1591.
A
Prognostication
for
the
same
yeere
M.
D.
XCI
.
Conteyning
a
short
discourse
of
the
Eclipse
of
the
Moone
,
and
of
the
quarters
of
the
yeere
,
with
other
necessarie
Rules
,
for
the
better
vnderstanding
of
the
Almanacke
going
before
:
wherin
are
Rules
for
the
finding
the
planetarie
hower
very
easely
and
pleasantly
,
as
also
the
rising
and
setting
of
the
Sunne
any
day
throughout
the
yeere
,
referred
with
the
other
,
to
the
same
Meridian
.
By
I.
D.
Deum
nescire
est
nihil
intelligere
.
Imprinted
at
London
by
Richard
Watkins
and
Iames
Robertes
.
Cum
priuilegio
Regiae
Maiestatis
.
To
his
very
friende
P.
L.
ALL
the
Learned
(
friende
P.
L.
)
agree
with
one
voyce
,
that
CHRIST
our
sauiour
was
conceyued
at
the
Sunnes
entraunce
into
Aries
,
and
borne
vpon
the
shortest
day
,
when
the
Sunne
entred
into
Capricorne
:
wherefore
to
set
Christmas
vpon
the
shortest
day
,
and
draw
the
Kalender
backe
in
proportion
thereunto
,
me
thought
,
was
very
expedient
:
and
the
rather
,
because
of
all
in
generall
,
a
reformation
long
tyme
hath
been
desired
and
a
fruition
of
the
Feastes
,
vpon
their
ancient
times
.
For
consideryng
that
the
immoueable
Feastes
ought
to
keepe
the
same
dayes
they
vsed
to
do
in
euery
Moneth
before
,
it
of
necessitie
followeth
,
that
they
must
be
kept
at
other
tymes
(
in
respect
of
the
motions
of
the
Sunne
)
then
for
many
yeeres
they
haue
done
.
As
for
Easter
,
and
the
moueable
Feastes
which
folowe
the
course
of
the
Moone
,
they
were
by
Constant.
magnus
once
corrected
:
but
ignorance
of
obseruation
in
continuance
of
tyme
hath
bred
great
errour
sithens
,
in
so
much
as
many
yeeres
they
misse
their
due
tymes
a
moneth
at
least
,
and
therefore
of
late
haue
had
a
seconde
Reformation
:
which
although
it
be
very
truely
performed
for
Easter
,
and
it
append●nces
,
yet
the
Monethes
not
reuocated
to
the
true
degrees
of
the
Sunne
,
deserued
a
new
annimaduersion
.
And
therefore
friende
P.
L.
I
haue
not
attempted
this
,
as
a
newe
fangle
,
and
louer
of
●ouelties
(
the
which
I
haue
alwayes
hated
)
but
as
a
furtherer
of
the
trueth
,
which
I
alway
haue
loued
,
Vale
,
et
mecum
fruere
4.
Kalendus
Aprilis
.
1590.
To
the
Reader
.
IT
was
my
chaunce
(
curteous
Reader
)
this
last
Lent
,
to
be
in
company
of
dyuers
,
as
well
Worshipfull
as
Learned
:
amongst
whom
,
vpon
occasion
of
talke
geuen
,
grew
sundry
argumentes
about
the
true
keeping
of
Ea●ter
:
and
therevpon
,
as
vpon
an
adiunct
and
thing
appendant
〈…〉
about
the
reformyng
of
the
〈◊〉
:
some
maynteyning
the
old
,
some
the
Romish
Kalender
,
corrected
by
Gregorie
,
and
some
impugning
them
both
,
as
not
brought
to
their
due
and
ancient
Periodes
:
Which
Conference
bad
awhyle
,
pro
et
con
,
and
apparent
manifestation
of
the
trueth
shewed
for
a
thirde
correction
to
be
required
,
the
conclusion
was
an
intreatie
of
me
(
who
had
borne
a
part
amongst
them
)
that
at
my
conuenient
leasure
,
I
woulde
attempt
the
same
,
agaynst
the
next
yeere
,
consideryng
that
of
this
yeere
then
was
welnigh
a
quarter
spent
:
which
motion
made
by
suche
as
I
coulde
not
well
denie
,
and
partly
that
the
trueth
myght
appeare
,
I
willingly
haue
attempted
.
Beholde
therefore
a
thyrde
correction
,
both
true
and
exacte
,
wherein
(
as
in
the
last
)
none
of
the
immoueable
Feastes
are
altered
from
their
dayes
of
the
monethes
they
were
placed
in
the
olde
Kalender
,
So
Easter
is
appoynted
to
the
next
Sunday
followyng
the
first
full
Moone
after
the
Sunnes
entraunce
into
Aries
,
and
the
moueable
Feastes
in
proportion
to
it
,
and
euery
expect
satisfied
:
The
which
with
all
other
happines
,
I
wysh
thee
hartely
to
enioy
.
Vale
.
24.
Aprilis
.
1590.
Elections
.
IT
is
good
to
Purge
,
the
Moone
being
in
the
watri
trigon
,
vz.
in
Cancer
,
Scorpio
,
or
Pisces
.
In
Cancer
by
Electuaries
,
in
Scorpio
by
Potions
,
in
Pisces
by
Pilles
:
And
yf
neede
be
,
in
Libra
and
Aquarius
,
which
are
indifferent
for
any
Purging
medicine
.
The
tymes
of
the
yeere
fittest
,
are
the
Spring
and
Haruest
:
the
worst
,
Sommer
and
Winter
:
the
one
for
it
exceding
colde
,
the
other
for
excessiue
heate
.
For
letting
of
Blood
,
There
are
two
tymes
,
-
the
one
of
necessitie
.
-
the
other
by
election
.
The
fyrst
is
to
be
vsed
out
of
hand
,
or
els
great
peryll
of
death
may
ensue
to
the
partie
,
as
in
the
Plurisies
,
and
Squinansies
.
The
latter
is
to
be
chosen
after
the
motion
of
the
Moone
through
the
.xii.
signes
,
in
this
sort
.
-
Let
the
Phlegmatike
be
let
blood
the
Moone
being
in
Aries
,
except
in
the
head
.
-
Let
the
Phlegmatike
be
let
blood
the
Moone
being
in
Sagittari
,
except
in
the
thighes
and
hippes
.
-
Let
the
Melancholik
be
let
blood
the
Moone
being
in
Libra
,
in
the
first
.
15
degrees
,
except
in
the
buttockes
.
-
Let
the
Melancholik
be
let
blood
the
Moone
being
in
Aquarius
,
except
in
the
legges
.
-
Let
the
Chollerike
be
let
blood
the
Moone
being
in
Cancer
,
except
in
the
brest
.
-
Let
the
Chollerike
be
let
blood
the
Moone
being
in
Scorpio
,
except
in
the
priuities
.
-
Let
the
Chollerike
be
let
blood
the
Moone
being
in
Pisces
,
except
in
the
feete
.
The
Sanguine
in
any
of
these
.
Minution
is
prohibited
in
Leo
,
for
that
it
is
the
house
of
the
Sunne
,
who
is
alwayes
repugnant
to
the
Moone
in
nature
.
Also
it
is
prohibited
in
Gemini
,
for
that
commonly
the
minution
is
by
some
Ueines
in
the
armes
and
handes
:
and
no
man
ought
to
touche
that
member
with
Iron
,
which
the
Moone
then
gouerneth
.
Furthermore
,
it
is
good
from
the
change
to
the
fyrst
quarter
for
youth
:
from
the
fyrst
quarter
to
the
full
,
for
youth
and
m●ddle
age
:
from
the
full
to
the
last
quarter
,
for
myddle
age
and
olde
age
:
from
the
last
quarter
to
the
change
,
for
olde
age
only
,
according
to
the
verse
,
Luna
vetus
veteres
,
iuuenes
noualuna
requirit
.
The
Moone
in
age
,
the
ancient
sort
,
Their
veynes
may
open
best
:
The
younger
sort
tyll
Moone
be
newe
,
Must
let
their
veynes
haue
rest
.
Last
,
the
age
of
the
partie
to
be
let
blood
is
much
to
be
considered
:
for
none
before
.xiiii.
or
after
.lxx.
yeeres
,
ought
to
be
let
blood
:
the
first
,
for
slendernes
of
the
veynes
:
the
later
,
for
debilitie
of
nature
,
vnles
the
olde
men
be
fleshy
,
full
of
blood
,
and
strong
.
For
Bathing
.
-
The
Moone
in
Libra
or
Pisces
,
for
clenlynes
.
-
The
Moone
in
Aries
,
Leo
,
or
Sagittarius
,
for
grosse
bodyes
.
-
The
Moone
in
Cancer
,
Scorpio
,
or
Pisces
,
for
dry
bodyes
.
For
sweatyng
,
vse
the
same
consideration
which
is
in
bathing
.
Cut
heare
,
the
Moone
in
Libra
,
Sagittarius
,
Aquarius
,
or
Pisces
,
and
in
the
encrease
.
Sow
S●edes
which
you
woulde
haue
to
yeelde
fruite
the
same
yeere
,
the
Moone
being
in
moueable
signes
,
as
Aries
,
Cancer
,
Libra
,
or
Capricorne
:
it
wyll
be
best
when
she
is
in
Virgo
,
Capricorne
,
or
Cancer
,
if
she
be
increasing
in
number
.
The
like
is
to
be
sayd
of
Pisces
.
But
to
plant
Trees
for
continuance
,
let
it
be
whylest
she
is
in
Taurus
,
Leo
,
or
Aquarius
.
Fell
Tymber
from
S.
Barnabies
day
in
Iune
,
tyll
the
first
Kalendes
of
Ianuarie
,
in
the
wane
of
the
Moone
.
Fell
fire
wood
,
that
the
stocke
may
soone
spring
,
from
the
change
to
the
first
quarter
.
To
remooue
Graffes
,
or
young
Trees
,
at
the
last
quarter
of
the
Moone
.
Good
to
gelde
or
libbe
Cattle
,
in
Sagittarius
,
Capricornus
,
or
Pisces
,
the
Moone
encreasing
.
Of
the
Eclipse
of
the
Moone
.
THe
Moone
this
yeere
shal
be
Eclipsed
the
.xx.
day
of
December
,
at
.iii.
of
the
clocke
in
the
morning
,
and
almost
a
quarter
,
she
being
then
in
her
proper
mantion
Cancer
,
almost
corporally
conioyned
with
the
malignant
planet
Saturne
,
and
within
two
degrees
of
her
Dragons
head
in
the
seconde
house
,
the
house
of
substaunce
and
riches
:
which
what
it
may
presage
,
I
leaue
it
to
others
to
discusse
.
My
meanyng
is
not
to
vse
long
and
tedious
discoursing
in
a
matter
not
very
necessary
,
and
familiar
to
euery
one
,
consideryng
the
yeerely
passions
which
happen
to
these
great
lyghtes
:
and
therefore
with
prayer
to
God
,
to
auert
the
euyll
threatned
thereby
,
I
cease
for
this
poynt
.
The
beginning
of
the
foure
Quarters
of
this
yeere
:
And
fyrst
of
the
Spring
.
The
Spring
taketh
his
commencement
and
beginning
the
.xi.
day
of
March
,
at
two
of
the
clocke
.l.
minutes
after
noone
,
at
such
tyme
as
the
Sunne
entreth
into
the
first
scruple
of
Aries
,
making
the
day
and
nyght
then
equall
,
and
the
aeqinoctium
vernum
,
whereby
I
gather
that
the
yeere
is
lyke
to
proue
indifferent
fruiteful
,
and
temperate
,
neither
subiect
to
many
stormes
nor
shewers
,
neyther
hindered
by
too
exceeding
drought
,
so
that
there
is
no
want
,
penurie
,
or
scarcitie
,
by
Gods
permission
to
be
feared
.
Of
the
Sommer
.
THe
Sommer
beginneth
the
.xii.
day
of
Iune
,
at
.xi.
of
the
clocke
and
.xxxviii.
scruples
in
the
forenoone
,
when
the
Sunne
entreth
into
the
fyrst
minute
of
Cancer
,
making
his
solstitium
estiuum
,
longest
day
,
and
returneth
againe
Southward
from
whence
he
came
.
This
season
wyll
proue
something
remisse
in
heate
.
Of
the
Autumne
.
THe
Autumne
commenceth
the
.xiii.
day
of
September
,
at
.xi.
of
the
clocke
.xiii.
minutes
at
nyght
,
the
Sunne
entring
the
first
scruple
of
Libra
,
the
aequinoctiall
signe
,
and
now
hastning
towarde
the
Winter
tropicke
,
describeth
an
equalitie
betwixt
nyght
and
day
.
This
quarter
wyll
proue
something
colder
then
the
nature
thereof
requireth
,
and
more
moyst
then
vsuall
.
The
Winter
.
WInter
beginneth
the
.xii.
day
of
December
this
yeere
,
at
iiii
.
of
the
clocke
.xiv.
minutes
after
noone
,
at
the
Sunnes
first
touching
of
the
first
scruple
of
Capricorne
,
his
solltitium
brumale
,
and
winter
Tropicke
,
making
the
shortest
day
and
longest
nyght
:
and
endeth
at
the
Sunnes
entrance
into
Aries
next
folowyng
.
This
quarter
wyl
be
very
colde
,
and
kindly
.
To
know
Sunne
rising
and
setting
.
TUrne
to
the
day
of
the
moneth
you
desire
to
know
,
and
if
it
be
the
.i.
the
.
v.x.xv.xx.xxv
.
or
.xxx.
you
may
from
your
day
looke
towardes
your
right
hand
in
a
right
line
,
and
so
vnder
their
titles
finde
them
:
but
yf
it
be
none
of
these
dayes
,
then
you
must
note
what
the
difference
is
in
minutes
betweene
the
next
day
which
is
precisely
put
downe
before
your
day
,
and
also
the
next
so
set
downe
which
foloweth
,
and
thereof
take
such
part
,
or
from
your
day
abate
such
part
as
the
dayes
encrease
or
decrease
proportionally
,
wherein
yf
you
borrow
or
reiect
a
minute
or
two
,
to
make
euen
your
accompt
,
it
forceth
not
greatly
:
As
for
example
.
I
desire
to
know
the
Sunnes
rysing
and
setting
the
.iii.
of
Ianuarie
,
agaynst
which
day
I
finde
no
numbers
at
all
,
wherfore
according
to
my
rule
,
I
must
looke
for
some
day
precedent
,
noted
as
here
the
first
is
,
and
lykewyse
for
some
day
followyng
,
as
is
the
.v.
which
done
,
I
seeke
the
difference
,
and
fynde
it
.iiii.
and
that
I
must
vse
proportionall
substraction
,
for
that
the
numbers
decrease
:
and
therefore
I
say
,
yf
the
first
day
the
Sunne
rise
at
viii
.
of
the
clocke
and
.iiii.
minutes
,
that
the
.ii.
it
shal
rise
at
.viii.
and
.iii.
min.
and
the
.iii.
at
.viii.
and
.ii.
minutes
,
and
so
my
demande
satisfied
.
Here
you
see
that
euery
day
looseth
iust
one
minute
,
and
that
the
difference
falleth
out
meete
with
the
dayes
,
notwithstandyng
that
it
had
beene
a
minute
more
,
or
lesse
:
as
for
example
.iii.
or
.v.
you
might
haue
accompted
.iii.
or
.
v.iiii
.
at
your
pleasure
,
without
any
great
errour
,
and
so
haue
made
the
difference
match
to
the
number
of
dayes
.
To
finde
the
planetarie
or
artificiall
houre
vpon
the
day
.
SEe
how
many
howers
,
your
houre
of
the
clocke
is
from
Sunrysing
,
and
multiplie
these
houres
by
.60
.
and
diuide
them
by
the
quantitie
of
your
artificiall
hower
agreeable
to
the
day
,
and
the
quotient
sheweth
how
many
artificiall
howers
and
minutes
of
an
other
artificiall
hower
(
if
there
be
any
annexed
)
be
past
:
wherefore
adde
one
to
the
number
of
howers
found
,
&
that
is
the
hower
required
.
Example
.
I
would
know
the
first
of
Ianuarie
what
Planet
reigned
at
.iii.
of
the
clocke
in
the
after
noone
?
I
therefore
abate
.viii.
of
the
clocke
iiii
.
minutes
,
which
is
the
Sunne
ryse
from
.xv.
howers
.0
.
min
(
for
so
is
iii.
of
the
clocke
to
be
reckoned
,
that
is
to
say
,
the
after
noone
howers
are
to
be
added
to
.
x●i
and
then
Sunrysing
to
be
abated
)
and
so
there
remayneth
.vi
howers
.lvi.
which
are
vi
.
houres
.lvi.
minutes
.
Now
the
howers
brought
to
minutes
by
multiplication
of
.60
.
are
360.
vnto
which
adde
.56
.
the
minutes
which
are
besides
your
howers
,
and
so
wyll
the
Sunne
amount
to
.416
.
which
diuided
by
.39
.
minutes
and
.20
.
secondes
(
for
so
you
must
vnderstande
the
quantitie
of
the
artificiall
hower
to
be
set
downe
in
min.
and
secondes
)
yeeldeth
the
tenth
hower
:
whereby
you
may
conclude
,
that
the
tenth
Planet
,
that
is
to
say
☽
,
by
course
reckoned
from
the
planet
of
the
day
,
is
the
planet
which
then
hath
finished
his
course
,
and
that
the
planet
that
is
next
in
order
folowyng
hath
begunne
his
course
,
and
then
reigneth
for
that
hower
and
●yme
.
Adde
therfore
one
vnitie
to
your
number
.10
.
found
,
and
enter
the
table
folowyng
,
and
so
shall
you
finde
Saturne
reigning
.
If
you
finde
in
the
quotient
howers
and
minutes
,
they
shewe
so
many
howers
past
,
and
so
many
minutes
more
of
another
artificiall
hower
next
folowyng
:
yea
of
that
hower
which
your
vnitie
added
,
and
the
rest
altogeather
sheweth
.
Note
,
as
often
as
you
cannot
diuide
your
distance
brought
into
minutes
by
the
planetarie
hower
reduced
to
secondes
,
you
must
multiple
it
agayne
by
.60
.
and
so
bryng
it
into
secondes
,
as
in
the
last
example
is
done
.
Furthermore
,
yf
your
day
proposed
haue
neyther
numbers
of
Sunne
rising
,
nor
quantitie
of
planetarie
hower
,
you
must
do
for
both
,
as
you
were
taught
to
do
for
the
Sunne
rising
,
and
then
proceede
with
your
rule
last
rehearsed
.
The
Table
seruing
to
finde
the
planetarie
hower
vpon
the
day
,
where
the
first
colume
conteyning
the
figures
1.
2.
3.
4.
and
so
to
.12
.
standeth
for
the
number
of
howers
,
the
next
colume
for
Sunday
,
the
thyrde
for
Munday
.
&c.
To
know
the
planetarie
hower
for
the
nyght
.
ABate
the
quantite
of
your
planetarie
hower
of
that
day
from
120.
minutes
,
and
the
remayne
sheweth
the
quantitie
of
the
artificiall
hower
for
the
nyght
:
which
founde
,
proceede
as
for
the
day
,
adding
your
howers
after
midnight
to
.12
.
and
so
taking
your
distaunce
betweene
Sunne
sette
and
your
howers
,
by
abatyng
the
hower
and
minute
of
sunne
sette
,
from
your
tyme
proposed
,
coun●yng
sunne
sette
the
beginning
of
the
first
planetarie
hower
for
the
nyght
,
and
so
successiuely
,
as
this
Table
sheweth
.
The
Table
for
the
nyght
,
where
the
lyke
columes
are
referred
to
the
lyke
dayes
of
the
weeke
,
as
before
.
To
know
at
what
hower
of
the
clocke
such
a
Planet
reigneth
.
BUt
yf
you
desire
to
knowe
at
what
hower
of
the
clocke
such
a
Planette
beginneth
his
reigne
,
then
multiply
the
quantitie
of
the
planetarie
hower
,
by
one
lesse
then
the
number
of
the
planetarie
hower
,
whether
it
be
.1
.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.7.8.9
.
10.
11.
12.
or
any
number
vnder
.13
.
because
there
are
but
.12
howers
for
the
day
,
and
so
many
for
the
nyght
,
and
diuide
the
product
by
60.
yf
the
diuidente
be
minuts
,
or
els
by
.3600
.
if
secondes
:
and
the
quotient
sheweth
your
desire
:
if
any
thing
remaine
,
they
are
minutes
,
besides
the
howers
of
the
clocke
:
which
howers
and
minutes
founde
in
the
quotient
,
adde
to
sunryse
,
yf
it
be
for
the
day
,
or
to
Sunset
,
yf
for
the
night
,
and
so
haue
you
your
purpose
.
Example
.
For
the
same
day
aboue
rehearsed
,
I
woulde
knowe
when
the
.4
.
planet
,
that
is
♄
.
reigned
?
Wherefore
I
multiplie
.39
.
min.
20.
secondes
by
.3
.
and
diuide
by
.3600
.
and
thereof
commeth
.2
.
howers
of
the
clocke
.20
.
minutes
,
and
.20
secondes
,
which
added
to
.8
.
howers
and
.4
.
minutes
,
being
sunryse
,
bringeth
.10
.
of
the
clocke
.24
.
minutes
,
and
20.
secondes
,
when
the
.4
.
Planet
began
his
reigne
.
FINIS
.