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A80284	The compleat book of knowledge: treating of the wisdom of the antients and shewing the various and wonderful operations of the signs and planets, and other celestial constellations, on the bodies of men, women and children; and the mighty influences they have upon those that are born under them. Compiled by the learned Albubetes, Benesaphan, Erra Pater, and other of the antients. To which is added, the country man's kalendar; with his daily practice, and perpetual prognostication for weather, according to Albumazar, Ptolomy, and others. Together with a catalogue of all the market-towns, fairs, and roads in England and Wales. All those who peruse this book, must own, that it the knowledge gives of things unknown.		1698 (1698)	Wing C5629; ESTC R232040	59,597	177

Back A broad Back is a Sign of strength but the mean proportion of both Back and Brest is always commendable A crooked or hump Back is generally a Token of a niggardly and covetous Person Of the Belly A lank Belly with a big Breast denotes a Man of Understanding Courage and Counsel But a great Belly shews an indiscreet foolish proud Man and given to Luxury Of the Arms. Very long Arms are a sign of Boldness Strength and Honesty Short Arms denote a Tormenter of Discord and Strife among Friends Of the Hands The Hands very short denote a clownish rude ill-bred Person And if fat and ●leshy with the Fingers so also it shews ●hey are inclin'd to Theft Small Hands and long Fingers denote Persons of a gen●eel Carriage but very crafty Of the Legs Large and well-set Legs denote Boldness large Legs and full of Sinnews shew Fortitude and Strength Slender Legs denote ignorance Short and fat Legs Cruelty Legs crooked and hollowed inwardly is a sign of very ill Men. Soft and swelling Legs shew a Man to be of ill manners The Shin gross and short with a sharp Heel and fat Thighs do denote Madness or Frensie to happen to that Party Of the Feet Small and slender Feet denote hardness but the Feet full of Flesh declare foolishness XX. Of the Eour Prime Qualities and Four Complexions AS there are in Nature four prime Qualities which are Cold and Heat Dryness and Moisture and tho' these are all contrary to each other yet the right and healthful state of the Body consists in a due mixture and temperament of them all For as the Cold would destroy Life without a due mixture of Heat so likewise the Heat would burn us up without a mixture of Cold to allay it And Moisture and Dryness are the Cement of Heat and Cold and bind them together These Four Prime Qualities in their Combination together make the four Elements which consists of the Nature of these Prime Qualities For Air is moist and hot the Fire hot and dry the Earth dry and cold and the Water cold and moist Now as there are in Nature four prime Qualities and four Elements so is there also four Complexions one of which is predominant in every Man and Woman and the four Complexions are called Sanguine Choller Melancholly and Flegm The first of these is Sanguine that is Blood and this is gendered in the Liver and Limbs this Complexion is like to Air being hot and moist and is the best and purest of them all Those that are of this Complexion are of ruddy colour very lovely and amiable of a merry and chearful Disposition and Countenance delighting in singing laughing and pleasure courteous and affable in their Conversation and gentle and peaceable in their Demeaner being of a mild and quiet Spirit without Guile or Deceit just and honest in all their Actions And as the Ancients say he hath his Wine of the Ape for the more he drinks the merrier he is The second is Choller which is engendred in the Gall and is like thereto having the Nature of Fire which is hot and dry A chollerick Man is naturally lean and slender revengeful hasty and malicious deceitful and subtile covetous traiterous false wrathful brainless and foolish transported with Passion and Anger beyond the bounds of Reason And according to the Ancients he hath his Wine of the Lion that ●s to say he fighteth with every one when he is drunk The third is Flegm engendred in the Lungs like to Gall and is of the nature of Water cold and moist A flegmatick Man is dull heavy slow and sleepy and rheumatick also somewhat ingenious His Visage of a white pale colour He commonly spitteth when he is moved And as the Ancients say hath his Wine of the Sheep for when he is drunk he esteems himself most Wise The fourth is Melancholly engendred in the Milt and like the Dregs of Blood It hath the Nature of the Earth and is cold and dry A melancholly Man is slothful envious and malicious covetous false a Back-biter spiteful and slow And as the Ancients say hath his Wine of the Hog for as soon as he is drunk he desires sleep XX. The Significations of Moles in any Part of the Body according to the Judgment of the Ancients A Mole in the Forehead of Man or Woman denotes they shall grow rich and attain to great Possessions being beloved of their Friends and Neighbours To have a Mole on the Eye-brows shews a Man to be incontinent and given to the love of Women but if it be a Woman it signifies a good Husband He or she that has a Mole on their Nose it signifies they love their pleasure more than any thing else A Mole on the Chin shews the Party shall never stand in need of his Kin but shall get Mony and grow very rich A Mole on the Neck denotes him honourable and prudent in all his Actions But if a Woman it shews her of a weak Judgment and apt to believe the worst of her Husband A Mole on a Man's Shoulder signifies Adversity and threatens him with an unhappy end But a Woman having a Mole on the same place it shews she shall abound in Honour and Riches A Man or Woman having a Mole on their Wrist or Hand denotes encrease of Children but Affliction in old Age. A Man or Woman having a Mole near the Heart upon the Breast shews th●m irreligious wicked and malicious A Mole on the Belly shews the Person to be addicted to Gluttony and Lasciviousness A Mole on the Knee shews a Man shall be fortunate in marrying and that his Wife shall be beautiful vertuous and very wealthy A Woman having one in the same place shews she shall be vertuous happy and fruitful in Children A Mole on the Ancle denotes the Man to be Effeminate and act the part of the Woman like Sardanapalus at the Spinningwhole And the Woman has the like Mole she shall affect to be Lord over her Husband A Mole on the Foot shews a Man prosperous in getting Riches and happy in his Children If a Woman has the same Mole also ●etokens her the same Happiness THE Wisdom of the Ancients IN THE Interpretation of Dreams Collected Alphabetically OUT OF Approved Authors A. To Dream that you HAve your Business delayed by an Adversary signifies Dispatch and Expedition To commit Adultery signifies Quarrels See the Air serene signifies Pain See the Air Cloudy signifies Dispatch of Business See Ants signifies strife Discover an Alter shews Rejoycing Eat Apples denotes Choller Gather Apples signifies Vexation Have weak Arms signifies torment Have your Arm dried up is very unfortunate See Armed Men signifies good luck See Armed Men fly signifies Victory See an Ass signifies Malice See an Ass sitting on his Crupper signifies Labour Hear an Ass bray is a sign of receiving loss B. To Dream that you Cut Bacon signifies the Death of some Person Eat Bacon or falt Meats signifies Murmering

Harvest Flocks of Sheep and great Cattle shall encrease and prosper but there shall be Robberies in most Places and perhaps War before the end of the Year Also it denotes the Death of Prelates and Princes and Dissention and Discord amongst Men but no● of long continuance Monday If New-year's Day fall on a Monday expect a hard and cold Winter and a wet Summer and as a Consequen● of that many Diseases the Fruits of the Earth very indifferent which will produce great Scarcity in some Places It also denotes the Downfal of the Gentry and many Marriages among the common People Tuesday If on Tuesday the Winte● will be wet and the Summer very dry Hay will be scarce but Corn indifferen● plenty Many Factions and Divisions amongst those that sit at the Helm and ● great Mortality both of Men and Beasts Wednesday If on Wednesday it de notes the first part of the Winter very har● and severe but the last part very mild and gentle a seasonable Spring and plenty of Fruit but great Sickness and many Distempers about Autumn Many Fables and false News shall be spread abroad and much Discontent amongst the common People Thursday If on a Thursday you may look for a hard Winter but a seasonable and moderate Spring and a great encrease of the Fruits of the Earth Sheep and great Cattle shall also prosper much But towards Autumn expect to hear News of War and Blood-shed Abroad and Troubles at Home occasion'd by Contests and Divisions among the Clergy Friday If on a Friday look for an extream hard Winter a late Spring and a dry Summer Corn very dear and Fruit very scarce Very high Winds occasioning Shipwracks Cattel shall die generally Women shall have very hard Labours and most others very loose and licentious Thunder and Lightning shall be very frequent and do much Mischief Saturday If on a Saturday the Winter shall be moderate the Spring very windy but the Summer shall be both seasonable and Fruitful Corn shall be cheap and Fruits plentiful The Nobility shall flourish and the Commons be industrious but ancient People shall generally die and Malignant Fevers and Tertian Agues shall be very rife II. A Prognostication from the Day of the Week on which Christmas day shall fall according to Afla and Arcaphan Sunday IF the Nativity of our Lord shall fall on a Sunday then shall the Winter be moderate the Spring seasonable the Fruits of the Earth flourish and Peace shall grow up and encrease on the Earth He that is born on that Day shall be fortunate and shall thrive by all that he takes in hand but let him beware of letting Blood on that Day Monday If it fall on a Monday Winter shall be dry and Summer shall be moist the Air shall be rainy and tempestuous and the Fruits of the Earth shall suffer thereby He that is born on that Day shall be of a strong Constitution and whoever attempts an unlawful Thing on that Day shall be found out and brought to Punishment Tuesday If Christmas-day fall on a Tuesday the Winter shall be mild and the Spring seasonable the Summer shall be hot mix'd with pleasant Showers and the Fruits of the Earth shall abound exceedingly He that is born on that Day shall live long and enjoy Plenty all his Days Whatever Work shall be begun on that Day throughout the Year shall prosper and he that falls sick on that Day shall surely recover Wednesday If it falls on a Wednesday the Winter will be very cold and the Summer extream hot Corn will be but indifferent and Fruit not over plenty Many will desire to travel who shall never return again He that is born on this Day shall be but short liv'd and of a sickly Constitution But to begin a Work on any Wednesday that Year shall be good Thursday If it fall on a Thursday the Year shall be generally prosperous the Winter shall be mild the Spring moderate and the Summer fruitful Truth and Justice shall flourish in the World and Tyranny and Oppression shall be brought down and depress'd and he that is born on this Day shall come to Honour Marriages shall be fortunate and happy and to begin any Work on a Thursday throughout the Year shall be prosperous Friday If it fall on a Friday the Winter shall be full of Storms and high Winds and in the Summer the Air disturbed by Thunder and Lightning There shall be plenty of Fruit and Corn but Sheep and Bees shall suffer greatly He that is born on this Day shall be strong and lusty but much given to Women And he that begins a Work on this Day shall meet but with indifferent Success Saturday If Christmas-day shall fall on a Saturday look for a dark and cloudy Winter thick foggy and unwholesome the Spring tempestuous and the Summer very moist and wet Fruit shall be scarce and Corn dear and Sickness and Death of many is much to be fear'd He that is born on this Day shall be poor and in Disgrace tho' at last he may get Riches and over-come it If a Man fall Sick on this Day he seldom recovereth And he that begins his Work on a Saturday this Year shall repent before his Work be done II. A short Prognostication concerning Children born every Day of the Week according to Hali and others A Child born on Sunday shall be of long Life and obtain great Riches A Child born on Monday shall be weak ●nd of an effeminate Temper and seldom ●ome to Honour A Child born on Tuesday shall be given ●p to the inordinate Desire of Riches and ●s in danger of dying by Violence A Child born on Wednesday shall be given ●o the Study of Learning and shall profit thereby A Child born of Thursday shall arrive to great Honour and Dignity A Child born on Friday shall be of a ●trong Constitution but very Letcherous ●nd if it be a Female is in great danger of ●urning Whore A Child born on Saturday shall be dull and ●eavy of a dogged Disposition and sel●lom come to good IV. Of the Birth of Children with respect to the Age of the Moon TO be born on the first Day of the New Moon is very fortunate For to such all things shall succeed well their Sleep shall be sweet and their Dreams pleasant they shall have a long Life and increase in Riches A Child born the second Day of the new Moon shall grow apace but will be much inclin'd to Lust whether it be Male or Female This day is also proper to go on Messages to trade by Land or to sail on the Sea as also to put Seed into the Ground that it may thrive On this Day also thy Dreams shall quickly come to pass whether they be good or bad It is also good on this day to open a Vein if there be occasion A Child born on the third Day of the Moon shall dye quickly or at least be short liv'd On this day to begin any

the Reader THe Equinoctial Circle Equator or Equinox is a great Circle or Line equally distant from the two Poles of the World dividing the Sphere in the midst Zodiack is a broad Oblique Circle crossing the Eq●●noctial in two opposite Places viz. in the beginning of Aries and the beginning 〈◊〉 Libra so that one half declines towards the North the other towards the South ●nd in this Circle is comprehended the ●welve Constellations or Signs every Sign containing thirty Degrees in length and ●welve in breadth Note also that the first ●ix are Northern Signs and the six last Southern Signs The Ecliptick Line is a line imagined to go ●long the midst of the Zodiack as a Girdle ●ut of which the Sun never goeth but the Moon and other Planets are sometimes on ●ne side and sometimes on the other side ●hich is called their Latitudes only the ●xed Stars alter not their Latitude whether ●reat or small but the Longitude of a Star ●● the Arch or part of the Ecleptick in De●rees between the beginning of Aries and ●●e Circle which passeth through the Poles ●f the Zodiack and also through the Body ●f the Star where note that all Circles of ●●e Sphere or Heavens whether they are ●●rge or small have three hundred and sixty degrees allowed to each of them Colures are said to be two great moveable ●ircles crossing each other at the Poles of ●●e World one cutting the Equinox at the ●eginning of Aries and at the beginning of ●ibra and the other cutting the Ecleptick the beginning of Cancer and at the beginning of Capricorn and so dividing the Globe into four equal parts Horizon is a great Circle which divideth the upper Hemisphere that is the uppe● Hall of the World from the lower we being always supposed to be in the midst Meridian is a great Circle passing throug● the Poles of the World and the Poles of th● Horizon called the Zenith and the Nardi● which are two Points one directly ove● our Heads the other directly under our Feet on which the Sun always is just at Noon an● to go directly North and South the Meridian is not changed but to go East or West it is changed so sixty Miles either way maketh one Degree or four minutes of Tim● difference under the Equinox viz. sixt● miles Eastward it is Noon four minute sooner and sixty miles Westward fou● minutes later Tropicks are supposed to be two lesse Circles parallel with the Equinoctial an● distant from it on either side twenty thre● degrees thirty one minutes each the Ecliptick Line toucheth the Tropick of Cancer● on the North side of the Equinal and i● toucheth the Tropick of Capricorn on th● South side thereof so that the Sun ha●● his motion between these two Circles The Arctick Circle is equally distant from the North Pole as the Tropicks are distant from the Equinox twenty three degrees thirty one minuets The Antarctick Circle is the same distance from the South Pole Zones so called are five in Number two cold two Temperate and one Hot which are divided by the two Tropicks and Poler Circles from each other the hot Zone is counted between the two Tropicks that is extended from one to the other being about forty seven degrees two minutes broad the Temperate Zones are Extended from the Tropicks on either side to about forty two degrees fifty eight minutes that is Northward to the Arctick Circle and Southward to the Antarctick Circle And the two cold Zones are each within those two small Circles having the Poles for their Center The Poles of the World two Points exactly oppose to each other in the Heavens one in the North the other in the South the Earth being in the midst so that it seems to turn about as if it were born up by them therefore by some it is termed the Axle-tree of the World as if there were a Line supposed to be drawn from one Pole through the Center of the Earth to the other and the Earth turning thereon tho' holy Writ tells us The Lord hangeth the Earth upon Nothing it being upholden by his Mighty Power The Pole Arctick or North Pole is elevated above our Horizon fifty one Degrees and those Stars within that distance from it never set with us but keep their Course round it daily so likewise those that are at that distance from the South Pole never rise with us but perform their Course in the like order Azimuths are supposed Lines or Circles of Distance from the Meridian drawn from the Zenith to any Degree or two Degrees of the Horizon or according to the thirty two Points of the Marriners Compass so that in Traveling or failing any way supposing a Circle to go from our Zenith directly before us to the Horizon is the Azimuth called the Vertical Point as well as the Zenith Almicantharats or Almadarats or Circles of Altitude are imagin'd Circles passing through the Meridian parallel with the Horizon The Sphere is a round Body representing the Frame of the whole World as the Circles of the Heavens and the Earth This is sometimes called a material Sphere for the Orbs of the Pianets are called their Spheres that is the Circles in which they move Ascention is the Rising of any Star or of any part of the Ecliptick above the Horizon Descention is its going down Right Ascention of a Star is that part of the Equinox that riseth or setteth with the Star in a Right Sphere but in an Oblique Sphere it is that part of the Equinoctial in degrees contained between the first Point of Aries and that place of the Equinoctial which passeth by the Meridian with the Center of the Star Oblique Ascention is a part of the Equino●tial in degrees contained betwixt the beginning of Aries and that of the Equinox which riseth with any Star or part of the Ecliptick in an Oblique Sphere Ascentional Difference is the Difference be●wixt the Right and Oblique Ascention or he number of Degrees contained between ●hat place and the Equinox that riseth with ●he Center of a Star and that place of the ●quinox that cometh to the Meridian with ●he same Star Solstice is in the Summer when the Sun in the beginning of Cancer and in the ●inter when the Sun enters into Capri●rn because then the Days seem to stand still and neither seem to increase nor decrease above two minuites in ten or twelve Days Constellation is a certain number of Stars supposed to be limited within some form or likeness as Aries the Ram is said to have thireen Stars Taurus the Bull thirty three Stars Arcturus Orion and the Pleides mentioned Job 9. 9. are said to be Constellations Perihelium is the Point wherein the Earth or any Planet is nearest the Sun Aphelium is the Point wherein the Earth or any Planet is farthest from the Sun Planets are the seven erratique or wandering Stars called Saturn Jupiter Mars Sol or the Sun Venus Mercury and Luna or the Moon whose Characters Names and

licking their Hoofs The biting of Fleas Gnats c. The Soot falling much from Chimneys The sweating of Stones A circle round a Candle Aches in ancient Peoples Limbs or Corns Bells heard at a further distance than usual Sparks gathering together in the Fire No Dew Morning nor Evening c. All these sure Signs of Rain Signs of Wind or Tempest Red Clouds appearing in the Morning Much Shooting of Stars The Rain-bow red Black Circles with red Streaks about the Moon Stars dim and fiery Autum fair a Windy Winter Clouds flying swift in the Air. Fire burning pale or huzzing Ravenes clapping themselves with their Wings The high flying of the Hern. Crying of Swine The Herb Treefoil looking rough Of the Rain-bow The Rain-bow is that Bow which the Almighty was pleased to place in the Firmament as a Token to Noah that he would drown the Earth no more But as to the natural Cause of it it is caused by the Sun-beams striking upon a hollow Cloud when its Edge is repelled and driven back against the Sun and thus ariseth variety of Colours by the mixing of Clouds Air and fiery Light to gether therefore it is seen in Opposition to the Sun for the most part in an Evening Of Rain The Ancients describe Rain to be a cold and earthly Vapour or Humour exhaled from the Earth and Waters by the Beams of the Sun and carried into the middle Region of the Air whereby the Extremity of the Cold it is thicken'd into the Body of a Cloud and afterwards being dissolved through an accession of Heat it falleth upon the Earth And this is done by God's Power and at his Appointment as the Prophet Amos witnesseth Amos 4. 7. and 96. Of Hail Hail is nothing but Rain congealed into Ice by the coldness of the Air freezing the Drops after the dissolving of the Cloud and the higher it comes and the longer it tarries in the Air the rounder and lesser it is We have sometimes great showers of Hail in the heat of Summer after a Thunder-clap which doth manifest that the Air at that time is extream cold thus to congeal the Water therein notwithstanding the heat then upon the Earth Of Snow Snow as say the Ancients is of the same humour that Hail is but only of looser parts and therefore in the Summer-time it is melted into Rain before it cometh down Of Frost and Dew In the Day-time through the heat of the Sun there is a cold and moist Vapour drawn up a little from the Earth which after the setting of the Sun des●ends upon the Earth again and is called Dew but if by the sharpness of the Air it be congealed it is called Frost and therefore in hot Seasons and windy Weather Dews are not so frequent nor so much as after a calm and clear Night For when frosts happen they dry up Wet and Moisture for the Ice being melted the Water is proportionably less Of the Wind. Wind is said to be an Exhalation hot and dry engendered in the Bowels of the Earth and being gotten out is carried side-long upon the face of the Earth and cannot mount upwards above the middle Region of the Air which by reason of its cold doth beat it back so as by such strife and by meeting other Exhalations rising its motion is forced to be rather round than right in its 〈◊〉 and this makes it a Whirl-puff or Whirl-wind which oftentimes by its violence carrieth many things with it from place to place c. Of Earthquakes The Ancients affirm That the cause of Earthquakes is plenty of Winds gotten and confined within the Bowels of the Earth which in striving to break forth shaking or sometimes a cleaving of the Earth and thereby the destruction of many People and ruine of whole Towns and Cities as the sad fate of Sicily has but lately shown us by sinking of Mountains and raising of Valleys But tho' what I have said may be the Natural Cause of Earthquakes yet doubtless the Final Cause is God's Anger against a provoking sinful People which ought to make all our Hearts to tremble lest God for our sins should cause the Earth under us to do so Of Thunder and Lightning Thunder and Lightning is occasioned by an Exhalation hot and dry and being carried up into the middle Region of the Air and there in closed in the Body of a Cloud Now these two Contrarities being thus shut or enclosed in one place together they fall at varience whereby the Water and Fire agree not until they have broken through so that Fire and Water fly out of the Clouds the breaking whereof making that Noise which we call Thunder and the Fire is the Lightning which is first seen tho' the Thunder-crack be first given because our sight is quicker than our hearing For the sooner the Thunder is heard after the Lightning is seen the nearer it is to us Of the Four Quarters of the Year and First of the Spring The Spring or Vernal Quarter begins when the Sun enters into the Ram or Aries which is with us on the ninth day of March Astronomically thereby making the Days and Nights equal to all the World the Sun then rising due East and setting due West This Quarter continues while the Sun goes through Aries Taurus and Gemini This Quarter is naturally hot and moist the most temperate in all the Year being both pleasant and healthful and most convenient for the taking of Physick either to remove Cronical Distempers or to prevent them for time to come II. Of the Summer The Summer or Estival Quarter begins when the Sun touches the first minute of Cancer or the Crabb thereby making the longest Days and shortest Nights to those that dwell on the North side of the Equinox which usually happeneth upon the 11th of June after which the Days dedrease This Quarter continues till the Sun hath gone through Cancer Leo and Virgo This Quarter is hot and dry for then the Sun with us in his full height and strength bringing to persection the Productions of the Earth the time of gathering in the Harvest being chiefly in the last Month of this Quarter III. Of the Autumnal Quarter The Autumnal Quarter begins when the Sun is said to touch the first minute of Libra or the Ballance thereby making the Days and Nights again of equal length which is usually upon the 12th day of September for then likewise the Sun riseth due East and sets due West This Quarter continues while the Sun goes through Libra Scorpio and Sagitary This Quarter is generally held to be cold and ●lry tho' it often proves very moist and wet for the Sun now with-draws his heat and there●y causeth the falling of the Leaves from the Trees whence this Quarter is also called the ●all of the Leaf IV. Of Winter The Winter or Hyemnal Quarter begins when ●he Sun touches the first minute of the Tropical ●ign Capricorn which is for the most part about ●he 11th of December