Alesham sa worfled sa Sechby every second Monday Northamptonshire Thrapston tu Rothwell M. Kingscliff tu VVellingborough VV. Daventry VV. brackley VV. Kettering fr. Peterborough sa Northampton sa Oundle sa Northumberland Newcastle tu and sa hexam tu weller th Morpeth VV. Alerwick sa berwick sa Oxfordshire Tame tu woodstock bampton VV. chipingnorton VV. witney th henley th banbury th burford sa burchester fr. Deddington sa watlington sa Oxford VV and sa Rutlandshire Upingham VV. Okenham sa Shropshire Oswestree M. Great wenlock M. Ludlow M. Elsimeere tu Shipton tu braiton VV. Stretton th wem th bishops-castle fr. VVidington th VVhitchurch fr. Bridgnorth sa Shrewsbury W. th sa Newport sa Somersetshire Chard M. Somerton M Glassenbury M. wivescom tu Pensford tu VVriton tu North-Petherton tu VVincaunton VV. Ilchester VV. Axebridge th Frowmselwood VV. St. Petherton th wellington th Bridgwater th Canisham th shipton-Mallet fr. Dunstar-winton sa Langport sa Yeovil fr. Crookhorn sa Ilminster sa Vetchers sa Dalverton sa Taunton W and sa N cinry tu and sa Bristol VV and sa Bath VV and sa VVells VV and sa Staffordshire Stow tu Newcastle under line M Pagets Browledg tu Betles tu Tutbury tu VValsal tu Ridgley tu Pancridg tu breewood tu Leeke w VVolverhampton VV Utoxeter VV chickley th Litchfield tu and fr stafford sa burton on Trent th Eccleshall fr Suffolk Woodbridge VV Needham VV biddleston VV haverill VV Orford M hadleigh m Mendlesham tu halesworth tu lestofh VV bury VV stowmarket th Tansdale th saxmundham th sowley th bungay th Ikesworth fr New-market th Maldenhall fr clare fr Neyland fr Debenham fr sudbury sa Aye sa Framglingham sa Aldborough sa Dunwick sa Ipswich w fr sa beckles sa Sussex Sattel th East-Grinstead th brighthelmiston th Petworth VV steuington VV Midhurst th steneing VV hastings VV and sa coxfield fr horsham sa Lewes sa chichester sa Arundel VV and sa Rye w and sa Surry Southwark M W F S. Rygate Tu. Darking Th. Farnham Th. Croydon S. Kingston S. Guilford S. Warwickshire Tamworth S Henly M. Southam M. Sutton-Cofield M. Aulcester Tu. Symeton Tu. Atherstone Tu. Stratford Th Colshil W Bromicham Th Coyentry F Warwick F Shipton S Nun-Eaton S Rugby S Westmoreland Ambleside W Burton Tu. Burgh W Orton W Kerbylaundale Th Kerby-stephen F Kendale S Appleby S Fardondike Wiltshire Sundon M Bradford M Swyndon M Calne tu Ashburn tu Lavington W Wilton W Highworth W Hindon Th Devises Th Wootonbasset Th Dunston F Mersbury F Westbury F Warminster S Troubridge S Chipnam S Malmsbury Marlborough S Salisbury Tu and S Creeklad S Worcestershire Worcester W F S Sturbridge F Bewdley S Evesholm M Parshore Tu Broomsgrove Tu Droitwich F Shipton F Kidderminster th Upton th Tenbury tu Yorkshire East-Ridings Hedon sa Wigton W Kilham th Bridlington sa Packlington sa Howder sa Hull tu and sa Beverly W and sa West-Ridings Selby M Rotheram M Otley tu Settle tu Sheffield tu barnsby W Knaresborough W bradforth th Halifax th VVetherly th VVakefield th fr Leeds tu and sa Shipton sa borroughbrigs sa Pontefract sa Tedeaster th Rippon th Snathe fr Ripley fr Tickley sa Bantrey sa Doncaster sa Sherborn sa North-Ridings Gisborough M Pickering M Thrusk M Beda tu Masham tu Kerby-moreside w North-Alerton w Abberforth w Scarborough th Malton sa Yarum th Helmly sa York th and sa whitey sa Stokeley sa Richmond sa Market-Towns and their Days in WALES Brecknockshire BRecknock w and sa Hay m Coecowell th Bleath m and sa Anglesey Newbury tu Bewmaris w Cardiganshire Aberysthway w Llanbeder tu cardigan sa Tregeron th Carnarvanshire Kreekych w Bangor w Newin sa Carnarvan sa Palbely w Alberconway fr Caremardenshire Llanesly tu Kidwelly tu Llandilmawre tu New-Castle fr Llangadock th Caremarden w and sa Lantharne fr Llanynodissy w and sa Denbighshire VVrexham m and th Ruthen m Llanrest tu Denbigh w Flintshire St Asaph sa Holy-well sa Cairvise tu Glamorganshire Carephilly th cowbridge tu Powrise th bridgends sa Llintrissent fr Neath sa cardriff w and sa swansy w Glamorgan sa Radnorshire New Radnor th Knighton th Prestain sa Merionethshire Harlech sa belgele tu bala sa Monmouthshire Carelyon th Monmouth sa Abergavenny tu Port-pool sa Usk m and fr Newport sa Montgomeryshire Machinelth m VVelshpool m Newtowr m Montgomery th Llanvilling th Llanidloes Pembrookeshire Rillgarven w Teuby w and sa Nowbeth w Fishguard fr Pembrook sa Newport sa wiston sa Haverford T and S Note In this case that M. stands for Monday Tu. Tuesday W Wednesday Th. Thursday F. Friday S. Saturday and according as they are thus marked the Markets are held An exact Catalogue of the fixed and moveable Fairs held Yearly in England and Wales the days and times of their continuance the like for exactness never before Published THE Fairs are of two sorts as to the Times of their being held some are fixed to a certain day others change their days or are moveable with the Feasts Therefore since no exact Account as we know of has been hitherto given we shall labour to satisfie the curiofity of those whose Pleasure or Advantage tends that way and for those that are fixed take them for the more regular way in their Month. Fairs in JANUARY 3 At Llanbither 5 at Hickford 6 at Salisbury 7 at Llanginny 6 and 25 at Bristol 13 at Derby 25 at Gravesend and Churchingford 31 at Llondysle Fairs in FEBRUARY 1 At Bromley Lank 2 at Bath Ashbourn Bicklesworth Budworth Bricklesfield beconsfield Farington Godlemew Hedon Leominster Lyn Maidstone Reading the Vizes 3. at Boxgrove and Brinâ—â—â— 14 at Feversham and Oundley 24. at Whitâ—â—â—â— Upingham Walden Tukesbury Highamfenâ—â—â— Henly on Thames Froom Bourn Baldock 9. at Llandaff 6 at Stafford for 6 days 26 at Stafford for Horses 8 at Targaron 28 at Chesterfield At Winterbourn the second Thursday in the Month and at Weldonnorth the first Wednesday Fairs in MARCH 1 At Madrim 12 at Alsom Norfol. 13 at Mounthow 20 at Alesbury 25 at Montgomery Malden St. Albans Midhurst Malpus New-Castle Northill 3 days Northampton Onabuck Ashwel Harif Burton Cardigan Great Chart huntington St. Johns worst Whiteland Woodstock Walden 12 at Wigbourn Woubourn Wrexham 13 at Wye 7 at Worksep 8 Tragarron 18 Sturbridge 12 Strudbury Stopford 3 Seavenoke 25 Pyobus 17 Patrington 4 Orham second Thursday at Okehampton 20 at Northmore 24 at Llamerchemic 1 at Lanlegevellah and Langadog 5 at Lancaster 27 at Derby 20 at Durham at bromeyard the Thursday before 25 at bromeyard 12 at bodman 13 at bodwin 4 at bedford 3 at brinwell brakes 27 at Atherstone and backwell Fairs in APRIL The third Thursday in the Month at Yarmouch 25 at Winchcomb 23 at Wilton Woodley Tamworth and Wortham 26 at Tenterden 25 at Uttoxiter 5 at Wallingford 11 and 12 at Warminster Sudbury the last thursday and saturday in the Month. 21 at-Aberforth 25 at Iving 23 at Amptill Ipswich Killborough Lougnor Mevemot bewdley brewton birdstock bilson bury
Dolton 11 13 and 20 at St. Edmondsbury 6 and 11 at Pembridge 2 at Pennibout 30 at Enfield 11 at Folkingham 10 at Rugby 30 at Ross and Rochester 6 at Salford and stanly 23 at Froom 10 and 11 at Garstange 11 and 13 at Guilford 10 at shaftsbury and shesnal 30 at Greensteed 6 at hertford 11 at skipton in Cravan 17 at spalding harlow and hide 19 at horsham 22 at swathey 23 at sandwich 25 at hedon and higham-ferries 20 at health 6 at Trigney in Lanc. 30 at harleigh 11 at Tream 15 and 16 at Thwayt 20 at Ingenstone 23 at Tuddington 5 at Welsh-pool 6 at wetshod and wellington 10 at wem 11 at withgrig 13 at wellington 30 at wakefield and warington 2 and 11 at York 6 at lesford in Lanc. 3 at caremarthen 1 and 23 at ludlow 23 at Ketters-cross 30 at Kimbolton Fairs in DECEMBER 4 At Atherstone 5 at Dolgeth Newtown and puchley 6 at Arundel Exeter St. Edes cased Grantham heningham hethin hornse Northwich in Ch. sevenock spalding wallingford and woodstock 7 at sandhurst 8 at bewmaris Clithero Cardigan Kimar leicester malpus Northampton and whiteland 21 at charlbury 29 at canterbury 21 at Hornbury 22 at Llandilawer 29 at Royston and salisbury 11 at Northampton Note Where you find words standing for the beginning of a County after any Place Named as Lanc. for Lancashire Not. for Nottinghamshire c. then the Place is in that County And this is to distinguish them there being more of the same Name An exact Catalogue of the Moveable Fairs with their exact Times and Places AT Northampton from Christmass to June every wednesday Monday after Twelfth-day at Buckingham At Hinkley three mondays after twelfth-day At Melton-mowbrav and Salisbury the tuesday after Twelfth day for horses the thursday after Twelfth-day at Banbury and Lutterworth and for three weeks every thursday after at Litchfield the friday after Twelfth-day at Newcastle-under-line On shrove-Shrove-monday at Candene In Glocestershire on Ash-wednesday and the same day at Dunstable Chichester Eaton Exeter Folkingham Litchfield Royston Tamworth Tunbridge On the first thursday in Lent at Banbury the first monday in Lent at Abington Winchester Chichester Chersey the first tuesday in Lent at Bedford At Charlebury on Michaelmas day St. Thomas's day second friday in Lent On the third monday in Lent at Stamford for horses On midlent sunday at Odiham Saffron-Walden and Stamford the friday and saturday before the first sunday in Lent at Hartford the first sunday in Lent at Hexcomb Grantham Sudbury and Salisbury The tuesday after midlent-sunday at Leominster the monday before Lady day at Wisbich Kendale and Denbigh wednesday before Lady-day at Dolton the thursday before Lady day at Yarmouth On St. Matthew's day at Cricklade The tuesday seven-night before Palm-sunday St. Luke's day at new-New-market the wednesday before Palm-thursday at Drayton and the thursday before it at Landissel On Palm-sunday at Leicester Newport Alesbury Wisbich Skipton and Pomfract On the same at Billinsworth Lancaster Kendale Worcester Llaundaren the tuesday after at Wakefield The monday before Easter at Ledbury tuesday before Easter and St. Barnaby's day at Selby Monday tuesday and wednesday before Easter at Marsh the same day at Ludlow the thursday before Michaelmas the thursday before Easter and the thursday before St. Thomas's day at Kettering the monday before St. John Baptist at Soham the wednesday in Easter week at Mass-Gate monday wednesday and thursday in Easter week at Sosings On saint Peter and saint Paul at Ridbury On the Eve and Feast of saint Peter and saint Paul at Barkstrange Also on the Eve and Feast of saint Martin On the monday in Easter week and monday before saint Thomas's day at Thornbury At Cateline and Llanvillan on the wednesday before Easter and on the wednesday and thursday before at Wallingford Kettering and Sudminster On Good friday at Burnhil Amptil Brewerton Charing Berry Enfield Guilford Huntington Hatfield Ipswich Melian Lougher Nutley saint Pombs Risborough and Roborough On Easter monday at Onay Buck Dryfield and Gainsborough On tuesday at Ashby-de-la-Zouch Dantry Braleis Dorchester Oxen. North-street Hitching Roachford and Sambich On Easter wednesday at Wellingborough and Beverly On friday in Easter at Derby the next day at Skipton in Craven The second monday after Easter at New Malton Monday tuesday and wednesday after Easter at Chudley and on the wednesday at Hereford At Lodness every wednesday after Easter Martlemas day At Inglestwait monday before Holy-thursday Buckland All Souls day tuesday after Pentecost At Bricklesworth Evesham and Newcastle-under-line on monday after Low-sunday At Lough in Lincolnstire the third sunday after Easter At Beverly Englefield Lane Rech in Rogation week On Enmore Green the first tuesday in every month Green street on tuesday before Ascension day At Weobly on Ascension day and thursday three weeks after At Ross on Ascension day and the thursday after Trinity sunday On Ascension Eve at Abergelly and Darkin On Ascension day at Bread-street in Kent Bewmaris Bridgend Brimmingham Chapple-Frith Burton on Trent Eccleshal Chapple-Kinnow Egglestrew St. Eedes Hallaton in Leicest Lutterworth Kidderminster Middlewich Newcastle Newbury Penhole Rone Rippon Stopport Stratford upon Avon Sudminster Yarnwigg and the Vizes At Burlington and Thaxsted the sunday after Ascension day At Shrewsbury the wednesday after and at Ruthin the friday after On Whitsun-Eve at New-Inn Rats-dale Wisbich Skipton in Craven On Whit-sunday at Kirk by Stephen Cribby Lenham Rutsdale Ryhill and Salisbury On whit-Whit-monday at Bromyard Kingston and Grays tuesdays and wednesdays At Ormiskirk monday and tuesday in Whitsun-week and on the monday at Lambyron Chipping Agmondsham Appleby Amersom Bradford Bricklesworth Burton in Lane Chichester Cockermouth Datterington Evesham Exeter Dyfield Linton St. Ives Harts-green Rigate Owndle Midlome Sleford Salford Sittingboun Whichurch and Stockelter On Whit-tuesday at Canterbury Ashby-de-la-Zouch Elesmere Daintree Epping Leighton Buz. Knotsford high Louguir Lewis Llaninthebury Midhurst Monmouth Melton Mobray Oringstock Rochford Perith. On the wednesday in Whitsun-week at Royston Sand-Bar Pont-Stephen Newark on Trent Libedon Llandeby and Leek On thursday the same week at saint Austel Kingstone and Chacklefield On the friday at Stow in Guillin Derby and Cogshal On Trinity Eve at Skipton in Craven Rowel and Pomfract On Trinity sunday at South haven Stokely saint Mary Awk Kemdale Rowel On Trinity monday at Raleigh Houndslow Ruilly Cresswell Waterford Usk the Vizes Spilsby and Tunbridge On the tuesday after at Radnor and Abergavenny and the wednesday after at Aberfrow On the day of Corpus Christi at Sanbury saint Anns Bishop-Stratford Catewid Bremicham Hallatan Egiestrew Haligh Kidderminster Hampstead Llanwist Llammerchimeth Newbury Neath saint Neots Newport in Montgomeryshire Stopport Prescot and Ross On the friday after at Coventry and Chepstow On the sunday after at Stamford and Bolton The sunday after the third of July at Haveril and the sunday fortnight after Midsummer at Fothering Hay On the first sunday after saint Bartholomews day at Samphbick and Ashford and the thursday
THE Sheepherd's NEW Kalender OR THE Citizens Country Man's Daily Companion Treating of most Things that are Useful Profitable Delightful and Advantageous to Mankind Being the Thirty Years Study and Experience of a Learned Sheepherd in the West of England Printed by A. M. for I. Blare at the Looking-Glass on London-Bridge 1700. Price Bound One Shilling THE PREFACE TO THE Reader Reader IN this Laboured Work you will find so many Vseful and Profitable things that I am Perswaded you will be Constrained to acknowledge you never before found the like in any of what Volume soever and I have digested them into so Plain and Easie a Method that any ordinary Capacity may Comprehend what has so long been handled in Ambiguous Sentences Dark and Abstruse to keep all but those that are very Learned in Ignorance As for the truth of what is here set down in Relation to Prognosticks of Weather or any other matters in the vast variety contained in this BOOK a very Long and Large Experience has Confirmed it to me so that if I may speak in General Terms I may truly say there is no Ground left for a Scruple But not to Commend what must Infinitely Applaud it self being so Vniversally useful not for Limited Years but all or the greater part of it for ever I shall only Presume to Affirm it is the best of the kind that ever was Exposed to the World and cannot but gain a General Esteem It 's true it was mainly Calculated for the Meridian of Rural Affairs but contains so many different matters that it cannot but be Helpful to all sorts of People of what Quallity or Degree soever As not only giving the True Account of Time but Moveable Feasts likewise when the Moveable Terms begin and end also the Fixed Terms in like manner with the Returns of every Term Eclipses and the Nature of them Remarkable Days in relation to Weather throughout the whole Year Also as to Diseases in Man or Beast Scarcity and Plenty c. Days Lucky and Vnluckly to begin or do any Business on Signs of Weather in all particulars Prodigies Meteors and Blazing-Stars what they Prognosticate and their Causes Rules for the Management of Husbandry for every Month in the Year Signs of Diseases in Cattle and how to prevent and Remedy them The Curious Art of telling Good and Bad Fortune by the Rules of Astrology The whole Mistery of LOVE and finding out Thieves that Rob you Also to prevent Affrighting Dreams and Fears in the Night To Travel in Safety How to tell any Number one shall Think be it never so Great To know the Planet that hath Dominion in the Nativity of any Person The Art of discovering Truth from Falsehood How to know whether you shall be Successful in any matters you engage in against another To know whether the Party you Love be Virtuous and Chaste To prevent or take Vermin that come to destroy Poultry or Coney Warrens To know what place is best to Live and Thrive in whether one shall be Rich or Poor Long Life or Short what Sickness or Crosses shall befall one The Urinal Doctor or Astrological and Physical Observations on casting Urine relating to health or sickness with cautions to prevent threatned Evils A treatise of Bees how to Order Preserve Swarm Gather their Honey and all other Matters relating to them the Warreners Instructor or a Treatise of Coneys their ordering to Preserve or Encrease them the Falconers choice Instructor or the best way to Manage Feed Purge Succour and keep Hawks to Fly at all sorts of Game and to do whatever is requisite for their Preservation well Ordering and to make them Expert in what they are designed for or required to perform A plain and easie Introduction to the most curious Art and healthful Exercise of Ringing Musically on 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. or 9 Bells How a Country-man may know how much Hay or Corn his Barn will hold before it be put into it How to know the Measure that ought to be in Cords or Stacks of Wood to tell what a Clock when the Sun Shines by ones Hand A Catalogue of the Markets and the days they are kept on in the several Counties and Shires in England and Wales Also an exact Catalogue of the Fixed and Moveable Fairs held Yearly in England and Wales the days and time of their continuance the like for Exactness never before Published Likewise a Table for reducing Pounds into Shillings Pence and Farthings and the Contrary And many other Matters too tedious to be mentioned in a Preface but more at Large expressed in the Table or Contents of this Book which by casting your Eye over them will give you such Satisfaction as you can in any Reason desire I need not as I think in this place say any more in Commendation of this BOOK but that you have in it Profit and Pleasure united and a more Vseful One of this kind you cannot expect for when you find any that Equals or Exceeds it you may conclude you have found a Phoenix Therefore Relying on the Merit of what is here Written I shall Close with Recommending it to my Country-Men in general and to Lovers of Art and Critical Observators in particular in which they may find the greatest Misteries of Art and Nature and such other Matters as are exceeding Edifying So that take it altogether it cannot but be wonderfully satisfactory to the Reader as for me I covet no Praise as many do For he who Writes to get himself a Name In this dull Age is indigent of Fame And so only sending it Abroad for the Benefit of All I Subscribe my self Yours to Serve You C. P. THE Shepherd's Kalender c. A Computation of Time in Minutes Hours Days Weeks Months Years divided into Quarters with Signs Governing as also of the Planetary Dominions IT is not fit in this useful Work to Omit any thing that may prove profitable and advantageous to the Reader and since the Exact knowing of Times and Seasons is one main thing Requisit I shall here set it down not only for the present but future Years that without the help of any other Kallender it may be easily found out First then The Measure of Time arises from Minutes 60 of them make an Hour 24 Hours natural Day c. 7 Days goe to a Week 4 Week to a Month 13 such Lunar Months a Day and Hours to a Year though the Year is commonly divided into 12 Solar Months or so many Signs which the Sun passes through in the Circle of a Year so that one Month carrys more days than another as in this Antient observing Verse is seen Thirty Days hath Fruit-bearing September Moist April Hot June and Cold November Short February Twenty Eight alone The other Months have either Thirty One And February when the Fourth Years Run Do's gain a Day from the swift moving Sun So that by this it is plain that every fourth Year called Bissextile
or a Treatise of Coneys their Ordering to Preserve and Encrease them Diseases and Remedys 96 A Cure for Madness in Coneys 98 A Cure for the Rot in Coneys 99 To keep and order Hares in Warrens or Tame them in all respects as the Coney ibid To know the New or Old Form whether Retained by a Hare or left her Shifts c. Page 101 To know whether a Coney or Rabit be Old or Young or New or Stale Killed c. ibid To know whether a Hare be old or young new or stale killed and whether a Hare or Leveret 102 The Faulconers Choice Instructor or the best way to Manage Mew Feed Purge Succour and Keep Hawks to Fly at all Sorts of Game and to do what ever is Requisite for their Preservation well Ordering to make them Expert in what they are Designed for or Required to Perform 103 Of Hawks in General and what Game they most Properly Fly at ibid How to Order Hawks taken from the Cage c. 104 How to bring your Hawk to the Lure 105 To Enseam Hawks and otherways Order them To Enure them to Flight c. 106 The Management of Hawks in their Flight and Particularly to Fly at the River 108 A Plain and Elisie Introduction to the most curious Art and Healthful Exercise of Ringing Musically on 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. or 9. Bells 109 Of the Changes 110 Of Peals 111 Of Cross Peals 112 The Example 113 Of Doubles and Singles on four Bells 114 The Peals called the Old Doubles and Singles on Five Bells 115 The Old Trebles and Doubles on Six Bells 116 How a Country-man may know how much Hay or Corn his Barn will hold before it be put in 117 The Measure that ought to be in Cords or Stacks of Wood. Page 118 To tell what is a Clock when the Sun Shines by ones Hand 119 A Catalogue of the Markets and the Days they are kept on in the several Counties and Shires in England and Wales 121 Market-Towns and their Days in WALES 128 An exact Catalogue of the fixed and moveable Fairs held Yearly in England and Wales the days and times of their continuance the like for exactness never before Published 130 An exact Catalogue of the Moveable Fairs with their exact Time and Places 142 A Table for reducing Pounds into Shillings Pence and Faithings and the contrary 147 FINIS A Catalogue of some Books lately Printed for Josiah Blare Bookseller at the Looking-Glass on London-Bridge A Yres's Arithmatick A Treatise designed for the Use and Benefit of Tradesmen wherein the Nature and Use of Fractions both Vulgar and Decimal are Taught by a New and Easie Method Also the Art of Measuring The Accomplish'd Ladys Rich Closet of Raerities or The Ingenious Gentlewomans and Servant-Maids Delightful Companion Containing many excellent Things for Accomodation of the Female-Sex as The Art of Stilling Preserving Conserving Cookery With Directions to Young Gentlewomen as to their Behaviour and seemly Deportment in Conversation The Famous and Pleasant History of Parismus the Valiant and Renowned Prince of Bohemia In Two Parts I. Containing his Triumphant Battles fought against the Persians his Love to the Beautiful Laurana the great Danger he passed in the Island of Rocks and his strange Adventures in the Desolate Islands II. Containing the Adventurous Travels and Noble Chivalry of Parismenos the Knight of Fame with his Love to the Fair Princes Angelica the Lady of the Golden Tower In Octavo Price Bound 1 s. The Essex Champion or The Famous History of Sir Billy of Billerrecay and his ' Squire Ricardo shewing the Renowned Atchievements and Valiant Acts of the Invincible Knight Sir Billy of Billerrecay with his Love to his Lady Dulcina as also the Commical Exploits and Amourous Adventures of Ricardo his ' Squire their Tilts and Turnament in Honour of Ladies their Battles with Gyant and Monsters Written by William Winstandly Gent. of Saffron-Walden in Essex The Famous History of Amadis of Greece or The Renowned Knight of the Burning Sword The Compleat English Secretary and Newest Accademy of Complements Containing the true Art of Indicting Letters suitable to the Capacity of Youth and Age Relating to Familiar Conversation between Friends Acquaintance Husbands and Wives Children and Parents c. Likewise Instructions for Directing Superscribing Letters also the Titles of Persons of Quality and all other Degrees With Dialogues very witty and pleasant Relating to Love Familiar Discourse and other Matters c. To which is added I. The Art of Good Breeding and Behaviour together with Instructions for Carving Fish Flesh and Fowl after the Newest manner II. The English Fortune-teller as to what Relates to Good or Bad Fortune in Maids Widows Widowers and Batchellors III. Joyful Tidings to the Female Sex IV. A Treatise of Moles V. The Interpretation of Dreams With a Collection of the Newest Play Songs A Companion for Children and Youth or A Little Book for Children In Three Parts I. Good Counsel and Instructions for Children II. Describing who they are that are Good Children III. A Dialogue between William and Betty on serving God c. Aristotle's Legacy Or his Golden Cabinet of Secrets c. FINIS
or Leap-Year there is allowed to February 29 Days The Year again is divided into 4 Quarters viz. The Feast of the Annu of the Blessed Virgin Mary called Lady-day March 25 from its beginning under the Signs of Capricorn Aquarius and Pisces The next the Feast of St. John Baptist called Midsummer-day June 24 extending from the former under the Signs of Aries Taurus and Gemini the next Quarter is the Feast of St. Michael the Arch Angel called Michaelmas-day September 29. extending from Midsummer under the Signs of Cancer Leo and Virgo The last Quarter-day is the Feast of the Nativity of our Blessed Saviour called Christmas-day December 25 extending from Michaelmas under the Signs of Libra Scorpio and Sagitarius and these as I shall hereafter shew have great Influence Joyned with the Seven Planets viz. Sol Luna Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus and Saturn each of these latter governing a several Day in the Week And now because there are some Festival and other Days that are not fixed but Vary and fall Higher and Lower according to the Change of the Moon I shall shew you without the help of a common Kallender how you may find out on what days or times they fall out for ever To know what Month and Day the Moveable Feasts and Terms will fall on for many Years to come THE next Tuesday after the New Moon in February is Shrove Tuesday and the precedent Sunday is Shrove Sunday let it fall out sooner or later in the month but if the Moon happen to Change on a Tuesday Shrove Tuesday falls not on that Day but on the Tuesday following and some times by Reason of there being no New-moon or a very late one it falls in march but the Rule is the same The seventh Sunday after Shrove Sunday is Whitsunday and the Thursday next save one before Whitsunday is Ascension-Day or Holy-Thursday But to make it yet plainer I shall give you a Table how they fall out for several Years to come Year Shrove-sund Easter-day Ascen-day Whit-sunda 1698 march 6 April 2 June 2 June 12 99 Febru 19 April 9 may 18 may 28 1700 Febru 11 march 13 may 9 may 19 01 march 2 April 20 may 29 June 8 02 Febru 15 April 5 may 14 may 24 03 Febru 7 march 28 may 6 may 16 ☉ ☽ ♂ ☿ ♀ And thus may you proceed to know for a Thousand or more Years to come And now because the Terms are two of them moveable I shall say but a little of the two fixed Terms but of the other I shall lay down Rules how they may be found out in any Year with their Returns As for the fixed Terms that called Hillary Term alwaies begins the 23d of January and endeth the 12th or 13th Day of February and hath four Returns viz. Quin. Pas Tre. Pas Quin. Pas Cras Pas Michaelmas Term is the other fixed Term begining the 23 d. Day of October and ends the 28 th of November and hath 6 returns viz. Tres mich mens mich Cras An. Cras mar Oct. mar Quin. mar As for the two moveable Terms they are Trinity Term and Easter Term Easter Term always begins 17 Days after Easter Day and endeth the monday after Ascention Day and hath five returns viz. Quin. Pas Tre. Pas mens Pas Quin. Pas Cras Pas Trinity Term begins the fryday next after Trinity Sunday and the Wednesday fortnight after it ends and hath four returns viz Cras Tri. Oct. Tri. Quin. Tri. Tre. Tri. but of the falling out of the moveable Terms to make it yet more plain I shall give a brief Table how they fall for some years to come Year Easter Term  Trinity Term   Begins Ends Begins Ends 1698 may 11 June 6 June 24 July 13 99 April 26 may 22 June 9 June 28 1700 April 17 may 13 may 31 June 19 1 may 7 June 2 June 20 July 9 2 April 22 may 18 June 5 June 24 3 April 14 may 10 may 28 June 16 4 may 3 may 29 June 16 July 5 5 April 25 may 21 June 8 June 27 And according to this Table you may proceed by the afore-given Directions to any number of Years which will be very useful on many Imergencies this Book being the best of Kallanders for all useful Directions containing a great deal more than any may save the Yearly charge and trouble of buying and carrying about you any other and by the way farther Note Eight Days before any Term begins the Exchecquer openeth except Trinity Term before which it only opens Four Days and no more Eclipses of the Sun and Moon how caused with Rules to know when they will Happen AS for the Moons being Eclipsed it is when the Earth Interposes in a direct Line between it and the Sun so that the shaddow arises so high as to reach the Opacus or nether part of the moons Orb which only happeneth at a time or Opposition of a Full moon or a little before or after the Full and this is when they are in the Sign of the Dragons Head or Tail which is only the Insection of two Circles viz. The Ecliptick and the Different which Circle the moon moves about in The Eclipse of the Sun is caused by the Interposition of the moons dark Body between us and it so that till they depart from Opposition there is an Eclipse more or less but the Sun being far bigger than the moon cannot suffer a Total Eclipse though the moon often does because the Earth is bigger than the moon and so the shaddow many times Totally covers it from the Sun for a time If the moon at the time of her true Opposition to the Sun shall be different from either of the named points less than 10 Degrees 21 Minutes and 20 Seconds then the moon cannot avoid suffering an Eclipse If this Latitude of the moon at the time of a visible Conjunction be less than 30 minutes 4 seconds she will Eclipse the Sun but if the Apparent Latitude of the moon exceed 40 minutes 5 seconds then can there be no Eclipse Therefore the apparent Latitude being more than 30 minutes 40 seconds and less than 34 minutes 51 seconds then in all probability there will happen an Eclipse of the Sun though not to a very-great degree And by the Rules at all times may the Eclipses be found out as to the time of their happening and to save your Eyes in gazing on the Sun Eclipsed take the Image of it in a Mirror or Looking-glass and by that means you may plainly see how the Eclipses Encreases and Diminishes c. Prognosticks or Predictions on the Days of the Week that New Years Day shall fall on Relating to the Weather to fall out throughout the Year Scarcity and Plenty Diseases that will happen to People also to Cattle MAny have considered the whole Year upon the Day it enters on viz. The first of January being the Circumcision day of our Saviour commonly called New Years day and many Things
long-ways and there will corrupt blood and infectious water issue out then having burnt Bay-salt and Allum mix them with Vinegar and rub it well into the wound this done slt the Hyde where the swelling outwardly appears and draw the Skin so that you make a hollowness between that and the swelled Flesh beat together Spear-grass burnt Salt and Butter put this kind of Poultis into the hollow between the Skin and the Flesh and stitch it together but not so close but the infectious Matter may evacuate This done take a lump of the bluest Clay you can get about four pound weight boyl it in two quarts or more of Man's stale Urine so much as the whole being stirred after well boyling will become thick bruise a good handful of the under bark of young Elder add this with a handful of Salt and a quarter of a pound of rasty Bacon well mashed and beaten to pieces stir them continually till the Ingreedients be as thick as pap then bath the Beasts Face from the Ears downwards towards the slit as hot as he may endure it so do three times a day till the swelling is abated separating the Infected from the Sound Cattle for fear of its spreading among them more than otherwise it would Then with an Oyntment made of Butter Tarr and Bees-wax Anoint the Sore Place as hot as may be and in so ordering the Beast will Recover unless exceeding far gone before taken in hand The like measures may be taken with Swine for the violent swellings in their Throat and Jaws contracted by an Infection through foul feeding and bad Airs disearned by the like symptoms Prognosticks of a Rot which fall upon Sheep IF it has been a hot close Summer great heat drops often falling and little Thunder then on St. Luke's Day which is the 18. of October make the Observations as before directed in the morning if the Sun rise clear otherwise do it as well as you can and taste the Dews upon the Grass if they be bitter or brackish the sign is apparent that it is likely to be an unhealthy year for Sheep and a forerunner of the Rot amongst them if great precaution be not had to prevent it especially if they be suffered to feed among old Grass that has not been mowed in moist wet low Grounds for then taking in a great deal of water it makes their Skins loose and their Lungs full of a Flegmatick water that Rots them Consider then in the first place how they ought to feed to preserve them which are so necessary in many Circumstances to us The Grass good and wholsom for Sheep is that among which grows a good quantity of Melilot Claver Selfheal Cinquefoil Broom Pimpernel and white Henbane also Sparrow-wort Knott-grass Pennywort and Middleweed-grass For here the Soil promises not only wholsom Grass but these are Medicinal to preserve them against the Infection that not only causes the Rot but many other Diseases High Grounds dry and fruitful are the best Pasture for them the Grass there being usually short and sweet but if you cannot avoid putting them in low Grounds for want of other conveniency take care not to bring them from the Fold till the Sun be risen and then with your Dog or otherways chase them about till they are well heated and then let them feed or rest This Chasing is many ways advantageous first it beats the Mildews from the Grass and other Dews very hurtful to them in their feeding likewise kettles webs and flasks which the Sheep licking up in feeding Contribute to the Rot it also stirs the Humours in them that wasts the Moisture and prevents the Effects of Rottenness They Feed also more deliberately and not so greedily as otherways they would do chusing their Food which is most Healthful and Propper Once a Month and oftner in the Raw wet season Rub their Mouths with Bay-salt and Vinegar which in a great Measure is a preservative against sickness and thus much to the Ordering them in general for now I come nearer to particulars Rot in Sheep how to provent it and other Diseases and Cure it when taken AS to the Rots particular to sheep that are for Grazing the Hunger Rot that Putrefies the flesh and skin and the Pelt Rot that cometh after great store of Rain to sheep new shorne Mildewing the skin and Corrupting the blood are the most sweeping and Mortal To prevent these then and all others the Danger sore-seen take the salt called Adracei and once a Week Rub their Mouths with it and it is a great Prevention and Preserver of them against Rots but if the Rot is got amongst them seperate the Infected immediately Bleed the rest in their Ears under the Tongue and in the Vain between the Laws give them Bay Salt Fennel and Ash Keys Boiled in their Water and every one of them a Brandy Cup full of Aqua Vitae sweetened with Honey As for the Infected Bleed them in the Temple Veins then take Fulsilago Colts Foot and Lungwort each an equal quantity stamp them and strain the Juice into Water pretty well sweetened with Honey and early in the Morning give it them warm to Drink to each a quarter of a Pint and they will soon Recover unless their Lungs be utterly Perished Feed them with short dry Hay and Tares the latter a little sodden in fair Water in which Fennel has been Infused let their Housings be free from any Moisture or Ill scents and let them Lye Warm on clean dry Straw or Fernn for a Sheep is a Nice Creature much affecting Cleanliness and Wholsome Airs Take Care likewise to drive away all Venomous Creatures from them and this may be done by Burning Galbanium Harts-horn Shaveings or Womans Hair you may also give them in their Troughs Barly and Beans Ground together or dryed Pease Acorns Ground mixed with Bran and if the Elme continues Leafy give them the tender Boughs to Brouze on and thus you will Preserve your own whilst others not Regarding these Rules will have theirs swept away by Scores if not by whole Flocks when the Rot comes amongst them therefore seeing you are well advised neglect it not How to Calculate Nativities to know Good or Bad Fortune Introducing to that curious Art plainly describing it by the Complexions Humours c. Consider first then to know the Day and Hour of the Birth of the Party whose Nativity you would Calculate as suppose on a Monday at half an hour past five in the Morning then you find the Moon has Dominion of that Birth the Person so born will be of a pale complexion soft flaxen or whitish hair subject to cold diseases inconstant of no great capacity or understanding and in peril of losing his or her Life by drowning See in this Case in the Scheem the Moon ascendant in Gemini II in the third Angle If on Tuesday when Mars predominates the Person be born it is discovered by a wide mouth a fiery countenance
with Figures under the Letters viz. A 13 B 3 C 22 D 24 E 22 F 3 G 7 H 6 I 20 K 1 L 10 M 33 N 13 O 8 P 13 Q 7 R 13 S 9 T 8 V 2 X 6 Y 6 Z 4 And now to Amaze the Party more that comes to be Resolved put the Christian Names into Latin in the Nominative Case Singular as suppose Peter is Contending or to Contend in any of these Matters with Paul set down Petrus Paulus and so of any other Name then according as the Alphabet directs joyn unto every Letter of the Names proposed the Figure or Figures under the Letter as they stand in Order then Cast up the Numbers to each Party by it self and being put together proceed to Divide by 9. and so doubt not to find the Division being made what Remains to the one Party and to the other and this gives a sight of the Victor and the Vanquished and if it so happen that in the Division of the whole 9. nothing Remains then take the last Number of 9. to serve for your purpose as I shall more fully Explain in the Close And thus I begin with the Names Mentioned as by the same Rule you may do with any other P 13   ☽ P 13   E 22 67 makes seven times nine ☿ A 1 37 makes four times nine T 8   ♂ U 2   R 13   ☉ L 10   U 2   ♄ U 2   S 9   Remains 4. ♃ S 9  Remains 1.  Sum 67.      Sum 37. And by this Rule the Planets give their Favourable Influence to Peter and promise him the Advantage over the other as having 4. to 1. against him in the Remainder that is three odds to give him a good Lott But yet to make this more Manifest take the following Table according to the fore-going Rule 1 He that shall Overcome is of 3 5 7 9 2 1 4 0 8 3 2 5 7 9 4 1 3 6 8 5 2 4 7 9 6 1 3 5 8 7 2 4 6 8 8 1 3 5 7  2 4 6 8 And thus may you know what is proper without any Frivolous Conceits of Conjuration or Dealing with the Black Art to Injure or Hurt your self by Diabolical Charms or Enchantations To know whether the Party you Love be Virtuous and Chaste THIS is a Nice Secret and may do much Good in preventing much Evil and Strife after Marriage Write down the Proper Name of the Party either Man or VVoman with his or her Mothers Name and put the Number to each Letter as the fore-going Experiment add 15 to the Sum Total divide it then by 9. and so the Sum Remaining or the Remainder of that Sum being even then Conclude the Person Chaste Honest and Virtuous but if it appear odd then you may with all Imaginable reason Conclude the Contrary The Mosaick Wand to find out Hidden Treasure THIS has been a secret put in Practice to great Advantage in this Order Cut a Hazle wand Forked at the upper end like a Y Peel off the Rhine and dry it in a moderate Heat then steep it in the Juice of Wake Robin or Night Shade and Cut the single lower End sharp and where you suppose any Rich Mine or Hidden Treasure is near place a piece of the same Mettal you conceive is Hid or in the Earth to the top of one of the Forks by a Hair or very fine Silk or Thread and do the like at the other end pitch the sharp single end lightly in the Ground at the going down of the Sun the Moon being in the Encrease and in the Morning at Sun-rise by a Natural Sympathy you will find the Mettal enclyning and as it were pointing to the Place where the other is Hid. Choice Secrets in Astrology on several Useful Occasions MANY have been desirous to know as a great Secret the Power that is given to the Planets and other Stars to prevent Thefts and Depredations on Houses Out Houses Orchards Parks Warrens Fields of Corn Cattle Timber and the like How either to stop and take the Thief or scare him from coming thither and since Wonders have been wrought in this to Secure Honest People in their Just Rights and it being hitherto an Occult Faculty or Rare Secret I shall give the Reader such an Insight into the Matter as few have hitherto done A safe way to secure a House IF you suspect your House will be Robbed and would secure it from Thieves as no doubt but you are desirous consider the Night what Planet Reigns and is Lord of the Ascendant and these are their Characters the Sun ☉ on Sunday the Moon ☽ on Monday Mars ♂ on Tuesday Mercury ☿ on Wednesday Jupiter ♃ on Thursday Venus ♀ on Friday Saturn ♄ on Saturday Now consider on what Night you do this as to these Planets and Write on fair Parchment these Characters ♌ ♈ ♒ and suppose it be on a Sunday add the Planetary Character ☉ with this Number 1. 3. 5. ¼ 1 7. and that Night lay this under the Earth or covered with a Tile in the middle of the House as near as may be sprinkle it over with the Juice of Night shade and so go to Sleep as soon as you have thrice Repeated them over and if the Thieves have power to Enter the House they shall have no power to get out again or to carry any thing away till the Sun Rises and if you be Watchful then you may easily Apprehend them before they are able to depart And this you may do any Day of the Week adding the Character of the Planet that Rules that day as I have set it down to what is beside set down in Order A Safegaurd for all Out-houses to secure Poultry Cattle Corn or what else is shut up therein COnsider the Day as in the former and set down in a piece of Clean Parchment these Characters ♉ ♋ ♠add the Character of the Planet as for Monday ☽ and these Figures 9. 8. 5. 3. ⅕ ¼ lay this sprinkl'd with the Juice of Hemlock under the Threshold of the Out-house or if there be none in some secret Corner and if any Thieves Enter they will be so Blinded and Amazed that they will not find their way out again but groap in vain till the Sun Rise before which time you must be Watchful to come thither for the Sun shooting its Beams through the Air the Guardian Virtues Retire and the Force is dissolved for that time but with Changing the Planet will serve for the next Night and so on A Safegaurd for an Orchard Park Warrin or Field to take a Thief c. THE several Places being Guarded by one and the same Planet not to be too tedious to you one and the same thing will indifferently serve to secure any of them from Thieves that come to make Robbery or Depredations whether it be of
it her Cry will soon call all those about her that are within hearing and there they will rage and run about leaping and capering to get at the Net which must be so hung or placed that they cannot easily do for they will certainly tear it to pieces and in this you will have pleasant pastime as well as to take and destroy them if they are offensive to your Gardens Houses Dove-Cots c. A Pleaget to wear about ones Neck to prevent Bugs Flens or Gnats biting in the night time THis to many people may prove no less advantageous than any especially where these Insects are a second plague of Aegypt to people To do this Gather Asmart or Hounds Tongue an Herb with a long sharp pointed little Leaf that grows in Ditches in moist places in Summer dry it to a powder add to it as much of the powder of Sarsafrax Wood as will lye upon a Shilling sprinkle them a little with Juniper Water mix it with the Wooll of a black Sheep cut off betwixt the Horns in the wain of the Moon write on a piece of paper these Characters ♒ ♂ ♠* ♄ ½ ⅕ Sprinkle the paper when you have foulded it up with the Juice of Rue and sew it up in a thin silk Bag and with a little small Cats Guts hang it about your Neck when you go to sleep and if you are awake the power is the same you will Rest without being disturbed with these or other Insects To drive away Mice or Rats in a House or Grainery IF you can get a He Weasel about the increase of the Moon kill him and take out his Fat then dry his Skin that you may write on the fleshey side of it these Characters ♉ ♈ ♊ ♋ ☽ * do it over with the Weasels Fat and stuff up the Skin with Moss taken from the Root or lower part of an Oak-Tree and place it on a sharp Haw-thornstick put the sharp end into it Belly wards and stick the other end into the Floar in a little hole made with a Gimblet in the place of their resort let it not be placed more than six Inches above the Floar and as many as come there will immediately avoid the House or out-house and if you would kill them there it is but strewing pot-ashes on the Floar and it will work so powerful that they cannot get away but there you may kill them at pleasure To prevent being Robbed on the Road or meeting with any bad Accident COnisider in this Case what Planet you set out under Ruling as to the days and its influence The Moon ruling Monday denotes inconstancy in Success Mars Tuesday violence Mercury on Wednesday deceit and fraud Saturn on Saturday envy and malignaminity But the Sun Jupiter and Venus Governing Sunday Thursday and Friday are very Friendly Planets promising Success However other Days are proper enough with the Cautions I shall give you hereafter and that is as followeth to prosper and prevent Ill Fortune it being Robbed Falling from your Horse or Sick falling into any Pit Water or the like Now Note That the Malignant Planets are friendly to others and befriended of them again Sol is friendly to Jupiter and Venus Luna to Jupiter Venus and Saturn Mars is friendly to Venus Mercury is friendly to Jupiter Venus and Saturn Jupiter is friendly to Sol Luna Mercury Venus and Saturn Venus is friendly to Sol Luna Mars Mercury and Jupiter Saturn is friendly to Jupiter Sol and Luna And these are temporizing to hinder the Malignancy of each other therefore the premises considered now as to what you are to put in practice for your security Gather Veruine an Herb so called in the New of the Moon hang it up in the Chimney to dry then powder it and steep it in the water of Agnus Castus then dry it again and reduce it to fine powder these temporize with the Planets Venus and Mercury which are so powerful in their influence for the protection of Travellers put this Powder into a Hollow Ring of any kind of Mettal and have these Characters engraved on the inside of it ♀ ☿ ♄ then you may go or ride safe without danger of any violence keeping your Mind on good things To find out a Thief or make him or her bring back the Goods stolen YOU must set down the day hour and minute if you can when the Goods were stolen and the name of the Planet ruling the day as I have before set down to direct you This being done set down these following Characters in a fair piece of Parchment ☽ ☉ ♄ * Δ Σ this done Turn Round thrice and if you hear no News in 44 Hours of the Thief as ten to one you will then Prick the Parchment full of Holes and hang it up in the Chimney where the Heat of the Fire may a little Scorch it and the Thief is held to be so restless in his mind and tormented that he or she will discover the Theft to be at Ease or bringing Home the Goods throw them privately into your House or some place appertaining to you A Pleasant Device or Stratagem to find out any Person Suspected to have Robbed you IF you Suspect a Servant or any other not being Positive you may first to Amuse them threaten to send for the Cunning Man to know by his Art what is become of the Things Lost and soon after have a Stranger come unknown to them and order the Pary you Suspect with some others for Company to come into a Room being Ignorant of what is Intended then the Stranger Whelming a Kettle very Sooty or Black at Bottom muttering hard Words the Room must be made quite Dark then he must bid them Walk three times Round the Kettle Hand in Hand then suddenly say Lay each of you your Hand upon the Kettle as hard as you can and when he that has Stole the Goods comes to do it for it must be done in Turns one after another the Cock will Crow and Discover him or her those that are Innocent will do it without Scruple but the Guilty Person if he be Ignorant of the Trick being in the Dark will Refuse it because it cannot be seen whether he does it or not and when they all say they have done it asking them severally over the Party must begin to admire the Cock Crows not for you must not expect he will do it upon this Account unless by chance and say He believes the Party is not here that has Stolen the Goods when making all Light again he must require to see their Hands to be more perfectly Instructed in the Matter and then by then if any of their Hands are not Smutted or have no Mark of Blackness it is plain that Party has not Touched the Kettle and then being home Charged with the Matter he will doubtless Confess it and the Reason he Declined it by which Means you may come by your Goods again if they have not been so
In Order to this I have Erected a Scheme and when you would consider any Question to know it first view well this Scheme Erected and Calculated for the Resolving all Lawful Questions Mark how the Signs and Planets are Posited in their Government of the Coelestial Houses and then the Figures in the Square To understand this the better take in the Number of the Day of the month and Mark what Planet Rules that Day you state your Question to be Resolved and these are their Characters as to the Governing the Days of the Week as you find in the Angles or Houses of the Scheme Erected on Sunday ☉ Governs on monday ☽ on Tuesday ♂ on Wednesday ☿ on Thursday ♃ on Friday ♀ on Saturday ♄ this being Noted pitch upon any Number that exceeds not 30 add to it the Number of the Day of the month and the Letter that begins your Name if it be a Figure if it be not it stands but for 1. then gather the Number thought on and the Number of the Day of the month with that of your Name Letter into one Sum and divide it by 30 and then if you find what Remains in the upper part of the Square in the Figures placed there assure your self of Good Luck but if it fall out in the under part it promises but an Indifferency of Fortune As for Example you would be certified whether you shall have the Party you are in Love withal and desire to marry take the Number of the first Letter of your Name and the Number of the Planet that Governs the Day you enquire reckoning from Sunday as to the Days of the Week till Saturday in order and then divide them by 30 and if it appears in the upper part it promises you Success in what you desire to know but if in the under part of the Table you will be Crossed in your Expectation If there Remains neither under nor over it Remains in the Blank Houses of the Scheme where neither Good nor Bad Fortune is signifyed then being put off with a Blank you must think again and proceed in the same order till it comes up to a Figure or Sum over or under that is as you find it above or below in the Table and upon this Rule depend all Questions that can reasonably be thought on to be Demanded As Success in Love Affairs Portions great or small Law suits Absence of Friends whether Dead or Alive or when Return if ever whether you shall gain the Preferment you desire whether you shall escape Sickness or not also in Wagers Combates Children Child-birth overcoming Troubles good or bad Debts true Friendship News or storys true or false if a thing stolen be Recoverable or not and indeed what ever your Occasion requires as to Worldly Matters which for Brevitys sake I here forbear to Innumerate as being too many and too tedious to set down in all their particulars What Diseases in the Bodys of Men Women and Children are more Immediately caused by the Influence of the seven Planets with Astrological Remarks as to their Cure SAturn ♄ Reigning causes Cold Diseases as the Gout Leprofy Palsey Quartan Agues Dropsys Catarrhs Coughs Rheumatisms c. Jupiter ♃ causes Cramps Numbness Inflamations of the Liver Head Aches Pains in the shoulders Windyness in the Body Sanguin Feavours and all Diseases caused of Putrefaction the Appoplexy Caxidiac Passions Squincyes c. Mars ♂ causes Acute Feavours and Tertian Agues continual Intermiting Feavours Impostumes Erisipelas Carbuncles Fistulas Bloody Flux and such like hot and dry Diseases Sol ☉ causes Rheums in the Eyes Coldness in the stomach and Liver swooning Chollar Catarrhs Pustles in the matrix and the like in the Lower Parts Venus ♀ causes scabs and Venerial Diseases Lientery suffocations in the Womb sickness in the stomach from Cold and Moist Causes Infirmitys of the Liver and Lungs c. Mercury ☿ causes Hoarsness and Distempers in the Senses Impediments in speech and its passions Falling sickness Goughs Jaundice Vomiting Catarrhs c. The moon ☽ causes Palsey Chollick the Whites Dropsey phlegmatick Impostumes Dissenteries and all Diseases coming from Obstructions in the Veins Now having given you a sight of what Diseases the Influence bring upon the Bodys of Men and Women it is their Business to consider under what particular Planet each Individual was Born which may be known several ways treated on in this Book and therefore I need not here give further Instructions as to that particular but come to more general Terms to know how the Bodys ought to be ordered to prevent these Diseases and herein as one main Expedient I recommend Temperance moderate Bleeding and purging in seasonable times when a Friendly Planet Opposit to the Malignancy of the planet you was Born under has Dominion which will much abate the Effect of their Influence and give Nature a Power to Oppose the Malevolency which if well heeded may be a main prevention of Dangerous sickness Observe also to gather all your Physical Herbs in the Hour of the Friendly planet that temperizes with that you are Born under and in so doing they will have more Strength Power and Virtue to Opporate in the Medicines but neither physick nor Bleed on the 3d. of January the 1st of July the 2d of October the last day of April the first of August and the last for Astrologers with whom Physitians joyn conclude Perillous by reason of the bad Influence then Reigning and if it change not the Distemper into another Worse it will Augment it and put the Party in great Danger of Death if he or she in this Case be not so Luckey to escape it The Urinall Doctor or Astrological and physical Observations on Casting Urine Relating to Health or sickness with Cautions to prevent threatened Evils CAsting of Urine is now become a great Trade and many People much Rely upon it to know the Constitution of their Bodys as to sickness or health and though there is something in it yet they many times go to Ignorant Pretenders who will take their Money and tell them a plausible story though they know nothing of the Matter therefore among these many useful things I shall give the Reader an Insight to know it himself and in this very one thing save him or her the mony this whole Book fraught with so many Rarities will Cost them First Then if the Urine be Red it signifies the Blood is Heated and you must either Bleed or Allay that Heat with Cooling things to prevent sickness 2d The Urine White shows Rawness and phlegmatick Indigestions in the stomach which must be Remedyed by Gentle purges to Cleanse it and Restore lost Appetite 3d. Thick and Muddy Urine betokens the Body surfeited by over Heating in Labour Walking or other Exercise or by excessive Drinking and then to prevent a Fevour take Cooling Cordials 4th A White and Red Setling Gravelly or sandy in the Urine betokens the stone beginning to putrify in the Reins
before at St. Michaels at Kettering The monday after saint Mich. at Faseley saint Faith's by Norwich Saint Michaels and on the tuesday after at Salisbury On the thursday at Banbury and the friday before Simon and Jude at Litchfield and on the thursday before saint Thomas's day at Ketterring Stafford saint Peters day Pounds Shillings Pence Farthings 1 20 240 960 2 40 480 1920 3 60 720 2880 4 80 960 3840 5 100 1200 4300 6 120 1440 5760 7 140 1680 6720 8 160 1920 7680 9 180 2160 8640 10 200 2460 8600 This Table is easie and wants no Explanation and turned backward it is Farthings into Pence Pence into Shillings and Shillings into Pounds which at first sight may be thus computed FINIS THE CONTENTS A Computation of Time in Minutes Hours Days Weeks Months Years divided into Quarters with Signs Governing as also of the Planetary Dominions Page 1 To know what Month and Day the moveable Feasts and Terms will fall on for many Years to come 3 Eclipses of the Sun and Moon how caused with Rules to know when they will Happen 5 Prognosticks or Predictions on the Days of the Week that New Years Day shall fall on Relating to the weather to fall out throughout the Year Searcity and Plenty Diseases that will happen to People also to Cattle 7 Unluckey Days in every month Dangerous to begin any Business on fall Sick Blood Purge Journey c. 12 The most remarkable Days in the Year that are accounted fortunate to begin any weighty matter on 13 Ordinary Days through the Year more successful than others not Named already for Luckey Days 15 Observations on Remarkable Days to know how the whole Year will succeed in Weather Plenâ—y c. page 16 Other Curious Observations on the Seasons of the Year as to the Weather that will happen and such like Matters 18 Infallible signs of Weather in all seasons throughout the Year by the Planets Elements Creatures c. 19 Infalliable signs of Rain and drisling wet Weather taken by Observations of the Planets and other Stars Elements Creatures c. ibid The signs of Rain by Creatures c. 20 Signs of Wind and sudden Storms arising Prognosticated by the Planets Elements Creatures c. in all seasons of the Year for ever 22 Signs of the Winds shifting or changing in the several Points of the Compass 24 Signs of storms Ceasing 25 Signs of Excessive Hot Weather ibid Signs of Cold Weather or Hard Winter 26 Prognosticks of Fair Weather by the Planets Elements and Creatures c. 27 Signs of Hail violent and moderate by the Planets Elements c. 28 Signs of Snow and Drisly sleet c. 29 Prognosticks of Frosty Weather by the Planets Elements Creatures c. ibid Signs of a Thaw in any great hard Frost c. 30 Of wonderful signs in the Heavens and on the Earth whence they Proceed and what they Prognosticate of strange Events ibid Comets or Blazing-stars with Astrological Observations what they are and Prognosticks on them 31 Many Suns appearing in the Heavens at once the cause and what they Predict page 33 The appearing of many Moons in the Night and what they Prognostick of Good or Bad. 35 Of the Rainbow how caused and what it Prognosticates ibid Of the Ignis Fatuus or Fires that lead People astray in the Night time called Will with the Whisp 37 Of the Flame that appears on the Hair and Beards of Men and upon that of Beasts 38 Strange Apparitions of Armies and other wonderful sights in the Air how caused 39 The Kinds of Earth-Quakes their cause and signs fore-running them and what they portend ibid Signs fore-running Thunder Lightning c. 42 Of sudden Whirl-winds surprizing Tempests ibid Approved Rules for Manageing Husbandry or Rural Affairs during the Twelve Months of the Year for ever 43 Signs of Murrein Rot or such like Destroying Diseases in Cattle how to prevent or remedy them 47 Signs of Murrein that do befal Cattle 48 Prognosticks of a Rot which fall upon Sheep 50 Rot in Sheep how to prevent it and other Diseases and Cure it when taken 51 How to Calculate Nativities to know Good or Bad Fortune Introducing to that Curious Art plainly describing it by Complexions Humours c. 53 How to tell any Number one shall Think be it never so great 56 To know the Planet that hath Dominion in the Nativity of any Person ibid The Art of Discovering Truth from Falsehood 57 How to know whether you shall be Successful in any Matters you Engage in against another Page 59 To know whether the Party you Love be Virtuous and Chaste 61 The Mosaick Wand to find out Hidden Treasure ibid Choice Secrets in Astrology on several Useful Occasions 62 A safe way to secure a House 63 A Safeguard for all Out-houses to secure Poultry Cattle Corn or what else is shut up therein 64 A Safeguard for an Orchard Park Warren or Field to take a Thief c. 65 To drive away Ghosts or Spirits that Haunt a House and prevent the Night Mare 66 This to be carryed about One for the prevention of Witchcraft being under an Ill Tongue as Planet struck ibid To prevent Affrighting Dreams and take away fear in the Night 67 To help a Person under an Ill Tongue and make â—he Witch appear or the Effects cease ibid To prevint or take Vermin that come to Destroy Poultry or Coney Warrens 68 To prevent a Dogs Barking at you in the Night time 69 To draw Cats together so that they shall not escape your Hands ibid A Pleaget to wear about ones Neck to prevent Bugs Fleas or Gnats Biting in the Night time 70 To Drive away Mice or Rats in a House or Grainary 71 To prevent being Rebbed on the Road or meeting with any bad Accident ibid To find out a Thief or make him or her bring back the Goods stolen Page 72 A Pleasant Device or Stratagem to find out any Person Suspected to have Robbed you 73 To know what Place is best to Live and Thrive in whether one shall be Rich or Poor Long Life or Short what Sickness or Crosses shall befall one 74 How to Resolve all Lawful Questions Relating to Marriage Friendship Journying Life Long or Short Business Success or any other truly stated 78 What Diseases in the Bodys of Men Women and Children are more Immediately caused by the Influence of the seven Planets with Astrological Remarks as to their Cure 81 The Urinall Doctor or Astrological and Physical Observations on Casting Urine Relating to Health or Sickness with Cautions to prevent threatened Evils 83 Cautions against much Bleeding and Physicking and what Necessary Rules are to be Taken to Supply the Defect 85 How to Dyet and Order our Bodys for the preservation of Health for every Month in the Year the most Approved Rules 87 A Treatise of Bees how to Order Preserve Swarm Gather their Honey and all other Matters Relating to them 93 The Warreners Instructor