The first day of August The laste daye going oute of December ¶ These vi dayes wyth greate dillygence oughte to be kepte but namely the latter iii. for all the vaynes are then full For then whether man or beaste be knit in then wythin vii dayes or certaynly wythin xiiii dayes they shall dye And if they take anye drinkes wythin xv dayes they shall dye And if they eate any goose in these iii. dayes wythin xl dayes they shall dye And if any chylde be borne in these iii. â—atter dayes they shall dye a wirked death ¶ Astronomers and Astrologyers sayeth that in the beginning of Marche the vii night dâ— the xiiii daye lette thee blood of the right arme And in the beginning of Aprill the xi daye on the lefte arme And in the end of May iii. or v. day on whether arme thou wilte And thus of all that yeare thou shalte sykerly be warish from the Feuers and from the falling gowte and from the fyster gowte and from losse of thy sight Bial magest in sente loqui of Ptholomei Eche mans body is ruled by a certaine signe of the Zodyack Wherefore as sayeth Ptholomens in the place of bone If thou be sycke in any limbe doe no medicine vnto that lymbe when the Moone is in the sygne of that lymbe for it shall rather hynder then fourther And namely flee blood letting at that time of those lymbes Thus shalte thou knowe whiche sygnes reigneth in whiche lymbes The Bull reigneth in the neck and in the throate ouer all The Gemuse reigneth in the shoulders armes and haudes The Creues or Lobster reigneth in the breast stomacke and limbes arteries the mylte heart lyuer and gall and those iii. be the signes of Ver. The Lyon reigneth in the backe syde bones sinewes and gristles The Mayde reigneth in the wombe Myddryfe and Guttes And also she reygneth other whyle in the stomacke lyner gall and mylte and other nutâ—ise limbes beneath the middrife And the Crab in the hearte lunges and arteries and other smale lymbes about the middryfe and those three signes are in Sommer The Ballaunce reigneth in the nauill and in the reignes and the lower partes of the wombe The Scorpyon reigneth in the bladder in the arse and in other preuy harneâ—s and in the maryes The Sagittaries â—eâ—â—neth in the thyes and buttockes and these three are signes of haruest The Caprycorne reygneth in the knees The Aquarie reygneth in the legges and ancles The Fyshe reygneth in the Feete and those three be the sygues of wynter ¶ Saturne Iupster Mars Soll Venus Meâ—â—â—…y and Lund ¶ Saturnus is cause of deth dearth and place ¶ Iupster is muse of long peace rest and vertuous liuing ¶ Mars is cause of â—ynâ—s debate and warre ¶ Soll is cause of lyfe health and waring ¶ Venus is cause of lusty loue and Lechery ¶ Mercury is caise of much speeche Marchanâ—â—…â—eightes ¶ Luna is cause of moystones greate waters and vyolent floudes Saturne hower is good and strong to doe all thinges that asketh strength onely and to noughte else saue to battayle for it is wonderous euill that man or woman that hath that starre Saturne to hys plannet he is melancolyous black and goeth swiftelye he hath a voyde heart wicked and bitter as wormewoode he will lightlye be wroth he is ianâ—…ous witty couetous and yrerons he eateth hastely and is false and most what louing to lye and hath shining eyen as a Ent he hath in the forehead a marke or a wounde of fyre he is poore and his cloathes are rent vnto a tyme and thus he hath open sygnes and all his couetous is by other mens possessions and not by bys owne Iupiter hower is good in all thinges namely to peace loue and accorde Who that hath thys starre to hys Planet â—…he is sangâ—â—… ruddye and goeth a large pace neyther to swifte nor to softe his stature is seemely and shyninge hes hath a fayre vysage louelye semblaunce fayre lyppes fayre heares and a shining broade face fayre bâ—…vies hys cloathes are good and stronge he is sweete peaceable and softe Mars hower is euill and not full euill it is better by night then by daye For it is Masculyne on the night and Femynine on the daye It is good to doe anye thing but wyth greate strength by nighte it is good to enter battayle and also by daye but not so much good as by nighte Who that hath this starre to hys Planet hys making is of good defence and often tymes his face is red with blood hys face is small and sotell and laughinge and he hath eyen as a Catte And all the dayes of hys lyfe he wyll accuse many men of euill hee hath a wounde of a sworde in his face he is moste Colericke And thus he hath open signes ¶ Soll hower is worste of all other howres no man in this hower maye do his will saue Kynges and Lordes and that wyth greate strength Who that in this hower entreth battayle hee shall be deade there Who that hath this starre to his Planet He hath sharpe eyen greate speeche and wicked thoughtes in hys heart he is wicked and auarous neyther whyte nor blacke but betwixte both hee hath a marke in the face or a wounde and hath a wound in hys body of fyre and he is right wicked and grudging in hys deedes Venus hower is good in all thinges and it is better on nyghte than on daye euer till myddaye at midday it is not good for the sunne couereth it On Sunday the ix hower is Venus hower sue not then to anye Lord ne potestate for if thou doe thou shalte fynde him wrothe Who that hath this starre to his Planet namelye if he be borne by night in Venus hower he is whyte and hath a rounde face little foreheade rounde beard he hath a myddle nose and myddle heere 's of eyen he is laughing and lentigious and he hath a marke in the face hys making is fayre and playne and oft tymes his nether lip is greater then the ouer And who that is borne vnder Venus when she is not in full power he hath a sharpe nose and somewhat crooked fayre heere 's softe eyen of running water the is a singer he longeth much of games and loueth them well and his tales he sweete Mercurious hower from the begynninge to the middle is good in all thinges and from the middle to the ende it is harde and it is not much better on nighte then on day and eche tyme of the nighte and daye hee standeth before the Sunne or behynde therefore hee hath hys power muche more by nighte then by daye from morne to the fyfte hower of the day he hath his power and from thence to the nynth he hath no power Who that hath this starre to hys planet he hath a sharpe stature and a sharpe long face long eyen long nose great heere 's of hys eyen and thicke narowe forehead long bearde thynne heere long armes long fyngers long feete
and then recouer thefte then done shall bee found A knaue childe then borne shall be vnouercome and eloquente prowde vnpeaceable not long lyfe A maid child than borne shal be chaste laborous senyaunte and better in her hynder age they shall both be marked aboue the knees not so hardye thou to lette blood this day The xix day IN the xix daye of the Moone is not full good ne full euill dreames shall come within xx dayes who that hath sicknesse shall soone ryse if bee take medicine thefte than done shall not be founde A knaue chylde then borne shal be true benynge fleight wyse euer waxe better and better in great worshippe and haue a marke in the brow A mayde chylde then borne shal be right sicke saue not payde of one man that day is good to bleede The .xx. day AND in the Twentye Daye of the Moone Isaack blessed hys Sonne what euer thou wilte do is good a dreame that thou seest shall appeare but say it to no man to make wedding is good to buy a manciple it is good to builde houses it is good to change foldes of sheeepe from place to place it is good and to tame beasts and to so we seedes A chylde that is borne shal be a fyghter and hee shall haue many aryuynges that is loste shal be founde to chaunge beene it is good A sycke man shall long wayle or soone aryse to let blood on euen it is good The .xxi. day ANd in the xxi daye of the Moone Saule was borne fyrst King of the Iewes a dreame is true and to ioye shal pertaine within iiii dayes A child that is borne shall fynde much euill he shal be a theefe and witty he shall be a traytor and traueilous Esau toke the residue blessing of his father it is good to heale swyne and other beastes it behoueth to abstaine from gamyng thinges to goe in the way it is good A sicke man shal be sick and aryse thefte shal be found let no blood neyther day nor night The xxii day IN the xxii daye of the Moone Ioseph was borne it is a daye of holynesse if thou doest any errand thou shalt fynd it greeuous dreames shal be certayne and shall come to ioy A child borne in all days shal be a purchasour merry faire religious and leperous A sicke man both late is confyrmed and healed Beene to chaunge from place to place it is good A sick man shall be sicke and be healed to let blood all day is good The xxiii day IN the xxiii day of the Moone Beniamin was borne Sonne of the right syde the laste sonne of the Patriarke Noe. What euer thou wilte do is good A dreame that thou seest shall turne to ioy and nothinge shall noye and other while it was wonte to fall within eyghte dayes To take a wyfe it is good to make weddinges to set foundamentes to open newe earth to tame Beastes it is good A chylde borne shall be outcast and many lettinges hee shall make and in synnes he shall dye A sicke man shall be sicke and arise it is good to let blood The xxiiii day IN the xxiiii daye of the Moone Golyas was borne a dreame that thou seest signifyeth thy heale and nothing shall noye a childe borne shall be compendious and shall doe wonderfull thinges A sicke man shall languishe and be healed to let blood before the thirde hower it is good The xxv day In the xxv daye of the Moone our Lorde sente sygnes into Egipte by Moyses and in eche day he passed the red sea he that maketh sacramente shall dye in a perrillous death beware dread to come the dreame signifyeth harde things and within x. dayes it was wonte to come Early then bowe thine heade into the Easte A chylde borne shal be an euill man many perrilles he shall suffer A sycke man shall sustaine iniurye and vnneath shall escape it is good to let blood The xxvi day IN the xxvi day of the Moone Moyses dryed the red Sea In the daye Ionathas the sonne of Saule was borne dead is Saule wyth his sons thou shalte begin nothing the dreame shal be certayne and shal be turned into ioye to men Pilgrimes it pertayneth to beware of spyes of thyne ennemies A chylde borne shall be full loueable but neyther ritche nor pore A sycke man shall trauayle and aryse it he haue the Dropsye he shall dye to let blood a little it is needefull The xxvii day IN the xxvii Daye of the Moone oure Lorde rayned Manna to the children of Israel what euer thou wilte do is good be busy for a dreame that thou seest was wont to come eyther to good or euill A chylde borne shal be of long lyfe and moste loued and menelyche straunge neither riche nor pore A sycke man shall rise to life he shall be holden in much langoure but he shall be healed foldes of sheepe frō place to place to change it is good to let blood on euen is good The xxviii day ANd in the xxviii day of the Moone the dayes be fighting Tabernacles bene fixed in Desarte what euer thou wilte doe is good a dreame that thou seest shall turne into ioy and shal come welfullich A child borne shal be muche loued he shal be holded in sicknesse a sicke man that fasteth in infyrmitye soone shall be saued to let blood in the euening it accordeth The xxix day ANd in the xxix day of the Moone the Iewes went into the lande of beheast Herode the King cutte of the childrens heades begin nothing the dreame shal be certaine and good gladnesse and ioy it signifyeth an errande begon it is good to fullfyll to take a wyfe it is good but nilte thou not to make dowers ne wryte Testamentes A childe borne shal be of long lyfe wyse and holy and meke to fish and hunt it is good a sicke man shall not greeuously be sicke but scape it is good to let blood The xxx day ANd in the xxx Day of the Moone Samuell the Prophete was borne whatsoeuer thou wilte doe is good a dreame that appeareth to thee certayne and within ii dayes thou shalte see and thou shalte fynde a red sygne in the East within ix dayes A chylde borne shal be of long lyfe and profytable and well measured in eche thing A syck man shal nigh come to deth in no maner let no blud These and many other pertaineth to men after as the course of the moone foloweth ¶ Here endeth the nature and disposition of the dayes of the Moone wyth the byrth of Chyldren And here followeth of Saturne and what Saturne is SAturne what is Saturne he is the fyrste Planet and the wickeddeste and he vnbeginneth the Zodyacke but once in thyrtye yeares than followeth it forth in the Zodyacke by xii sygnes that Saturne reigneth in eche sygnes ii yeares a halfe in .vi. sygnes he raigneth xv yeares And in all the xii sygnes he reigneth euen xxx yeares and right as
there are twelue sygnes in the Zodyacke so are there twelue monthes in the yeare eache sygne to his month Wherfore beware before and make purueyaunce therefore and looke when Saturne reigneth in the iii. winter sygnes that is to say Capricorne Aquarie and Pisces and so long those vii yeares and halfe a yeare shal be scarsenes and dearth of corne fruite Beastes and all other thinges for in the .iii. yeares signes he hath might and most power to fulfyll his malice if he be not letted by neighbourhood of any good planet ¶ What the Thunder signifyeth in euery yeare THunder in Ianuary sygnyfyeth the same yeare great wyndes plentye of corne and battaile peraduenture also Thunder in February sygnifyeth that same yeare many men namely rich men shall dye in great sicknesse Thunder in March signifyeth that same yeare great windes plentye of cornes and debate amongest people Thunder in Aprill signifyeth that same yeare to be fruitfull and merry and also death of wicked men Thunder in Maye sygnifyeth that yeare neede scarcenesse and dearth of cornes and greate hunger Thunder in Iune signifieth that same yeare that woodes shal be ouercasten with windes and great raging shall be of Lyons and Wolues and so lyke of other harmefull Beastes Thunder in Iuly signifyeth that same yeare shal be good corne and fruites of Beastes that is to say their strength shall perishe Thunder in August signifyeth the same yeare sorrowe wayling of many and of most hote thinges and also many shall bee sicke Thunder in September signifieth that same yere great wynd copye of corne that is to say plenteous and occasyon of folke that is to say much falling Thunder in October signifyeth the same yeare great winde and scantnesse of cornes of fruites and trees Thunder in Nouember signifyeth that same yeare to be fruitefull and merry and cheape corne Thunder in December signifyeth that same yeare cheape corne and of wheate peace and accord among the people ¶ This Chapter following declareth what are the euill dayes and forbodd en in the yeare And also which be the best bleeding dayes in the yeare WYt thou well that in euery month be two euill dayes one in waxing of the Moone and another in the wanynge The Kalenders sheweth them and their howers openly ynough in the whiche dayes if anye folke take sickenesse or beginne anye newe thinge it is great grace if euer it fare well or come to good ende Also there are fyftye Caniculer dayes that is to saye for the xv Kalend. of August to the Nonas of September in the whiche dayes it is forbidden by Astronomye to all maner of folkes that they let them no blood ne take no drinkes also good it is to abstaine then from women and they shold great leches know and keepe and teache to other men For whye all that time reygneth a starre that is called Caniculacanis in latten a hound in English nowe of this foresaid star Canicula the foresaide fyftye daies are called Caniculer dayes that is to say hore dayes and byting as a Bytch for the kinde of the star Canycula is boyling and brenning as fyre and biting as a bytch whelp that time the heate of the sunne and of the star is so dowlcet and violent that mens bodyes at midnight sweates as at midday and swelleth lightly bloweth and brenneth and if they then be hurt then be they more sicke then at anye other time and right neerer dead In those dayes all venemous Serpentes creepeth flyeth and gendreth so they ouerset hugely the ayre in seeding of their kind so that many men are dead thereby there agayne all the so â—â—…er namely those dayes a fyre is good nighte and daye and holesome And seethe such meates and take heeds of great violent meates Also from the xviii Kalend of October to the xvii Kalend of Nouember looke thou take no colde for then the powers of man of earth of althings else setten And they maye not 〈◊〉 agayne till the evill Kalend. of a plil wherefore such thinges as thou takest within the powers thaffection the shalt with hold till they open truly it should lesse harme thee to take cold at Christmas than then ¶ To knowe how a man shall keepe himselfe in health IF thou wilte keepe thee long in helth then holde this rule that is to saye flye anger wrath and enuie gyue thee to mirth in measure trauaile sadlye so that thou sweate not to muche in the Sommer and namely the Caniculer dayes flye al manner of strong drinkes and hote spices brenning meates namely to haue them vsandly Faste not to long at morue Suppe not to late at nighte eate not hastelye nor eate but little at once and that that thou eatest chew it well euerye time that thou eatest rest a little rather after fleepe not thou vnder meale namely but of these iiii months That is to say Maye Iune Iuly and August And yet the lesse that thou stepest then the better it is to sleepe well in the waxing of the night and be earlye up in the morning tymelyer the better And euerye daye beware of wicked mystes that none enter in thee â—asting for thereof commeth great peâ—tilences great heate And in greate â—old and in pestilences eate much garlycke euerye day .ix. Safforne chyues it will doe thee much good Eate ynnough in winter eate ynough in Ver but eate but little in Sommer looke thy meate be well seasoned in Haruest beware of fruites for they are not good if it be giuen thee for medicine of all manner of meates sodden is the best eate not to many hote spices nor eate but little at once for better it were to eate .vii. times on the day then once thy fyll fleshe is more nourishinge then fyshe eate not to muche sowre meates nor salte for they will make thy bones sore looke thy drinke be not to newe ne to olde sweete powdred meates be moste holesome Of al thinges take measure and no more for in measure restes Vertue And that Sayntes did holde them to ¶ To knowe what perrillous dayes come in the chaunge of euery Moone IN the chaunge of euerye Moone be ii dayes in the which what thing soeuer is begon late or neuer it shall come to good ende and the dayes be full perillous for many thinges In Ianuary when the Moone is iii. or iiii In February .v. or .vii. In March .vi. or .vii. In Aprill .v. or .viii. In May viii or ix In Iune .v. or .xv. In Iuly iii. or .xiii. In August .viii. or .xiii. In September .viii. or .xiii. In October .v. or .xii. In Nouember .v. or .ix. In December .iii. or .xiii. Astronomers sayeth that vi dayes in the yeare are perilous of death And therfore they forbid men to be let blood on them or take any drinkes That is to saye The thirde daye of the Moneth of Ianuary The fyrste daye of the Moneth of Iuly The seconde daye of the Moneth of October The last daye of the Moneth of Aprill
the other moone he shall be deade He that falleth in the vii daye wythout griefe he shall be delyuered He that falleth the viii daye if he be not whole at the xii daye he shall be deade He that falleth in the ninth daye though it be wyth great griefe he shal escape He that falleth in the x. day wythout doubt he shall be deade He that falleth in the xi daye he shall be delyuered the next day He that falleth in the xii daye but if he be delyuered wythin two dayes within xv he shall be deade He that falleth in the xiii daye tyll the xviii dayes he shall be sycke which if he passe he shall escape He that falleth in the fourteen daye he shall dwell till the xv and so he shall escape He that waxeth sycke the xv daye but if he recouer wythin xviii dayes he shall be dead He that falleth in the xvi daye though he be greeued till xxiiii dayes till the xxviii dayes he shall escape He that falleth in the xvii day he shall dye the x. day He that falleth sick in the xviii daye soone shall bee healed He that falleth in the xix daye also shall escape He that falleth syck in the xx daye in the v. daye he shall escape but neuerthelesse in the moneth following he shal be dead He that waxeth sycke in the xxi day but he runne into perrill of death within x. dayes of that other moneth he shall be delyuered He that waxeth sicke in the xxii daye but he runne into perill of death within ten dayes of that other moneth he shall be delyuered He that falleth in the xxiii daye thoughe it be wyth greeuousnesse of payne in the other moneth he shall bee delyuered He that falleth in the xxiiii daye in the xxvii daye he shall bee delyuered but neuerthelesse in the moneth following he shall be dead He that falleth sycke in the xxv day thoughe he suffer a little neuerthelesse he shall escape Hee that falleth in the xxvi daye thoughe he suffer to the outpassing neuerthelesse in that other moneth he shall be delyuered Hee that falleth in the xxvii daye it manasseth death He that falleth in the xxviii daye it manasseth death He that falleth the xxix daye little and little in that other month he shall be deliuered He that falleth sicke in the xxx daye it is doubte whether hee passe anye of these Also he that waxeth sicke in the xxxi whether hee shall escape it is vnknowne ¶ Here followeth the nature of the xii Signes ARies is hote and drye nature of the fire and gouerneth the heade face of man is good for bleeding when the Moone is in it saue in the party that it gouerneth and ruleth Taurus is euill for bleeding Taurus is drye and colde nature of earth and gouerneth the necke and the knot vnder the throate and is euill for bleeding ¶ Gemini is euill for bleeding Gemini is hote and moyst nature of the ayre and gouerneth the shoulders the armes the handes and is euill for bleeding ¶ Cancer is indifferent for bleeding Cancer is colde and moyst nature of water and gouerneth the breast the stomacke and the milte and is indifferent neyther to good nor to badde for letting of blood ¶ Leo is euill for bleeding Leo is hote and drye nature of fyre and gouerneth the back and the sides and is euill for blood letting ¶ Virgo is indifferent for bleeding Virgo is colde and drye and nature of the earth gouerneth the wombe and the inwarde parties and is neyther good nor euil for bleeding but betweene both ¶ Libra is right good for bleeding Libra is hote and moyste nature of the ayre and gouerneth the nauill the reynes and the lowe partes of the wombe and is very good for bleeding ¶ Scorpio is indifferent for bleeding Scorpio is colde and moyst nature of the water and gouerneth the members of man and is neyther good nor bad for bleeding but indifferente betweene both ¶ Sagittarius is good for bleeding Sagittarius is hote and drye nature of fire and gouerneth the thighes and is good for bleeding ¶ Capricornus is euill for bleeding Capricornus is colde and dry nature of earth and gouerneth the knees and is euill for bleeding ¶ Aquarius is indifferent for bleding Aquarius is hote and moyste nature of ayre and gouerneth the legges and is neyther good nor euill for bleeding Pisces is indifferente for bleeding Pisces is colde moyst nature of water and gouerneth the feete and is neyther good nor euill for bleeding but indifferent No man ought not to make incision nor touch wyth yron the members gouerned of any signe the day that the Moone is in it for feare of the greate effusyon of blood that mighte happen Nor in likewise when the sunne is in it for the great daungers and perrill that might follow thereof ¶ Here followeth the Anathomye of the bones in mans body and the number of them which is in all ii C. and xlviii IN the top of the head is a bon that couereth the brayne the which Ptholomeus calleth the Capitall bone In the scull be two bones which bene called parietalls that holdeth the brayne close and stedfast And more lower in the brayne is a bone called the crowne of the heade and one the one syde and on the other bene two holes wythin the whyche is the pallays or roofe bone In the part behynde the head bene iiii lyke bones to the which the chayne of the necke holdeth In the nose ben ii bones The bones of the chaftes aboue be xi and of the neyther iaw ben ii aboue the apposite of the brayne there is one behynde named collaterall The bones of the teeth be xxx eyght before iiii aboue iiii vnderneth sharpe edged for to cut the morsels and there is iiii sharpe ii aboue and ii vnderneth and ben called conines for they be lyke conies teeth After that bene xvi that be as they were homers or grindinge teeth for they chewe and grynde the meate the whiche is eaten and there is iiii aboue on euery syde iiii vnderneath And then the iiii teeth of sapyence on euery syde of the chaftes one aboue and one vnderneath In the chin from the head downewarde bene xxx bones called knottes or ioyntes In the breast before bene vii bones and on euerye syde xii rybbes By the necke betweene the head and the Shoulders bene ii bones named the sheres and ben the ii shoulder blades From the Shoulder to the Elboe in ech arme is a bone called the Adiutor from the Elbow to the hande bone euery arme ben ii bones that ben called Cannes in eche hand bene viii bones aboue the palme bene iiii bones which bene called the Combe of the hande The bones in the fingers in ech hande xv in euery finger three At the endē of the ridge ben the huckle bones whereto bene fastened the two bones of the thighes in eche knee is a bone called the knee