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A69046 A prognostication euerlasting of right good effect fruitfully augmented by the author, containing plaine, briefe, pleasant, chosen rules to iudge the weather by the sunne, moone, starres, comets, rainbow, thunder, clowdes, with other extraordinary tokens, not omitting the aspects of planets, with a briefe iudgement for euer, of plentie, lacke, sicknes, dearth, warres, &c. opening also many naturall causes worthie to be knowne. To these and other now at the last, are ioyned diuers generall, pleasant tables, with many compendious rules, easie to be had in memorie, manifold wayes profitable to all men of vnderstanding. Published by Leonard Digges Gentleman. Lately corrected and augmented by Thomas Digges his sonne.; Prognostication of right good effect Digges, Leonard, d. 1571?; Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543. De revolutionibus orbium caelestium. Part 1. English. Selections.; Digges, Thomas, d. 1595. 1605 (1605) STC 435.59; ESTC S115715 61,188 112

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