ben of the variation that is for diuers habitations and regions of the earth cap. xxxvii shepeherdes say that if it were possible that the earth were inhabyted all about and pose the case that it were so firste they that inhabite vnder the equinoctiall haue alwayes the dayes and the nyghts equall and haue the .ii. poles of the world at the two corners of their orizon and may see al the sterres when they see the two poles and the sunne passeth twyse in a yere ouer them that is when it passeth by the equinoctials thus the sunne is to them the one halfe of the yere towarde the pole artike and the other halfe towarde the other pole and therfore they haue two winters in a yere without great colde one is when we haue winter and the other when we haue sommer semblably they haue two sommers one is in march when we haue prime time and the other in september when we haue haruest and by this they haue foure solstices two hie when the sunne passeth by their zenich and two lowe when it declineth one way or other and thus they haue four vmbres or shadowes in a yere for when the sunne is in the equinocces twise in a yere in the morninge their shadowes be in the occidente and at night in the oriente and then at noone they haue no shadowes but when the sunne is in the signes septentrionals their shadowes be towarde the parties of the signes meridionals and so againeward secondly they that inhabite betwene the equinoctiall and the tropike of sommer haue in likewise two sommers and two winters and four shadowes in a yere and they haue no difference of the first saue that they haue longer dayes in sommer and shorter in winter for as the equinoctiall lengeth in likewise doth the dayes in sommer and in that part of the earth is the first climate and almost halfe of the seconde and is named araby wherin is ethiopia thirdly they that inhabite vnder the tropike of sommer haue the sunne ouer their heades and at the day of the solstice of sommer at noone they haue their shadowes smaller then we haue and there is a parte of ethiopic fourthly they that be betwene the tropike of sommer and the circle artike haue longer dayes in sommer then the abouesayde in as much as they be farther from the equinoctiall and shorter in winter and they haue the sunne ouer their heades ne toward septentrion and that part of the earth we inhabite fifthly they that inhabite vnder the circle artike haue the ecliptike of the zodiake to their orizon and when the sunne is in the solstice of sommer it resconseth not thus they haue no night but natural dayes of .xxiiii. houres semblably when the sunne is in the solstice of winter it is natural day when they haue contynuall nyght and that the sunne ryseth not to them sixthly they that be betwene the circle artike and the pole artike haue in sommer dyuers naturall dayes that be to them one day artificiall without any night and also in winter be many natural dayes which are to them alwaies night and the more that it approcheth the pole the more is the artificial day of sommer longe and dureth in some place a weke in other a moneth in other two in other three in other more and proporcionally the night is greater for some of the signes be euer on their oryzon and some alwayes vnder and as longe as the sunne is in the signes aboue it is day and while it is in the signes vnderneth it is night seuenthly they that inhabite right vnder the pole haue the sunne halfe of the yeare on their orizon and haue continuall day and the other halfe of the yere continuall night and the equinoctial is in their orizon that deuideth the signes six aboue and six beneath wherfore when the sunne is in the signes that be hye and towarde them they haue continuall day and when it is in the signes toward midday they haue continual nyght and thus in a yere they haue but one day and one night and as it is sayde of that parte of the earth toward the pole artyke a man may vnderstand of the other halfe and of the habitations towards the pole antartike the deuision of the earth and onely of the parte inhabited shepherdes and other as they deuide the earth inhabitable in .vii. partes that they call climates the first diamerous the second climate diaciens the .iii. dalixandry the .iiii. diarhodes the v. climate diaâ—omes the .vi. daboristines the .vii. diatipheos of the whych eche hath hys longitude determined and the latitude also and the nerer they be to the equinoctiall the longer they be and larger procede in longitude from orient to occident and in latytude from midday to septentrion the first climate after some shepherds conteyneth in length halfe of the circuite of the earth that is two hundred thousande .iiii. hundred myle it hath an hundred thousande two hundred myle of length the seconde and so of the other for the lessing of the earth comming toward septentrion to vnderstande what a clymate is after the sayinge of shepardes a clymate is a space of earth equally large wherof the length is from orient to occident the bredth is comming fro midday and fro the earth in habitable toward the equinoctiall drawing to septentrion as much as an â—â—rolege or clocke chaungeth not for in earth habitable the clockes change .vii. times in the bredth of the climates it is of necessitie to say that they be .vii. where the variation of horologes is there is the dyuersitie of clymates howe be it that such variation properly ought to be taken in the myddes of the clymates and not in the beginninge or ende for the proximitie and couenaunce the one of the other also one climate hath alwayes a day artificiall of soÌ„mer shorter or longer then another climate this day sheweth the differeÌ„ce in the middes of euery climate better then in the beginning or ende the which thing we may sensibly know at eye and therby iudge the difference of the clymates and it is to be noted that vnder the equinoctiall the dayes and the nyghtes in all tymes are equall eche of twelue houres but comming toward septentrion the dayes of sommer longeth the wynter dayes shorteth and the more that one aprocheth septentrioÌ„ the more waxeth the dayes in such wise that at the fyne of the last clymate the dayes in sommer be longer by thre houres and an halfe then they be at the begynnynge of the fyrst and the pole is more reysed by .xxxviii. degrees at the begynnyng of the fyrst clymate the longest day of sommer hath xii houres and xlv minutes in the pole is reysed on the oziron xii degrees and xlv mynutes and the myddes of the clymate the longest daye hath .xiii. houres and the pole reysed .xvi. degrees and the latytude dureth vnto the longest day of sommer that is .xiii. houres and .xv. minutes and the pole reysed .xx. degrees and an halfe the whych largenes is .ccc.xl. myle of earth the seconde clymate begynneth at the ende of the fyrste and the myddes is there as the day hath .xiii. houres an halfe and the pole is reysed ouer the ozyron .xxiiii. degrees and .xv. mynutes and
the latytude dureth vnto there as the longest daye hath .xiii. houres and .xlv. mynutes and the pole is reysed .xxvii. degrees and an halfe and thys largenes conteyneth of earth cccc myle iust the thyrde clymate begynneth at the ende of the seconde and the myddes is there as the day hath .xiii. houres the pole is reysed xxx degrees and .xlv minutes and the latytude extendeth vnto there as the loÌ„gest daye hath .xiiii. houres and .xv. mynutes and the pole is reysed .xxiii. degrees and .xl. mynutes the fourth clymate at the ende of the thyrd and the middes is there as the longest day hath .xiiii. houres and an halfe and the pole is reysed .xxvi. degrees and .xx. mynutes the latytude dureth vnto there as the longest daye hath .xiii. houres and xlv mynutes and the pole is reysed .xxx. degrees and the largenes conteyneth of earth .ccc myle the fyfth clymate begynneth at the ende of the fourth aâ—d the myddes is there as the longest day hath xv houres and the pole is reysed .xli. degrees and .xx. mynutes and the latytude dureth vnto there as the longest daye hath xv houres and xv mynutes and the pole is reysed xliii degrees and an halfe and the largenes conteyneth of earth cclii myle the vi clymate begynneth at the ende of the fyfth and the middes is there as the longest day hath xv houres and an halfe and the pole is reysed ouer the ozyron xlv degrees and xxiii mynutes of the whych the largenes dureth vnto there as the longest day hath xv houres xlv mynutes the whych largenes conteyneth of earth cc.xii myle the vii clymate begynneth at the ende of the syxt and the middes is there as the longest daye hath xvi houres and the pole is reysed xlviii degrees and xl mynutes the latytude extendeth vnto there as the longest day hath xvi houres and xv minutes and the pole is reysed fifty degres and an halfe and the largenes of the earth conteyneth clxxxvi myle a marueylous consyderation of the great vnderstanding of shepeherdes if case were after the length of the climates one might go about the earth fro orient to occident to his first place some shepards say that this coÌ„passe may almost be made saying that if a man went this coÌ„passe in .xii. naturall dayes going regulerly toward occident and began nowe at midday he should passe euery day naturall the .xii. parte of the circuite of the earth and be .xxx. degrees whereof behoueth that the sonne make a course about the earth and .xxx. degrees ferther or he be retourned on the morowe at the merydien of the sayde man and so the sayde man shoulde haue his day night of .xxvi. houres and should be farther by the .xii. part of a naturall day then if he rested him wherfore it followeth of necessitie that in xii naturall dayes the sayd man should onely haue but xi dayes and .xi. nights somewhat lesse that the sunne should light him but .xi. times resconse .xi times for .xi. dayes and .xi. nightes euery day and nyght of .xxvi. houres maketh .xii. naturall dayes eche day of .xxiiii. houres by semblable consideration behoueth that an other man that should make this course going toward orient haue his day and night shorter then a naturall day by .ii. houres then his day and night should be but of .xii. houres then if be made this course in like space that is to say in .xii. dayes and somewhat more thus if iohn made the course toward occident and peter towarde orient and that robert abode them at the place fro whence they departed the one as sone as the other and that they meete at robert both together peter would say that he had two dayes and two nightes more then iohn robert that had rested a day lesse then peter and a day more then iohn howe well that they haue made this course in .xii. naturall dayes or an hundred or in ten yere all is one this is a pleasant consideration among shepardes how iohn and peter arriueth one selfe day put case it were on sonday iohn wold say it is saterday peter wold say it is monday and robert would say it is sonday ¶ of the pomell of the skyes a sterre named the sterre of the north neere to pole artike called septentrionall cap. xxxviii after the abouesaid things here wil we speake of some sterres in perticuler and first of them that shepards cal the pomel of the skies or sterre of the north wherfore we ought to knowe that we see sensibly the sky turne from orient to occident by the diurnal mouing that is of the first mobile which is made on two points opposites that be the poles of the skie of the which one we see and it is the pole artike and the other we see not that is the pole antartike or of midday which is alwaye hyd vnder the earth by the pole artike that we see is the sterre most approched that shepards call the pomell of the skye the which they say is the highest and most stedfast from vs by the which they haue the knowledge that thei haue of the other sterres and parts of the skie the sterres that be by the said pomel go neuer vnder the earth of the which be the sterres that make the chariot diuers other but they that be far from it go sometime vnder the earth as the sunne the moone other planets under this pomel directly is the angle of the earth in the place where against the sunne is at the houre of midnight of andromeda a sterre fyxed aries is a signe hot and dry that gouerneth the head of man and the face and the regions babylon percy and araby and sygnifieth small trees and vnder him at the .xvi. degree ryseth a sterre fyxed named andromeda that shepardes figureth a mayde in her haire vpon the brinke of the sea set to be deuoured of the monsters of the sea but perseus sonne of iupiter fought with his sworde against the sayde monster and slewe it and then the sayde andromeda was deliuered they that be borne vnder her constellation be in daunger of prison or to dye in pryson but if a good planet take regarde then scape not death and prison aries is the exaltacion of the sunne at the .xix. degree and aries is the house of mars with scorpio where he is most of perseus a sterre fyxed lorde of the spere taurus hath the trees plantes and ympes and gouerneth of man the necke and the throte bol the regions ethiopy egipt and the country about and vnder the .xxii. degree riseth a sterre fyxed of the first magnitude that shepardes call perseus sonne of iupiter
parties that bene called sygnes named aries taurus gemini cancer leo uirgo libra scorpio sagittarius capricornus aquarius and pisces aryes beginneth in the equinoctiall and crosseth the zodyake and when the sonne is there it begynneth to declyne that is to say aprochyng septemtrion and towarde vs it extendeth to the orient then is taurus seconde gemini the thyrde and so of other as the fygure hereafter sheweth also euery sygne is deuided in .xxx. degrees and be in the zodyake .ccc.lx. degrees and euery degree deuided by .lx. mynutes euery mynute in .lx. secondes euery seconde in .lx. thyrdes and this deuision suffiseth for shepardes here foloweth the story of the twelue sygnes ca. xxxiii shepardes knowelegeth a subtyll variation in the skye and is for three sterres fyâ—â—d be not vnder the same degrees of the zodyake that they were created biâ—ouse of the mouinge of the firmament the which ben agaynste the fyrst mobyle in an hundred yere of one degree for the which mutation the sonne maye haue other regarde to a steâ—re and other signification then it hadde in the tyme passed and also wheÌ„ the bookes were made for that the sterre hath hanged his degree or sygne vnder which it was and thys often tymes causeth them that make prognosticatyons and iudgementes comming to fayle ¶ all thee cyrcles of the skie byn narrowe and small except the zodyake which is large and conteyneth in length three hundred and three score degrees and of largenes twelue the which largenesse is deuyded by the myddes syxe degrees on the one signe and syxe on the other and thys deuysion is made by a lyne named eclyptyke and is the way of the sonne for the sonne neuer departeth vnder that lyne thus it is alway in the myddle of the zodyake but the other planets bene alwayes on the one syde or of the other of the sayde lyne saue when they bene the â—â—ade or in the tayle of the dragon as the moone that passeth twyse in a moneth and it happen when it reneweth it is eclyps of the sonne and yf it happen the full moone and that it be ryght vnder the nadyr of the sonne it is generall eclyps and if it be but a partie it is not sene when it is eclyps of the sonne it is not generall through all the clymates but onely in some â—u when it is eclyps of the moone it is generall ouer all of two great circles that is to say one meridien and the other oryson that intersequeth the one the other and crosseth dyrectly meridien is a great circle imagined on the skie which passeth by the poles of the worlde and by the poynt of the skye right ouer oure heades the which is called zenych and when the sonne is commen ouer fro orient vnto that circle it is midday and therefore it is called meridien and the halfe of that circle is ouer the earth and the other vnder it that passeth by the poynt of midnight directly opposite to zenych and when the sonne toucheth the part of the circle it is midnight and if a man go toward orient or occident he hath new meridien and therefore it is soner midday to them that be toward orient then to other if a man stande styll his meridien is one styll or if he go toward mydday or septemtrion but yf he styrre he hath other zenych and these two cyrcles crosseth directly oryzon is a great circle that deuideth the partie of the skie that we see from that we se not and shepardes say that if that a man were in a playne country he shold se iustly halfe of the skye the which they cal theyr emyspery that is to say half spere orizon is ioyning nyghe to the earth of the which orizon the entre is the myddle and is the place in the which we byn thus eche is alwayes in the myddes of his oryson and zenich is the pole as a man transporteth him fro one place to another he is in the other places against the skye hath other zenych other ozyron all oryson is right other oblyke they haue right ozyron that habydeth vnder the equinoctiall haue theyr zenych in the eqinoctial â—or theyr ozyron intersequeth and deuydeth the equinoctiall euen by the two poles of the worlde in such wyse that none of the poles of the world is reysed aboue theyr ozyron ne depriued ynder it but they that habiteth other where then vnder equinoctial haue theyr ozyron oblyke for theyr ozyrn foloweth and deuydeth the equinoctiall sydeway and not ryght and there appereth to theÌ„ of all tymes one of the poles of the worlde reysed aboue theyr ozyron and the other ben euer hyd so that they se them not more or lesse after diuers habitations after that they be of fernesse fro the equinoctial the more that the one pole is reysed the more is the ozyron oblyke and the other pole depryued and is to wete that there is as much distance fro the ozyron to the pole as is â—â—o the zenych to the equinoctiall and that zenych is the fourth parte of meridien or the myddes of the bowe dyurnall of the which the two endes be on the ozyron and also that of the pole vnto the equinoctial is the fourth party of all the roundnesse of the skies and also of the meridien circle syth it passeth by the poles and crosseth the equinoctiall directly ¶ example of the ozyron of paris after the opinion of shepardes ouer the which ozyron they saye that the pole is reysed xliâ— degrees wherefore they say also that fro the zenich of paris vnto the equinoctial be .xlix. degrees and that fro the ozyron vnto the zenych is the fourth partie of the meridien oyrcle be lxxxx degrees and fro the pole to the zenych be .xli. degrees and fro the pole vnto the solstyce of sommer be .lxii. degrees and fro the solstyce vnto the equinoctial ben .xxxiii. degrees there be fro the pole vnto the equinoctiall lxxxx degrees and is the fourth part of the roundnes of the skye from the equinoctial vnto the solstyce of wynter be .xxxiii. degrees and fro the solstice vnto the ozyron .xviii. thus shall the equinoctiall be reysed ouer the ozyron .xli. degrees and the solstyce of sommer .lxiiii. degrees in the which solstyce is the son at the houre of noone the longest day of sommer and then it entreth into cancer and is most nerest to our habytable parties that may be and when the sonne is in the solstyce of wynter the shortest day of the yere at the houre of noone it entreth into capricornus and the sayd solstyce is not reysed ouer the ozyron of paris but viii degrees the which eleuations and rysings a man may fynde playnely so that he know one onely and in euery region in lykewise after the situation of the two other great cyrcles of the skye and foure small two great circles ben on the skye named colours that deuideth thâ— skies in foure egall parties crosseth
the line vnder .xvi. serueth all the sayd yere and when we haue .xvii. the lyne vnder .xvii. shall serue to the yeare that .xvii. is for the golden numbre and so forth of the other vt celum signis presurgens est duodenis sichominis corpus assimulatur eis nam caput et facies aries sibi gaudit habere gutturus et collâ—ius tibi taure detur brachia cum manibus geminis sunt apta decentur naturam cancâ—i pectoris aula gerit at leo vult stomacum renis sibi vendicat idem sed in testinis uirgo preesse petit ambas libra nates ambes sibi vendicat hancas scorpio vult anum vultque pudanda sibi inde sagittarius is coxis vult dommari amborum genum vim capricornus habet regnat in aquario crurtum vis apta decentur piscibus et demum congrua planta pedum saturnus niger iupiter â—iridis mars rebeus est sol croteus uenus albus marcurius et luna varti sunt dum quisquis regnat nascitur puer sic coloratus the declaration of the latine here aboue that is to saye that the .xii. signes hath domination ouer the body of man deuided by the partes as the signes deuideth the firmament and euery signe beholdeth and gouerneth the partes of the body so as it is sayde aboue and afterwarde shal be shewed by fygures and is declared more plainly and faithfully such like of planets is sayd of their coloures but of their natures and properties of the partes of the bodyes the which gouerneth and beholdeth more at full shall ye heare at length also of the .xii. monthes natures march aprill and may are very hote and moyst that signifyeth blud and ayre iune iuly and august is sommer and signifyeth hot and dry choler manhode and feare september october and nouember is haruest and betokeneth colde and dry and age melancoly and earth december ianuary and february is winter and betokeneth colde and moyst childehode fleume and water called i am iauyuere the colde in christmas season good fyre i loue yonge iesu that sometime iudas solde in me was circumcised for mans behoue three kinges sought the sonne of god aboue they kneeled downe and hyd him homage with loue to god their lorde that is mans owne brother ¶ hereafter foloweth a kalender with the fygures of euery saynt that is halowed in the yere in the which is the figures the houres the momentes and the newe moones capitulo .iii. in iano claris calidisque cibis potiaris atque decens potut post fercula â—it tibi notus ledit enim medo tunc potatus vt bene credo balnea tucius intres venam scindere â—ures       a iiii ix b iii xvii octaua sancti stephani b v vii c   octaua saniti bohannis c   d   octaua sanctorum inno. d â— ii e vii lvii octa. sancti thome mar e   f    f iiii xii g   felicis et ianua g    ix xvii sancti lucâ—ani h  xxxvii b   sancti iudiii i  iiii c viii xlii pauli primi heremite k vi xiii d iiii xvi lini epis l   e   archadii martiris m viii vi f o xxxv sancti hilarii n   g   felicis presbyteris o v xxxiiii  i viii sancti mauri abbatis p   b viii ii sancti marcelli epis q   c   sulpitii episcopi r xi xli d o xvi sancte pisce virginis s ix xlii e   hulstani episcopi s v xi f   fabiani et sebastiani t   g v li sancte agnetis v o xxxiii    uincentii martiris v   b iiii xiii sanci emerenciani x   c   sancti timothei y   d    z ii xvii e   policarpii episcopi   f vi xlv iuliani episcopi â— Â xxi g   agnetis secundo a  xx    ualerii epis et mar b vi xxxv b vi xxviii batilde virginis c   c   saturnini uictoris d i vi xv xiiii xvii xxi xxv nascitur occulta sebris februario multa potibus et escis si caute vivere velis tuuc caue frigorem de pollice â—unde cruorem fuge mellis fauum pectoris qui morbos curabit   d   brigidi et ignacii e o vi e viii xxxi â—urificatio beate marie f   f   sancti blasii episcopi g   g  xxv sancti gilberti epis h     xxvi sancti agathe vir i iii lviii b   uedasti et amandi k o iiii c x lv sancti anguli vir l vi lix d vii liiii pauli episcopi m   e   sancte appollonie vir n   f    o   g i liiii eufrasie virginis p      sancti eulalie q   b vii xxxv sancti wulfranni r   c   sancti ualentini epis s xiii lv d ii xxvi faustiniet ioniti s o xxxiii e   iuliane virginis t vii xli f o xxxiii policronii epis et mar v   g viii xxxix simeonis epis et mar u    xv xxxi sabim et iuliani mar x   b iiii lix mildrede virginis y   c   sanctorum lxix z   d   cathedra sanctl petri   e   policarpi ê° Â Â f vii i  a   g   inuentio sancti pauli b i xlii    sancti nestori mar c o ix b viii liii sancti augustini d   c   oswaldi episcopi con e it is to be noted that the golden numbres sheweth the dayes houres and minutes of the newe moones the red nombres for the fore noone and the blacke for the after noone on the same dayes that the nombres demonsireth ii iii xiiii xii xxii xxiiii martius humores gignit variosque dolores sume cibum pure cocturas si placet vre balnea sunt saâ—a sâ—d que supeâ—stua vana vena nec addendaâ—nec potio sit tribuenda viii xxxvii d   sancti dauid epis f   e o l sancti cedde episcopi g   f i xlâ—i martini et asteri h   g   sancti adriani mar i x lviii    foce eusebii perpetue k   b   uictoris et uictorini l  ix c o xii perpetuâ— et felici m ix xix d ix lvi depositio sancti felicis n   e   quadraginta mar o   f   sancte agapite vir p o xli g ii xlvi equinoc q      sancti gregorii epis r vi xlv b   theodore marti â— Â Â c    s li xii d i xxxiiii sancti longini mar s i xlii e xviii xxxâ—ii bonifacii epis t ix xxxv f x xxxiii patricii episcopi v   g   edwardi regis u  Â
d xix d v d xxix e vi e xxx e xx e vi e xxiii f vii f xxxi f xxiiiâ— f vii f xxiiii g viii g i g xxv g viii g xxv a xvi a ii a xxiiii a ix a ii b xvii b iii b xxiiii b x b iii c xviii c iiii c xxv c xi c xxviii d xii d v d xix d xii d xxix e xiii e vi e xx e xiii e xxx f xiiii f xxxi f xx f xiiii f xxxi g xv g â— g xxii g viii g i a xvi a ix a xxvi a xvi a ii b xvii b x b xxvii b xvii b iii c xviii c xi c xxviii c xviii c iiii d xix d v d xxix d xix d v e xx e vi e xxx e xiii e vi f xxi f vii f xxi f xiiii f vii g xxii g viii g xxv g xv g viii a xxvi a xvi a ii a xiii   b xxvii b x b iii b xiiii   c xxviii c xi c iiii c xviii   d xxii d xii d v d xix   e xxiii e xiii e xxx e xx   f xxiiii f xiiii f xxxi f xxi   g xxv g xv g i g xxii   upon the letter dominicall next vnder the golden number that renneth is easter daye for the yeare of the golden number a. signifyeth aprill m. sygnyeth march and the numbre of the sayde letters is the number of the dayes of the moneth that easter shall fall vpon the figure of the eclips of the sunne and the moone the dayes houres and momentes capitulo .vi. m.d. â—â— the eclipse of the moone the .xi day of march .xv. houres .xl. min. m.d.ix. the eclipse of the sunne the xxi day of august i houre .vi. minu m. 〈…〉 of the moone the .xv. daye of iuly .xv. houres .l. mynute m.d. 〈…〉 clypse of the sunne the .xx. day of iune iiii houres .xxxvii. minutes m. â— lxiii the eclipse of the moone the .v. day of iuly viii houres iiii minutes m. v.lxv the eclipse of the moone the .vii. day of nouember xii houres xviii minutes m.d.lxvi the eclipse of the moone the .xxviii. daye of october v. houres xxxvii minu m.d.lxvii the eâ—clipse of the moone the .viii. daye of aprill .xxii. houres .xxix. min. m.d.lxvii the eclypse of the moone the xvii day of october xiii houres xiii minutes m.d.lxix the eclypse of the moone the ii daye of march xv houres .iiii minutes m.d.lxx. the eclipse of the moone the .xx. daye of february .v. houres xxxix minu m.d.lxx. 〈◊〉 eclypse of the moone the .xv. daye of august ix houres .xvii minutes m.d.lxxii the eclipse of the moone the .xvii. day of october .xiii. houres lxii minutes m.d.lxix the eclipse of the moone the seconde daye of march xx houres iiii minutes m.d.lxx. the eclipse of the mone the .xx. day of february .v. houres xxxix mynutes m.d.lxx. the eclipse of the moone the .xv. day of august ix houres xvii minutes m.d.lxxii the eclipse of the moone the .xxv. daye of iune ix hours .lxii minutes m.d.lxxiii the eclipse of the moone the .viii. day of december vii houres xxxviii min. m.d.lxxiiii the eclipse of the sunne the .xiii. day of nouember .iiii. houres .lii. minutes m.d.lxxvi the eclypse of the sunne the .vii. day of october x. houres lii minutes m.d.lxxvii the eclipse of the moone the .ii. daye of apryll viii houres xviii minutes m.d.lxxvii the eclipse of the moone the .xxvi. daye of septeÌ„ber .xii. houres .xxxvi. minutes m.d.lxxviii the eclipse of the moone the xv day of september xiii houres viii minu m.d.lxxx the eclipse of the moone the .xxxi. daye of ianuary .x. houres vi minutes m.d.lxxxi the eclipse of the moone the .xix. day of ianuary .xi. houres vi minutes m.d.lxxxi the eclipse of the moone the .xv. daye of iuly .xvi. hours .xlviii minutes m.d.lxxxii the eclipse of the sunne the xix day of iune xvi houres .liii. minutes m.d.lxxiiii 〈◊〉 eclypse of the sunne the .xix. daye of apryll .xvii. houres xxvii minutes m.d.lxxxiiii the eclipse of the moone the .viii. day of nouember .xiii houres xii minutes m.d.lxxxvii the eclipse of the moone the .vi. day of september .viii houres lviii minutes m.d.lxxxviii the eclipse of the moone the seconde daye of march xv houres xiiii minutes m.d.lxxxvii 〈◊〉 eclypse of the mone the .xxv. daye of august .xvii houres .xxiiii. minu m.d.lxxxix the eclipse of the moone the .xv. day of august vii houres liii minutes m.d.xc. the eclipse of the sunne the xx day of iuly .xix houres xxxviii minutes m. d.xâ— the eclipse of the mone the .xxx daye of december viii houres .i. mynntes md.xci 〈…〉 of the sunne the x. daye of iuly .iii. houres .xxxvi. mynutes m. â— c.â—â—i the eclipse of the moone the .xix. day of december .xvii. houres .xxiiii. min. m. v.c.xcii the eclipse of the moone the .xiii. day of iune .x. houres .xxiiii. minutes m. v.c.xcii the eclipse of the moone the .viii. day of december viii houres xxiii minutes m. v.c.xciii the eclypse of the sunne the .xx. day of may .ii. houres .xxxvi. minutes m. v.c.xciiii the eclipse of the moone the .xviii. daye of october .xix. houres .xxviii. minu m. v.c.xcv the eclypse of the moone the .xiii. daye of april .xvi. houres .liii minutes m. v.c.xc.v the eclypse of the sunne the .xxiii. daye of september the .i. houre .xiii. mi. m. v.c.xcvi the eclipse of the moone the .ii. daye of aprill .ix. houres .xlix minutes m. v.c.xcviii the eclipse of the moone the x. day of february .xviii. houres lvii minutes m.d.xcviii the eclypse of the sunne the â—xiiii daye of februaryeâ— xxiii houres .xi. min. m.d.xcviii the eclipse of the moone the .vi. daye of august vii hours lviii minutes m.d.xcix the eclypse of the moone the .xxx. day of ianuary .xix. houres vi minutes m. â—i.c the eclipse of the sunne the xxx day of iune .i. houre .xxxiii. mynutes m. vi.c.i the eclipse of the moone the xxix day of noueÌ„ber .vii. houres .xxx viii minutes m. vi.c.i the â—clipse of the sunne the .xiiii. day of december .ii. houres liiii minutes 〈…〉 the eclipse of the moone the .xxv. daye of may vii houres xxxvi minutes m. vi.c.iii the eclipse of the moone the .xiiii. daye of may .xii. houres .l. minutes m. vi.c.iii the eclipse of the moone the .viii. daye of nouember vii houres .xxxvii. minu m. vi.c.v the eclipse of the moone the .xxiiii. daye of march ix houres .xlii. minutes m. vi.c â— the eclipse of the moone the xvi day of september .xvii. hours v. minutes al the eclypses of the sunne be on the day and of the moone by night and ye shal wyte the eclipse of the sunne and the moone appereth sometime otherwyse then we see it for the eclipse of the sunne may well be by night and the eclypse of the moone may be by day but such eclypse appeareth not to vs shepardes no maruell that mans minde is mutable and wyll you know wherfore and why for he
on the sea pondes and ryuers and as it is sayde aquarius is the house of saturne in which he reioyceth of pegasus that signifyeth the horse of honour a sterre fyxed pisces gouerneth of man the feete and signifyeth a man subtyle wyse and of dyuers colours and hath regyons tabrasen iurgen and all the habitable part that is septentrion and parte of romany and vnder the â—v degree of the sayd signe riseth a sterre that shepards call pegasus that is the horse of honour and the figure in forme of a faire horse they that be borne vnder his constellation shal be honoured amonge great capitayns and lordes when uenus is with it they be loued of great ladyes if the sayde sterre be in the middes of the skye in the discending and pisces is one of the houses of iupiter and sagittarius the other in the which he reioyseth most and the sayde pisces in the .xxvii. degree is the exaltation of uenus of the deuision of the .xii. houses as well in the earth as in the heauens cap. xxxix the heauens and the earth may be deuyded in foure partes by two circles which crosseth directly ouer the two poles and crosseth foure times the equinoctiall line ech of the foure partes deuided into three equally is in all .xii. equall parts as wel in the skye as in the earth which shepherds call houses and be twelue of the which sixe be alwayes aboue the earth and sixe vnder it and these houses moueth not but be alwayes eche in their place and the signes and planets passeth by them always once in .xxiiii. houres three of these houses be from orient to midnight going vnder the earth the first the second and the third wherof the fiâ—st vnder the earth beginnineth at orient named the house of life the seconde house of substance and riches the thirde that finisheth at midnight is the house of fraternitie the fourth that beginneth at midnight comming in occident is named the house of partrimony the fifth folowing is the house of sonnes the sixt finisheth in occident vnder the earth is the house of sicknes the seuenth beginneth in occident on the earth and stretcheth toward midday is the house of mariage the eight is the house of death the ninth finishinge at midday is called the house of fayth of reâ—gion and pilgrimage the tenth beginning at midday comming toward orient is the house of honour and of regalitie the eleuenth after that is the house of true friendes and the twelfth that fynisheth in orient on the earthe is named the house of charitie but this matter is diffycile for shepardes knowledging the nature and propertie of euery of the sayde twelue houses and departeth them lightly and suffyseth of that is sayde with the fygure present thus endeth of the twelue houses qualiter pâ—er crescit in ventre matris sue primo mense crescit cerebrum secundo crescuÌ„t vene tertio quarto habeâ—it omnia meÌ„bra sua sed erit sine anima qinto incipit venere mulum grauabit matrem suam sexto circundabitur pelle ossa crescent septimo vngues crescent octauo crescet cor omnia viscera pretericour nono sciet mater si puer poterit bene nascian non decimo crescit iâ—cur in puero de tunc bene comparebit mulieri si bene eueniet puâ—ro an non que in iâ—core irascat quod quam cito habuit iecur tam cito nascetur vel morietur in quibus partibus corporis hominis sunt spiritus intellectus intellectus dicitur esse in fronte memoria in cerebro ira in felle auaricia in iecore timor in corde halitus in pulmone cogitatio in venis quia splene ridemus selle irascimur corde sapimus iecore amamus quibus quatuor elementis constantibus integrum est animal of the twelue signes which be good or bad to take iourneys by land or by water cap. xxxix aries is good tautus is not so gemini and cancer will make thee glad but beware hardely of leo and uirgo libra for frendship full harde is scorpio sagittary good capricorne peryllous aquary by water good clerkes proueth so for best is pisces and most plenteous how the planets raigne in euery houre ca. xl he that wyll wete howe shepardes know whiche planete raygneth euery houre of the day and the night and which planet is good which is bad ought to know the planette of the day seke therfore the firste temporal houre of the sonne rysynge that day is for the sayde planet the seconde houre is for the planet ensuynhe the thyrde for the other as they byn here fygured by ordre and it behoueth to go from sol to uenus mercury luna them come ageyne to saturne vnto xii that is the houre before the son goynge downe and incontinent after the son is downe begynneth the fyrste houre of the nyght that is for the .xiii. planet the seconde houre of the nyght for the xiiii so vnto xii houres for the nyghte that is the nexte houre before the sonne rysynge and come directly fallyng vpon the xxiiii planet that is next before that of the day folowynge and thus the day hath xii houres and the nyght xii also the whych be temporal houres different to the houres of the clockes the which be artificials shepardes sayd that saturne and mars be euyll planettes iupiter and uenus good sol and luna halfe good and halfe euyll the parey toward a good planet is good and the party towarde the euyl planet is nought mercury conioyned with a good planette is good and with an euyll planet he is nought and they vnderstande this as to â—he inflicences good or euyll that bin of the sayde planetes there folowynge the houres of the planets ben different to them of clockes for the houres of clockes ben egall at all tymes eche of .lx. minutes but they of the planets wheÌ„ the dayes and the nightes be egall that the sonne is in one of the equinocces they be egal but as sone as the dayes lengtheneth or shortneth so dothe the natural houres by this it is conuenient alway for the day to haue â—ii teÌ„poral houres the nyght also and when the dayes be long the houres longe and when the dayes ben short and the houres short in lykewise is the night and neuerthelesse an houre of the day and an houre of the night together haue vi score minutes as many as two houres artyficialles for that the one leueth the other taketh and take we our planets fro the sonne rysing not before vnto the sonne goyng downe and all the remenaunt is nyght example of that which is abouesayd in deceÌ„ber the dayes haue but .viii. houres artyficiall â—es of clockes and they bene xii teÌ„porals let the viii houres artificialles be deuided in xii egall partes and it shal be xii tymes xl minuts and euery partie shal be a temporall houre that shal be of .xl. minutes and no mo thus
in decembre the teÌ„porall houres of the day haue but .xl minutes but the houres of the night haue foure score for in that tyme the nightes haue xvi houres artificialles the which deuyded in twelue parts ben foure score minutes for euery temporall houre thus the houres of the nyghtes in decembre haue foure score minutes xl for an houre of the day there ben syxe score minutes in two temporall houres as many as in two houres artyficialles that be echeÌ„ of xl minuts in iune is the contrary in mars and in september all houres ben egall as the dayes ben in other monthes by egall portion with euery planet here afore fygured ben the signes which be the houses of the sayd planets as it is aforesayd capricornus and aquarius ben the howses of saturne sagitarius and pisces of iupiter scorpius and aries of mars leo of sol taurus and libra of uenus gemini of mercury cancer of luna with other significations that wolde be long to recounte here after foloweth the nature of the .vii. planets with the dispositions of the sayd planets after the sayings of expert shepardes xmi xvn xxi xxv my sonne thou shalt vnderstande that to auoyde all idlenes this matter oft thou take in hand to rede of shepardes businesse and specially of the planets seuen of mars and saturne that is full hye also of sol the myddle heauen and vnder him uenus luna and mercury for to know theyr natures all in soth it is a great cunning and shew what may befall when euery planet is raygning by theyr worcking oft we byn moued to loue lust and playes of iolitie and by soure of them as clarkes haue proued they styrre vs to thefte murther and vilitie some be good some be bad verely some be not comfortable to man ne beast some hote some colde some moyst some dry if three be good foure be worse at the least saturne is hyest and coldest being full bad and mars with his bluddy swerde euer redy to kyl iupiter very good and uenus maketh louers glad sol and luna is halfe good and halfe yll mercury is good and euill verely and hereafter shalt thou know which of the seuen most worthy be and who reigneth hye and who a lowe of euery planets propertie which is the best amonge them all that causeth welth sorowe or sinne tary and heare sone thou shalt speake softe for nowe i begin of saturne ¶ saturnus significat hominem nigrum croceuÌ„ ambulando mergentem in terra qui ponderosus est incessu adiungens pedes macer recuruus habens paruos occulos siccam cutam barbam raram labia spissa calidus ingeniosus seductor interfector hominemque corpore pilosum iunctis supercilijs here beginneth of saturne the highest of the .vii. planets saturne is the highest planette of all the seuen he is mighty of hym selfe he gyueth all the greate coldes and waters yet he is drye and colde of nature and he commeth into cancer and hys chiefe sygnes ben aquarye and capricorne and he compasseth all the other planettes for saturne is next vnder the fyrste mobile that is vnder the chrystall skye the which mobile moueth marueylously for some shepardes say that he causeth by his mouinge all other planettes to moue and moueth the mobile aboue saturne is so hye that shepardes can not wel measure it for so hye reason hath â—owâ—r and no farther and therefore it is more then .xxx. yeare or he may renne his course when he doth raygne thete is much these vsed and litle charitie much lyinge and much lawynge one agaynste another and greate prysonment and much debate and greate swearinge and much plenty of corne and also much plenty of hogges and greate trauayle on the earthe and olde folke shall be very sickely and many diseases shall raigne amonge the people and specially in the chiefe houres of saturne and therfore this planet is likened to age as harde hungry suspicious and couetous that seldome is content with any thinge for saturne is enemy to all things that groweth and beareth life of nature for the colde and stormy bitternes of his time of his proprieties he that is borne vnder saturne shall be false enuyous and full of debate and full of lawe and he shall be cunnynge in coryinge of lether and a great eater of breade and fleshe and he shal haue a stinkynge breth and he shal be heauy thoughtfull and malycious a robber a fyghter and full of couetyse and yet he shall kepe councell well and be wyse in councelyng and he shall loue to synne wilfully he shall be a greate speaker of tales iustes and chronycles he shall haue lytle eyen blacke haire great lippes brode shouldred and shal loke downeward he shal not loue sermons ne to goe to the church and beware of hys handes and beholde the ratell and aboue his eares the planet doth raigne and the chyldren of the sayde saturne shal be great iangelers and chyders blacke lene in the face thinne bearded euill langnaged they shal be full of lawe and vengeaunce and wyll neuer forgyue tyll they be reuenged of theyr quarell and lyke as the planet saturne is colde and causer of great frostes and snowes ensemblably and he that is borne vnder him shal be cold in charitie and not misericordious and mercifull but vengeable and wil neuer be intreated and also they shal be great cursers and beare malyce longe in their myndes and not forget it and they loke to be obeyed and to haue great reuerence and commonly will prayse them selfes and talke to them selfe and laugh at their owne conceyte and all euils shal grow in them and aboue all coloures he shall loue blacke colour best the planet of saturne gouerneth of man the ratell and aboue the eares as is aforesayde and this planet is cause of hasty death for bycause that he is colde and drye of nature and therfore he is lykened to melancoly and the sayd saturne raigneth in aquary capricorne and cancer but specially in aquary and capricorne of iupiter ¶ iupiter significat hominem habentem album ruborem in facie habentem oâ—culos non pâ—orsu nigros nares non equares â—â—eâ—e caluum in aliquo dentiuÌ„ habentem â—â—gridmem pulchre stature boni animi bonis moribus pulchri corporis hominemque habentem magnos occulos pupillam latam barbam crispam next after the planet of colde saturne is the noble planet of iupiter the which iupiter is very pure and clere of nature and not very hot but he is all vertuous and ther is fyxed in iupiter two noble signes of loue the one is pisces and the other is sagittary signes of none euill nor vnhappines this planet may do none euill he is best of al the other seuen he kepeth the lyuer of man and maintayneth it ioyously and euermore this planet doth good and within .xii. yere or there about he passeth all the twelue signes of his proprieties the man that is borne vnder hym shall loue