The party that is sick will recover 2 This Child is not the Mothers Husbands 3 This Child will die in the Cradle 4 He will lead a very voluptuous life 5 The air will never injure him 6 Wednesday will be an unfortunate day to him 7 Shee is of a sweet and affable disposition 8 Shee is very envious 9 Shee thinks of nothing 10 This Man is judg'd a very knowing person 11 This Dream relates to your Estate 12 You must make as if you beleev'd it but nothing will come on 't Numb 43. 1 He will succeed his Father in his Offices 2 The party that is sick will not recover 3 This Child is legitimate 4 This Child will not out-live his Childhood 5 His life will be cross'd with a thousand discontents 6 The air is his most potent Enemy 7 Thursday will be a prosperous day to him 8 Shee excels in humility 9 Shee is very idle 10 Shee thinks of performing some exploit 11 This person is taken for a very rational Man 12 This Dream hath diverted you from changing your designe Numb 44. 1 He will be very fortunate 2 He will not succeed his Father in his Offices 3 He will recover yet be always sickly 4 This Child is a Bastard 5 This Child will bury both Father and Mother 6 His life will be very happy 7 He will get an Estate by the increase of his Land 8 Thursday will be an unprosperous day to him 9 Shee excels in fidelity 10 Shee is a very troublesom person 11 Shee is studying how to answer a Letter 12 This Person is held a good Companion Numb 54. 1 This change will be honorable 2 He will be very unfortunate 3 He will have good Offices 4 He will recover but die of a Relapse 5 This Child is very suspicious 6 This Child will not outlive the Father 7 He will lead a very contentious life 8 The Earth will be unfruitful notwithstanding his Husbandry 9 Fryday will be a happy day to him 10 Shee is a real friend 11 Shee is a Thief 12 Shee is intent upon her devotion Numb 46. 1 Your desire will be fully accomplish'd 2 This alteration will be shameful to you 3 He will be fortunate in the Enjoyment of wealth 4 He will never have any Office or Charge 5 The party that is distemper'd will recover sooner then is imagin'd 6 This Child hath many Fathers 7 This Child will be overlaid by his Nurse 8 His life will be very peaceable 9 He is in danger of burning 10 Fryday will be an unfortunate day to him 11 Shee excels in solidity of judgement 12 Shee hath her Religion to chose Numb 47. 1 This year will prove very fruitful in all things 2 You will never obtain your desire 3 This alteration will be advantageous to you 4 Poverty will make you miserable 5 He will discharge himself well of his Offices 6 This Person that is sick will not recover so soon as is imagined 7 The Mother knows very well whose Child this is 8 This Child will outlive all his Brothers and Sisters 9 He will spend his life in litigious suits at Law 10 The winds will be mischievous to him 11 Saturday will be a successful day to him 12 Shee is accomplish'd with all manner of perfection Numb 48. 1 This Peace will continue 2 This will prove a very barren year 3 If you be industrious you will obtain your desire 4 This change will be disadvantageous to you 5 He will be fortunate in his Charges and Offices 6 He will not discharge himself well of his Offices 7 This sick person will die because his disease is not known 8 This Child hath a better Father then his Mothers Husband 9 This Child will go near to die of worms 10 Shee will live with her own relations 11 He runs the hazard of drowning 12 Saturday will be an unsuccessful day to him Numb 49. 1 The great Man will overcome the little one 2 This peace will not continue long 3 This year will be fruitful in Corn and Wine 4 Desist from your designe for 't is to no purpose 5 This will be a profitable change to you 6 He will have no success with his Charges and Offices 7 Your Offices will be very helpful to you 8 The party diseas'd will recover if his distemper be known 9 This is Fathers own Son whatever the world thinks to the contrary 10 This Child will die of Convulsion-fits 11 Shee will lead her life among strangers 12 You must have a care of being hurt by a stone Numb 50. 1 These two Enemies will at last be reconcil'd 2 The little Man will beat the great one 3 This year will not end without War 4 This will be a scarce year for Corn and Wine 5 You will obtain your desire in part 6 This alteration will prove disadvantageous to you 7 He will prosper in the beginning of his life 8 His Charge will undo his family 9 Multiplicity of Medicines will kill him 10 His Mothers Husband did not beget him 11 This Child will live till all his friends are weary of him 12 Shee will never be perfectly in health Numb 51. 1 Your journey or voyage will be prosperous 2 These two Enemies will never be reconcil'd 3 The young Man will get advantage of the old one 4 This will prove a quiet year 5 This year will produce store of fruits 6 Your desires expectations will be frustrated 7 This alteration will be shameful to you 8 He will make an happy end 9 He will have Offices confer'd upon him by way of gratification 10 Abstinence will cure him 11 This Child will not be known but by means of a Jubilee 12 This Child will be in danger of death at seaven years of age Numb 52. 1 Of a continued feavor 2 Your journey or voyage will be unsuccessful 3 Their reconciliation will not continue long 4 The old Man will get advantage of the young one 5. This peace is not very well setled 6 This year will be barren in fruit 7 You will accomplish your desires notwithstanding the obstructions you meet with 8 This change will make thee disesteem'd 9 The beginning of his life will be unhappy 10 He will purchase Places with mony 11 Bleeding and purging will cure him 12 This Childs Mother saith he is her Husbands and we must beleeve it A TREATISE Of NOCTURNAL DREAMS VISIONS With their Interpretations According to the Doctrine of the Ancients Published in French By Marck de Vulson Sieur de la Colombiere and Knight of the Order of S. Michael AND Translated into English By J. G. of the Inner Temple Gent. LONDON Printed by J. C. for William Crooke 1669. A TREATISE OF Nocturnal Dreams and Visions AND Of their SIGNIFICATIONS According To the Opinion of the Ancients DReams and Visions are infus'd into men for their advantage and instruction Wherefore God promiseth in the sacred Pages that he will pour out his Spirit upon all flesh
points shew you you must count till you come to Twelve and then reckon the three that remain to the right corner at the lover end of the Figure and so come to the Question which was this Whether a Person shall have many Friends which is the seventh Question so that reckoning the three that remain you proceed till you come to Nine which signifies the ninth Number and the third Answer which is this You shall have many Friends Again for the same Question Suppose you touch at the Figure 3 and count upwards as you see the pricks go till you come to the corner there remain five with you are to reckon from the Question accounting always the Question it self to be one and that will bring you to 11 which is the Number of the Answers then five the number remaining as before directs you to the same Figure in that Number where you finde this Answer You shall have true Friends Note also that if you chuse any of the Questions towards the end you must after you have counted all to the bottom begin at the beginning again For Example Suppose you chuse the 49 Question Who shall overcome in a Duel and you touch at 4 in the Figure you must count as you see the pricks and there remain seven then you turn to the Question before where you reckon from 49 and because you can reckon but four of the seven to the bottom you begin again at one so that you finde three the number in the Answers and seven in that Number as before where you have this Answer They will have no advantage one of another And so of the rest The TABLE Of QUESTIONS To be Propos'd 1 What success shall a Person have in his Love 2 Whether the party you imagine really loves you 3 Whether love once separated shall ever be reunited 4 By what means an affection may prove successful 5 Whether love will continue or no 6 Whether love shall be obtain'd 7 Whether a Person shall have many Friends 8 From what Persons one may expect kindness and friendship 9 Whether he be your real Friend that you think is so 10 Wether you shall Court several Persons 11 Whether you shall be in favour with Grandees 12 Whether you shall be married or enter into Religious orders and so turne Monk or Friar 13 Whether the Marriage in hand will be concluded 14 Of what temper will the Husband prove 15 Of what humor will the Wife be 16 What fortune shall a Person have by marriage 17 Whether the married couple will have Children 18 Whether want of Children be the Mans fault or the Womans fault 19 Whether or no a Woman be with Child 20 Of what shee is with Child 21 Whether shee be a Maid or no 22 Whether a Person win or lose 23 Whether you will overthrow your Adversary at Law 24 At what game a Man will win or lose 25 Whether a Man shall gain or lose by merchandising 26 Whether one shall recover a debt 27 Whether the theft shall be discovered 28 Whether a Person shall get an Estate 29 Whether the Secret committed to a Person hath been reveal'd 30 Whether one shall have a faithful Servant 31 Whether news are true or false 32 Whether the dream portends good or evil 33 Of what reputation a Person is 34 What the Person that is absent thinks of 35 What Vices a Person is subject to 36 What Virtue he excels in 37 What day will be lucky or unlucky 38 What Element will be advantagious or prejudicial to you 39 What course of life a Person shall lead 40 Whether the Child shall be short or long liv'd 41 Whether a Man be the true Father of a Child 42 Whether a sick Person shall recover or not 43 Whether a Man shall be in Office or Place 44 Whether a Person will be prosperous or successless 45 Whether the change of ones condition will prove for good 46 Whether you shall obtain the thing desir'd 47 Whether the year will be barren or fruitful 48 Whether there shall be Peace or Warre 49 Who shall overcome in a Duel 50 Whether two Enemies will be reconcil'd 51 Whether a Voyage or journey will prove prosperous 52 Of what distemper a Person will die The Several Answers to the Questions propos'd Numb 1. 1 His love will continue till death 2 Of the small Pox. 3 You will have a pleasant voyage or journey 4 That will prove but a counterfeit reconciliation 5 He that hath a good cause shall overcome 6 There are strong endeavors on foot to be break the Peace 7 The year will produce great store of Oyl 8 Some envious person will cross your desire 9 This alteration will better your condition 10 He will have an unhappy end 11 He will be in office in his younger years 12 Bleeding purging will be the death of him Numb 2. 1 Thou art intirely belov'd 2 His love will not continue long 3 Of some dangerous wound 4 Thou wilt make a troublesome journey or voyage 5 Their reconciliation will prove their ruine 6 He that is injur'd shall be worsted 7 They endeavor extremely to promote a War 8 This year Oyl will be scarce 9 Flatter your Confident and you obtain your desire 10 This change will impair your condition 11 He shall prosper in well-doing 12 He will be in Office but it will be in his declining age Numb 3. 1 They will be more firmly re-united then ever 2 They have no affection at all for you 3 He will prove constant in his Love 4 Of the Stone 5 Thy journey or voyage will prove dangerous 6 Those that endeavor a reconciliation manage it not handsomly 7 They will have no advantage one of another 8 'T will prove a bloody War 9 This year will not prove very fruitful 10 All things cross your desires 11 This alteration will set you at rest 12 He will become miserable by ill-donig Numb 4. 1 You will accomplish your designe by dissimulation 2 They will never be re-uinted 3 They love thee for thy beauty 4 He will be inconstant in his love 5 Of the Retention of seed 6 Thou wilt run some risque in thy journey or voyage 7 Every one will seek his own advantage in this Reconciliation 8 They will be both slightly wounded 9 Those that negotiate the business betray both parties 10 This year will not be very barren 11 All things favour your wishes 12 This change will be your destruction Numb 5. 1 That affection will be of long continuance 2 By a fervent and well-grounded passion 3 Their reconcilation will prove cordial 4 They love you for their own ends 5 His love is free and discreet 6 Of too great an amorous passion 7 Thou wilt meet with Theeves 8 They will never be Friends unless some great man interpose 9 They will both run the hazard of their lives 10 This Peace will prove advantageous to us 11 This year will afford good pastures 12
other thing oâ— in a broken Vessel that could not hold Water that denotes to the Party loss and dammage and that he will be deceiv'd by those whom he hath intrusted with his Estate and Substance or else that he will be rob'd by his domestique Servants If he Dreams that the Water he hath drawn into these things is not spilt then he will praeserve his Estate though with much difficultyâ— but if the Water be spilt he shall lose it If he phancies that he hath hid the Vessel and Water under ground he will fall to decay and will be in danger of being made a publique spectacle and of dying a shameful death If one Dreams that he hath a glass full of Water given him that signifies his speedy marriage and that he will have Children by his wife For whatsoever is of glass is applicable to the wife and Water signifies abundance and fruitfulness If the Glass seems to be broken and the Water unspilt that signifies the death of the wife but the life the Child and so contrarywise If a Minister Dreams he gives his people clear Water to drink it signifies that he will teach them the word of God faithfully and will be Instrumental to their salvation if the Water be troubled he will teach them heretical and false doctrine If any one Dreams that he hath spilt Water in his House that denotes care and affliction according to the quantity of the Water Of Navigation IF any one Dreams that he is walking in a Boat and recreating himself without fear he will have comfort and success in his affairs but if the Water be rough and tempestuous it falleth out contrarily To Dream of being in a Ship or Boat in danger of oversetting and Shipwrack it is a signe of danger unless the party be a prisoner or captive in that case it denotes liberty and freedom To Dream one sees a Sea-Haven signifies that he will have joy profit and good news To Dream you see an Anchor signifies assurance and certain hope To Dream one sees the cordage of a Ship signifies news from Debtors or Factors To see the Sea sky-colour'd and moderately waving signifies joy and performance of business with facility but if the Sea be calme it signifies obstruction and delatoriness and when it is tempestuous it Denotes tribulation losses and adversity He that Dreams he falls into the water or into the Sea and that he awakes starting that signifies that he either doth or will court a married woman and will spend his days substance honor and fortune with her and that he cannot without great difficulty disengage himself from the hands of those that envy him and are his Enemies Of the EARTH If any one Dreams that he hath good Lands well inclos'd bestowed upon him with pleasant pastures he will have a handsom Wife according to the seeming goodness of the Land But if the Land seem'd spatious and not inclos'd that denotes pleasure joy and riches suitable to the extent of the Land If it seem'd that the said inclos'd Lands had fair gardens Fountains Fields pleasant groves and Orchards adjoyning thereunto that signifies he will marry a discreet chaste and beautiful Wife and that shee will bear him very handsom Children If he saw the Land sown with wheat that signifies money and profit with care and industry If he saw it sown with any kind of pulse that denotes affliction and trouble If he saw it sown with Millet that signifies vast riches to be gain'd with ease and much delight If a Monk or Friar Dreams any such thing then it is taken for the riches and contentment of the mind If you Dream you see the Earth black that signifies sorrow melancholy and weakness of the brain To Dream that you see the Earth quake signifies that your affairs and life are in danger of being lost To Dream that the whole Earth quakes signifies an Edict from the King that will astonish all the Inhabitants of the Kingdom If you Dream that the House shakes it is an Edict simply against the House it presageth also loss of Goods and suits at Law If the walls doors and top of the House fall by reason of the Earthquake that denotes the destruction and death of the chief persons in the House If a King or any other Prince Dreams that his Palace or Throne is overturn'd and beaten down by an Earthquake he will suddenly dy or lose his Kingdom If any one Dreams that a mountain is fallen upon a Valley that signifies that some great Lord will oppress and destroy Good men If any sees a Town that he knows sunk by an Earthquake that is a prognostick of famine War and desolation by the Indignation of the Prince but if he knows not the Town thaâ— signifies that the Nation at enmity with the King shall be destroy'd by the same means To Dream you see great Ditches or precipices and that you fall into them signifies that he that Dreams will suffer much injury hazard his person and his goods be in danger by fire To Dream of kissing the Earth signifies sadness and humility To Dream of being in a meadow is a good sign to Husbandmen and shepheards and to others it denotes obstruction of business To Dream that you are in a fair straight level and pleasant way signifies joy prosperity and good success and a bad way the quite contrary Of vegetative sensitive and rational Creatures THere are three sorts of Creatures the vegetative sensitive and rational the Dreams of which three we will successively handle one after another Under the vegetative Creature is compriz'd Trees Plants Flowers and Fruits that receive their nourishment vigor growth and maturity from the Earth and the Sun To Dream of holding or smelling odoriferous flowers in their season signifies joy pleasure and consolation To Dream of seeing and smelling flowers out of season if they are white that signifies obstruction in business and bad success in his enterprizes if yellow the impediment will not be so considerable and if they be red the difficulty and nusance will be extreme and for the most part it signifies death To Dream of seeing and smelling Roses in the season of the year is a good signe to all persons except those that are distemper'd and that through fear conceal themselves for they are in danger of death or great sickness and if the dream be when Roses are out of season it signifies the contrary To Dream that you smell of Marjoram Hysop Rosemary Sage and other herbs of the same nature signifies labor trouble sadness and weakness Physicians only excepted to whom such Dreams are propitious If any one Dreams that he sees holds or smells of Lillies out of their season it signifies the hope of the thing desir'd will be frustrated If one Dreams that he sees or smells upon Laurel the Olive or Palme if shee be a woman shee shall bear Children if a Maid shee will be suddenly married if it be a man it signifies
with a boldness and courage that stands in awe of no person their spirits are airy and hurried along with the slightest rumor that is whispered now impatient at the tranquility of peace and as soon disturb'd with war they make a ridiculous appearance and exceed the very impulse of their natural galliardise in relation to women they laugh without cause and spare no person their spirits are never at rest and this discovers their discontent in their various agitations yet there are some who in the beginning of all business palliate themselves with a kind of prudence that is not real which for that reason carries a fairer shew and appearance as if they were men of mature discretion they hear one another discourse with a modest look seeming to interweave subtilty with courtesie which is the reason they call it by the name of coldness but then also their counterfeit and dissatisfying virtue and their impatience is such that cannot long bear that sail Now those that are equally temper'd of which persons France is no ways destitute that can rejoyce and bridle their mirth by the reins of true prudence men of this temper cannot be sufficiently esteem'd because they represent unto us the lively image of chearfulness But this is as it were fatally linked to the French humor they are very affable to strangers in their own Country but elsewhere they can scarce demean themselves with that mutual civility one to another and is it not almost an incredible thing that so affable and courteous a Nation cannot agree among themselves in forrain Countries In what place soever the French are out of their Native Country especially if in a despicable condition and that they stand in need of the assistance of others they are most cruelly envious one towards another they privately deâ—â—ract one from another and at length proceed to a publick hatred and go to Law before forrain Judges who deride them for their malice and somtimes by a few of this temper judge of all as if they were altogether restless and destitute of that love which commonly unites together the Natives of the same Country but they do yet worse when in the very bowels of France for private grudges which are disallowed by the Magistrates they use one another as Gladiators so that it is in vain for France to be at peace since she draws as much noble blood then as the war it self exhausts Yet these mischiefs and if there be any more in the customs of the French ought to be silently passed over in consideration of the vertue of those who are so well regulated either by their maturity of age or wisdom that they permit not themselves to swim down the Torrent of the vices of their own Country In such may be seen an admirable affability which is not disguiz'd nor lies in ambush to ensnare those with whom they are conversant they do not give up themselves to any deceit or secret enmity they entertain all persons honourably that have access unto them or seek their acquaintance and treat them according to their merit or quality When a Stranger is received as an Associate it is sufficient if he manifest himself not openly scandalous or too ill-advis'd nor should you as in other places observe the customes and modes of other persons lest they offend you but the wit you must be studious to render your self worthy the French Conversation who have a ripâ— and refined wit now there is nothing in human society more acceptable or delightful then thâ— generous candor worthy a man that is well born of so civiliz'd and polite a conversation Of the Qualifications of the English ENgland as if shee made up another World in the Ocean contains all sorts of humor in the whole Universe shee being heretofore very Valiant in Military exploits hath afforded matter for many Fables publish't in divers Languages as if nothing that was excellent and could enter into the imagination but might bâ— attributed to the Inhabitants of Great Britain It is a most fertile Isle which is the reason that the vulgar live free from care in so much that being strangers to the customs of other Nations she hath not that bashful modesty which doth aggrandize the Nobility and sweetens the humors of the people Nay their very Manufactures by reason of so much wealth and so great ease remain rude and imperfect for those that are to exercise any Art Trade or Vocation ought according to the usual custom to be bound Apprentice for seven years and when they become Masters as if they were never to work more they take other Apprentices under them upon whom they bestow some slight instructions and then put them in their shops As for their own part they recreate themselves in the Neighbouring fields if it be fair as well on ordinary as festival days and if it be foul weather they diâ—ert themselves in Taverns Hence it is that their Manufactures are not so well made as they might and ought to be because they are left to â—heir Apprentices and that those that employ them press them to hasten their work Yet there are industrious Artificers to be found among them that work so artificially and exactly that it is a sufficient testimony they are not dull spirited but that they are grown careless through too much ease The common people are not less haughty and untractable towards strangers then towards their own Nobility who are punished for the plenty of their Country by their contempt of them and for this reason sometimes hate and detest the fertility of their Land Nevertheless for the generality they behave themselves with great reverence towards the Nobility whom they inclose in a small number which they call lords It is no disparagement to render all the services imaginable to these Grandees and they themselves are sufficiently sensible of their own power and look not upon others but as from an high and elevated place The English are usually of a grave temper retir'd within themselves as if they were to take advice they singularly admire the manners spirit inclinations â—ay the common actions of their own Nation insomuch that they despise all others But assure your self they will not be injurious to you for they are a very compassionate people and cannot endure to see a man suffer In their salutations or letters they never stoop so low as the usual terms of the civility and courtesie of thiâ— age unless they have had their education in forrain Countries The people are much addicted to maritime affairs and are good Souldiers both by Sea and Land but gluttony which is usual especially among the common sort hath sometimes destroy'd whole armies They despise all dangers nay death it self but with more impetuousness then judgment They are much addicted to the subtilty of litigiousness and Law-suits retaining still as it were a smack of their first originall from the Normans whence they issued They maintain their antient Laws so strictly that they