55 80 134 4 58 81 139 31 36 82 145 6 40 83 152 2 6 P.h. D. H. M. 84 156 3 3 85 161 5 23 86 166 11 23 87 171 21 47 88 176 5 29 89 181 21 58 90 181 6 39 The use of this Table Suppose the height of the Pole at London be 52 Degrees how many hours is the longest day Look for 52 in the first Column and against it is 16 hours 30 minutes the length of the longest day Of the four Quarters of the Earth In Europe is Old England c. In Asia is Jerusalem c. In Africa is Egypt c. In America is New England c. Some remarkable times since Adam Year of the World   1 Adam created the 6th day 130 Seth born 395 Methuselah lived 969 years 930 Adam's age 930 years 1656 Noah's Flood 1948 Abraham born 2108 Isaac born 2287 Joseph in Egypt 2046 Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed 2047 Circumcision instituted 2843 London built 2369 Job's time 2433 Moses and Aaron in Egypt 2552 Israelites murmur for Water 2591 Joshuah died 2919 David born   Solomon 7 years and an half in 3012 building the Temple 3029 Rehoboam Solomon's Son 3278 Hezekiah's good Reign 3405 The Captivity 3932 Virgin Mary born Year of Christ   1 Christ born 30 Christ baptised 33 His Resurrection 60 Paul carried to Rome 68 Jerusalem destroyed 92 First of the ten persecutions 304 The last of the ten 665 Printing first in England 1128 Mens hair like Womens 1605 Powder Treason 1607 Bible translated 1665 A great Plague at London 1666 87 Parishes in London burnt 1678 Popish Plot. 1681 A great Dearth A Register of the sufferings and Martyrdom of the Prophets and Apostles according to the Testimony of Scripture and other Historical Records Isaiah was sawn asunder with a wooden Saw Jeremiah was often persecuted and imprisoned yea he was thrown into a deep Dungeon where it is said he stood in the mire to the head and at length was stoned to death in Egypt Ezekiel was slain in Babilon by the Duke of the People Daniel was thrown among the hungry Lions yet the Lord preserved him The three Children were thrown into the fiery Furnace but the Fire did them no harm Micah was thrown down and his neck broken Amos was smitten with a Club on the Temples of the head and so brained Zachariah was stoned to death John the Baptist was beheaded of Herod the Tetrarch Stephen was stoned to death James was beheaded by Herod Agrippa Peter was crucified at Rome with his head downwards under Nero. Paul was likewise beheaded at Rome under Nero. Andrew was crucified by Aege●● King of Edessa James Alphaeus was thrown down from on high and brained with a Club. Thomas was slain at Calamina a City of Judea he was run through with a Dart or Spear Philip was crucified at Hierapolis in Asia Bartholomew was slain in Judea it is said his Skin was pulled over his ears and after all beheaded Matthew was run through with a Sword in Aethiopia Simon was crucified Jude was slain John was scourged and often persecuted it is said that Domition the Emperor caused him to be thrown into a Tun of scalding Oil yet took no harm Matthias was knockt on the head with an Ax and afterwards beheaded Mark the Evangelist had a Rope tied about his neck by which he was drawn through the Streets of Alexandria until his flesh was rent in pieces and in the end he was burned to ashes Barnabas had a Rope tied about his neck by which he was pulled to the Stake and burned He that is born after the Flesh persecuteth him that is born after the Spirit as it is at this day and so it will be until he Christ Jesus reign in the hearts of people through their obedience to his Grace in which Grace the Righteous know his Reign and the Government is upon his Shoulders in their hearts for he is worthy for ever and ever An exact way to measure round Timber by one that can multiply Co. F. Parts 10 0 055 11 0 066 12 0 077 13 0 093 14 0 108 15 0 124 16 0 141 17 0 159 18 0 179 19 0 200 20 0 221 21 0 243 22 0 267 23 0 292 24 0 318 25 0 343 26 0 374 27 0 403 28 0 433 29 0 465 30 0 497 31 0 531 32 0 566 33 0 602 34 0 639 35 0 677 36 0 176 37 0 756 38 0 798 39 0 840 40 0 884 41 0 929 42 0 974 43 1 021 44 1 070 45 1 119 46 1 169 47 1 220 48 1 273 49 1 327 50 1 381 51 1 437 52 1 496 53 1 552 54 1 612 55 1 671 56 1 732 57 1 795 58 1 860 59 1 923 60 1 988

and 360 of these degrees is round the Earth or Globe as is supposed This North Pole is elevated above our dwelling about 52 degrees 30 Minutes Therefore a man may travel until the South Pole seem to be over his head So being these two Stars are as fixed they are of great help to those that go over the Sea together with the help of a needle placed in the Sea-man's Compass which needle turning upon a point will not be still until it points at one end to the Iron-Mines in the North because of its being touched by a Load-stone that draws always towards the North and the place to which they are travelling to if it bears South or S.S.W. the Compass will shew The height of the Pole in degrees and Minutes are taken by a Quadrant like this Figure following on which Lines may be drawn to find the hour of the day I have only placed the 12 hours ' and by this Table following you may place the rest A Table for the Latitude of 52 Degrees for the Quadrant Hours D. M. D. M.   12 60 0 38 30 11 1 59 43 36 38 10 2 53 45 31 37 9 3 45 42 26 7 8 4 36 41 18 8 7 5 27 17 9 17 0 6 18 11     5 7 9 32     4 8 1 32     Place the hour Lines by the Degrees on the Edge of the Quadrant and to find the hour of the day place a Bead upon the string and on the Edge of the Quadrant is set M for March next A for April betwixt these two or any two Months that the time is when you would know the hour of the day as suppose it is the 15th of March set the Head at the 25th because the Month you must suppose to begin on the 10th of each Month then let the Sun shine through the sights and the Bead will shew the hour of the day In Sun Dials the Stile or straight wire that shaddows every hour Line should point directly to each of these two Stars like as the doted Line which if you can so place upon any flat or upright thing you may with ease draw the hour Lines by the shadow thereof at length by another Sun Dial rightly placed when the Sun shines at any time of the year or by a Clock if it goes right that day as you draw the Lines Or do thus to place a Stile upon and upright Wall that is Southward Just at 12 a Clock set one end of a stick against a Wall and at the other end let a Line and 2 Plummet hang till the shadow of the stick and string hang in a straight Line upon the Wall being held square wise mark both ends of the shadow upon which place your stile that the distant of the lower end from the Wall may be 37 Degrees 3 Minutes and draw the hour Lines as before and when the days are at the longest you may add more hour Lines set the stile square wise from the Wall stile The 37 Degrees 30 Minutes must be taken from the Quadrant for the height of the Stile and ready to fasten upon the Shadow if this stile is placed upon a Board fastened to the South Wall it will serve for a Northern Dial on the other side of the Wall turning the Stile upside down and draw the hour Lines as before And Direct East or West Dials You may place the stile as before by setting a Board Southward by a Wall to find the place by a stick and Plummet and take it away as soon as you have fastened the Stile from the Dial. stile Set the stile upright and exactly North and South at 12 a Clock and draw the hour Lines as before But being that there are so many Books already printed concerning Dialling I shall forbear at this time to write any further thereof that this Book also may not be too big The 32 Winds or Seaman's Compass which are placed round a Circle which they learn by heart in this I have only placed the 4 Winds Now the point or wind any Land bears to may be found in a Table in some Almanacks and the same point may be found in the Compass North. N by E N N E N E by N N E N E by E E N E E by N East S by E S S E S E by S S E S E by S E S E S E by S South S b W S S W S W by S S W S W by W W S W W by S West N by W N N W N W by N N W N W by W W N W W by N North. The Five Senses are 1. Seeing 2. Hearing 3. Smelling 4. Tasting 5. Touching The Compass of some Islands   Miles Compass of England 1532 Scotland 1100 Ireland 948 Isle of Man 91 Isle of Anglesey 58 Isle of Wight 57 Isle of Garnsey 36 Islle of Jersey 28 Acres of several Nations by V. Wing   Acres England 29568000 Scotland 14432000 Ireland 18000000 United States 3599000 Seventeen Provences of the Low Countreys 10791000 France and its 32 Provences 82879000 Eight Kingdoms of Spain 670000535 Italy 44257000 To know when it is Leap-year Divide the present year by 4 what remains shall be for Leap-year o for past 1 2 or 3. Example One remain it 's first after Leap-year To rate Town Taxes Suppose A. hath an Estate worth 35 pounds a year payeth 5 s. 10 d. to a Subsidy or Tax what shall B. pay whose Estate is worth 100 pounds per Annum Answer 16 s. 8 d. If 35 l. pay 70 d. what shall 100. l. That is 16 s. 8 d. Suppose a Tax or rate of 39 l. is laid upon a Town for certain uses whose value of the Town Rent is 900 l. per Annum I demand every mans proportion of what he shall pay according to his Rent If one man in the said Town be worth 100 l. per Annum what shall he pay to the said Rate Reduce the 39 l. into farthings and say If 900 l. give 37440 q. what 100 l. give the Answer To measure Timber of three equal sides being at the end like this Figure following And one side is 16 Inches and the doted Line or perpendicular ten Inches Multiply half the doted Line 5 into the base or one side and that product by 62 if it be the length in Inches and the last product divide by 1728 the Inches in one foot as in round and square Timber measure and the Quotient shews the number of Feet To measure Timber having 5 6 or 7 equal sides Multiply half the Compass by half the thickness and that product by the Length in Inches and work as before To measure a Cone or Spire Steeple Multiply half the Compass at the bottom thereof by half the thickness and that Product by the third part of the length shews the Content in Inches the which divide by 1728 as before To measure part of a Circle First To find the half of the arch Line

Hearbs may be planted any time in Summer if it be a rainy time Of Mans Eye The Muscles of a mans Eye are six which gives the motion with the Optick Nerves ascending to the brain In the Eye there are three humours as 1. Watry 2. Glassy 3. Christalline First The Christalline humour is the sight in the middle of a pretty hard substance Second The Glassy humour is seen behind like melten Glass softer than the Chrystalline and is five times bigger and twice as big as the Watry humour it nourisheth the Christalline Third The Watry humour is behind the last and thin for it is sometimes consumed in Diseases and lost with wounds in the Eye The Christalline is nourished of the most lightful part of Seed The Hairs of the Eye-lid being lost the Party cannot see things afar off Those whose Ears stand out hear the best and some are dull of hearing by lying hard upon their Ears and also by Nurses binding them A tickling noise in the Ears denotes a thin humour A stiff humour often hindereth the hearing then they want cleansing with a Syringe the way you may find in this Book To break an Impostume in the Ear. Tie a thread to a piece of an Onion and prick it full of holes when it is broke cleanse it with Basilicon with Lint For a blew or gray Web in the Eye Take Thunderbolt Stone one part and as much Ginger and half as much as one of these of Allum and a little Loaf Sugar For a white Web put in Salt for a Horse put to it Turmerack and make it like Salve with butter and put in a Pill twice a day into the end of his Eye or when his Eyes are thick with humours For the Pearl or Web in the Eye Take the juice or the distilled water of the hearbs Mouse-ear and half Moon Grass it may be made milder with Eye bright water or Sugar drop into the Eye a little twice a day for two Months if need be Another Take the Juice of Celandine Ground Ivy and field Dasy or let these be distilled in May c. After the smart is over the Eye being drest with Pouders wash them with Eye bright water mixt with snow water But if you cannot get these waters then boil the juice of Houseleek in an Egg shell with the white Eyes that are clogged with humours or filthy flesh Put into them three Lice and lay on a Plaister of the white of an Egg beaten with Honey upon Flax all night Or every night put in a Seed or two of wild Clary and lay to the wrests Plaisters of Burgundy Pitch and also to back of the Neck and Temple patches of the same and read in no book quickly after Meat Sunshine the heat of Fire or smoak not good for weak Eyes except the Smoak of Tobacco Stifness of the Eye-lids Anoint them at night with Deer Suet. Bloodshot Eyes and black bruises Boil Hysop and Wormwood together and lay it on or bruise them together Eye-Salve or Ointment of Tutty It cools and dries up salt and hot humours that flow into the Eys from the heat of the brain the Eye lids only being anointed at nights Is thus made Take Tutty prepared 2 ounces Lapis Calaminaris 1 ounce being in fine powder make it up with 1 pound and an half of the Ointment of Roses Now to prepare the Lapis Calaminaris quench it six times in Plantane or Rose water with this water wash the Tutty and let the Durt run through a Cloath and make each into Balls for use And to make the Ointment of Roses take fresh Hogs Grease cleansed one l. fresh red Roses Buds half a pound juice of the same three-ounces on a gentle fire make it into an Ointment If Dimness of Sight come from the brain Take a spoonful of blew Sows called Wood-lice wash them and stamp them and let them lie all night in Ale strain it and drink the Ale in the morning take the same quantity till thou art well Physick for the Poor Or an universal Medicine to be taken about the quantity of a Pease in a Pill or Powder drinking a draught of strong drink after it at going to Bed for one man or Woman but less for Children It purges by Sweat and Urine causes ease in sleep and sickness it cures Agues by getting into a sweat by one of them half an hour before the fit is expected to come I need not write but little of it's Commendation it being so well known by the name of Matthews his Pill which if rightly prepared is an excellent thing I had it from one of my Uncles who was a Chymist who said he had it of a Servant of the said Matthews and therefore I commend it to all who are able and well inclined to do their poor Neighbours good when in sickness and may dwell far from an honest Physician Take of the best white Tartar or Lees of Wine and Salt-Peter of each one pound make them together into fine pouder and put them in a well glassed pot that 's upon hot Coals stir them in the pot with a red hot Iron until they have done flaming let it cool by degrees and take it out and beat it into fine pouder and put it into a wide mouth Glass with one pint of the best oil of Turpentine stir it in the Glass once or twice a day pretty much for two or three weeks the longer the better and set it in a Seller to moisten the Pill when need is Then take of Corn poppy heads before they open but white Garden Poppy is the best a good quantity beat them and strain the juice into a well glassed Platter and let it stand in the Sun till it is as hard as wax Take of this and Juniper berries and Liquorish of each one ounce and black Hellebore and Saffron a quarter of an ounce but instead of Poppy juice you may take as much Opium make these into as fine pouder as you can and in a Mortar with the aforesaid mixture work them like Dough for Bread then knead it hard into a wide mouth Glass and cover it with a Bladder and it will keep many years Here may be Doses for about one thousand times for little more than two shillings charge which an able and charitable Neighbour will not grudge to have in store at all times for themselves and the Poor near them But if you are willing to make it of very great vertue then add to it of the best Chymical oil of Juniper Berries and of Sulphur of Antimony of each one ounce which may cost if rightly prepared about ten shillings I have made this Pill about twenty years Put a little of this Pill into an aching Tooth A Purge for a Country-man Take Grunsel Mallow the hearb Mercury Endive and Succory and Red dock Roots of each about a quarter of a handful Fennel seed a little spoonful and a little Ginger boil them in almost a quart of

two marks in sight and lay them on the same Paper by the Line of equal part in this Book do so at all the other corners till thou hast closed up the Plot or Wood the which you may with ease measure into Acres by the same Line of equal parts upon your Paper Example Note that if your Quadrant be too little join 2 Quadrants together or do it by a board c. for want of a plain Table So your plot upon the paper makes 3 Triangles and to measure one of them multiply for one Triangle the longest doted Line by half the middle doted line or perpendicular gives the content work so the other two Triangles and add them together and the work is done Of Longitude and Latitude 1. THE Longitude of a place is the distance thereof from the Fortunate Islands beyond Portugal which is called the Primary Meridian from whence the Longitude of all places upon the Earth are numbred in the Equinoctial toward the East 2. The Equinoctial Circle is the middle distance between the two Poles in which the Sun is in about the 10th day of March and the 10th day of September making the days and nights of equal length all over the world 3. The Latitude of a place is the distance thereof from the Equinoctial Circle which is numbred in the Meridian towards one of the Poles or the height of the Pole above our Horizon or Dwelling A Table of the Longitude and Latitude of some of the chief Cities and Towns in the World Names of Cities Long. Lat. D. M. D. M. Alexandria in Egypt 60 30 30 58 Amsterdam in Holland 29 30 52 20 Antwerp in Brabant 28 45 51 12 Athens in Greece 52 15 37 42 Babylon in Chaldea 70 0 35 0 Bethlehem in Judea 65 45 31 50 Bononia in Italy 35 0 43 49 Brandeburgh 37 20 52 30 Cambrid 24 35 52 17 Compostella in Spain 14 45 43 0 Constantinople in Greece 58 0 43 0 Cadiz in Spain 18 30 36 10 Cracovia in Polland 44 30 49 57 Damascus in Syria 73 15 34 00 Dublin in Ireland 71 50 53 11 Elsbenburgh in Denmark 36 45 56 03 Ephesus 58 30 38 18 Edinburgh in Scotland 21 35 57 00 Gant in Flanders 26 45 51 04 Geneva in Sabaudia 30 45 45 54 Granata in Spain 18 15 37 30 Hall in Saxony 30 00 51 38 Hierusalem 70 45 32 10 Lisbon 14 15 38 45 London 24 20 51 32 Lyon in France 29 45 45 00 Leyden 29 00 52 07 Madrid in Spain 21 30 40 45 Mansfield 35 50 51 40 Marbon in France 25 05 41 50 Naples in Italy 38 45 40 42 Ninive in Assyria 80 30 35 50 Oxford 22 20 51 46 Prague in Bohemia 38 15 50 06 Paris in France 26 45 48 50 New-Jersey     40 00 Rome 36 30 42 02 Roterdam in Holland 27 35 51 55 Salamanca in Spain 18 45 41 12 Stockholm in Sweden 39 50 58 50 Thessalonica 53 15 41 32 Tredagh in Ireland 17 35 53 11 Valence in Spain 22 05 39 55 Venice 36 15 45 15 Vienna 40 45 48 24 Vraniburgh in Denmark 36 45 55 54 Warsevia in Poland 46 15 52 20 Worms 31 30 50 25 York in England 23 20 54 00 A Table shewing the bearing distance and number of miles from London to most chief Cities in the World   Way Dist Alexandria in Egypt S e by e 2169 Amsterdam in Holland e by n 0266 Athens in Greece s e by e 1642 Antwerp in Brabant East 0248 Barwick North 0267 Babylon e s e 2724 Bethsaidae s e by e 2369 Barmoudas w s w 3409 Callicut in East-India s e by e 5214 Callis in France e by s 0086 Constantinople e s e 1547 Dublin in Ireland n w by w 0296 Dantzick e n e 0961 Damascus e s e 2404 Edinburgh in Scotland North 0328 Ephesus e s e 1808 Florence s e 0802 Franckford East 0448 Hamburgh e n e 0538 Hierusalem s e by e 2352 Isleland n n w 0930 Joppa s e by e 2318 Lisbon in Portugal s s w 0985 Middleburgh in Zeland East 0205 Mentz in Germany East 0410 Millam s e 0645 Moroc in Barb. Tanger s s w 1449 Mexico w by s 6844 Naples s e by e 1051 Ninive e s e 2635 Paris in France s s e 0215 Philippi in Macedonia e s e 1395 Pargue in Bohemia East 0700 Quinzai the greatest e by s 7272 Rome s e by e 0887 Spiers e by s 0430 Strawsborough e by s 0432 Toledo in Spain s by w 0934 Troy e by n 1605 Tumes s w by w 6045 Venice e by e 0744 Civel s by w 0950 York North 0150 To know whether water may be conveyed by a Pipe laid under the Earth from a Pond or Fountain to your dwelling TAke a Staff or Pole long enough and set it upright in the water of the Pond and mark how many foot is above water then set another Pole of the same length at the place where you would have the Water conveyed and at the top of your first Staff or Pole place the left Edge of a Quadrant and through the sights spie the top of the other Pole and if the Plummet cut any Degrees the Water cannot be conveyed so as to run of it self through a Pipe Having the length of a Close to find the breadth of an Acre Suppose the length of a Close be 50 Pole divide 160 by 50. Another way to measure Land Paving Hangings Seeling Tiling c. by Multiplication the Pole yard Ell c. that you measure with being first divided into 100 parts Example If a piece of Land be 20 Poles and 25 parts or a quarter of a Pole both ways or length and breadth multiply them as whole numbers thus Always cut off from the Product 4 figures next the right hand and it is parts of a Pole and them toward the ●eft are Poles As 410 Poles 0625 10000 parts of one Pole How to lay out an Acre of Ground Poles breadth Length of the Acre Poles Feet 1 160   2 80   3 53 5½ 4 40   5 32   6 26 11 7 22 14 8 20   9 17 13 10 16   11 14 9 12 13 5½ 13 12 5 14 11 7 15 10 11 16 10   17 9 7 18 8 4½ 19 8 7 20 8   21 7 10 22 7 4½ 23 6 15½ 24 6 11½ 25 6 11 26 6 2½ 27 5 15¼ 28 5 11½ 29 5 8½ 30 5 5½ 31 5 3½ 32 5   33 4 14 34 4 11½ 35 5 9½ 36 4 7¼ 37 4 5¼ 38 4 3½ 39 4 2 40 4   41 3 15 42 3 13¼ 43 3 12 44 3 10½ 45 3 9 46 3 8 47 3 7 48 3 5 49 3 4 50 3 3 51 3 2 52 3 1 53 3 1½ 54 2 16 55 2 15 56 2 4 57 2 13 58 2 14 59 2 12 60 2 11 61 2 10 62 2 9¼ 63 2 9 64 2 8¼ 65 2 8 66 2 7 67

say do not this or that to day These words are used Gen. 30.27 I have learned Experience saith Laban that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake Again Gen. 44.5 Is not this the Cup in which my Lord drinketh and whereby he divineth That is proveth or maketh trial or experience what manner of men ye are The Heathen people were very superstitious in these observations some days they counted unlucky others lucky as our Astrologers do now some unfortunate to begin Battle and some days unfortunate to marry and as they were superstitious in observing unlucky signs as they called them so likewise in the means used to avert the evil portended The means were either words or deads thus if an unlucky bird so called or such like came in their way they would fling stones at it And of this sort is the scratching of a suspected Witch which at this day amongst the simpler sort of people is thought to be a means to cure Witchcraft By words also they thought to prevent the evil signified by such signs when they say This evil light on thine own head Vid. apud Theophrast Character D. Kinchien radic My people ask Counsel at their stocks and their Staff teacheth them for the Spirit of Fornication hath caused them to err and they have gone a whoring from under their God Hos 4.12 Ezek. 21.21 Lev. 18.26 31. Eccles 24.5 6 7. The manner of the Moons Eclipse THe word Eclipse is as much as to say as to want light and to be darkned or in part hidden from our sight When the Sun and Moon are opposite one to the other diametrically and the Earth in the very midst between both that is when a right line drawn from the center of the Sun to the center of the Moon passing through the Center of the Earth for the Body of the Earth and water being thick and not transparent casting his shadow to that point which is opposite to the place of the Sun will not suffer the Moon to receive any light from the Sun from whence she borroweth her light as the Astronomers write And note that every time she is at the full she is opposite to the Sun and yet the Earth is not at every such full diametrically betwixt her and the Sun for then she should be Eclipsed at every full which indeed cannot be unless she be either in the head or tail of the Dragon so called being two opposite places in the Skies or Heavens Now the Moon is Eclipsed in part when the Sun the Earth and the Moon be met in one self diametral line but the Moon is declining either on the one side or the other But note that the Eclipses of the Moon may be universal because the Earth is far bigger than the Moon and thereby able to shadow the whole Body The manner of the Suns Eclipse THe Eclipse of the Sun is when the Moon is betwixt the Sun and the Earth which chanceth in a conjunction or new of the Moon and yet not in every con●unction but when it falleth in one of the two opposite parts of Heaven called the head or tail of the Dragon which may chance as is said before either totally or in part totally in respect of those parts of the Earth whereon the Shadow directly falleth for seeing the Moon is far less than the Earth she cannot shadow all the Earth and therefore the Eclipse of the Sun cannot be universal but yet to some part of the Earth it may be total or dark to some partly and to others nothing at all A Tide Table shewing the time of full Sea in the principal Havens in England or near thereunto Names of Havens H. M. Points of the Compass Quinborow Southhampton Portsmouth 0 0 South North Redban Aberden 0 45 s w by w n e by e Gravesend Downs 1 30 s s w n n e Dundee St. Andrews Scilly 2 15 s w by s n e by n London Tinmouth Hartelpoole 3 0 s west n East Barwick Ostendfount 2 45 s w by w n e by n Frith Leith Dunbar Narbe 4 30 w s w e n e Foymouth Gernsey Lizard 5 15 w by s e by n Foy Lin Humber Way Dartmouth or Plimouth Antwerp 6 0 East West Bristol Lanion Foulness 6 45 e by s w by n Bridgewater Texel Milford 7 30 e by e w n w Portland Peterport Hague 8 15 s e by e n w by n Orkney Pool Orwel Shelens 9 0 s East n w Deep Lux Lenoyes Needles 9 45 s e by s n w by n Bolyn Dover Harwich Yarmouth 10 30 s s e n n w Callis Rye Winchelsey Calsho 11 15 s by e e by w The Vse of this Table Add the Hours and Minutes right against each Haven to the Moons coming to the South and the whole result will be the time of the Tide or high water By this Table you may see what point of the compass the Moon is in at the time of the Tide or full Sea The Moons coming to the South is found in an Almanack The Characters of the seven Planets Saturn ♄ Jupiter ♃ Mars ♂ Sol ☉ Venus ♀ Mercury ☿ Luna ☽ The Characters of the 12 Signs Aries ♈ Taurus ♉ Gemini ♊ Cancer ♋ Leo ♌ Virgo ♍ Libra ♎ Scorpio ♏ Sagitarius ♐ Capricornus ♑ Aquarius ♒ Pisces ♓ To find what sign the Sun or Moon is in What sign is the Sun in the 6th day of September 1681. First find the day of the month by an Almanack and right against it is 24 d. 0 m. in ♍ the Moon at the same time is in 17 d. 25 m. in ♏ Do so another time Circles of the Sphere Note that the aforesaid 12 signs in the Zodiack so called are only as a supposed Circle or Circles divided into 12 equal parts in the Firmament whose breadth is about 23 d. 30. m. on each side of the equinoctial Line towards the two Pole Stars the whole Circumference or round the World of this Circle is 360 Degrees and every Degree upon the Earth is 60 miles Secondly Every one of these 12 Signs are divided into 30 Degrees and every Degree into 60 Minutes c. Thirdly The outmost side of this Circle or Circles towards the North Pole is called the Tropick of Cancer one of the said 12 signs the which when the Sun is in about the 11th of June the days are at the longest Fourthly And the other side of this Circle next the South Pole is called the Tropick of Capricorn the which when the Sun is in about the 11 of December the days are at the shortest Fifthly In the middle of this Circle or Circles or Zodiack may be said to be the equinoctial Line into which when the Sun cometh about the 10 of March and the 10th of September the days and nights are equal throughout the World Lastly The Sun is a whole year in passing through all these signs and the Moon in one Month and that neither of them come so near