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
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-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-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-market the wednesday before palm-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-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-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
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
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
are Drawn from it throughout all the Months of the Year as they fall out or begin on this day So that being proper to my Matter and a stress layed upon them by many prudent people knowing in this Art and Science I shall give my Opinion or Judgment on them from long Observation Observations on the Years entring on Sundays If New Years day the first of this month fall on a Sunday it denotes the rest of the Winter will be very cold and sharp with Frost but of little continuance the greater part moist with cold Rains The Summer hot but pestered with violent Rains yet not so-often but the Earth will kindly bring forth great Plenty of Corn Roots Herbs and Fruits Meat will be cheap among young people Fevors and Agues will be Rife and the greater number of those that dye will be of the younger sort for Cattle it will be a healthy Year Observations on Monday If the Year enter on monday it is observed That the Winter will be mild not afflicted with sharp Frosts or bleak Winds yet somewhat Rainy So that great over-flowings shall happen and much harm be done by Floods The summer however shall be temperate but Blasts in the Spring and Caterpillars brougth with the East wind much spoil the Fruits of the Earth many Ship-wrecks will be heard of and some Great Men promoted to Higher Dignities and Honors for their good services and this Year more women than men will dye travelling in Child-birth proving very fatal to many of them Pasture will be scarce yet plenty of Corn and provisions reasonably cheap enough Griping of the Guts if not the Bloody-Flux and the Small-Pox will be very Rife Observations on the Years entering on a Tuesday In this Case the Winter will be variable the Weather often given to Change from Wet to Frost then to Sleet and Snow then Rain Cloudy open Weather Sun-shine and the like So that the Frosts so happening will be much prejudicial to the Fruits of the Earth by reason of the often Freezing the Snow-water at the Corn Plants Flowers Herbage Roots c. As for the Summer it will be hot and dry scorching up tender Things which will produce a scarcity of all things but Wheat and Barly the Air will be thick and gross because little Winds or Thunder will be stirring to Purge it So that many Diseases will in all likelihood happen particularly the Bloody-Flux of which many will dye Observations on the Year beginning on a Wednesday The Year entering on this Day produces a temperate Winter yet somewhat wet and moist though free from high boisterous Winds some small matter of Snow and Frost may be expected towards the latter end The Spring however will produce much Grass and the Corn spring up well The Summer will be for the most part close and Cloudy weather hot and sultery making it sickly subject to Fevors Inflamations and other hot Diseases yet Handy-crafts and Husbandmen shall gain Riches and Trading flourish more than at other times there will be breakings-out blains botches and boils on Cattle and many Dye So that Flesh will be dear but to make amends Corn cheap Observations on the Year beginning on a Thursday This produces a long Winter mostly dry with cold winds yet wholsom and healthy The Summer a good part of it temperate though in Harvest time much Rain will fall with Thunder and Lightning doing much mischief by the over-flowing of Rivers and Land-floods to the Corn yet there will be no want of Plenty murmurings and discontents will be among some people and mischief ensue thereon people much given up to Vice particularly that of Whoredom Taxes will decrease and Trade revive For the most part the season will be healthful but many troubled with Catarrs Astmas and Consumptive Coughs in the fall of the Leaf and most part of the Winter to their no small Affliction yet fewer dye than the last Year Observations on the Years beginning on a Friday If the First day of January happen on a Friday expect the Winter dry for the most part many Black Frosts but of no long Continuance the Winds blowing moderately will so Purge the Air that it will prove very Healthful but the Spring coming in Wet it will be but an indifferent Harvest-time yet Grass Garden and Orchard Fruits shall scape tolerably well but Poor People will be in Need and much Distress for want of Employment Diseases in the Eyes will be very Rife as also the Spotted Feaver Calentures Cattle will likewise be Diseased and many Dye making Flesh Dear Lastly Observations on the Years beginning on a Saturday New-Years-day falling on a Saturday the Winter will be pretty moderate though accompanyed with Frosts but not extream in holding long at a time yet the frequent Thaws and Freezing suddenly upon it will do more Hurt than if it had held However the Earth mellowed by this will produce a Fruitful Summer Gso that there will be good store of Corn and other Fruits and much Fodder for Cattle so that Flesh will be Cheap The Diseases this Year will much fall on Aged People so that many will Dye more than usual in other Years Tertian Feavors will be very Rife many Roberys and other Out-rages will be Committed in the Face of the Sun some Murmurings and Repinings will happen but not to any Effect Thus Reader have I given you Prognosticks for the Year from the day it begins very Remarkable among the Learned and Wise Men of the Caldeans Arabians AEgyptians and many Europians leaving the Event to take Effect from your making Remarks on what has been Hinted as you find it come to pass I proceed now to other matters of moment Unluckey Days in every Month Dangerous to begin any Business on Fall Sick Blood Purge Journey c. THE Observation of the Antient Physitians and Astrologers have found out by long Experience that many Days by the malevolent Effects of the Planets have proved Dangerous to men Women and Children and therefore to Caution them from Enterprizing any thing of moment on them have set them down in their Order as followeth In January are Eight Days which ought to be avoided and these are they 1. 2. 4. 5. 10. 15. 17. and the 19. In February only 3. viz. the 8. 9. 17. In March 3 viz. the 15. 16. 21. In April there are only 2 viz. the 15. and 21. In may there are 3 viz. the 7. 15. and 20. In June there are but 2 bad days viz. 4. 7. In July 2 viz. the 15. and 20. days In August there are 2 Unluckey days 19 and 20. In September there are 2 viz. the 6. and 7. In October there is but 1 viz. the 6. day In November there are 2 viz. 5. and 19. In December there are 5 viz. the 6. 7. 11. 15. 16. The Canicular or Dog-days are ever held Perilous to fall Sick to Bleed take Physick in or take too much Love Posset between the Sheets Over-heat ones self
Fruits of the Earth or any kind of Cattle or to steal away Timber in Fields or Woods to make which take the following Direction have a piece of curious clean Parchment made of a sleek Skin Cut it with five Points or Corners in the Form of a Star but so large that you may well Write in the Center of it what is to be Written viz. II ♠♓ the Characters of the Celestial Signs Governing these Affairs add the Character of the Planet for the Day as before Directed and suppose it be Tuesday Mars that Governs that Day has this Character which set down thus ♂ and this Number 1. 7. 11. 12. 1 7 ⅛ ⅙ close it up with Virgins Wax as I should have told you you ought to have done the former and sprinkle it with the Juice of Fumitory place the same if in a Garden in the hole of a Wall if in a Field Forrest Park or Wood in the hole of a Tree having lay'd it before in Goose Tausey and so whatever any Thief takes in these several Grounds he shall not be able to carry off till the Sun Rising but then if not Watched he may do it To drive away Ghosts or Spirits that haunt a House and prevent the night Mare THis is a curious Secret and I think never before made publick or privately practised but by a few To do this take the wool that grows between the two Eyes of a black Sheep burn it to powder after it has been steeped a night and a day in Man's Urine mix this with the Powder of Nightshade or Wake Robin an Herb so called boil them in a quarter of a Pint of Aqua Vitae sprinkle the Walls of the Chamber you fancy is Haunted with it and no disturbance will happen if you turn your Face when you go to repose to the Eastward when in Bed and say your Prayers This to be carryed about One for the prevention of Witchcraft being under an Ill Tongue or Planet struck THese Misfortunes generally happen under the power of the Moon who as Ancients hold is the Favourour of Majeck or Enchantment then take the most Opposite Planet to her in Allaying her Force this way which is Jupiter Write his Character thus ♃ on a piece of Parchment and add to it the following Characters that are signs of the Zodiack viz. ♠♎ ♠and this Number 1. 3. 7. 5. 7. ½ 1 7 ¼ after this set down the Number the Figurative Letters in your Name make wrap it up in as small a compass as you can and sewing it up in a piece of black silk that has been steeped in the Juice of Veruine hang it about your Neck when the Moon changes and you will be Secure from any Danger of this nature if you lead a Good Life To prevent affrighting Dreams and take away fear in the Night YOU must take Laudanum a drahm Frankincence the like quantity of Bezora stone as much beat these into powder and write upon a piece of parchment these Characters ♄ ♃ ☿ ♀ and under them your Name put the Powder in the paper you write on and when you Repose bind them to your Forehead and stomach for you must have two papers ordered one and the same way as directed putting half the powder in the one and the other half in the other To help a Person under an Ill Tongue and make the Witch appear or the Effects cease CUT off some of the Parties hair just at the Nape of the Neck clip it small and burn it to powder put the powder in salt-Armoniack write the Parties Name you suspect backwards and put the paper dipt in Aqua-Vitoe into the other two then set it over a gentle Fire let the Party afflicted sit by it and diligently watch it that it run not over to catch flame speaking no word what Noise soever is heard but take Notice of what Voice or Roaring is heard in the Chimney or any part of the Room and then write how often you hear it and fix before each writing this Character ☽ and if the Party who Afflicts you appears not visible though you may know the Voice repeat it again and if she appear in no visible shape it may make her Charm impotent and give Relief to the afflicted Party To prevent or take Vermin that come to destroy Poultry or Coney warrens YOU must take a piece of a Woolfs skin the Hair on the breadth of the palm of your hand or somewhat more prick a great many holes in it with a bodkin in the three corners but leave the middle intire scrape the middle part on the fleshey side so that it may be smooth enough to write on then write these Characters 2 3 4 7 5 Δ σ Λ ΠΓ this done write the Guardian Name underneath them viz. Azmeros then burn the Wool of a Foxes tail with some Featherfew and the Seeds of Henbane lay the Powder on the Characters that it may cover them pretty well then sold the corners and stitch them up close with the Powder in it and this done sprinkle it with the juice of Hysop and hang it up with a couple of Horse hairs drawn out of the middle of the Tail of a live Stone Horse and hang it up in your Hen-house Dove-cot or for a Warren on a Pole or a Tree as near as you can in the middle of the Coney Burrows the Vermin will either fear to approach scenting it at a distance or being come near it will continue snuffing and endeavouring to get at it then you may come and destroy them with a Gun Dogs Crossbow or otherways as you find most practicable instead of a Woolfs skin you may use a Badgers if the other cannot be had To prevent a Dogs barking at you in the Night time YOU must take the skin off the Forehead of an Hyena a Beast so called which may be had at the Furriers Shop boyl it in the Urine of a young stone Colt and smoak it over the burnt Hoof of a Cow twice or thrice till it is dry and so carry it about you and so long as you do this where-ever you come in the Night the Dogs will not only be silent but run away from you as fast as they can when you approach any thing near them For if they once Scent it as certainly they will the great aversion they have to it will make them tremble and avoid you without being able to open at you To draw Cats together so that they shall not escape your Hands SO soon as ever the New Moon appears gather the herb Nepe and dry it a little in the heat of the Sun when it is temperately hot then take a fair piece of Parchment and cut it in the shape of a half Moon write on it these Characters ☽ ☿ ♄ * wrap the parchment up close and put it amongst the Herb which hang up in a Net in a convenient place and when one of them has scented