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A prognostication for euer, made by Erra Pater, a Iew, borne in Iury, Doctor in Astronomie and Phisicke very profitable for to keepe the body in health: and also Ptholomeus saith the same.; Book of knowledge
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Erra Pater.
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Meridionall the cure hot dry and of the same complection Trauit Aqua vitae or in Potage Heere hee sheweth of all the dismall or perillous dayes that commeth in the yeere Maisters of Astronomie and Phisicke that this craft first found telleth the most perillons and the most dangerous daies in the yéere In which if any man or woman bée let blood of wound or veine they shall die within xxi daies following Or who so falleth in sicknesse in any of these daies they shall neuer escape it till they be dead And who so taketh any great iourny in any of these daies to goe from home hée shall be in daunger to die or hée come home againe And who so weddeth a wife in any of these dayes hastely they shall bée departed or else they shall liue together with much sorrow And who so beginneth in any of these dayes any great worke it shall neuer come to good end and these are the dayes following That is to say ¶ In Ianuarie are eight daies that is to say the first the second the fourth the fift the tenth the fiftéenth the seauentéenth and the ninetéenth In Februarie are thrée daies the viii the x. and the xvii ii In March are thrée daies the xv the xvi and the xix iii In Aprill are two daies the xv and the xxi iii In May are thrée daies the vii xv and the xx v In Iune are two daies the iiii and the vii vi In Iuly are two daies the xv and the twentith vii In August are two daies the xix and the xx viii In September are two daies the sixt and the seauenth ix In October is one the sixt day x In Nouember are two daies the sixt and the nintéenth xi In December are thrée daies the sixt the vii and the xi Et alii dicunt the xv and the xvi xii And who so will learne the Canicular daies which are daies of great daunger and perill as Clarkes say and they begin the xv Kalend of August and dureth to the fourth Nonas of September which season is very perillous to take sickenesse and it is also perillous to take drinckes or medicines or to let bloud but if it bée great néede and that it must bée after the middest of the day Heere beginneth the distance betweene the signes It is to bée vnderstood that there is a circle in the Firmament that is called Zodiacke is deuided into twelue euen parts and of those parts bée called the xii Signes in the Latine and these be their names Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricornia Aquarius and Pisces These twelue Signes are in complection like vnto the foure Elements that is to say the Fire the Aire the Water and the Earth the Fire is hotte and dry his Element is likened vnto the Ram the Lion and the Shooter for these bée hot dry also the Ayre is hot moist his Element is likened to the Children the Ballance and the water bearer for they be hot and moyst The water is moyst and cold for to the water is likened the Crab the Scorpion and the Fish The earth is dry and cold to the Earth is likened the Bull the Maid and the Goate for they be drie and cold And euery one of the signes is deuided into thirtie euen parts these parts are called degrees and euery degree is deuided into thrée score euen parts these parts are called Minutes and euery minute is deuided into thrée score euen parts and these parts bée called seconds and so foorth to the thirds and fourthes It is to bée vnderstood that there is seuen Planets as Saturnus Iupiter Mars Sol Venus Mercurius and Luna These bee the seauen moueable Starres The aforesayde twelue Signes taketh great power might of the seauen Planets the seauen Planets taketh great power of the twelue signes for the Planets be to the Signes as the soule to the body the signes to the Planets as the body to the soule For like as the body may doe nought without the Soule no more may the Soule without the body no more may a signe without the seauen Planets Saturnus is the highest and next béeneath Saturnus is Iupiter beneath Iupiter Mars beneath Mars Sol beneath Sol Venus beneath Venus Mercurius béeneath Mercurius Luna The wise Philosophers say it is from the Earth to Luna xv M. vii C. l. miles From Luna to Mercurius is xii M. viii C. xii miles and a halfe From Mercurius to Venus as many From Venus to Sol is xxiii M. iiii C. and xxxviii miles From Sol to Mars is xv M. vii C. and fiue and twentie miles From Mars to Iupiter is thrée score and eight thousand seauen hundred and xxi miles From Iupiter to Saturnus as many From Saturnus to the Firmament is vi score M. iii. C. lxxxv miles The summe of all these miles is seauen score and xviii M. foure C. lxiii miles Heereafter followeth a coniunction of the change of the Moone Héere is a rule of the chaunge of the Moone when the Prime is on this letter A. the third daye béefore the Prime the xix houre shall be y e change of the Moone And yée shall begin to tell your houres at midnight for a daye naturall is from midnight to midnight When the Prime is on this letter B. iii. daye then it shall change the iiii houre that is to say after midnight When it changeth on this letter C. iiii day then the viii houre When it is on this letter D. iiii day then the xx houre When it is on this letter E. iiii day then the xviii houre When it is on this letter F. iii. day then the xvi houre When it is on this letter G. iii. day then the xvi houre The disposition of the xij Moneths vpon bloud letting Ianuarie IN the month of Ianuary let thée not blood in the first day for it is perillous nor the second day nor the fifth day nor the x. day nor the xv day nor the xix day nor the xx day nor the xxv day but as often as thou wilt drinck good white wine fasting and also take good héede of the dayes that be aboue written for they be perillous for to bléede on except the signe be right good for blood letting February In the month of February eate no potage made of hocks or mallowes for that is venim And if thou haue néede to bléed on thy wrest or thy thomb bléed not on the fourth day nor on the vi day nor on the viii day but on y e xiii day nor on the xvi day nor on y e xxviii day but that the signe be very good and thou maist choose March In the 〈…〉 eate Figges Reisons and 〈…〉 and drinckes and hot meates â—â—d let thée blood on the right arme on the fifth day or on the vii daye or on the xvii day for that is good against all manner of Feuers but beware bléede not the first day nor the xv
A Prognostication for euer made by Erra Pater a Iew borne in Iury Doctor in Astronomie and Phisicke Very profitable to kéepe the body in health And also Ptholomeus saith the same Printed by Thomas Este ERRA PATER The Prognostication for euer of Erra Pater AS I finde in the Science of Astronomie there bée foure manner of Cholers in mans body of the foure complections The first is bloud the second blacke Choler the third Flumes the fourth yelow choler and if one of the foure lack all the bodie wil be foorthwith dead Forasmuch sustaineth one of them the body as the other And euery each of them ought to bée at a certaine for if one of them surmount the other all the body shall haue dommage thereby and all foure bée perillous for if the bloud surmount the other hée will the sooner destroy and ouercome the bodie and make him to dye for hée gathereth and likewise congealeth euen right on the heart and the breath and in that manner lessening by little and little is ouercome and dead but all that tyme when the great course taketh him he may soone bée asswaged to lesse him a little so take away a little bloud from him and then all will asswage of this perill Also the blacke coler is right perslous and they surmount all the other they make great domage to the body by many and diuers meanes for they may cause and make the body to fall as the euill sicknesse and lose his wit and knowledge and béecome a foole and cause all the body to be full of euill scabbes and oft times to bée mesill and maketh a man to bée fearefull and a coward and of many euill manners And when they surmount the other they bée right gréeuous and damagious And by hearbes flowers fasting abstinence drinkes and medicines they may bée asswaged The flumes that bée white bée perillous when they surmount the other cholers of the body they doe great domage and hurt for they engender goutes and many other euill sicknesses that bée cold and they hurt also the féete the hands the raines the knées the legs and the téeth and make the mouth and the breath stinking and the nose and the cares and causeth many other diseases and sicknesses and they may be asswaged by hearbs flowres rootes drinckes medicines and also by vomiting Also the yealow cholers bée perillous for when they surmount the other cholers in a mans body they assorbent the heart and trauaile the braine and maketh all the members féeble and soft and taketh away the will and appetite from the body that hée may neither eate nor drinck and also they chaunge a mannes Cholers and maketh him to lose his sight and become blinde and they may bée asswaged as by hearbs flowres rootes and by vomiting The foure humours be of foure complections and they haue the domination of the body foure times in a yéere And each of them a quarter of a yéere c. It is to bée vnderstoode that in the yéere is twelue monethes and in the twelue moneths is fiftie and two wéekes and in the fiftie and two wéekes is thrée hundreth thréescore and fiue daies and in the thrée hundreth and lxv daies doth containe eight thousand seauen hundreth and lx houres A farthing a day is i. d. ob q. the wéeke The month vij pence The yéexe vij s. viij d. q. A halfe penny a day is iij. d. ob the wéeke The month eightéene pence The yéere fiftéene s. ij d. ob The disposition of the first season of the yeere Capricornus Aquarius and Pisces The first season of the yéere that hath domination of the body of man is thrée moonethes and they be named these thrée signes Capricorne Aquarie and Pisces And these thrée signes haue power of fleumes of the body of man woman and they hée cold and moist they béegin to reigne the xxiiij day of December and dureth to the foure and twentie day of March. The disposition of the second part of the yeere Aries Taurus and Gemini ¶ The second part of the yéere is other thrée moneths and these are their signes Aries Taurus Gemini And they haue power in the body of man of the breast and they bée hot and moist And they béegin to raigne the foure and twentie day of March dureth vnto the foure twentie day of Iune The disposition of the three seasons of the yeere Cancer Leo and Virgo ¶ The thrée seasons of the yéere are other thrée monethes and these bée their signes Cancer Leo and Virgo And they haue power in the body of man of the yelow collers and they bée hot and drie and they béegin to raigne on the foure and twentie day of Iune and dureth vnto the xxiiij of September ¶ The discription of the fourth part of the yeere Libra Scorpio and Sagittarius THE fourth part of the péere bée other thrée moneths and these bée their signes Libra Scorpio and Sagittarius And they bée cold and drie and they béegin to raigne the xxiiii day of September and dureth vnto the xxiiii day of December And by the manner of these foure seasons euery man may kéepe him from all the contraries of meats drincks and clothing and from all other contraries And if a man will keepe him after the manner which is rehearsed in this booke hée shall neuer haue infirmities of the body by the grace of God Take Peliter of Spaine and chaw it in thy mouth for it is good to spurge the head and the body And eate Fenell séede and Comin séede for each of these séedes destroy the flumes that all those euils in any mans body come off East Ignus inuentus Aestas The water red and thinne the grose male red and hard the spittle thicke and clammie The signes Aries Leo and Sagittarius is ingendred of cholerick hot and dry and orientall the sicknesse be taken in these signes it is great perill vnlesse he haue his medicine cold and moist and his dyet of the same complection Then bée may bée healed by the grace of God West Are adolescentia ver The water red and thick the grose male red and thin the spittle thin and sweete the extremitiues out of course The signes Gemini Libra and Aquaria is ingendred of sanguin hot and moyst and Occidentall the cure is cold and dry with the dyet of the same complection Cassia fistula in Aqua vite North. Terra Senectus Autumnus The water white and thin the gros◠male black and thick the spittle thick and sower the extrematiues vnneth seld The signes Taurus Virgo Capricorne he is ingendred of Malancholy cold and dry Septentrionall the cure hot moist with the diet of the same complection South Aqua senium Hiems The water white and thick she grose matter white and thick The spittle thin and swéet The extrematiues féeble the signes Cancer Scorpio and Pisces hée is engendred of Flumes colde and moyst