10 50 Whitford bridge 10 40 Barkewaie 10 30 Puckeridge 5 25 Ware 5 20 Waltham 8 12 London 12  From Yarmouth to Colchester and so to London 92. miles From Yarmouth go first to Lestisse 6 miles thence to  miles * Blidbur 10 76 Snap-bridge 8 68 Wood-bridge 6 62 Ipswich 7 55 Colchester 12 43 Keluedon 8 35 Thelmsfoord 10 25 Brent-wood 10 15 London 15  From Walsingham to London 82 miles From Walsingham go to Pickam 12 miles thence to Brandon-Ferry 10 60 Newmarket 10 50 Whitford-bridge 10 40 to London as in Norwich way  From Cockermouth to Lancaster and so to London 223 Miles First go from Cockermouth to kiswike 6 miles thence to Grocener 8 217 Kendall 14 209 Burton 7 195 Lancaster 8 188 Preston 20 180 Wigan 14 160 Warington 12 146 Newcastle 20 134 Liechfield 20 114 Colesill 12 94 Couentry 8 82 Deuentry 14 74 Tocester 10 60 Stonystrat-ford 6 50 Brickehill 7 44 Dunstable 7 30 S. Albons 10 20 Barnet 10 10 London 10  From Shrewesbury to Couentry and so to London 126 Miles From Shrewsbury go to Watlingstréet 7 miles thence to  Miles * Shefnall 5 114 Bumingall 3 111 Woluerhampton 5 106 BremichaÌ„ 10 96 Meriden 10 86 Couentry 4 82 London as in Lancaster-way  From Cambridge to London 44 Miles First go to Royston from Cambridge 10 miles theÌ„ce to Barke-way 4 30 Puckeridge 5 25 Ware 5 20 Waltham 8 12 London 12  From Oxford to London 47 Miles First go to whatley-bridge from Oxford 5 miles theÌ„ce to Tetsworth 5 37 StokeÌ„-church 5 32 Wickham 5 27 Beconfield 5 22 Vxbridge 7 15 London 15  From Ludlow to Worcester and so to London 106 Miles From Ludlow go to Tenbury which is 5 miles thence to Worcester 16 85 Euisham 12 73 Chipingnorton 14 59 Islip 12 47 WickhaÌ„ 20 27 BecoÌ„field 5 22 Vxbridge 7 15 London 15  From Carmarthen to London Go first to Laundouery which is 20 miles theÌ„ce to  miles * Belth 14 135 Preston 12 123 VVorcester 26 85 London as in Ludlow-way  From S. Dauids to Hereford and Glocester and so to London 210 Miles From S. Dauids go to Axford 12 miles thence to CarmartheÌ„ 24 174 Newton 12 162 Lanbury 10 152 Breeknock 16 136 Hay 10 126 Hereford 14 112 Rosie 19 93 Glocester 12 81 Ciceter 15 66 Farington 10 56 Abington 10 46 Dorcester 5 41 Henley 12 29 Maidenhead 7 22 Colebrooke 7 15 Hounslow 5 10 London 10  From Carnaruan to Chester and so to London 207 Miles Go first vnto Conaway which is 24 miles thence to Denbigh 11 162 Flint 12 160 Chester 10 150 VVich 15 135 Stone 15 120 Liechfild 18 102 Colesill 12 90 Couentry 8 82 London as in Cockermouth-way  From Bristow to London 97 miles First go vnto Marefall which is 10 miles thence to Chipnam 10 77 Marleborow 15 62 Hungerford 8 54 Newbery 7 47 Reading 15 32 MaideÌ„head 10 22 Colebrooke 7 15 London 15  From Exceter to London 138 miles Goe first vnto Honiton which is 12 miles thence to Chartd 10 116 Crookborne 6 110 Sherborne 10 100 shafts-bury 12 88 Salisbury 18 70 Andeuer 15 55 Basingstoke 16 â—9 Hartlerow 8 31 Bagshote 8 23 Stanes 8 15 London 15  From Douer to London 55 miles First go vnto Canterbury which is 12 miles theÌ„ce to Sittingborne 12 31 Rochester 8 23 Grauesend 5 18 Dartford 6 12 London 12  From Rye to London 48 miles First go to Plimwell which is 15 miles theÌ„ to Tunbridge 11 23 Chepstow 7 15 London 1â— Â From Southampton to London 64 miles Go first vnto Twifor which is 8 miles thence to Alforth 8 48 Alton 7 41 Farnam 7 34 Gilford 9 25 Ripple 5 20 Cobbam 5 15 Kingston 5 10 London 10  From Couentry to Oxford 44 miles First go vnto Southam 10 miles theÌ„ to  miles * Banbury 10 24 VVoodstocke 12 12 Oxford 12  From Couentry to Cambridge 46 miles Go first to Dun-church which is 8 miles theÌ„ to Northampton 10 28 Higham ferries 10 18 S. Cedes 8 10 CaÌ„bridge 10  From Bristow to Oxford 48 miles Go first vnto Sadbury 10 miles theÌ„ to Cicester 12 26 Faringdon 14 12 Oxford 12  From Bristow to Shrewsbury 70 miles First go to Awfte which is 8 miles theÌ„ce to Munmouth 10 52 Hereford 12 40 Lempster 12 28 Ludlow 8 20 Shrewsbury 20  There is another way to goe to Shrewsbury from Bristow as to Glocester Tewkesbury Worcester and Bridgenorth c but it is 17. miles further and then you passe no Ferry From Yorke to Shrewsbury 103 miles Go first to VVetherby which is 7. miles thence to Oteley 13 83 Bradford 6 77 Halifax 6 71 Blackston-edge 6 65 Roch-dale 6 59 Manchester 8 51 Norwich 16 36 BestoÌ„-wood 9 26 whitchurch 10 16 Price 4 12 Shrewesbury 12  From Barwicke to Yorke 108 miles Go first to Belford which is 12 miles thence to Anwicke 12 84 Morpit 12 72 Newcastle 12 60 Durham 12 48 Darington 14 34 Noorthalerton 10 24 Topcliffe 7 17 Yorke 17  Of the distance of diuers other Citties out of England from the Citty of London c. VIrginia lyeth West South-west 3650 miles from London and their longest day is 14. houres min. 28. Sunne riseth at 8 a clocke 17. minutes Babylon lyeth East South-east 2710 miles their longest day being 14. minutes shorter then at Virginia Sun rising 4 houres 59 minutes Ierusalem lyeth South-east by East 2320 miles lying vnder the parallell with Babylon Sunneriseth 3. houres 6. minutes before vs Constantinople lyeth East South-east 1480 miles whose longest day is 15. houres 24 min Sunne riseth at 5 and 24 minutes Rome lyeth South-east 896 miles their longest day being 15 houres 4 minutes at 5 and 28 minutes the Sun riseth Lisbone lyeth South South-west 776 miles the longest day being 14 houres 44 min. at 5 and 26 min. the Sunne riseth Geneua lyeth South-east 440 miles the longest day being 15 houres 34 min. Sunne riseth at 5. hou 8 minutes Dublin lyeth North-west and by North 290 miles the longest day being 16 houres 44 min. Sunne riseth at 2 houres and 48 minutes in the morning Edenborough lyeth North North-west 286 miles the longest day being 17 houres 22 min. Sunne riseth 3 hou 9. minutes Paris lyeth Southeast by South 240 miles the longest day being 16 houres Sun riseth at 4. of the clocke and 3. minutes A Concordancy of Yeares containing a most exact Computation of time with briefe Notes of the best Chronicles against euery yeare Years of our Lord. post coÌ„q K. reigne time expired Easter day VVilliam Duke of Normandy base sonne of Robert the 5 Duke of that Dutchy and cousin germane to King Edvvard after the battell at Hastings came to London was crownd on Christmas day 1067 but according to the Church now 1066. Wil. Conque began Oct. 14 1066 1 1 546 April 16  1067 1 1 545 8 The King
by water 5 ♊ 19 21 Drye Voyage treat of mariage set children to schoole take medicines 6 ♋ 2 13 Temperate Apt to warre bad to sow seedes plant c. 7 ♋ 15 5 moiste Apt to till the earth and to iourney c. 8 ♋ 27 57 Cloudy and temperate Iourney specially by water take phisicke best in pilles 9 ♌ 10 49 drye Good to Nauigate otherwise bad in all things 10 ♌ 23 41 moiste Good for mariage bad to iourney good to plant or build 11 ♠6 32 Temperate somthing cold Sow plant deliuer prisoners leaue laxatiue medicines 12 ♠19 35 moiste Plant sow marry bad to Nauigate onely 13 ♎ 2 17 Temperate Iourney Nauigate sow plow contract Matrimony 14 ♎ 25 9 Temperate Sow plant take physicke bad to iourney and marry a widdow 15 ♎ 28 1 Moiste Digge pits delue ill to voyage and marry 16 ♠10 53 Moiste and colde Infortunate and bad 17 ♠23 45 Moiste Buy beasts seeke to Widdows bad to Nauigate 18 ♠6 37 Drie Build sow plant saile ill in mariage 19 ♠19 29 Moiste Warfare besiege a Towne plant sow iourney Nauigate 20 ♑ 2 21 Temperate Buy cattell hunt wilde beasts bad for Mariage 21 ♑ 15 13 Temperate Lay foundations build sow seek to Prince or Magistrate marry not 22 ♑ 28 5 Moiste Take physicke Nauigate marry not 23 ♒ 10 57 Temperate Take physicke iourney ill to marry or lend 24 ♒ 23 49 Temperate Lead thy Army to battell marry sow medicine voyage not 25 ♓ 6 41 Drie Iourney towards mid-day or sunne set best for strife lay foundations 26 ♓ 19 43 Drie A most fit day for physicke in all other affaires bad 27 ♈ 2 25 Moiste Plant sow vse Merchandize but do not Nauigate 28 ♈ 15 17 Temperate Sow vse Merchandize marry take physicke do not lend or voyage CHAP. XXV To finde what Planet doth reigne any houre in the yeare and how long hee reigneth TO go briefly to worke resolue the houres of the day into minutes by multiplying them by 60 adding to the product the odde minute the totall then diuided by 12 doth tell you how long a planet doth reigne The like for the night But for the more ease behold the ensuing Table A Table of the Inequall Temporall or Planetary houres for euery day and night in the yeare Horae Diei Horae Noct. Horae Diei Horae Noct. Horae Diei Horae Noct. Horae Diei Horae Noct. Horae Diei Horae Noct. 0 12 24 36 48 H M H M H M H M H M H M H M H M H M H M 0 35 1 25 0 36 1 24 0 37 1 23 0 38 1 22 0 39 1 21 0 40 1 20 0 41 1 19 0 42 1 18 0 43 1 17 0 44 1 16 0 45 1 15 0 46 1 14 0 47 1 13 0 48 1 12 0 49 1 11 0 50 1 10 0 51 1 9 0 52 1 8 0 53 1 7 0 54 1 6 0 55 1 5 0 56 1 4 0 57 1 3 0 58 1 2 0 59 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 59 1 2 0 58 1 3 0 57 1 4 0 56 1 5 0 55 1 6 0 54 1 7 0 53 1 8 0 52 1 9 0 51 1 10 0 50 1 11 0 49 1 12 0 48 1 13 0 47 1 14 0 46 1 15 0 45 1 16 0 44 1 17 0 43 1 18 0 42 1 19 0 41 1 20 0 40 1 21 0 39 1 22 0 38 1 23 0 37 1 24 0 36 1 25 0 35 1 26 0 34 1 27 0 33 1 28 0 32 1 29 0 31 1 30 0 30 1 31 0 29 1 32 0 28 1 33 0 27 1 34 0 26 The vse of the precedent Table In the first row vpon the left hand finde the lenghth of the day or night in houres and if there be any minuts annexed finde them in the top of the Table where they bee set thus 0 12 24 36 48. And so in the common angle shall you finde the length of the planetary houre for the day or night vnder their proper Title and if you want the iust minute take the néerest for the difference produceth no sensible errour as when the day is 16 houres 24 minutes long then the length of a planetary hour for day is 1 houre 22 minuts and aplanet ruleth that night but 38 minutes as in the Table The length of a planetary houre thus found it rests to finde any time of day what planetary houre it is which as yet none of these little bookes haue taught You must therefore learne as hereafter at what houre and minute the Sunne doth rise vpon the day proposed and also the true houre of the day at the time proposed by some clocke or rather Sunne-diall and thereby get how many houres and minutes the said proposed time is after Sunne rising the number of which houres multiply by 60 and to the product adde the odde minute then the totall diuided by the number of minutes that a planet reigneth the quotient is the number of the planetary houre Example The Sunne riseth at 8 of the clocke vpon a certaine day which day is 8 houres long and I am required to finde what planetary houre it was at 10 before Noone 10 is two houres after 8 2 multiplied by 60 yeeldes 120. which parted by 40 minutes for so long a Planet ruleth that day as in the Table and the quotient is 3. Therefore I conclude it is the third planetary houre and if there had beene any minutes remaining those would haue shewen how many minutes of the planetary houre had beene spent Deale so with the night counting them from Sunne set Otherwise Another way I can shew you hauing any time of the day giuen and are required to know what planetary houre it is at that instant you must consider if the question were made before high noone or after if the question were made before noone worke as before if after noone adde the houre of the clocke after noone to the houre and minute of Sunne setting so haue you the distance of time from Sun-rising then worke likewise as before Lastly hauing found what planetary houre it is then must you séeke what planet doth reigne that houre which is thus done Consider what planet the day is called by as in the 15 Chapter and giue to that planet the first houre and to the next the second houre vntill you come to the houre proposed that planet which falleth to that houre is the planet the ruleth at that time But for more ease behold the ensuing Table which I haue newly made for that purpose A Table to finde what Planet doth rule euery houre by day or night Day Re. ☉ ☽ ♂ ☿ ♃ ♀ ♄ Night R. Sunday Munday Tuesday Wednes Thursda Friday Saterday H H H H H H H H H H H H H H ☉ 1 8 5 12 2 9 6 0 3 10 7 0 4 11 ♃ ♀ 2 9 6 0 3 10 7 0 4 11 1 8 5 12 ♂ ☿ 3 10 7
diurnall motion Next it moueth from West to East according to the 9 Heauen and is called the motion of the Auges of the fixed starres which Auges are points limiting the greatest distance of any Spheare from the center of the world The last is made by vertue of his owne proper motion as sometimes towards the South and other times into the North which is called Motus trepidationis as is said this Spheare maketh his whole reuolution in 7000 yeares and this motion somes time is called Motus accessus recessus onely proper to the 8 Spheare in this spheare or heauen is the Zodiacke and all the rest of the circles in the materiall spheare imagined to bee And this 8 spheare according to Albateginus is distant from the earth 19000 semidiameters CHAP. IX The course colour placing magnitude and distance of the seuen Planets with the thicknesse of their Spheares VNder and within the concauity of the starry Heauen is placed the Orbe and Spheare of Saturne so the rest successiuely which are known by their colour and magnitude and if any one require to know why these spheares being so many are not subiect to sight but seeme as one intire body the reason is for that they be Bodies perspicuous cleare and transparent But to proceed Saturne mouing vnder the 8 spheare is of a pale leaden colour requiring 30 yeares to passe through the Zodiacke and is bigger then the earth 95 times Albateginus saith but 79. Alfraganus saith 91. their diameters being as 9 to 2 is distant frō the earth 15800 semidiameters but as Tycho Brache saith 10550 semidiameters and as the vulgar say 237978 miles and a halfe Saturne being from the firmament 120485 miles so that the heauen of Saturne must containe in thicknesse 196044546 11 miles otherwise it could not containe his starre Iupiter is next vnder Saturne faire and bright ending his reuolution in 12. yeares according to Albateginus he appeareth as the 12. part of the Sunne and therefore is bigger then the earth 81 times Alfrag saith 95. others 91. their diameters being as 32. to 7. he is distant from the earth 10423. semidiameters but which the vulgar 159357½ miles whose heauen containes in thickenesse 18996546 11 miles and is below Saturne 78721. miles Mars within the concauity of the spheare of Iupiter appeares of a fiery colour running his course in 2. yeares appearing as the 20 part of the Sunne and therefore doth containe the whole magnitude of the earth once and as Albateg saith a third part more some say once and ten sixtéenes others would haue it twice which is false so that their diameters are as 7. to 6. Alfraganus puts Mars and the earth in a Sesquialter proportion with an 8. part ouer which is once and a halfe and one 8. part Mars is distant from the earth 4584. ferè semidiameters but as the vulgar haue said 80536½ miles and his spheare is in thicknesse 26308800. miles and is vnder Iupiter 78721. miles The Sunne is placed in the middle of the planets most cleare bright the well-spring of pure light oculus mundi anima cor coeli finishing his reuolution euery yeare delighting as a Giant to run his course And according to Ptolomeus Albateginus and Alfraganus he is 166¾ times bigger then the earth so that their diameters beaye proportion as 11 to 2. But Copernicus will haue the Sunne to be but 162 ferè more then the earth so that their diameters areas 5 P. 27. M. to one According to the first account the Sunne is distant hence 1150 Semidiameters but with the later 1142 semidiameters and as the vulgar say it is from the earth to Sol 64811½ miles his Heauen containing in thicknesse 343996 4 11 miles hee being below Mars 15725 miles Venus vnder the spheare of the Sunne doth appeare very cleare and shining not thrée yeares past being the Euening starre she was taken of many at first for a Comet for indeed shee is brighter then Iupiter ending her reuolution as the Sunne from whom shee cannot depart more then 48 degrees so that going before the sunne she is called the Morning Starre and following the sunne the Euening Starre she appeareth as the 10 part of Sols diameter and therefore is lesser then the earth 36 times their diameters being as 10 to 3. Alfraganus would haue the earth 28 times more then Venus others 39 others 37. Tycho saith 6⅙ times she is from the earth 618 semidiameters and as the vulgar say 41374 miles lying below the Sunne 23437½ miles her Heauen being in thicknesse 32744946 11 miles Mercury wandring vnder the spheare of Venus appeareth somewhat shining but not very bright being neuer more then 29 degrees elongated frrom the Sunne and therefore seldome seene his diameter sheweth as the 15 part of the Sunnes diameter whereby wee may gather that he is lesse then the earth 19000 times Alfraganus would haue him 22000 at least others 32000 others 3143 times lesse But Tycho will haue it but 19 times and his diameter to be to the diameter of the earth as 3 to 8. With the vulgar he is distant from the earth 28562 miles and is below Venus 1282 miles his Heauen containing in thicknesse 253372⅔ miles The lowest of all the Planets is the Moone whose body is encompassed within the spheare of of Mercurie running ouer the whole Zodiacque in 27 daies 7 houres 43 minutes and neere 6 seconds she is lesser then the earth 39. times so that the body of the Sunne containes the body of the Moone 6540 ferè Herewith agréeth Prolemaeus Albategnius and Alfraganus But Copernicus will haue the Moone 4.3 times lesse so that where with the former their diameters bée as 17 to 5 with Copernicus it is as 7 to 2 and therefore the body of the sunne must exceed the body of the Moone 7000 of the vulgar she is said 15750 miles distant from the earth with Tycho 60 semidiameters whose heauen containeth 105222 2 33 miles and is below Mercury 12812 miles As touching these distances of the planets you must know that it is meant when they be in their meane motion neither in their Apogaeon or Perigaeon for then they be much further off or farre neerer vnto vs. CHAP. X Of the magnitude of the Sunne and Moone and the rest of the Planets with their diameters and distances from the Earth in miles according to Tycho Brahe and of the magnitude of the fixed Starres and other secrets concerning them TYcho Brahe a Dane as by his workes and commendations of our soueraigne Lord king Iames may appeare a diligent obseruer of the celestiall bodies doth much differ in their diameters the magnitude of their bodies and their distance from the earth from all other ancient writers as it shall appeare by his demonstration of the sunnes magnitude He first obserued by a hollow instrument of 32 foote long that the greatest apparent diameter of the sunne being in his Apogaeon was 30 minutes in his Perigaeon 32 minutes and in
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is Duo because the naturall day is diuided into 2 parts to wit into Day Night or it may be called Dies à Dijs for the Planets be called Dij Gods whereof the dayes take their names Nox the Night is so called à Noceo noces because it is Tempus nocentibus aptum a fit time to do hurt and mischiefe CHAP. XVI Of the Weeke A Wéeke hath diuers names in Latine it is called Septimana à Septem and Mane as it were hauing septem Matutina tempora seauen mornings And so pars is taken pro toto It is also called Hebdomada ab 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is septem as containing seauen daies It is also called Sabbatum by the Iewes and therefore it is said in Scripture Ieiuno bis in Sabbato c. wherby Sabbatum is Aequiuocum ad totam septimanam And you must note that the Iewes Sabboth day was Saterday but the Christians obserued Sunday for to begin their wéeke because on that day our Lord was borne rose and sent his holy Ghost vpon his Apostles CHAP. XVII Of a Moneth Solar and Vsuall OF Moneths there be thrée kinds Solar Lunar and Vsuall The Solar moneth is the space of time that the Sun runneth through one signe of the Zodiacke being 30 dayes The Vsuall Moneth is the number of dayes according as they bee in our Kalender and amongst the Latines Romulus first distinguished the moneths diuiding the yeare into 10 moneths because in that time a woman might bring forth a childe or because during that time it was not fit for a woman to marry after the death of her husband The first moneth he called Martius à Marte of Mars his Father or rather of Mars in respect of warre because as then the Romane Kings were vsed to procéed in expeditions for it is rather thought that Amulius was Romulus his Father then Mars Amulius being his vnckle The next moneth he called Aprill ab Aperiendo because then the poares of the earth opened The third is May à Maioribus the fourth Iunius à Iunioribus The rest of the moneths were called Quintilis Sextilis September October Nouember and December because they were 5 6 c moneths distant from March But after Numa Pompilius added two more moneths to make them twelue calling the one Ianuary à Ianua because as you passe per Ianuam in atrium so per Ianuarium in annum or of Ianus the God of Merchandize who hauing two faces so Ianuary hath two respects the one to the yeare past the other to the yeare to come The other moneth he called February à Februo that is a Plutone because then the Romans offered sacrifice to Pluto and the infernall Gods for the soules of their ancestors or it is called February à Febre because as then in warme regions men were accustomed Febricitare that is to be sicke of an Ague so also may September be said quasi septimus ab imbre which is à Tempore pluuioso And to these moneths he gaue some 30 daies others 31 daies orderly so that when he came to Ianuary he wanted a day which he tooke from February which he restored againe in the Leape-yeare Then commeth Iulius Caesar and altereth the moneth Quintilis to Iuly calling it after his name for that hee was borne in that moneth After whom commeth Augustus and calleth the moneth Sextilis Augustus after his owne name and grudging that his moneth August should haue lesser dayes in it then Caesars moneth hee taketh another day from February adding the same to August and thereby left February but 28 dayes whereby hee did disorder the daies of the moneth that before did consist of 30 and 31 daies successiuely making Iuly August and September haue 31 dayes altogether and February but 28 dayes wherefore to auoid this inconuenience he was forced to take a day from September giuing it to October another from Nouember for December The which ordination of the moneths and position of dayes is vsed to this present time according to these verses Sep. No. Iun. Ap. dato triginta reliquis magic vno Nisit bissextus februus minor esto duobus Which is Thirty daies hath September Aprill Iune and Nouember The rest haue thirty and one Saue February alone Which moneth hath but eight and twenty meare Saue when it is Bissextile or Leape-yeare CHAP. XVIII Of the Lunar Moneth and the diuersities thereof OF Moneths Ioan. de sacro Bosco noteth 4 kinds as the moneth of Peragration of Apparition Medicinall and the moneth of Consecution The moneth of Peragration is a space of time containing daies 27 houres 7 minutes 43 seconds 7 thirds 15 fourths 36 fifths 55. In which space the Moone runneth through the 12 signes of the Zodiacke and is called of some a yeare of which yeares it is not much for one to liue 1000 for 80 Solar yeares make as many within 40. But this moneth is accomplished certaine minuts sooner or later according to her swift or slow motion The second is the Moneth of Aparition consisting of 28 dayes vulgarly diuided into foure wéekes The Moneth Medicinall containeth according to Galen 26 daies and a halfe and is also diuided into 4 wéekes The last is the moneth of Consecution being a space of time that the Moone departing from coniunction with the Sunne passeth round about the circls of the Zodiacke returning to the point where she left the Sunne finishing her Moneth of Peragration but finding the Sunne not there because he is carried by his owne proper motion neere one signe further shee is forced to spend two daies 4 houres 44 I. 3 II. and 16 III. to ouertake the Sunne before shee can come into coniunction againe so that this moneth is produced vnto 29 daies and a halfe c. and is called the Moneth of Consecution for that the Moone prosecutes to ouertake the Sunne CHAP. XIX Of the Lunar Yeare both Common and Extraordinary OF Lunar yeares there bee two kindes the one is called in Latine Annus Communis the other Embolismalis The common Lunar yeare is the space of 12 Moones not Moneths or changes which the Latines call Lunations it is called the common yeare Lunar in respect of his accord with the Solar yeare for as the one containes 12 Moones Lunar so the other consisteth of 12 moneths Solar the one hauing 365 dayes the other 354 dayes but in both there is omission of fractions so that the Solar yeare excéeds the common Lunar yeare 11 dayes of which the Epact is made The yeare called Annus Embolismalis is a space of 13 Moones containing 384 dayes so that this yeare exceedeth the common Lunar yeare 30 daies the Solar yeare 19 dayes it is called Embolismus ab Embolismo as Bissextilis is à Bis sex Sacro Bosco castles it Embolismus ab 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is quiddam insertum CHAP. XX. Of the Solar yeare and the Etymology thereof THe Astronomers make many diuisions of this
Solar yeare which are not much néedfull to be knowne in respect of this Treatiss To bee therefore short the Solar yeare is a space of time that the Sunne by his proper motion departing from some point in the Eclipticke returneth to the same place againe and this yeare Solar is either Astronomicall or Poeticall the Astronomicall yeare is either Tropicall or Sidereall and the Tropicall yeare is either Equall or Vnequall The Tropicall yeare taketh his beginning from the Vernall Equinox containing 365 dayes 5 houres 49 minuts 15 seconds and 46 thirds but the vnequall or aparent Tropical yeare containes sometime more as 365 dayes 5 houres 56 minuts 53 seconds and 1 third and other times lesse as 365 dayes 5 houres 42 minutes 38 seconds and 27 thirds And this vnequality is made by the vnequall precession of the Equinoctiall points The Egyptians wanting the vse of letters set forth the yeare like an Adder eating her owne taile so that it may bee said Annus ab Anguis a Snake wee may depaint the yeare by a King in respect they both turne round in themselues so may it be called Annus from Annulus a King for a motion in a King finished beginneth againe without end and therefore Virgil Atque in se sua per vostigia voluitur Annus Some call a yeare Annus ab innouatione because the strength and vertue of all vegetable things is renewed and are passed ouer by the course of time It is called Annus ab An which is Circum and eo in by reason of the foresaid reuolution of Time CHAP. XXI Of the Iulian yeare or our vulgar yeare and of the Leap-yeare and the cause thereof with the diuers beginnings of yeares IVlius Caesar anno mundi 3925.45 yeares before the birth of Christ and the yeare before his bloudy death noting the falsenesse of the yeare then vsed by the Councell of Sosigenes an excellent Mathematitian made the yeare to consist of 365 dayes and 6 houres and because it would be very difficult to computate these 6 houres euery yeare for should you begin this yeare at 12 of the clocke and 6 houres it must end the next yeare at 12 and 6 houres and the next yeare following would end at mid-night c. So that wee should driue the beginning of the yeare euery 4 yeares a day further without the getting of a day so that in 124 yeares the Annuntiation of Mary would fall to bée where Saint Marke Euangelist is or a day sooner To auoyd which inconuenience Caesar concluded that at euery foure yeares there should be a day gotten by the surplus of the 6 houres in euery yeare for 4 times 6 make 24 houres which day he added to February for that it is the shortest moneth and according to the ancient and also according to our Churches account the last moneth and this day they put at the 25 of February so that the letter F is twise repeated Saint Mathias day being obserued vpon the later according to the verse Bissextum sextae Martis tenuere Calendae Posteriore die celebrantur festa Mathiae So that the Iulian yeare is two-fold as Iulian and Bissextill it is called Bissextill of bis and sex because the 6 Kalends of March is twise repeated so may it be called Annus intercalaris because of the day that is put betwéene so may February in that respect be called Mensis intercalaris and so may the 25 of February that yeare be called Dies intercalaris But since the Romanes haue found that this Iulian yeare was too great and by helpe of Antonius Lilius they haue abated the quantity of the yeare making it to consist of 365 daies 5 houres 49 minutes and 12 seconds whereby their account in the celebration of the festiuall daies and of the times of the yeare differeth 11 dayes from ours as in my Kalender and yet is neither of these accounts precisely true by occasion of the vnequall precession of the Equinoctiall points of which here is no place to speake By this that is said in the Chapters before you may gather that a wéeke hath seuen dayes or 168 houres a moneth 4 wéekes 30 dayes or 720 houres I speake of Solar moneths and a yeare 52 wéekes 12 moneths 365 dayes or 8760 houres But the leape yeare hath 366 daies or 8784 houres wanting indéed according vnto true calculation 47 minutes and 12 seconds and so much doth euery foure yeares differ from our Iulian yeare which is 11 minutes and 48 seconds euery yeare And you must note that according vnto diuers men the yeare hath diuers beginnings which some call Aera Numa Pompilius did begin the yeare at the Hyemall Solstitiall because as then the Sunne began to ascend Romulus began the yeare at the Equinoctiall of March because as then all things began to flourish all trées and plants to bud c. The Arabians begin their yeare at the Estiuall Solstitiall because they are of opinion that the Sun was made in Leo. Some let their yeare take beginning at the Autumnall Equinoctiall The Egyptians count from the death of Nabuchadonozor the Persians from Iezdegird the Arabians or Moores from the preaching of Mahomet who was after the birth of Christ 626 yeares The Astronomers begin their yeare the first of Ianuary and so do we take it vulgarly in England But the Church of England and the date of all writings and such like hath their yeare to begin vpon the 25 day of March The Iewes began their yeare after two sorts viz for feasts in March and for other affaires in September And so must wee vnderstand Ezechiel chap. 40. vers 1. The Spaniards did reckon their yeare for tributes and all other payments from the Emperour Octauian vntill King Iohn altered it to the Natiuity of our Lord and you shall note that it was 500 yeares after the birth of Christ that the Christians did begin their yeare at the Annunciation of Mary CHAP. XXII Vulgar errours reformed I Tould you before in what time the Sunne did finish his course through the 12 signes of the Zodiaque and here you must know further that he hath thrée motions as slow being in Apogaeon or his greatest Eccentricity and then goeth not aboue 57 minutes 18 seconds in 24 houres and sometime but 56 minuts 43 seconds Swift being in Perigaeon or nearest the earth and then may goe one degrée 1 minute and 43 seconds in 24 houres and his meane motion at what times he passeth 59 minuts and 8 seconds in 24 houres by occasion whereof diuers things happen contrary as the vulgar take it as there be more daies by about 10 from the Equinoctiall of March vnto the Equinoctiall of September then there is from the Equinoctiall of September to the Equinoctiall of March. By occasion of this diuersity of the Sunnes motion the vulgar be also much deceiued that say that the dayes doe lengthen and shorten one houre euery 15 dayes which is false indéed from the 11 of March vnto the
27 of Aprill that proportion is true but then from the 27 of Aprill it must be to the 17 day of May which is 20 daies before the day be an houre longer and then from the 17 of May at what time the day is 16 houres long in the latitude of 52 degrèes and 20 minuts vnto the 12 of Iune which is 26 dayes the day doth but lengthen halfe an houre and 3 minutes The like it doth in shortning Another errour doe they run into concerning the Dogge-dayes wherein the old Computation was much to blame in pretending a certainty for the beginning of them the 6 of Iuly and ending the 17 of August which is false as I noted in my Almanacke 1607 But as there so also in this Kalender shall they be truly placed the effect of the Starre Plin. reporteth lib. 1. chap. 40. of his Naturall History Another errour most runne into concerning the primeing of the moone for it is not as they suppose alwaies vpon the 5 day it containes a halfe quarter of that Moone happeneth she being 3 daies and 18 houres old being then 4 points of the compasse to the Eastward of the Sunne Also you shall note that when the hornes of the Moone hang perpendicular one ouer the other then the Moone is 90 degrées of the Eclipticke aboue the Horizon if the vpper horne incline more into the East then the lower horne doth then she is short of 90 degrées but if the vpper horne be more into the West the Moone is more then 90 degrées of the Eclipticke from the Horizon but this is not meant degrées of altitude taken instrumentally CAAP. XXIII Of the Kalends Nones c. And what they be YOu must know that in euery moneth there be thrée principall dayes which as the Romans pleased gaue denomination to all the rest of the daies in the yeare and they be called Kalends Nones and Ides The Kalends be the first day of euery moneth from which the daies are accounted backwards calling the next day in this regression Pridiè Calendas as the last of March is Pridiè Calendas Aprilis they were called Kalends or Calendae as it were Colendae because in old time they were vsed to sanctifie the first day of euery moneth in honour of Iuno and therefore Ouid said Vendicat Ausonias Iunonis cura Calendas Or they be called Kalends of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Calo which is voco to call because the first day of euery moneth the Pontifex minor standing in an eminent place of the Citie did make 4 calles or more according to the number of daies that the Faires called Nundinae should endure therefore in the plurall number they bee called Calendae as it were calles Or they may bee called Kalendae Kalends à 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is Bonum because the first day of euery moneth one friend was accustomed mutually to giue certaine gifts or presents to another to the end that all the moneth following there might happen to them bonum omen Now the Nones bee certaine daies placed in euery moneth wherof the most hath but 6 and the moneth that hath least 4. they begin at the Ides and end at the Kalends they take their name as some say of Non because during that time the Romanes sanctified no day to their God as may appeare by Ouid Nonarum tutela Deo caret c. Or they might be called Noue by reason of the renouation of their images euery moneth or they are called Nonae à Nundinis which is Faires or markets because the number of Nones limited the duration thereof in euery moneth Lastly about the midst of euery moneth there be certaine daies called Ides which is as it were Diuisions for they diuide euery moneth into 2 parts and are a number of 8 daies which in euery moneth according to the order of daies in our Kalender follow the Nones according to the verse Octo tenent Idus menses generaliter omnes But some moneths haue more Nones then others as in the verse Mar. Ma. lul Oct. senas reliquis dato bis duo Nonas Therefore if you take all the Nones and Ides of euery moneth and adde them together substracting the whole from the number of dayes in the moneth then is the remainder the number of Kalends in that moneth and as there is Pridiè Kalendas so there is Pridiè Nonas and Pridiè Idus And you must know that amongst the ancient Astronomers there bee certaine vnfortunate dayes in euery moneth the which in many matters they held ominous and fatall but of the truth thereof let them iudge that are obseruers thereof onely I will set them downe lest of some the booke bee condemned for their absence and in such sort as no one as yet hath obserued CHAP. XXIIII Of the infortunate and fatall dayes of the yeare as also of the good and happy dayes IAnuary the 1.2.4.5.10.15.17.19 February the 8.10 and the 17. March the 15.16 and the 19. Aprill the 16. and 21. Not so euill the 7.8.10.20 May the 7.11.20 Not so bad the 3. and 5. Iune the 4. and 7. Not so euill 10.15.22 Iuly the 15.20 August the 19.20 These not so bad 1.29 and 30. September the 6 and 7. Not so bad the 3.4.21.22 October the 5. Not so bad the 3.16.24 Nouember the 15.19 Not so bad 5.6.28.29 December the 6.7.9 Not so euill the 15.17.22 Furthermore Astrologers will haue in euery Moone 2 infortunate daies wherein they recount it most vnhappy to begin or vndertake any kinds of worldly affaires and they repute them right perilous many wayes else the which dayes follow In Ianuary the 3 and 4 day of the new Moone February the 5 and 7. March the 6 and 7. April the 5 and 8. May the 8 and 9. Iune the 5 and 15. Iuly the 3 and 13. August 8 and 13. September 8 and 13. October 5 and 12. Nouember the 5 and 9. December the 3 and 13. Againe there bee sixe most infortunate daies chosen out of the whole yeare by some wherein they aduertise no man to bleed because of great danger of death and for that the effects of the Constellations worke most wonderfull to death and otherwise be right vnfortunate It is therefore very ill to haue a child borne in them for feare of an euill death and bad and vnhappy they be in other humane affaires as the ancients teach and they be Ianuary the 3 day Iuly the 1. October the 2. Aprill the 30. August the 1. and the 31. Moreouer in euery moneth there were two dayes which were called Aegri mali Aegyptiaci they be called Aegri ab effectu because according to the opinion of many if any fell sicke in any of these dayes they should hardly or neuer escape it They bee called Mali because it was naught to begin any kinde of worke by reason of the euill affections of the Constellations They be called Aegyptiaci because they were inuented of the Egyptians and they
and diuide the product by 15 so shall the remainder be the number of the said indiction and this indiction is counted from September not from March To get the Age Change Full Quarters of the Moone TO find the age of the Moone you must haue 3 things as the Epact the number of moneths from March to your proposed moneth inclusiuely and the day of the moneth these thrée summes had adde them altogether so haue you the age of the Moone but if the summe excéed 30 substract 30 and that which you leaue is the age this is meant if the moneth wherein the question was made haue 31 daies for hauing lesse you must take away but 29 as oft as you may Now if you know the age of the Moone any moneth this yeare and would know how old she shall bee the same day the next yeare you must adde to her present age 11 so haue you her age the same day of the moneth the ensuing yeare and to that age adde 11 so haue you her age the second yeare ensuing and so infinitely remembring to reiect 30 as before Likewise if you desire to know the age of the Moone in the yeare last past that is all found by addition of 19 as before by 11 remembring the reiection of 30. To finde the new full and quarters of the Moone MArtin Cortez teacheth rules to find the day of coniunction but they bee not so true as that of Gemma Frisius which is thus adde to the Epact the number of monethes from March to the proposed moneth including the said moneth the which taken from 30 the remainder sheweth the day of the change but if the summe of addition excéed 30 you were best to substract from 59 so is the remainder the day of the change in which point Gemma Frisius left vs destitute the change had the full Moone is found by the addition of 15 daies and so by addition of 7 daies and 9 houres to the new or full Moone you haue the first or last quarter To finde the new or full Moone more exactly by my new Tables THese briefe rules that the ancient Astronomers haue taught and the moderne obseruers corrected howbeit they were singular in respect of the inuention yet doe they faile a day at least especially when the Epact is aboue 26 wherefore you shall haue the day houre and minute of the change and full Moone set in my Kalender and truely verified till 1630 which by the ensuing rules will serue perpetually the vse whereof is thus Consider if you séeke the change or full Moone for they haue Primes both in seuerall columnes vpon the left hand vnder this title Prim. ☌ Prim. ☠◠therefore when you know what the Prime is for the proposed yeare séeke the same in one of the rowes of Primes descending and note against what day of the Moneth it stands for that is the day of the change or full Moone according to the Prime you tooke then in the row vnder New or Full Moone is the houre and minute of change or opposition noted with this letter A or P signifying that it happened before or after noone according to the letter there placed Example 1612 the Prime is 17 and I desire to know what day houre the change and full moone shal fall on in August First therefore for the New Moone I find the Prime 17 in the row vpon the left hand vnder the title Prim. ☌ which stands against the 16 day of the Moneth therefore the change was the 16 day then against 17 vnder the title New Moone is 11.6 A. which signifieth that the new Moone which happened the 16 day was at 11 of the clocke and 6 minutes before Noone Now for the full Moone in August I seeke the Prime for that proposed yeare vnder the proper title of Prim. ☠which you shall finde to stand against the 31 day and then vnder the title of Full Moone is 3.49 A whereby as before you may conclude that the Full Moone in August 1612 will be the 31 day at 3 of the clocke and 49 minutes before noone And here note against some Primes you shall finde 16 or 17 houres or more with this letter A or P which signifieth that the Aspect happened so many houres before or after high Noone of the same day Now if you would know any of these Aspects after 1630 you must substract 1 houre and 30 minutes from the time of the happening of the Aspect and when you haue done so 19 yeares then substract 3 houres and so forth alwaies subtracting 1 houre 30 minuts for euery 19 yeares hereby will those Tables be made more true perpetually then any that yet were euer extant CHAP. XXXIIII To finde what signe the Sunne or Moone is in TO finde the signe that the Moone is in Ioan de Sacro Bosco saith thus Multiply the age of the Moone by 4 parting the product by 10 so shall the quotient shew you the number of signes that the Moone is distant from the Sunne then the ramainder multiplied by 3 noteth to you the degrée of the signe that the Moone is in Therefore finde the place of the Sunne as hereafter and from thence count the signes and degrées before found and where it ends is the place of the Moone but this rule is not precise and besides is tedious for the vulgar To know what signe the Moone is in by my new Tables FOr this purpose there be so many Tables out and they subiect vnto much errour that if the Moone do worke in these inferiour bodyes as Pliny affirmes lib. 2. chap. 99 or alter the humors thereof according to her place in the Zodiacke as the learned teach and experience confirmes then vaine and vnnecessary be those Tables that so lead the vulgar into such errours and abuses for either it is necessary that her true place bee knowne or needlesse to bee sought if needlesse what needeth any obseruation at all if necessary how do they beguile them that put trust therein For the Sheep-heards Kalender Generall Prognostication Computation and such like bookes suppose the Moone neuer to her slow motion but when she is in Cancer Scorpio or Pisces which is extreamly false for you shall perceiue her stay dayes in the other signes if you peruse my Tables as in Aries Taurus or Gemini c. which their Tables will not allow which errour is like that of Pliny lib. 2. chap. 17 saying that the Moone entreth not twise in coniunction with the Sun in any other signe but Gemini which is not so as in the yeare 1609 and 1612 in August and September there bee coniunctions in Virgo as in Aprill and May 1610 in Taurus Also hee saith there is neuer any coniunction of the Sunne and Moone in Sagittarius the contrary is 1613 in December and 1614 in Nouember Therefore to finde what signe the Moone precisely is in euery day in the yeare till 1630 do thus Get the Prime as
in the place of the Eclipse exceedeth the latitude of the Moone and her bodily somidiameter The Partile Eclipse of the Moone is when part if the body of the Moone is darkened whereof there be 3 sorts first when halfe her diameter is darkened happening when the latitude of the Moone is equall to the semidiameter of the earths shadow next when lesse then the semidiameter is darkened happening when her latitude is more then the semidiameter of the earths shadow Thirdly when more then the Moones semidiameter is obscured which cometh to passe when the latitude of the Moone is lesse then the semidiameter of the earths shadow Of the parts of the Moone Eclipsed Like as the body of the Sun so also the body of the Moone is imagined to bee diuided into 12 parts because their diameters appeare as a foot long so that we say they bee eclipsed so many digits or fingers but for the Moone by reason of the thicknesse of the shadow of the earth she may be eclipsed 23 Digits but I should proue ouer-tedious amply to discourse of these matters therefore find out her eclipse thus To finde the Moones Eclipse Finde as before at what houre and what day of the moneth any full Moone happeneth and there finde the eclipse of the moone as you did that of the Sunne remembring alwaies to séeke the moones eclipse vnder the Title Full Moone and her Eclipse and the Digits or parts of her body eclipsed in the row vpon the right hand vnder Digits ☽ remembring what is said of the Sunne This is casie CHAP. XXXVI To find the houre of Sun-rising and setting the length of the day and night with the breake of day and continuance of twi-liâ—â—â— Moneths Dayes Breake of day Sunne rising Length of day Length of night Sunne setting Twylight H M H M H M H M H M H M Ianu. 1 3 54 8 0 8 0 16 0 4 0 6 0 10 5 44 7 19 8 21 15 39 4 11 6 16 20 5 37 7 34 8 52 15 8 4 26 6 23 Febr. 1 5 15 7 13 0 24 14 16 4 45 6 47 10 5 0 6 56 10 8 13 52 5 4 7 0 20 4 50 6 36 10 47 13 13 5 24 7 10 March 1 4 20 6 19 11 22 12 38 5 41 7 40 10 4 0 6 1 11 58 12 2 5 59 8 0 20 3 40 5 45 12 37 11 23 6 19 8 22 Aprill 1 3 8 5 18 13 23 10 37 6 42 8 52 10 2 40 5 1 13 57 10 3 6 59 9 20 20 2 10 4 43 14 33 9 27 7 17 9 50 May 1 1 30 4 25 15 9 8 51 7 3â— 10 30 10 0 30 4 22 15 35 8 25 7 48 11 30 20 Al day 4 0 15 59 8 1 8 0 no night Iune 1 and no darke night 3 51 16 17 7 43 8 9 but conunuall twylight 10 3 48 16 23 7 37 8 12 20 3 51 16 17 7 43 8 9 Iuly 1   4 0 15 59 8 0 8 0 0 0 10 1 30 4 25 15 9 8 51 7 35 10 30 20 2 10 4 43 14 33 9 27 7 27 9 50 Aug. 1 2 10 4 43 14 33 9 27 7 17 9 50 10 2 40 5 1 13 57 10 3 6 59 9 20 20 3 8 5 18 13 23 10 37 6 41 8 52 Sept. 1 3 40 5 41 12 37 11 23 6 19 8 20 10 4 0 6 1 11 58 11 2 5 59 8 0 10 4 2 06 10 11 22 12 38 5 41 7 40 Octo. 1 4 50 6 26 10 47 13 13 5 24 7 10 10 5 0 6 56 10 8 13 52 5 4 7 0 20 〈◊〉 15 7 13 9 34 14 26 4 47 6 45 Noue 1 5 35 7 34 8 52 15 8 4 26 6 25 10 5 44 7 49 8 21 15 39 4 16 6 16 20 5 54 8 0 8 0 16 0 4 0â— 6 6 Dece 〈◊〉 5 58 8 10 7 40 16 20 3 50 0 2 〈◊〉 6 0 8 11 7 34 16 23 3 59 6 0 〈◊〉 5 54 8 0 8 0 16 0 4 0 6 6 The vse of the former Table IF you would know at what houre the day breake the Sunne rise and set and how long the daies and nights be and when twi-light ends do thus In the first row vpon your left hand finde your moneth and in the next row rightwards the day of the moneth which are placed against the moneth three times thus 1 10 20 and when you want the iust day take the neerest for it will serue precise enough The day of the moneth thus found proceed rightward against the said day so shall you see the houre and minute of all the foresaid vnder their proper Titles and against the said day of the moneth As the 20 day of August the day breaketh at three of the clocke and 8 minutes the Sunne riseth at 5 and 18 minutes the length of the day is 13 houres and 23 minutes and so proceed forth To finde the houre of the day MVltiply the signe of the Sunnes Altitude taken instrumentally by the signe of the semidiurnall Arke diuiding the product by the signe of the Sunnes Meridian altitude reseruing then the quotient séeke the arke answering to the same as you be taught in the'seuenth booke of my Staffe called Trigonometria the which arke conuert into houres as you be also taught in the said seuenth booke so haue you the number of houres from Sunne rising if your obseruations were before noone or the distance from Sun set if they were in the afternoone Otherwise In the ensuing Scheme finde the degree that the Sun is in in the lowerend thereof and in the side B A finde the altitude of the Sun then note where the line passing by the degree of the Sunne paralell to B A intersects with the line running from the altitude of the Sunne and paralell to D A or C B for the houre-line passing by that intersection is the houre of the day Example The 21 of Aprill 1612 the Sunne is in the 10 degree of 8 and 30 degrees high the paralels issuing from which two places intersect at E and the houre-line passing by is marked with 8 and 4 so that if your obseruations were before noone it had beene 8 if after noone 4 of the clocke By this means the degree the Sunne is in and the houre of the day giuen you may find his altitude the same houre and contrary also hereby you may finde the rising and setting of the Sun c. and many other pretty conclusions which the ingenious will soone know and I for breuities take omit The Meridian Line South Signes Capricorne Scorpius Pisces Aquarius Libra North Signes Aries Virgo Taurus CAAP. XXXVII To know how long the Moone shineth when she riseth and setteth with the cause of her lesse or greater light THe Moone hath no light but what shee receiueth of the Sunne being a darke and grosse body as is well manifested in the time of her eclipse and though the vulgar
thinke shee is now partly lightned and now totall the imagination is méere false for she alwaies retaines one the selfe same quantity of light at her quarters other aspects as at the full for shee is a round Globe and that part of the globious body that beholdeth the Sunne is alwayes lightened so that when she is neere the Sunne the lightned halfe is auerted and turned from vs respectiuely to the Sunne because she commeth more and more vnder the Sunne receiuing thereby light vpon her vppermost part which beholdeth the Sunne and therefore the further she is from the Sunne the greater is her light and to know how long shee shineth do thus All the time of her increase multiply her age by 4 but in the decrease or after the full see what her age wanteth of 30 the which also multiply by 4 and make partition by 5 the quotient sheweth the number of houres shee shineth after Sun-set or before his rising Lastly the remaineder multiplied by 12 sheweth the minutes to bee added for alwaies whilest she doth increase shee followeth the Sunne and shineth after Sun-set her lightned part looking into the West but decreasing she goeth before the Sunne and shineth before his rising her lightned part looking into the East To know when the Moone riseth and setteth This rule in respect of the manifold motions of the Moone but chiefly in respect of her latitude is not alwaies so precise they may serue for a shift and sometime is precise Note therefore the length of her shining as before and also note if it be in the increase or decrease of the Moone and then for either worke thus All the increase to the houre of Sun rising adde the quantity of her shining so haue you her rising the same quantity adde to the time of Sun-setting so also haue you her setting But after the full take the quantity of her shining from the Sun rising you haue her rising the same also taken from Sun-setting sheweth the time of her setting and if substraction cannot bee made borrow 12. But for such that cannot finde the quantity of her shining Arithmeticall let them enter the ensuing Table with her age finding the same in one of the rowes descending or ascending in the first columne vpon the left hand answering to which in the next columne vnder the title The Moones comming to South shall you finde the houre and minute of her shining then for her rising and setting worke as before CHAP. XXXVII A Table to know the houre of the night by the Moone her comming to the South the quantity of her shining and full sea through England The ☽ Age for her shining The Moones comming to south The Mooues Age. High water at London Timot. Hartlepol Bristow Grauesend Barwicke Ost-end D D H M D D H M H M H M H M 1 29 12 48 1 16 3 48 7 33 2 18 4 33 2 28 1 36 2 17 4 36 8 21 3 6 5 21 3 27 2 24 3 18 5 24 9 9 3 54 6 9 4 26 3 12 4 19 6 12 9 57 4 42 6 57 5 25 4 0 5 20 7 0 10 45 5 30 7 45 6 24 4 48 6 21 7 48 11 33 6 18 8 33 7 23 5 36 7 22 8 36 12 21 7 6 9 21 8 22 6 24 8 23 9 24 1 9 7 54 10 9 9 21 7 12 9 24 10 12 1 57 8 42 10 57 10 20 8 0 10 25 11 0 2 45 9 30 11 45 11 19 8 48 11 26 11 48 3 33 10 18 12 33 12 18 9 36 12 27 12 36 4 21 11 6 1 21 13 17 10 24 13 28 1 24 5 9 11 54 2 9 14 16 11 12 14 29 2 12 5 57 12 42 2 57 15 15 12 0 15 30 3 0 6 45 1 30 3 45 Note that the houre of the Moones comming to the South is the time of full Sea at South-hampton Quindborow and Portsmouth Against the age of the Moone in the third row haue you the time of the full sea in any of the Hauens vpon the right hand and if you desire to know the high water or time of the Tide in any other Hauen in England you must adde the houres and minutes placed by the name of each Hauen vnto the houre of the Moones comming to the South as the Moone being three dates old commeth to the South at two of the clocke and 24 minutes then if you desire the high water at Redban you must adde 45 minutes more so haue you 3 of the clocke and 9 minutes For the high water at Redban or Aberden adde 45 minutes for Dundee S. Andrewes Silly 2 houres 15 minutes for Frith Leith Dunbar 4 houres 30 minuts For Flamot 5 houres 15 minutes for Foy Lyn Humber Waymouth Dertmouth Plimouth 6 houres For Milford Bridgewater 7 houres 30 minutes For Portland Peterport 8 houres 15 minutes For Orkenpoole Orwell 9 houres Diep Lux Lenoys 9 houres 45 min. For Bolein Douer Harwich Yarmouth 10 houres 30 minutes For Callice Rye and Winchelsy 11 houres 15 minutes To know at what time the Moone will bee full South any day in the yeare Seeke her Age in the third Columne answering to which in the second columne is the houre of her comming to the South and note all the increase shee commeth to the South after Noone that is vntill she be 15 dayes old and all the decrease she commeth to the South in the morning To know what of the clocke it is in the night by the Moone Looke vpon any Sun-dyall and see what of clocke it is by the shadow of the Moone as you doe by the Sunne noting how much it wants or is past 12 of the clacke for so much it wants or is past the houre of her comming to the South that day which houre you bée taught in the last note to finde Example Vpon a certaine day I looked in a Sunne-dyall and found the shadow of the Moone to point at 10 of the clocke which wanted two houres of 12 the same day I also found her age 9 dayes and thereby her cōming to the South was at 7 houres and 12 minutes therefore it wanted 2 houres of the same so that it must be 5 of the clocke and 12 minutes past or if the same day the shadow had beene at 2 after noone it had beene 2 houres past 7 and 12 minutes to wit 9 and 12 minutes So of the rest CHAP. XXXVIII Astronomicall Elections for physicke and Chirurgery depending vpon the place and course of the Moone IF thy body be filled with naughty and superfluous humors then were it connenient for thee to draw bloud so the heauens consent thereunto and thy age agree therewith which being not circumspectly weighed it may be most dangerous to the Patient of which no vnderstanding man is ignorant but when necessity vrgeth as for the Pestilence Plurisie Phrenzy c. then though the Heauens deny yet a veine is spcédily to bee opened ad aegri salutem
or Trine with Sol or Mars If of drynesse let the Moone bee in Cancer Scorpio or Pisces aspected as before with Jupiter or Venus Elections for Ablactation or weaning of Children For delicatenesse take the Moone in Gemini Virgo Libra or the first halfe of Sagittarius well aspected with Venus That they may be couetous the Moone must be in Leo aspected with Mars To be good husbands and bufie in the commodities of the earth take the Moone in Taurus Virgo and Capricorne well affected with Mars The Moone without Aspect and furthest from the Sunne maketh them forget the Nurse Elections for Husbandry Before you plant or graft consider the winde for if it bee in the North or East cease thy labour This foreknowne plant or graft generall the Moone increasing in Taurus or Aquarius Remoue and set yong trees in the last quarter the Moone in Taurus or Capricorne in September October Nouember and February Sow all kinde of Corne the Moone increasing in Cancer Set or sow all kinde of séeds the Moone well seated in Aries Taurus Cancer Virgo Libra Capricorne Aquarius or Pisces but with this prouiso that your seeds whose rootes be round be sowen three or foure dayes before or after the full moone but for store take the increase from February to Iune Gather fruits at the full c. Fell Coppice in the first quarter sheare shéepe in the increase and then cut haire to make it grow fast and thicke Cut vines in February March or September the Moone increasing in Aries Libra or Scorpio Libbe or geld cattell the Moone increasing in Aries Sagittarius or Capricorne Mucke your land that the weedes may not grow thereby in the decreasing CHAP. XXXIX Of the moueable Feasts and diuersities of Easter with the reason of our difference and the Romanes HAuing spoken of the changes of the Moone c. It followeth to speake of the moueable Feasts because they depend thereon and haue no fixed place in the Kalender being sixe in number to wit Septuagesima Quadragesima Easter Rogation Sunday Ascension and Whitsunday Septuagesima is so called of 70 as it were containing 70 dayes which the Church doth obserue in remembrance of the 70 yeares that the children of Israëll were vnder the Babylonicall seruitude and is alwayes three Sundayes before Quadragesima Quadragesima is simply said of 40 as containing 40 daies which the Church recounts in remembrance of the 40 daies that Moses fasted when he receiued the Lawes of our Lord Elias fasted so many daies so many daies fasted Christ before the tempter came and because the actions of Christ should be instructions to vs therefore we should endeuour to fast so many daies Easter is the principall of all other Feasts and so ordained by God at first and at this day there bee three sorts that is Pascha Hebraeorum the Iewes Easter Pascha Verum our Easter and Pascha Nouum the Romanes Easter The Iewes Easter was commanded to be kept the 14 day of the first moneth called Abib which day at Euen was the Lords Passouer and the 15 day should be the holy Conuocation as you may see Exod. chap. 12. verse 18. Leuit. 23.5 Deut. 16.1 Numb 28.16 Esdras 7.10 And this 15 day is taken for the first day after the first full Moone happening after the Spring Equinoctial which institution the Iewes altered holding a superstitious opinion of daies and thereby would not keepe their Easter vpon a Munday Wednesday or Friday breaking thereby the commandedament of God like stiffe-necked people as in the 2 booke of the Kings chap. 23. v. 22. Our Easter was ordained 322 yeares after the Incarnation for Constantinus Magnus noting the errors risen amongst the congregation of the Christians the many contentions that continually rose after the Apostles time about the celebration of Easter assembled from all Nations 18 Bishops other learned as wel Greeks as Latins AEgyptians such that could withall well determine of the motions of the celestial bodies Amōgst whom was Eusebius Bishop of Caesaria chiefe being an excellent Mathematitian and hee kept them there two yeares vpon his owne cost and charges and so 323 after the Incarnation there was a new Decemnouall or Golden Number instituted differing from that the Romanes then vsed which made it the longer before they would consent vnto it for by this new Circle Easter should be celebrated vpon the Sunday next following the first fuil Moone that should happen after the entrance of the Sunne into Aries and this new institution continued not passing seauen yeares after the Nicene Councell for in 330 there fell differences betwixt the Romanes and the Greekes about the same which continued neers 200 yeares and then in the time of Iustinianus the Emperour Dionysius Abbas a worthy Romane Anno 527 began to draw Paschall Tables and Rules Ecclesiasticall according as it was ordained at the former Councell which he finished Anno 532 and then at a Counceil at Calcedon it was established that whosoeuer held any other Easter then that after the statutes of Rome should ber counted an hereticke and therefore till 1582 no man durst presume to alter the Easter though they saw the Equinoctium still flye backwards from the 21 of March insomuch that it is now about the 11 day by reason of which anticipation sometimes there happens two full Moones before wee can keepe our Easter which was a cause the Romanes altered their Kalender and thereby is there 28 daies difference sometimes betwixt vs and them as in Anno 1557 60 71 84. and 87 also there may happen 35 dayes as in Anno 1565 68 76 79 in all which yeares there happens two full moones betwixt our Easter and the Spring Equinoctiall so did it 1595 and farre more late as 1603 and so shall it 1622 the which inconuenience the Romanes finding reformed their Paschall Tables whereby they produce Easter alwayes the Sunday following the first full moone according to the foresaid first generall Councell held at Nice in Pontus 322 yeares after the Incarnation But now whether it be best for vs to alter our Tables and Kalender according to that Councell I will not presume to argue if some say all Christians vsed this wee doe 1055 yeares I answere the Nicene Councel made no respect of the smal want that the day in cucry Leape yeare wanted of 24 houres being but 47 minutes 12 seconds as in the 21 Chapter but since there is passed 1289 yeares this present yeare 1611. whereby the Equinoctiall is gone before the 21 of March as it was then obserued 10 dayes and this is the cause of the difference betwixt vs and the Romanes whereby the Astronomers are forced in their Registers to distinguish thus betwixt vs and them Annus Nouus Vetus and so of the Kalender and of Easter and the other moueable feasts as before but this volume is too short for an ample discourse Now Easter hath diuers names according vnto the diuersity of Nations with the
besieged Exceter 1068 2 2 544 ma. 23. F Ro. Cum. Ear. of NorthuÌ„ slain by the CoÌ„mons 1069 3 3 543 Aprill 2 The English came out of Scotl. against the K. 1070 4 4 542 4 The K. bereued all abbies of their treasures 1071 5 5 541 24. The castle of Ledes and Oxford built 1072 6 6 540 8 A The King inuaded Scotland forced the King to homage 1073 7 7 539 Mar. 31  1074 8 8 538 April 20 Married priests remoued by the Pope 1075 9 9 537 5 Bishop of Durham slaine for his cruelty 1076 10 10 536 ma. 27. C A great Frost from October till April 1077 11 11 535 April 16 A blazing star on palm-sunday nere the sun 1078 12 12 534 8 The Towre of London built by the King 1079 13 13 533 ma. 24. A great murther by an Abbot in his Church who killed 3 Monkes wounded 18 men that their bloud ranne from the altar downe the steps at Glastenbury and this yeare was an earth-quake on Christmas day 1080 14 14 532 apr 12. E  1081 15 15 531 aprill 4  1082 16 16 530 aprill 24  1083 17 17 529 aprill 9 England surucied rated the men â—â—â—bred 1084 18 18 528 ma. 31. G The King had homage generally and 6 shillings for euery hide land 1085 19 19 527 aprill 25  1086 20 20 526 aprill 5 Battle Abby Stelby Abby built by the King 1087 21 21 525 mar 28 Gavvens sepulchre found in Wales Wil Conq. died Sept. 9. Defect Wil Ruf. began Sept. 9. Defect He died hauing reigned 20 yea 11 mo 14 dayes in anno 1087 buried in Normandy Anno Domini Post CoÌ„q K. Reigne time expired Easter day Rufus was a variable man couetous an oppressor of the Commons very prodigal Henry brother to Rufus borne at Salby called Beauclarke for his learning 1087 21 1 525 mar 28 The Nobles rebell and are vanquished at the Castle of Rochester 1088 22 1 524 Apr. 16 B  1089 23 2 523 aprill 1  1090 24 3 522 april 21 The King of Scots did homage 1091 25 4 521 april 13 The King built the Castle of Tine 1092 26 5 520 ma. 28. D The Earle of Northumberland slew the King of Scots and his Sonne 1093 27 6 519 aprill 17  1094 28 7 518 aprill 9 The King assaulted Wales but did no good 1095 29 8 517 mar 25 Warres aginst the Infidels 1096 30 9 516 apr 13. F R. Duke of Norm went towards Ierusalem 1097 31 10 515 aprill 5 The EarldoÌ„ of Goodwin drownd by the sea 1098 33 11 514 mar 28 Ierusalem yeelded to Godfrey of Bullen also in this sommer bloud sprang out of the earth in Barkeshire at Finchamsteed 1099 33 12 513 aprill 20  1100 34 13 512 aprill 1  Wil. Rufus slaine Aug. 1 Defect Henry the 1 begaÌ„ Aug. 1 Defect K. Rufus reigned 12 yeares II monethes 2 weeks 3 dayes being slaine with an arrow 1100 34 1 512 Apr 1 A S. Edw. lawes restored the yard made 1101 35 1 511 april 21 Winchester and Glocester burnt 1102 36 2 510 april 6 Norwich Church S. Bartholmews hospital built the one by that Bishop the other by a minstrel 1103 37 3 509 mar 29  1104 38 4 508 apr 17 C  1105 39 5 507 april 9 4 circles ablazing star appeare about the sunne 1106 40 6 506 april 25  1107 41 7 505 april 14 The K. perpetually imprisons his brothers 8 and Trinity within Algate is founded 1108 42 8 504 apr 5. E  1109 43 9 503 april 25 The Emperor Henry maried the K daughter 1110 44 10 502 april 20 Robert the Kings base sonne made first Earle of Glocester 1111 45 11 501 aprill 2  1112 46 12 500 apr 23 G The King inuades Normandy 12 1113 47 13 499 april 6 Great mortality 13 1114 48 14 498 mar 29 Worcester burnt 14 1115 49 15 497 april 18 Octo. 10. Thames and Medway dry 15. Chester burnt a blazing starre 1116 50 16 496 apr 2 B The moone seemed turned into bloud 1117 51 17 495 mar 25  1118 52 18 494 april 14 S. Giles without Oldburn built by Q. Maud 18 1119 53 19 493 april 6 The order of Templars began 19 1120 54 20 492 apr 18 D Many battles betwixt the English French King 20 1121 55 21 491 apr 10  1122 56 22 490 mar 26 The King returning to England his children the Duke of Normandy with 160 persons were drowned Anno Reg 22 1123 57 23 489 april 15  Anno Domini Post CoÌ„q K Reigne time expired Easter day Stephen Earle of Boloine son of the Earle of Blon and Adela the Conquerours daughter being wel personaged fauoured gentle politique and martiall free from exactions 1124 58 24 488 apr 5. F  1125 59 25 487 mar 29 Coyners had their priuy members cut off and their right hands for false coyning 25. 1126 60 26 486 aprill 11 The monastery of S. Oseth in Essex fouÌ„ded 26 1127 61 27 485 aprill 10  1128 62 28 484 apr 22. A Men ware haire like women 1229 63 29 483 aprill 14  1130 64 30 482 mar 30  1131 65 31 481 april 21 The King gaue his daughter the Empresse to the Earle of Angiers 31. 1132 66 32 480 apr 12. C Carlile made a Bishoprike 32. 1133 67 33 479 Ma. 25 From west Cheape to Algate burnt 33. 1134 68 34 478 april 15 Worcester defaced with fire 34. and the Hospitall of S. Crose by Winchester founded by Henry Blors Bishop of Winchester 1135 69 35 477 april 6  Henry 1 dyed Decem. 2 period Stephen began Decem. 2 period Henry 1 reigned 35 yeares 4 moneths and 11 dayes boweld at Roan buried at Reading 1135 69 1 477 april 6.  1136 70 1 476 ma. 22. F. Great fire about London-stone 1137 71 2 475 april 17 Exceter besieged by the King 2. 1138 72 3 474 april 3 All Rochester burnt with 39 Churches 1139 73 4 473 april 22 10000 Scots slaine by the Bishop of Yorke for aiding Maud Empresse 4. 1140 74 5 472 apr 7. F  1141 75 6 471 mar 30 The Earle of Glocester inuaded NotinghaÌ„ 6 1142 76 7 470 april 19 Lincoln besiged the K. prisoner restored 7 The King besieged Waltham Castle 1143 77 8 469 april 4  1144 78 9 468 ma. 26. B Boxley Abbey founded Anno Reg. 9. 1145 79 10 467 april 15 The King forceth the Towre of London froÌ„ the Earle of Essex at S. Albons 10. 1146 80 11 466 april 14  1147 81 12 465 april 20 The Empresse goes into Norway 1148 82 13 464 apr 11 D  1149 83 14 463 april 13 S. Katherines by the Towre built for poore by Queene Matild Anno Reg. 14. 1150 84 15 462 april 16  1151 85 16 461 april 18 England was full of trouble and warres 16 Gratianus dyed 1152 86 17 460 ma. 30.
april 12 Guild-hall in London begun 1412 346 13 200 apri 3. C New Nobles made 4 pence lesse theÌ„ before Henry the 4. dyed 5. began Mar. 20 periodi Henry the 5. began Mar. 20 periodi Hee dyed hauing reigned 13 yeares 6. moneths 3 daies and buryed at Canterbury 1412 346 1 200 april 3  1413 347 1 199 april 23 Sir Iohn Old Castle committed 1414 348 2 198 aprill 8 Moore gate first builded 1415 349 3 197 april 31 The King sailed into Normandy with 1000 saile The battell at Agincourt 1416 350 4 196 ap 20. E  1417 351 5 195 april 11 A decree for Lantherne and Candle-light in London 1418 352 6 194 mar 27  1419 353 7 193 april 16 Sir Iohn Old Câ—stâ—e hanged and burned 1420 354 8 192 apr 7. G The King made Regent of France 1421 355 9 191 mar 23 The Bishop of Winchester lent the King 20000 pound to stay a subsidy 1422 356 10 190 april 11  Henry the 5. dyed Aug. 1 Defect Henry the 6. began Aug. 1 Defect Hee died when he had reigned 9 yeares 5 moneths 24 daies is buried at Westminst 1422 356 1 190 april 11  1423 357 1 189 april 3  1424 358 2 188 apr 23. B The young King of Scotland taken by the English in the 8 yeare of Henry the 4. remained prisoner till 1424. and being deliuered was married to the Lady Iane daughter to the Earle of Somerset Anno Reâ— 2. 1425 359 3 187 april 8  1426 360 4 186 mar 31  1427 361 5 185 april 20 Raine from the first of Aprill to Hollontide 1428 362 6 184 apr 4 D  1429 363 7 183 mar 27  1430 364 8 182 april 16  1431 365 9 181 april 1  1432 366 10 180 apr 20. F The King being 12 yeares old was triumphantly crowned King of France in our Ladies Church in Paris with the consent of both kingdomes and the French called him Little Harry 1433 367 11 179 april 12  1434 368 12 178 mar 28  1435 369 13 177 april 17  1436 370 14 176 apri 8. A  1437 371 15 175 mar 31 All-soules Colledge in Oxford founded by Henry Bishop of Canterbury the king greatly augmenting the reuenewes 1438 372 16 174 april 13  1439 373 17 173 april 5  1440 374 18 172 ma. 27 C Lincoln Col. in Oxf. founded by Râ— Fleming Kings Colledge in Cambridge founded by Henry the sixth 1441 375 19 171 april 16  1442 376 20 170 april 1  1443 377 21 169 april 21  Anno Domini posticonquetun K. Reigne time expired 1612 Easter-day Edvvard Earle of March hauing deposed Henry 6 was crowned by the name of Ed. the 4 and after was deposed and driuen out of his Kingdome but at last by helpe of his brother reâ—â—ained the Crowne 1444 378 22 168 apr 12 E  1445 379 23 167 mar 28 A manage concluded betwixt the Kingson and the King of Cicils daughter 1446 380 24 106 april 17  1447 381 25 165 april 9 Queenes Colledge in Cambridge begun by Lady Margaret wife to Henry the 6. And 1447 Diuinity Schoole was sounded by Humphrey Duke of Glocester 1448 382 26 164 ma. 24. O  1449 383 27 163 april 13  1550 384 28 162 april 5  1451 385 29 161 april 25  1452 386 30 160 apri 9. E Prince Henry borne October 12 and before this time the Mayor of London euer rode to Westminster 1453 387 31 159 april 1  1454 388 32 158 april 21  1455 389 33 157 aprill 6 The Duke of Yorke was discharged of the protectorship 1456 390 34 156 ma. 28 D  1457 391 35 155 aprill 17  â—458 392 36 154 aprill â— Â 1459 393 37 153 mar 25 Katherine-Hall in Cambridge founded by Ro VVoodlarke Doctor of Diuinity and this yeare was Maâ—dalen Colledâ—e in Oxford founded by VVilliam VVunsleet Bishop of Winchester 1460 394 38 15â— april 13  Henry 6 deposed March 4 periodi Edward 4 began March 4 periodi Being deposed he reigned 8 yeares 6 moneths and 8 dayes 1460 394 1 152 aprill 13  1461 395 1 151 aprill 5  1462 396 2 150 aprill 18  1463 397 3 149 aprill â—0  1464 398 4 148 april 1. A The battell at Hexham 1465 399 5 147 aprill 14 The King taken neere the Abby of Selby in Yorkeshire and sent to the Towre 1466 400 6 146 aprill 6  1467 401 7 145 mar 29  1468 402 8 144 apr 17 C  1469 403 9 143 aprill 〈◊〉  1470 404 10 142 aprill 22 King Edvvard proclaimed vsurper hauing fled to Flaunders and King Henry restored The K. Edvvard landed at Rauensport regained the Crowne by helpe of his brother Duke of Clarence tooke Q. Margaret with prince Edvvard prisoners 1471 405 11 141 aprill 14  1472 406 12 140 ma. 29. E  1473 407 13 139 aprill 18  1474 4â—8 14 138 april 1â— Â 1475 409 15 137 mar 26  1476 410 16 136 apri 14 G The King sailed into France to aide the Duke of Burgondy but by sute of the French King peace was concluded 1477 411 17 135 aprill 6  1478 412 18 134 mar 22  1479 413 19 133 april 11 A great Dearth 1480 414 20 132 apr 2 B  Anno Domini post conquesin King Reigne time expired 1612 Easter day Edvvard the 5 about 13 yeares old was depriued of his life and Crowne by his Vncle the Duke of Glocester Richard the 3. brother to Edvvard the 4 was made King Iune 22. and was crowned at Westminister but was shortly after slaine 1481 415 21 131 april 22 The Citizens of London lent the King 5000 marke 1482 416 22 130 april 7  1483 417 23 129 mar 30  Edward 4. dyed Aprill 9 Defect Edward 5. begaÌ„ Aprill 9 Defect He died hauing reigned â—2 years 5 weekes and one day buried at Windsor 1483 417 1 129 mar 30  Edwa. 5 murthered Ian. 22 Defect Ri. 3. vsurp began Ian. 22 Defect He was murthered hauing reigned two moneths and 18 dayes 1483 417 1 129 mar 3â— Â 1484 4â—8 1 128 ap 18. D The king began the high tower at Westmin 1485 419 2 127 aprill 3 The battell at Bosworth Richard 3 slaine August 22 periodi Henry 7 began August 22 periodi He was slaine when he had reigned 2 years 8 weekes and 5 dayes buried at Leicester 1485 419 1 127 april 3 Sweating sicknesse The King ordeined a number of good Archers to attend him called Yeomen of the Guard 1486 420 1 126 mar 20  1487 421 2 125 aprill 1â— Prince Arthur borne 1487. 1488 422 3 124 apri 6 F  1489 423 4 123 aprill 19 The Earle of Northumberland slaine 1490 424 5 122 aprill 11  1491 425 6 121 aprill 3 Henry the Kings sonne borne 1492 420 7 120 apr 22. A  3493 427 8 119 aprill 7
Anno Dom. Easter Tearme Trinitie Tearme Michaelmas Tearme Hillary Tearme  begins ends begins ends begins ends begins ends 1612 Ap. 29 ma 25 IuÌ„ 12 July 1 Oct 9 N 1.28 Ia 23 Fe. 12 1613 apr 21 ma 17 Iun 4 Iun 23 Oct 9 10. 29 Ia. 23 Fe. 12 1614 may 11 Iun. 7 Iu 24 Iul 13 10 28 23 12 1615 apr 26 ma 22 Iun 9 Iun 28 9 28 23 13 1616 apr 17 〈◊〉 13 ma 31 Iun 19 9 28 23 12 1617 may 7 Iun 2 Iu 20 July 9 9 28 23 13 1618 apr 22 ma 18 Iun 5 Iu 24 9 28 23 12 1619 apr 14 ma 10 ma. 28 Iu. 16 9 29 23 12 1620 may 3 ma. 29 Iu 16 Iuly 5 9 28 23 13 1621 apr 16 ma 12 ma. 30 Iun 18 9 28 23 12 1622 may 8 Iun 3 Iu 2. Iul 10 Oct 9 28 23 12 1623 apr 30 ma 26 Iu 13 Iuly 2 9 28 23 12 1624 apr 14 ma 10 ma 28 Iun 16 9 29 23 12 1625 may 4 ma 30 Iu 17 Iuly 6 10 28 23 12 1626 apr 26 ma 22 Iun 9 Iu 28 9 28 23 13 1627 apr 11 ma 7 ma 25 Iu 13 9 28 23 12 1628 apr 30 ma. 26 Iu 13 Iuly 2 9 28 2 12 1629 apr 22 ma 18 Jun 5 Ju 24 9 28 23 12 1630 apr 14 ma 10 ma 28 Iu 16 9 29 23 12 1631 apr 27 ma 23 Iu 10 Iu 29 10 28 2â— 12 Example As 1612 Easter Tearme beginneth Aprill 29 and endeth May 25. Trinity Tearme begins Iune 12 and ends Iuly the first c. The old and vulgar Rule remembred in diuers Books whereby to know the Law-dayes in the Court of Arches the Audience of Canterbury the Spirituall and Ciuill lawes throughout the yeare which I am bold to insert since it is proper to no particular Author Michaelmas Tearme S. Luke S. Simon Iude. S. Faith S. Edward All Saints S. Martine Edmond K. S. Katherin S. Andrew The Conception of our Lady Ye must well vnderstand that the first day ensuing each of the Feastes set downe before euery Terme the Court of the Arches is kept in the forenoone at Bow Church and in the afternoone the same first day is kept in Southwarke the Admirall Court for ciuili causes The second day after each of these feasts the Audience Court of Canterbury is held in that Consistory in Pauls in the fore-noone and the Prerogatine Court of Canterbury is kept in the same place in the afternoone the same day The third day following any of those feasts the Bishop of Londons Court of Consistory is holden in Pauls in the fore-noone and in the same place is the Court of the Quéenes highnesse Comissioners vpon Appeales and the court of Delegates holden in the after-noone the same third day Hillarie Tearme S. Hillary S. Wolstane Conuers of Paul S. Blase S. Scolastice S. Valentine Ashwedensday S. Matthias S. Chadde Perpet Feli S. Gregory An. of our L. Vnderstand that the foure first Feasts of this Terme be neuer chaÌ„ged but are certaine the other are sometime kept and somtime omitted after the course of the yeare altered And if it so chaunce the one of those feasts be Ashwedensday that are after S. Blase day so that the same Law-day after Ashwedensday cannot be kept because the Law-day of the other feast doth light on the same day the second Law-day after Ashwedensday shall be kept and the other omitted And if the Law-day after Ashwedensday be the next day after S. Blase then shall all and euery of those daies bee obserued in order as they may be held conueniently And note that although Ashwedensday be the 7 in order yet it hath no certaine place but is changed as the feast of Easter causeth it Easter Tearme The 15. day after Easter Saint Alphage Saint Marke Euangelift Inuention of the Crosse Gordian Saint Dunstane Ascension day In this Terme the first sitting is alwaies kept the Munday being the 15 day after Easter and so after the feasts here noted which shall next follow by course after Easter and the like space being kept betwéene other feasts the rest of the law-daies are kept the third day after the Ascension which is the last of this Terme And if it happen that the Ascension day do come before any of those feasts aforesaid then they are omitted for that yeare And likewise if any of those dayes come before the 15 day after Easter those dayes are also omitted Trinitie Tearme Trinitie-sunday Corpus Christi Boniface bishop S. Barnabe S. Botolph S. Iohn S. Paul Tr. S. Tho. S. Swithin S. Margaret S. Anne Remember that the Law-daies of this Terme are changed by the meanes of Pentecost and the first sitting is holden alwayes the first day after Trinitie Sunday and the second Law-day is holden the first day after Corpus Christi day except it fall on some day aboue named which chaunceth somtime and then the fitter day is kept And after the second session account foure daies or there about and then looke which is the next feast and the first law-day after the said feast shall be the third session the other law-daies follow in order but so many of them are kept as for the time of the yeare is thought meet Note generally that euery day is called a Law-day that is not Sunday or holiday and that if the feast day being knowne of any Court day in any Terme and the first or second day following bee Sunday then the Court day is kept after the said holiday or feast day First of all these dayes are not altered except they light on Sunday or some Holiday and euery day is called a Law day vnlesse it be Sunday or Holiday Note pag. 241. l. 10. Corpus day is omitted Wages for Boat-men and for their Barges and Boats confirmed by Act of Parliament Ann. 6. H. 8. Cap. 7. VVHeréas Watermen or Maisters of Barges and Boats did as they doe continually practise to raise the wages or hire of their Boats breaking thereby the ancient custome and reasonable wages and so abused the great and exacted on the poore whereby many assaults and frayes wore and sometime are committed which hath often caused manslaughter and also by reason of that easte and vnconscionable gaine the seruants of many House-holders and Husbandmen neare adioyning where such Boates or Ferries were did daily runne from their maisters and become Watermen For the auoyding of which and many such other inconueniences it was ordained by the former Statute of H. 8. that these laudable customes and ancient orders of wages for Boat-men should bee obserued and kept vpon pains that the offender should forfeit treble the fare and that all Bailiffes Constables and other the Kings officers next adioyning vnto the Ferries vpon complaint to them made or to any of them by them that be grieued in that behalfe to arrest them and commit them to ward for their misdemeanour and that they should make fine for the same All which to the end the poore and simple should not be deceiued nor the better sort deluded and to the end euery one might in that behalfe certainly know what wages was due to euery Ferry whereby both parties might know the one when he giues and the other when he receiueth abountifull reward And that they should not murmure when a Gentleman giueth three pence or foure pence for crossing the water I haue taken paines to set downe the wages allowed to euery Ferry by the Statute as followeth First for wages for Boat-men and for their Barges or Boates or for a Barge from London to Grauesend foure shillings or else euery person and his male two pence so it passe not foure shillings From London to Erith Greenewich Grastorrocke or Purfleete twelue pence or else for euery person and his fardell a peny so it passe not 12 d. From London to Wolwich thirtéene pence for a Boat or Wherry that is the Tyde-boat or else euery person a halfe peny From London to Greenewich foure pence or else a halfe peny for euery person and his fardell From London-bridge Old Swan the Crane in the Vintry S. Mary Queries or Pauls Wharfe to Westminster or Lambeth or from Westminster or Lambeth to any of the foresaid places 3 pence or else euery person a halfe-peny From Blacke-Friers Bride-well and the Temple to Westminster or Lambeth two pence with their males or a halfe-peny for euery person so it amount not aboue two pence From Westminster to Lambeth or Strand-gate or any way crossing the water a halfe peny For a boat from London to Mortlake 12 d. or else euery person 2 d. with his male And from those places aboue named to London for a Boat or Barge the like summes of money Watermen rowing in great Barges w e Lords or other persons to haue 6 d. the day and find theÌ„selues vnlesse they row to Mortlake c. then to haue 8 d. a péecs by day and find themselues ANGLICANI IVRIS PRACTIcis expertis salutem EDIDI studiosi Iuris professores hoc Concordâ—ntium annorum Epitomen haùd profectò ingenij ostentandi gratia sed ingeÌ„ti sanè desiderio iuuandi legulios proptereà quòd experientia mera cognoui nonnullos necpusillos causidicos nec tyrones leguleios turpiter errare incautè trasilire cùm propter corum imbecillitatem in Arithmetica calculatione tùm propter indigentiam tabularum annorum Concordantiam explicare Dabo igitur operam supputare imò tabulam praeclaram coÌ„pendiosam aedificare non ectypò incommodè sed de nouo nubes depellere vmbras inscitiae discutere vt absque difficultate aut vllo sudore ad respondendam aliquam questionem in nostra Anglicana Computatione facilitate perueniamus Quae si non ingrata fuissent tibi ac lectoribus intellexero mea in posterum ad scribendum augebitur industria interim igitur si aliquid propter praesentes occupationes rarum in his exercendis vsum non satis commodè explicatum digestuque fuerit id vel humanitèr corrigendo vel patienter ferendo hanc lucubratiunculam nostram qualemcunque boni consule Vale Arthur Hopton Imprinted at London for the Company of Stationers 1612.