I shall live Mercury and come a little lower to the Moon The Moon causes the Cholick Belly-ach stoping and overflowing the Terms in Women all cold and Rhumatick Diseases Worms in the Belly hurts in the Eyes Surfeits rotten Coughs Convulsions Falling-sicknesses the Kings-evil Smal-pox and Measles all Coagulate and crude humors in any part of the body Lethargy and Flegmatick Diseases CHAP. XIII Shewing how to rectifie a Nativity by the trutine of herms THe first and easiest way of rectifying an Nativity and reducing it to that moment of time when the Infant made its exit from the dark prison of the Mothers womb and began to be a visible member of the Creation is by the trutine or scrutiny of herms one of the wisest of all mortall men and as ancient as Moses who was of this opinion that the very degree of the same sign wherein the Moon was at the Conception of the Childe should be the true sign and degree of the ascendant at the Birth this way of Rectification is far more ancient then the animador of Ptolomy and allowed by Ptolomy himself in his 51 Centiloquium his words are What sign the Moon is in at the time of the Birth make that very sign the ascendant at Conception and what signs the Moon is in at Conception make that same sign or the opposite unto it the sign ascending at the Birth c. He therefore that would know the exact time aforesaid its no matter whither it relate to himself or another must first erect a Coelestial Scheme for the estimate time of the Birth and rectifie the place of the Moon thereto and place her in the Figure Then take the distance of the Moon from the ascendant if she be Subteranean or under the earth and from the seventh house if she be above the earth substracting the signs and degrees of the Angles from the signs and degrees of the Moon by adding 12 signs if Substraction cannot otherwise be made and with the distance of the Moon from the Angle enter the Table Intituled A Table of the mansion of the Childe in his Mothers womb Under the titles of signs and degrees seeking the nearest Number thereunto and over against that under the Columns of the Moon under or above the earth and in the respective Columns you will find the certain number of dayes that the Childe remained in the dark prison of its Mothers womb This done consider whither the year of Birth be Common or Bisextile and what day of the year the Birth is then Substract the number of dayes that the Childe remained in the womb from the day of the birth by adding 365 or 366 according as the year of birth is common or Bisextile if Substraction cannot otherwise be made and with the residue enter the Table of Moneths under the year of Birth and you will find the Moneth and day of the Month when the Childe was Conceived A Table of the Mansion of the Childe in its Mothers Womb. Signs Degr. Luna sub terra Luna supra terrā A Table of the Moneths Moneths Common years Bisext years 0 0 273 258 January 31 31 0 12 274 259 February 59 60 0 24 275 260 March 90 91 1 6 276 261 April 120 121 1 18 277 262 May 151 152 2 0 278 263 June 181 182 2 12 279 264 July 212 213 2 24 280 265 August 243 244 3 6 281 266 Septemb. 273 274 3 18 282 267 October 304 305 4 0 283 268 Novemb. 334 335 4 12 284 269 Decemb. 365 366 4 24 285 270    5 6 286 271  dayes dayes 5 18 287 272    6 0 288 273    Then observe the place of the Moon the day of Conception at noon which if she be not distant from the estimate angle or ascendant of the Nativity above 13 degrees then the day found is the day of Conception but if she is more remote you may imagine either the good aspects of the Fortuns put the Birth forwards or the untoward aspects of the infortuns retarded it These things being premised I come next to practice and for illustration thereof I shall adde one Example with as much brevity as I can A Childe was born in the famous City of Glasgow Anno Christi 1632. upon Sunday the 15 of July about half an hour past 8 in the morning as was observed and is reported At which estimate time aforesaid the Cusp of the ascendant is Virgo 18. deg 19 min. in the Latitude of 56. degrees The Moon is sub terra under the Earth viz. within the limits of the third House in Scorpio 10 degrees 25. min. Now to know the Month and day when the Childe was conceived I marshal the matter according to the following method  Sig. deg m. True place of the Moon 7. 10. 25 Cuspe of the ascendant _____ Substract 5. 18. 19 Rests the distance Moon from the ascendant 1. 22. 06 With which distance I enter the Table of the Childes Mansion and the nearest number thereto in signs and degrees is 1 sign 18 degrees Against which in the Column Intituled Sub terra or the Moon under the Earth I find 277. intimating that the native was 277 dayes in the obscure prison of his mothers womb The native was born in 1632. which divided by four and nothing remaining shewes 't is a Bisextile year  dayes Number of the dayes from January 1 to the 15 of July in a Bisextile year is 197 For facility of operation I add the number of dayes in a Bisextile year 366 The Aggregate 563 From which I substract the number of dayes that the Childe was in his Mothers womb 277 Rests 286 Which in the Table of Moneths for the Bisextile year points out the 12 of October 1631. on which day the Childe was conceived The Moon that day at noon according to precise Calculation from Keplers Tables was in Virgo 20 deg 56 min. 31 seconds which is not above 3 degrees distant from the ascendant at birth And therefore I conclude that the Childe was conceived the 12 of October 1631. as aforesaid And thus much shall serve for the Correction of a Nativity by the Trutina Hermetis There be other wayes of Rectifying the estimate time aforesaid as the Animodar of Ptolomy and accidents of the Native which Latter is most exact and that which I make practice of next the Trutine of Herms If you desire to know whither the Childe be likely to live any space after it 's born for many times we see Children live but a few Months yea some but a few dayes hours or minuts Sometimes the Mothers womb becomes the Infants Tomb. O how thankful to God should we be who are preserved to the age of 30. 40. 50 c. 'T is a great blessing from God to have a long lease of our life whose kindnesse and infinit love we should endeavour to requite by spending it in Divine Contemplations and Adorations c.
28 Chapter preceeding to show you both a Demonstration of and also by Examples how to Calculate the Paralaxis Altitudinis of the Planets for any time Assign'd And I am now come to perform what I there promised with as much brevity and facility as I can Which take as followeth In this Figure Z B A I H represents the Meridian K C G the Orbe of the Sun or any other Planet D the Center of the Earth E F the Superficies thereof Z the Zenith E I the Horizon C the place of the Sun or any other Planet in his Orbe The Line D C B represents the planets true place from the Center of the Earth in the Meridian at B. The Line E C A his apparent place as it appeareth from us at E. The Angle of the Paralax of Altitude is A C B which is equal to E C D. The Angle A E I is the Angle of the apparent Altitude of the Planet above the Horizon which in this Example we suppose to be 27 degr 40 min. whose Complement is Z E A 62 deg 20 min. Here you may see that the apparent Altitude of the Planets is lesse from the Superficies or place of Observation at E then from the Center of the Earth at D from which place the Planet in his Orb appears higher in the Meridian at B then he doth from E in the Meridian at A so that the Angle of the Planets Paralaxis Altitudinis is nothing else but the difference between the true and apparent Altitude in the Meridian or Circle of Altitude Here note that the nearer a Planet is to the Horizon and Center of the Earth the greater is the Paralax thereof And hence it is that the Moon because of her Vicinity to the Earth hath the greatest Paralax of all the other Planets And that 's a main reason why we have so few Solar Eclipses and those few have so little obscurity Because frequently her Southern Paralax exceeds her Northern Latitude the greatest Eclipses happening alwayes when they are equal and least when her Latitude is South c. These things being premised I come next to practice And for Illustration I shall add an Example of either of the Luminaries for to find their Paralaxis Altitudinis at any time Assign'd First an Example in the Sun Suppose the Altitude of the Sun to be by observation 27 deg 40 min. and his distance from the Earth by calculation 101798 parts I demand how much will his Paralax of Altitude then be To resolve this and all such like Questions I return to this annexed Diagram for Demonstrations sake where In the Triangle C D E we have known 1 E C the distance of the Sun from the Earth 101798. 2 E D the Semidiamiter of the Earth 68 1 2. 3 The Triangle C E D 117 d. 40 m. which bisected gives 58 deg 50 min. the half sum of the opposite Angles unknown Hence to find the Paralax of Altitude A C B. Say by this Analagy As the sum is to the difference so is the Tangent of the half sum of the opposite Angles unknown To the Tangent of an Arch whose difference is the Paralaxis Altitudinis required The Operation E C. 101798 0-0 E D. 68 1-2     Logarithm Sum of E C and E D. 101866 1-2  5 008244 Difference 101729 1-2  5 007658 So is the Tangent of   58 d. 50 m. 00 s 10 218369     15 226027 To the Tangent of   58. 47. 56. 10 217783 Whose difference 2. 4. is the Angle A C B or the Suns Paralax of Altitude as was required The second Example is of the Moon Suppose the Altitude of the Moon were found by Observation to be as before 27 deg 40 min. and her distance from the Earth by Calculation 3879. I demand what or how much will her Paralax of Altitude be at the time of the Observation In the Triangle C D E the Line C E represents the distance of the Moon from the Earth 3879. the sid◠E D and Triangle C D E being the same as before The Operation is as followeth E C 3879 0-0   E D 68 1-2   Sum of E C and E D 3957 1-2  3,596322 Difference 3810 1-2  3 580982 So is the Tangent of   58 d. 50 m. 00 s 10 218369     13 799351 To the Tangent of   57. 55. 47. 10 203029 Whose difference 54. 13. is the Angle A C B or Paralaxis Altitudinis of the Moon at the time of the Observation as was required CHAP. XXXII To find the Lord of the hour for any time assign'd FIrst find the time of the Suns rising for that day wherein you would know the Lord of the Hour according to the 24 Chapter Betwixt which and the Question propounded or assign'd Find the Intervall of hours and minuts which for your greater facility in operation you may reduce into minuts by multiplying your hours by 60. the product shall be your dividend Secondly Enter the Table following with your Month on the Margent and the 5 10 15 20 25 or 30 day on the top taking that day which is neerest and in the common angle you will find the length of the Planetary hour that day which is your Divisor by which you are to divide the dividend aforesaid the Quotient shal shew you how many Planets compleatly have ruled and the remainder if there be any is the Planet instantly ruling at the time of the Question propounded or assign'd Which to denominate consider the day of the week in which the Question is propounded And If the day be Sunday give the first hour to the Sun the 2 to Venus the 3 to Mercury the 4 to the Moon c. If the day be Munday give the first hour to the Moon the 2 to Saturn the 3 to Jupiter the 4 to Mars c. If the day be Tuesday give the first hour to Mars the 2. to the Sun the 3 to Venus the 4 to Mercury c. If the day be Wednesday give the first hour to Mercury the 2 to the Moon the 3 to Saturn the 4 to Jupiter c. If the day be Thursday give the first hour to Jupiter the 2 to Mars the 3 to the Sun the 4 to Venus c. If the day be Friday give the first hour to Venus the 2 to Mercury the 3 to the Moon the 4 to Saturn c. If the day be Saturnday give the first hour to Saturn the 2 to Jupiter the 3 to Mars the 4 to the Sun c. and so you wil easily find that Planet who is Lord of the hour at the time assign'd For illustration of the Premises I shall propound an Example with variety of operations that you may choose the easiest Example I demand what Planet rules the 5 of August the day of the week being Saturnday at 45. min. past 9 in the morning
like I have Typified all the Eclipses that wil be Visible in Great Britain during these seven years the greatest Eclipse of the Sun that happens within the time aforesaid is upon May the 15 day 1668. The Type whereof as it will appear in the Heavens in the Meridian of the City of Glasgow take as followeth EAST NORTH WEST SOUTH The Explanation of the Figure is this H I L representeth the Ecliptique wherein the Sun continually moves I is the Center of the Sun A the Center of the Moon at the beginning of the Eclipse V is her Center and true Place at the Visible Conjunction At which time so much of the dark Body of the Moon as covereth the Sun in this Figure so much of the Suns Body in the Heavens will be covered by the Inrerposition of the Moons dark Body between the Sun and the Citizens of Glasgow E is the place of the Moon at the end of the Eclipse when the utter Circles of the two Luminaries lastly touch one another The Line A V E represents the way of the Moon during the time of the Eclipse but for further satisfaction in the Premises I refer you to the Book it self which will be ere long Printed and Published If you desire to behold an Eclipse of the Sun without damage to the Eyes THen take a Burning-glasse such as men use to light Tobacco with the Sun or a Spectacle-glasse that is thick in the midle such as is for the eldest sight and hold this Glasse in the Sun as if you would burn through it a Pastboard of White-paper-book or such like and draw the Glassâ—â—â—om the Board or Book twice so far as you do to burn with it so by direct holding it nearer or further as you shall see best you may behold upon your Board Paper or Book the round body of the Sun and how the Moon passeth between the Glasse and the Sun during the whole time of the Eclipse This mayest thou practise before the time of an Eclipse wherein thou shalt discern any Cloud passing under the Sun or by another putting or holding a Bullet on his fingers end betwixt the Sun and the Glasse at such time the Sun shining as thou holdest the Glasse as before thou art taught CHAP. V. To find how long the Effects of an Eclipse continues and when they begin and end QVot horas durat Eclipsis Solaris tot annorum duratoris effectus praenunciat Quot horas durat Lunaris ut mensem How many hours the Sun is Eclipsed so many years will the effects continue but if it be a Lunar Eclipse so many Months Now to find the time when the effects of some Eclipse begins and ends observe if the Eclipse falls in the Eastern Horizon the effects thereof will manifest themselves about the next four Months following the Eclipse and will more strongly operate in the first third part of its whole Duration But if it fall in the Mid-heaven the Events thereof will begin to appear in the 4th Moneth next following but most apparent will the effects be in the middle most third part of its whole Duration But if it happen in the West part of the Horizon the effects shall not begin untill about the last four Moneths and its greatest Operation will be in the last third part of its whole Duration Therefore we are to observe at the midle of the Eclipse how far the Luminary eclipsed is distant from the rising and how long it continueth above the Horizon which known reduce them into minuts for facility of Operation and then say by the Golden Rule if the time of the whole continuance of the Luminary eclipsed above the Horizon give 365 dayes or a whole year What shall the time of the rising give Multiply and Divide and the Quotient will yeeld your desire As for example in the Eclipse of the Moon that is to happen the 27 of July 1664. in the Meridian of the Honourable and Famous City of Glasgow at a 11 hours 12 min. 12 seconds The Moons Nocturnal Arch is 8 hours 30 min. reduced into minuts is 510. The Sun sets in the Latitude of 56 deg at 45 min. past 7. which in this case may serve for the time of the Moons rising so that the distance of the Moon at the greatest Obscuration is 3 hours 37 min. which reduced as aforesaid into minuts is 217. Now 365 the dayes in a Common Year multiplied by 217. the product 79205. divided by 510. the Quotient is 155. 31 102. Or you may perform the Operation with more facility and greater expedition by the Logarithmes which was first invented by the thrice noble and Illistruous Lord viz. John Lord Nepper Barron of Marchiston c. in Scotland whose Name and Fame will never Terminate until the general Dissolution The Operations by his Lagarithmes is this  Logarith Length of the night 8 h. 30 m. or 510 m. 2 707570 The Common Year hath 365 dayes 2 562293 Distance of the greatest obscuration 3 h. 37 m. or 217 m. 2 336459  4 898752 Dayes or the Effects begin 155. 2 161182 And so many dayes it will be before the Effects begin to operate and therefore from the day of the Eclipse viz. the 27 of July 1664. I number 155 dayes and it points out the 29. of December following on which day the Eclipse begins to Operate And because the Duration of the saids Eclipse is 4 h. 1 m. 8 s according to my Doctrine of Eclipses therefore the Effects will last 4 Months from the 29 of December 1664. as aforesaid Moreover Ptolomy saith that how many hours the Sun is distant from the Horoscope or ascendant all 's one at the time of his Eclipse so many years will it be ere the Effects begin to Operate so that if the Eclipse be in or near the West Angle it may be 12 whole years before the Effects take place But I rather consent to Origanus who saith they Inchoate at the very day of the Eclipse Consentem namque est Eclipses statim operari effectus suos aliquasque extendere Orig. par 3. cap. 2. de effectibus Thus having shown you how to find the time of the beginning and ending of the Effects of the Eclipses and time of continuance I come next to shew in what Kingdoms and Countreys the Effects will principally manifest themselves CHAP. VI. The Names of the Regions Cities and Towns subject to the Signs and Planets THe Effects of Eclipses are most felt in those Regions and places that are under the eclipsed Sign and in such places where they are visible Nil nocet Eclipsis illis Regionibus in quibus non videtur They operate more efficaciously in such places where they are Vertical or where the chief Significator shall passe by their Zenith in the time of the Eclipse As also upon those men whose Nativities agreeth with the Eclipse that is to say upon them in whose Nativity or Revolution have the place of the Horoscope some
I say if you would know from the Hierogliphical Characters of heaven whither the Infant will live past his Infancy then observe these few Aphorisms following 1. Erect a Coelestial Schem upon the estimative time given and correct the same by the Trutine of Herms as aforesaid and then observe 2. If there be an unfortunate Planet in the Ascendant vitiating the degree thereof or in Quartile or Opposition unto it 3. If Saturn or Mars be conjoyned in the Ascendant or if the light of the time be afflicted 4. The Lord of the Ascendant Combust Cadent or Retrograde 5. If all the Planets be Subteranean or if the Birth be upon a new or full Moon 6. The Moon in Conjunction Quartile or Opposition of Saturn or Mars in the 4th 6th 8th or 12th Houses 7. The Moon besieged between the bodies of Sol and Mars void of all helps from the Fortunes 8. The light of the time eclipsed at the moment of birth is a sure argument of a short life 9. If the birth be by day viz. between the Suns rising and his seting then have special regard to the Sun if by night to the Moon because he is Fons vitalis Potentiae Luna naturalis according to Ptolomy Cent. Aphoris 86. and according to the first Aphorism of Herms Trismegistus Sol Luna post Deum omnium viventium vita sunt they are the life of all living creatures And therefore if the Luminaries be strong or well dignified or in a good House of Heaven or in a favourable Aspect of Jupiter or Venus whither the native be born by day or by night 't is a sure argument that the childe then born may live long but if otherwise they deny long life 10. They who are born upon a full Moon dye by accesse or too great abundance of moisture and upon a new Moon for want of humidity or by reason of too much drynesse usually the most sickly small and weakest bodies are brought forth upon the change of the Moon 11. The Conjunction of many Planets in the Ascendant void of all Essential Dignities argueth a short life probatum est 12. The Lord of the Ascendant going to the Conjunction of the Lord of the 8. or if the Lord of the Ascendant be in the 8. or Lord of the 8. in the Ascendant the same 13. If the Luminaries separate from a fortune and apply to a Malevolent the Childe shall then be in great danger of death at what time that Luminary by a just measure of time comes either to the body or hath a course to that unhappy Aspect 14. If you should happen to perceive such an application as aforesaid and would know the time when the eminent danger will happen take and resolve the Ark of Direction into Time by allowing to every degree one year five dayes eight hours and so you will be easily enformed of the time c. These are the general testimonies of a short life if none of them happen in a nativity the childe may live until some eminent direction of the Sun Moon or Ascendant unto some Malevolent Promittor prove the cruel Atropos to cut in two the threed of life Fac ut experiar JEHOVA finem meum mensura dierum quid sit experiar quam durabilis sum CHAP. XIV Of the Year what it is and the quantity thereof A Year is the most principal ordinary common and usual part of time whereby not only the ages of men and other accidents of the world are measured but also the times of almost all our actions in the world their beginnings progresse durations and intervals are squared and reckoned thereby and albeit the saids space of time called years are variously accounted according to the custome of diverse Nations greater in some and lesser in others yet hath it or at least wise should have its principal dependance upon the true place and motion of the Sun by which the years are measured and therefore they are rightly divided into Astronomical and Political The Astronomical years are measured either according to the Periodical motion of the Sun or the Conjunction of the Moon with the Sun and therefore twofold viz. Solar or Lunar The Solar year is that space of time that the Sun by his proper motion is departing from some Radical or fixed Point of the Ecliptique to his return to the same again and this may be called either Tropical or Syderial The Tropical year is that space of time in which the Sun is departing from one of the Tropical Equinoctial or Solstitial Points and running through the whole Ecliptique returns to the same Point again The true length of this year according to the acurate Observations of Ancient and Modern Astronomers is 365 dayes 5 hours 49 min. 4 sec The Syderal or Starry year is that space of time wherein the Sun is departing from some fixed Star or determined Point of the 8 Sphere and returns to the same again the true Quantity whereof immutably is 365 dayes 6 hours 9 min. 21 seconds The Political or Civil years be such as are every where used for distinction of times wherein a respect is had to the motions of the Luminaries Conjunctly or Severally The year is usually called either Common or Bisextile the common year contains according to the constitution of Julius Caesar 365 dayes 6 hours which 6 hours make every fourth year Leap-year which contains 366 dayes it is called Bisextile of Bis and Sex twice six because the sixth Calends of March is twice repeated it is called Intercalar because of the day that is put in between and Leap-year because that by the addition of a day the fixed holy dayes c. do as it were leap one day further into the week then it was in the year preceeding CHAP. XV. Of the Judgement of the Weather from the Coelestial Bodies ALthough the knowledge of the Weather be a thing so common yet the true Key is exceeding difficult and therefore I have thought it necessary to write something thereof that the world may see and know that our Judgement of the Weather in our yearly Almanacks is not built upon a meer conjecture or bare guessing as Millions of ignorant men think but upon principles of reason and that reason ratified and confirmed by many hundreds if not thousands of years experiences and yet it 's but counted amongst ignorant Asses at best but guessings I charge my Readers for the future that they do not carp at that in my Book which they cannot imitate lest they attain to the honour of being branded for Ignorant Fools whose dimmer eyes are not able to penetrate the Astral Spheres c. I dave digressed a little but I shall presently wheel into the Road again and perform what I have promised with as much brevity and facility as I can 1. To the time of the Suns ingresse into Aries and to the Conjunctions or Oppositions of the Luminaries preceeding the same Erect Coelestial Schems then observe whether the place
ascension Likewise I add the ascensional difference to the right ascension and the aggregate 150 deg 2 min. 33 sec is the Moons oblique descension as was required CHAP. XXII To find the true time of the Suns rising and setting with the length of the day and night for any day of the Moneth assigned ALthough I could prescribe several Rules for the resolution of this Question yet I shall for your greater facility make choyce of that which I suppose to be most familiar and easie as by the Examples following will appear Enter the following Table with the 5 10 15 20 25 or 30 day of your Month finding your dayes aforesaid on the top and moneths on the margent and in the common Angle you will find by inspection the exact time of the Suns rising the said dayes and by the Rule of Proportion for any other intermediate day A Table shewing the exact time of the Suns rising every fifth day exactly calculated for the Latitude of 56. degrees 20. min. Names of the Months The dayes of each Moneth  5 day 10 day 15 day 20 day 25 day 30 day Ianuary 8 21 8 12 8 3 7 53 7 42 7 29 February 7 18 7 6 6 55 6 43 6 31  March 6 12 6 0 5 48 5 36 5 24 5 10 April 4 58 4 48 4 36 4 26 4 15 4 5 May 3 55 3 47 3 39 3 32 3 26 3 21 Iune 3 18 3 17 3 18 3 23 3 23 3 28 Iuly 3 35 3 42 3 50 3 59 4 9 4 19 August 4 32 4 42 4 54 5 5 5 17 5 28 September 5 42 5 54 6 3 6 17 6 29 6 41 October 6 52 7 4 7 16 7 27 7 38 7 49 November 8 1 8 11 8 20 8 27 8 34 8 39 December 8 42 8 43 8 42 8 40 8 36 8 31  Time of the Suns rising in hours and min. Example I desire to know the exact time of the Suns rising the 15 day of April I look in the Table for the 15 day and descends the saids Column untill I come against the Month given viz. April and I find 4. 36. viz. 4 hours 36. min. past the Suns rises the saids day In like manner the 15 day of May the Sun rises 39. min. past 3. in the morning The 15 of June 18 min. past 3 in the morning The 15 of July 50. min. past 3. in the morning c. But if you would know the time of the Suns rising for any other intermediate day take the difference and work by the Golden Rule and you shall find the proportiall part to be added Example I desire to know what time the Sun rises the 23 of August I look into the Table and I find that the Sun rises the 20 day at 5 min. past 5. and the 25 day 17 min. past 5. the difference is 12 min. Then I say if 5 dayes gives 12 min. What will 3. dayes give Ans 7. min. which added to 5 h. 5 min. the time of the Suns rising the 20 day the aggregate is 5 h. 12 min. for the exact time of the Suns rising the 23 of August as was required If you desire to know the time of the Suns setting substract the time of the Suns rising from 12 hours and the remainder will be the time of his setting Example I desire to know the time of the Suns setting the 15 day of July I find that he rises that day at  h. m. 3 hours 50 min. which known from 12 00 I substract the time of Sun rising the 15 of July 3 50 Rests the exact time of Sun seting the 15 of July 8 10 Lastly Having thus found the time of the Suns setting if you double the same you have the whole length of the day whose complement to 24 hours is the length of the night as in the Example preceeding  h. m. The Suns semidiurnal arch or time of 's seting 8. 10 which doubled gives the length of the day 16. 20 Whos 's Complement to 24. 00 Is the noctural arch or length of the night 7. 40 This is so plain that he which understands it not his ignorance out-weighs his wit as much as a Milston out-weighs a Feather and consequently incapable of Sublimer Arts and Sciences CHAP. XXIII To find the Golden-Numbers Epacts and age of the Moon for any year of God assign'd 1. TO find the Golden-Number add 1. to the number of years given the aggregate divide by 19. the remainder is the Golden Number required 2. To find the Epact multiply the Golden Number so found as aforesaid by 11 the Product divide by 30. the remainder is the Epact required Example Anno Christi 1698. I demand the Golden Number and Epact for the saids year To 1698. I add 1. the aggregate 1699. I divide by 19. rests by the quotient 8. for the Golden Number which multiplyed by a 11. the Product is 88. this divided by 30. the remainder besides the quotient is 28. and so much is the Epact of the saids year 1698. as was required 3. To know the age of the Moon at all times Find first the Epact for that year and unto it add the number of the dayes of the Month and the Moneths from March counting March for one and the aggregate if it be less then 30. is the age of the Moon required Example I demand the age of the Moon the 20 day of September 1664. first I find the Epact for that year either by the former Rule or by the Table following to be 12. to which I add 20. the day of the Moneth assign'd the sum is 32. to which I add the number of Moneths from March calling March one April two May three c. which is 7. the aggregate is 39. from which I deduct 29. rests 19. for the age of the Moon the 20 of September 1664. as was required The operation The day of the given Moneth 20 dayes The number of months from March 7 dayes The Epact of the year assign'd 12 dayes Aggregate 39 dayes The Common Lunar revolution subst 29 dayes Rests the age of the Moon required 19 dayes But because every one cannot Multiply and Divide that thereby they might find the Golden Numbers and Epacts and consequently the Age of the Moon I have therefore composed the following Table which by Inspection only will shew you all the Golden Numbers Epacts Sudayes Letters and Whitsundayes for 51 years to come beginning Anno 1662. ending Anno 1713. Years of Christ Gol. num Epact Sun lett Whitsunday 1662 10 20 e May 18 1663 11 1 d June 7 1664 12 12 cb May 29 1665 13 23 a May 14 1666 14 4 g June 3 1667 15 15 f May 26 1668 10 26 ed May 10 1669 17 7 c May 30 1670 18 18 b May 22 1671 19 29 a June 11 1672 1 11 gf May 26 1673 2 22 e May 18 1674 3 3 d June 7 1675 4 14 c May 23 1676 5 25 ba May 14
According to the 24 Chapter I find that the Sun riseth the 5 of August at 32 min. past 4 in the morning Now because the Question is propounded in the fore-noon therefore I substract 4 h. 32 min. the time of the Suns rising from 9 h. 45 min. the time assign'd rests 5 h. 13 min. which is the intevall between the Suns rising and time of the Question propounded which I reduce into min by multiplying by 60 the product is 313 min. for the dividend Secondly in the Table following against the 5 of August I find that the length of the Planetary hour is 1 h. 15 min. or 75 min. by which I divide 313. the Quotient is 4 and 13 min. remaining that is 4 Planets have compleetly ruled and the 5 is ruling which to denominate the day of the Question being Saturnday I give the first hour to Saturn the 2 to Jupiter the 3 to Mars the 4 to the Sun and the 13 min. remaining to Venus Wherefore I conclude that Venus is Lady of the hour at the time of the Question propounded and hath ruled 13 min. of her time this is the first A most excellent Table of the length of the Planetary hours for the Latitude of 56 d. 20 m. Names of the Months 5 day 10 day 15 day 20 day 25 day 30 day  H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. January 0 36 0 37 0 39 0 41 0 43 0 45 February 0 47 0 49 0 51 0 53 0 55 0 March 0 58 1 0 1 2 1 4 1 6 1 8 April 1 10 1 12 1 14 1 16 1 18 1 20 May 1 21 1 22 1 23 1 25 1 26 June 1 27 1 27 1 27 1 26 1 26 1 25 July 1 24 1 23 1 22 1 20 1 18 1 16 August 1 15 1 13 1 11 1 9 1 7 1 5 September 1 3 0 1 0 59 0 57 0 55 0 53 October 0 51 1 49 0 47 0 45 0 43 0 42 November 0 40 0 38 0 37 0 35 0 34 0 34 December 0 33 0 33 0 33 0 33 0 34 0 35  Length of the Planetary hour in h. and m. Variety in operation the second is more brief by the Logarithmes thus  m. Logarith Interval between the Sun rising and time of the Question propounded reduced is 313 2. 495544 Length of the Planetary hour in min. 75 1. 875061 Rests the number of Planets that have ruled compleet viz. 4. 4. 0. 620483 The third last and easiest of all is this operation following the day of the week being Saturnday Saturn begins to rule  h. m.  At the Suns rising viz. 4. 32.  And continues to rule 1. 15 length Planetary h. Untill 5 47 sum Then Jupiter begins 1 15 add And rules till 7 02 sum Then Mars begins 1 15 add and rules till 8 17 sum Then Sol begins 1 15 add and rules till 9 32 at which time Venus begins to rule This is the most easie way of all others for it requires neither Multiplication nor Division but performed only by a continual addition of the length of the Planetary hour to the time of the Suns rising untill you come to the time propounded c. CHAP. XXXIII Shewing what Moon makes full Sea in most Sea-Port Towns in Scotland England and Ireland c. 1. A South or North Moon makes full sea at Queenborough Southampton Ports-mouth Isle of Wight Beachy the Spilts Kentish-knock half tide at Dunkirk 2. A South by west or North by east Moon makes full sea at Aberdeen Rochester Malden Redban and west end of the Black-tail 3. A South southwest or North northeast Moon at Graves-end Downs Rumney Tenet Silly half tide Blacknesse Ramkins Fernhead Leith 4. A Southwest by south or Northeast by north Moon at Dundee St. Andrews Lisbane St. Lucas Bell Isle Holy-Isle 5. A Southwest or Northeast Moon at London Tinmouth Hartlepole Whitby Amsterdam Gasconygne Galizia 6. A Southwest by west or Northeast by east Moon at Berwick Flamboroughhead Burlington-bay Ostend Flushing Burdeaux Fountnesse 7. When the Moon is W. S. W or E. N. E. it 's full Sea at Scarburgh quarter tide Lawrens Mountis-bay Seaverin Kingsail Cork Haven Baltamore Dungarrin Callis Creek Blay seven Isles 8. A W. by S. or E. by N. Moon at Falmouth Foy Humber Merles Newcastle Dartmouth Forby Coldby Gernsey St. Mallowes Arbroth Lisard 9. An E. or W. Moon makes full sea at Plymouth Waymouth Hull Lin Lundy Antwerp Holines of Bristol Davids head Concalo 10. An E. by S. or W. by N. Moon at Bristol and at Foulnesse at the Start 11. An E. S. E. or W. N. W. Moon at Milford Bridge Water Ex-water Lands-end Waterford Cupcleer Aberwarick Texel 12. A S. E. by W. or N. W. by W. Moon at Portland Peterport Harflew Hague St. Magnes sound Dublin Lambay Macknels Castle 13. A S. E. or N. W. Moon at Pool St. Helens Isle of Man Catnesse Orkney Fair Isles Dumbar Kildren the Basse Isle the Casquers deep half tide 14. A S. W. by S. or N. W. by N. Moon at Needles Exford Laysto South and North Foreland 15. A S.S.E. or N. N. W. Moon at Yarmouth Dover Harwich Firth Bullein St. Johns deluce Calis Road. 16. A S. by E. or N. by W. Moon at Rye Winchley Gorend Thames Roads I have here added a peculiar tide Table for the honourable Cities of Aberdeen and Dundee the Town of Lieth and Dumbar For which places you have no more ado but enter the Table with the Age of the Moon and against the respective places you may know for ever when it will be full sea in any of them as by one example I shall demonstrate Moons Age increas days 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 decres days 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Aberdeen H. 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 11 12 M. 33 21 9 57 45 33 21 9 57 45 33 11 9 57 45 Dundie and S. Andrews H. 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 11 12 1 2 M. 3 51 39 27 15 3 51 39 27 15 3 51 39 27 15 Leith H. 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 11 12 1 M. 20 8 56 44 32 20 8 56 44 32 10 8 56 44 32 Dumbar H. 9 10 11 12 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 M. 48 36 24 12 0 48 36 24 12 0 48 36 24 12 12 I demand the time of full sea at Leith the 20 day of February 1662. the said day the Moons Age is 12. With which I enter the Table and finding 12 the Moons Age on the top of the Table I descend the Column until I come against Leith and I find a 11. 8. viz. a 11 h. 8 m. in the forenoon it 's full sea at Leith the 20 of February 1662. as was required In like manner the Moon being 12 days old it will be