sure neuer to lese itâ— thy wil be done in earth as it is in heauen as to loue al that thou loueste and to hate al that thou heatest and that we kepe euermore thy commaundementes oure dayly breade gyue vs to day that is to saye breade of doctrine breade of penaunce and breade for our bodely sustentacion and forgyue vs al our sinnes that we haue done agaynst thee agaynste our neyghbours aâ—d agaynste oure selfe semblably as we forgyue other that haue offended to vs by wordes on our bodyes or our goodes and suffre not that we be ouercome in temptacioÌ„ that is to say as by the deuyll the worlde and the fleshe but delyuer vs from all euyll workes redy done and also them for to come amen ¶ here foloweth the story of the pater noster our father which art in heauen halowed be thy name let thy kingdome come thy wyl be done aswell in earth as it is in heauen geue vs thys daye our dayly bread and forgeue vs our trespaces as we forgeue our trespacers and lead vs not into temptation but deliuer vs from euyll for thine is the kingdome and the power and the glory for euer amen in the storye here before sheweth to simple people how this holye prayer the pater noster shoulde be sayd to god the father to god the son the god to holi ghost and to none other the which praier conteyneth and taketh all that be rightfully asked of god and our lorde iesu christ made it there to the entent that we shulde 〈…〉 and deuocion and he made it on a tyme when he taught his apostles specyally to make orayson and then the disciples sayde lorde and mayster learne vs to pray then our lorde opened his holy mouth and sayde to his apostles when ye will make any prayers after this maner as here foloweth shall you begynne sayinge thus ¶ oure father whiche art in heauen halowed be thy name thy kyngedome come thy wyll be doone in yearthe as it is in heauen gyue vs this day oure dayly breade and forgyue vs our trespasses as we forgyue them that trespas agaynste vs and let vs not be let into temptacion but delyuer vs from euill amen ¶ here after foloweth the salutacyon that the aungell gabriell made to the gloryous virgin mary with the greeting of the holy woman s. elisabeth hayle mary full grace our lorde is with thee blessed be thou of all women and blessed be the fruite of thy wombe iesus secondely in the boke of iesus the salutacyon in suche hayle mary full of grace our lorde is with thee blessed be thou amonge all woman and blessed be the fruite of thy wombe iesus christ. amen the salutacion of the aungel gabriell in this salutacion is thre mysteries the first is the salutacioÌ„ that the angell gabriel made the seconde is the louinge commendacioÌ„ that s. elisabeth made mother to s. iohn baptyst the iii. is the supplication that our mother holy church maketh and they be the most fairest wordes that we can saye to oure ladye that is the aue maria wherin we salue her praise her praye her speke to her and therfore it is onely sayd to her and not to saynt kathrine nor to saint margarete nor to none other saynte and if thou demaunde how thou mayst then pray to other sayntes i saye to the thou muste praye as our mother holye church prayeth in sayinge to s. peter holy s. peter pray for vs s. thomas praye for vs that they may pray to god to giue vs grace and that he forgeue vs our sinnes and that he gyue vs grace to do hys wyll penaunce kepe his commaundementes and so we shal pray to the saintes in heauen after the necessity that we haue s. peter s. andrewe s. iames the greate saynt iohn s. thomas s. iames the lesse s. philyp s. bartylmewe s. mathewe s. symon s. iude and s. mathias thyrdly in the boke of iesus is salutary scyence and is the credo whych we ought to beleue on peyne of dampnation capitulo x. i beleue in god the father almyghty maker of heuen earth and in iesu christ his onely sonne our lorde whiche was conceaued of the holy ghoste and suffered passion vnder ponce pilate crucified buried went into hel the iii. daye rose from death ascended into heuen sitteth on the right hand of the father and after shall come to iudge the quick and the deade i beleue in the holy ghost the holye catholyke churche the communion of sainctes and remission of sinnes the rysynge of the flesh the euerlasting life amen saynte peter put the fyrst article and sayd i beleue in god the father almighty creatour of heauen and of earth saynte andrewe put to the ii and sayd i beliue in iesu christ his onelye sonne our lorde saint iames the greate put to the iii sayinge i beleue that he was conceaued of the holye ghost borne of the virgin mary saint iohn put to the iiii sayinge i beleue that he suffered passyon vnder ponce pylate was crusifyed deade and buryed saynte thomas put to the v. sayinge i beleue that he discended into hell and the thyrde daye arose from death to lyfe saynte iames the lesse put to the vi sayinge i beleue that he ascended into heauen and sytteth on the right hande of god the father omnipotent saynt phylip put to the vii sayinge i beleue that after he shall come to iudge the quicke and the deade saynte bartylemewe put to the .viii. sayinge i beleue in the holye ghoste saynte mathewe put too the ix sayinge i beleue in the holy churche catholyke saynt symon put to the x. sayinge i beleue the communion of sayntes and remission of sinnes saynt iude put to the .xi. sayinge i beleue the resurrecâ—ion of the fleshe saint mathias put to the xii saying i beleue the lyfe eternall amen ¶ here foloweth the crede as it ought to be sayde i beleue in god the father almighty creatour of heauen of earth and in iesu christe hys onely sonne oure lord. that was conceaued of the holy ghost borne of the virgin mary suffered passyon vnder ponce pylate crucyfyed dead and buryed descended into hell and the thyrde day arose from death ascended into heauen and sytteth on the right hande of god the father omnipotent and after shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead i beleue in the holy ghost the holy churche catholike the communion of sayntes remission of sinnes resurrection of the fleshe and the lyfe eternall amen thys crede was made composed by the xii apostels of our lord of the which euery apostle hath put to his article as is here aboue shewed in the sayde crede as much as one of one parte as of the other our faith catholike is conteyned in the sayd xii articles that is the beginninge of our helth without the which none may be saâ—ed ne do nothinge that is agreable vnto god and faythe ought to be at
grace of god the seconde coniecture that sheweth in lykewyse to be in the grace of god is when we be more prompt and ready to good obseruinge and keeping the commaundementes of godde and doe all good workes that we shoulde haue accustomed the third coniecture is when we heare gladly the worde of god as sermons and good counsaylers for our saluation the fourth when we be sory and contrite at our hart to haue commysed and done any sinne the fifth is when with good purpose and wyll of our selues we perseuer to kepe vs from sinne in tyme to come these coniectures be they wherby shepherds and lay people know if they be in his grace or not as muche as in them is possible to knowe the .vi. thinge that euery man ought to knowe is god for all men ought to knowe god for to accomplyshe his wil and commaundement by the which he would be loued with all thy harte with all thy soule and wyth all the force that we haue whyche we may not do if we knowe hym not then who that would loue godde ought to knowe him and the more that they know him the more they loue him wherfore hereafter shall be sayde howe shepherds and simple people doth knowe hym shepherdes and simple people for to haue knowledge of god of theyr possibilitie consyderinge three thinges the firste is that they consyder the ryght great ryches of god his puissaunce his soueraygne dignitie hys soueraygne noblesse his soueraygne ioy and blysse the seconde is for they consyder the right noble ryght greâ—t and marueylous operations and workes of our lord god and the thirde consideration is for they consider the innumerable benefites that they haue receued of god and that continually euery day they receaue of him and by these considerations they come to his cognysance and knowledge fyrst to know god shepherdes and lay people consydereth his great riches plenteous habundaunce of the goodnes that he hath for all the treasures and rychesse of heauen and of the earth be his and all goodnesse he hath made of the which he is fountayne creatour and mayster and distributeth them largely vnto euery creature and he hath no neede of any other wherefore it behoueth to say that he is right rich secondly he is right puissaunt for by his greate puissaunce he hath made heauen earth and the sea with all thinges conteyning vnto them and might vndo them if that it were his will vnto the which puissaunce all other be subiect and trembleth before him for his great excellency and who that woulde consider euery worke of god should finde inough to maruell on by the firste of these considerations god is knowen to be right rich by giftes that he geueth to his friendes and by the seconde he is knowen right puissaunt for to venge him on his enemies thirdly he is soueraignely worthy for all the thinges of heauen and of earth oweth him honoure and reuerence as to their creatour and hym that made them as we se children honour father and mother of whom they be discended by a generation and all thinges be discended of god by a creation to whome ought to be giuen great reuerence and he is so worthy fourthly he is soueraignely noble for who that is soueraignely rich puissaunt and worthy him behoueth to be soueraignely noble but none other but god hath riches puissaunce and dignitie as he hath wherefore of such nobles ought to be sayde that he is righte noble fifthly he hath soueraigne ioye for he that is riche puissaunte worthy and right noble is not withoute soueraigne ioye and this ioye is full of all goodnes and ought to be our felicitie to the which we hope to come that is to knowe and see god in his soueraigne ioy and gladnes for to haue with him eternal ioy that euer shal dure and this is the first consideration of god that shepherdes and other simple people ought to haue secondly for to know god considering his great noblesse and maruelous workes the bountie and the beauty of the things that he hath made for it is commonly sayd one may know the workman by his worke knowledge we then the worke of god and knowledge we that his beautie and bountie shineth in the operations that he hath made which if they be fayre and good the workman that hath made them must nedes be faire and good without comparison more then any thinge that he hath made be it considered of the heauens and the thinges therein set what noble and marueylous worke howe may one consider their excellence and bountie be it considered also as we may of the earth the right noble and marueylous workes of god the golde the siluer and all maner of metalles and precious stones in it the fruites that it beareth the trees the beastes that it susteyneth and of the bountie that it norisheth be it in likewise considered of the sea the riuers and the fishe nourished in them the wether the elementes the ayre the windes and the birdes that flyeth in them and all the vsage and seruyce of man and consider the workeman that of his puissaunce hath all made and by his sapience hath righte well ordered his workes and gouerneth them by his great bountie and by this maner we may knowe god as shepeherdes and simple folkes in consideringe his workes thirdely for to knowe god consider the great benefites that we receaue daily of him whiche may not be numbred for their greate multitude nor spoken of for their noblenesse and dignitie al be it in their hartes be vi principally noted for the which an other shepeherde geniuge praysing to god sayde in this maner lorde god i knowe that thou haste endued me with thy infinite benefites by thy great bountie first the benefite of my creation by the whiche thou made me a reasonable man vnto thy image and similytude geuynge me body and soule and rayment for to clothe me lorde thou haste geuen me my wittes of nature vnderstandinge for to gouerne my lyfe my healthâ— my beauty my strength and my scyence for to get my lyuynge honestly i yelde to thee graces and greate thankes secondely lorde i knowe the goodnes of my redemption how by thy misericordious pitie thou bought me dearely by the affection of thy moste precious bloude peynes and torments that for me thou hast suffered and finally endured death thou hast geuen me thy bodye thy soule and thy lyfe for to kepe me from dampnation wherefore humbly i yelde to thee graces and great thankes thirdely lorde i know the goodnes of my vocation how of thy great grace thou hast called me againe for to enheryte thy eternall benediction and also thou haste geuen vnto me fayth and knowledge of thine owne selfe as baptisme and all the other sacramentes that none entendement may comprise their noblesse and dignitie and that so many times hath pardoned me of my sinnes lorde i knowe that this is to me a singuler gifte that thou hast not
am i called in noblesse florishinge whiih amonge monthes am of great noblesse for in my time all the frutes do budde and springe to the seruyce of man in great largesse and leuf is in the tyme of holynesse that euery man ought to haue repentaunce of his sinnes done by longe continuance apryll amonge all monthes i am lusty aprill freshe and holsome vnto eche creature and in my time the dulcet droppes distill called cristall as poetes put in scripture causing all stones the longer to endure in my time was the resurrection of god and man by diuiâ—e election maye of all the monthes in the yere i am kinge flourishing in beauty excellently for in my time in vertue is all thinge fieldes and meades sprede most beauteouâ—â—y and byrdes singe with right swete armony reioysing louers with hot loue all endewed with fragrant flowers all about renewed iune who of my season taketh right good hede ought not at all my name to adnull for in my time for all the commons wede from shepe is shorne all the fleshe and wull and had in marchaundyse by great shippes full ouer the sea wherfore we ought to pray unto our lorde and thanke him night and day iuly if that my time were praysed all a right amonge all monthes i am one of the chiefe for i enripe thorow my great force and might fruites of the earth to man and beastes reliefe feedyng horses kyne muttons and strong biefe with other properties that i could tell but i must passe i may no longer dwell august i am named the hote moneth of august for redolent heate of phebus brightnes in my time eche man ought for to haue lust to labour in haruest with great busynes to repe and sheffe eschewing ydlenes and ryse early with perfyte dyligence thanking our lorde of his great prouidence september who can my name perfitely remember with the commodities of my season ought of right to call me september plenteous of goodes by all maner reason as wheate rye oâ—es beanes â—ytches and peason of which fruite euery man ought to haue in store to liue directly and thanke our lorde therefore october amonge the other october i hight frende vnto vinteners naturally and in my time bacchus is ready dight all maner wyne to presse and clarify of which is sacred as we see daily the blessed body of christ in fleshe and blode which is our hope refection and fode i nouember will not abyde behynde to shewe my kindely worthynesse and vre for in my time the blastes of the wynde abateth leaues and stedeth their verdure wherfore euery prudent creature ought for to lyue right as they would dye for all thinge taketh ende naturally december euery man doth me call in whose time the mother inuiolate deliuered was in an olde oxe stall of iesu christ gods owne sonne incarnate wherfore i thinke me the most fortunate of all the other to whom praye we then that we may come vnto his blisse amen 〈…〉 the firste primetime that thus doth begin from myd february vnto myd may and from myd may sommer is entred in to myd august and then is haruest day and from that tyme wynter entreth alway on saynt clementes day who so taketh hede and myd february it fayleth in dede thus endeth the prayse of the twelue monthes with the beginniuges and endes of the foure quarters and after foloweth the fygure for to knowe in what sygne the moone is euery day 〈…〉 and the declaration is of the letters of the sygne of the ka 〈…〉 aries y n c v l ê° s h z p e u m a s i q f aries z o d u m a s i q f x n b t k ê° r g aries p e x n b t k ê° r g y o c v l a s h taurus ê° q f y o c v l a s h z p d u m b s i taurus a r g z p d u m b s i q e x n c t k gemini b s h q e x n c t k ê° r f y o d v l gemini c s i ê° r f y o d v l a s g z p e u m cancer d t k a s g z p e n m b s h q f x n cancer e v l b s h q f x n c t i ê° r g y o leo f â— m c t i â— r g y o d v k a s h z p leo g x n d v k a s h z p e u l b s i q leo h y o e u l b s i q f x m c t k ê° r uirgo i z p f x m c t k ê° r g y n d v l a s uirgo k q g y n d v l a s h z o e u m b s libra l ê° r h z o e u m b s i p f x n c t libra m a s i p f x n c t k ê° q g y o d v scorpio n b s k ê° q g y o d v l a r h z p e u scorpio o c t l a r h z p e u m b s i q f x sagittarius p d v m b d i q f x n c s k ê° r g y sagittarius q e u n c e k ê° r g y o d t l a s h z sagittarius r f x o d f l a s h z p e v m b s i capricornus s g y p e g m b s i q f u n c t k ê° capricornus s h z q f h n c t k ê° r g x o d v l a aquarius t i r g i o d v l a s h y p e u m b aquarius v k ê° s h k p e u m b s i z q f x n c pisces u l a s i l q f x n c t k r g y o d pisces x m b t k m r g y o d v l ê° s h z p e pisces y n c v l n s h z p e u m a s i q f by this fygure here aboue a man may knowe in what sâ—gne the moone is euery day and the declaration is of the 〈◊〉 letters that ben in the kalender at the endes of the lynes and be named the letters of the sygnes wherefore marke well first the letter of the kalender on the day that we wold haue then loke out the sayde letter in the figure here aboue in the lyne discendinge vnder the golden number that runneth then loke at the headde of the lynes where as is wrytten the names of the sygnes and it that beholdeth directly ouertwharte the figure to the sayd letters is it that the moone is in that day and lyke as one golden numbre for a yere so the sayd lyne vnder the golden numbre serueth alone for the same yere as in the yere of his kalender we haue .xvi. for the golden numbre
sonne then it of mars then that of iupiter and after it of saturne and thus bin the skyes of the planettes after theyr order the eyght skie is of sterres fyxed and bin called so for that they moue more regulerly and after one guyse then the planettes do then aboue that is the fyrste mobyle in the whiche notinge apperethe that shepardes may se. some shepardes say that aboue this ix skyes is one inmoble for it tourneth not and aboue that is one of chrystall ouer the whiche is the skie imperyal in the whych is the throne of godde of the which skie shepardes ought not to speake but onely of the fyrst mobyle and that it conteyneth all together called the world ¶ of one thyng they marueale much that is howe god hath distributed the sterres that he hath put none in the nynth skie and hath put so many in the ryght skie that they may not be nombred and in eche of the other vii but one onely in callinge the sonne and the moone sterres as appereth in the fygure hereafter ¶ here after the great mayster sheparde sheweth more playnely of the iiii elementes of the symylitude of the earth and how that euery planet is one aboue another and telleth which of them bin masculine as these fyue saturne iupiter mars sol and mercury and of two femynyne as uenus and luna and whiche of them is northly and southly and which byn orientall or occydentall capitulo xxxii ¶ of the mouynges of the skies and planettes some mouinges bin of the skies and planets that excedeth the vnderstandinge of shepardes as the mouynge of the firmameÌ„t in the which bin the sterres ageynste they fyrste mobyle in an hundred yere one degree and the mouynge of the planets in theyr episcycles of the which how wel the shepardes be not ignorant of al yet they make no mencyon here so it sufficeth them onely of two wherof the one is from orient into occident aboue the earthe and from occident in the orient vnder it that is called the dyurnall mouynge that is to saye that it maketh from daye to daye xxiiii houres by the whiche mouynge the ix skye that is the fyrste mobyle draweth after and maketh the other skies to tourne that byn vnder it the other mouynge is of the .vii. planettes and is from occident to orient aboue the earth and from orient into the occident vnder it and is contrary to the fyrste and byn the two mouynges that shepardes knowlegeth and how wel that they byn opposites yet moue thei contynually and bin possible as it is shewed by example if a ship on the sea came from orient into occident and that he of his owne mouyng weÌ„t in the shyppe softly towarde orient this man should moue a double mouyng wherof one snuld be of the shyppe and of hymselfe together and the other shuld be of his owne mouynge that he maketh softely towarde orient semblably the planettes byn transported with theyr skie from oryent into occidente by the dyurnall mouynge of the fyrst mobyle but later and otherwyse then the fyxed sterres by that that eche planete hath his propre mouinge contrary to the mouynge of the sterrer for the moone maketh a course lesse in a monthe about the earthe then a sterre fyxed and the sonne a course lesse in a yere the other planettes in certeyne time eche after the quantitie of his mouyng thus it appereth that the planettes moue two mouynges som shepardes say pose by imagnation that all the skies seassed to moue of the dayly mouinge the moone wolde make a course in goynge from the occideÌ„t into the orient in as much tyme as lasteth now .xxvii. dayes and viii houres and mercuryâ— uenus and sol wolde make in maner course in the space of a yere and mars in two yere or there about saturne in xxx yere or ther about for now they make their â—ourse or reuolucions accomplishe their propre mouynges in the tyme heâ—e named the propre mouynges of planettes is not streyght from occydence to oriente but it is as sydewe and shepardes se them sensyble for when they se the mone before a sterre one night the seconde or the thyrde nyghte it is behynde not streyght towarde oriente but shall be drawed one tyme towarde septemtrion and another time toward mydday and this is bycause of the latitude of the zodyake in the which be the xii sygnes vnder whom the planettes raygneth ¶ of the equinoctial and zodyake that be in the .ix. skies that conteineth the firmament vnder it capitulo .xxxiii. in the concaue of the fyrste mobyle shepardes imaigneth to be the two cyrcles they bin theyr royally the onâ— is as smal as a threde it is called equinoctiall and the other is large in maner of a gyrdle or as a garlande of floures whiche they call the zodyake and these two cyrcles deuideth the one and the other egally but not streyght for the zodyake crosseth crokedly the places where it crosseth bin sayd equinoctialles for to vnderstand the equinoctialâ— we se sensybly al the skie tourne from orient into occident it is called the dayly mouynge or diurnal theÌ„ ought one to imagine a streight lyke that passeth through the myddle of the earth commyng from the one ende of the sky to the other about the which lyne is made this mouynge the two endes byn two pointes in the skie that moueth not and byn called the poles of the worlde of the which one is ouer vs by the sterre of the north that alwayes apereth to vs and is the pole artike or septemtrional and the other is vnder the earth alwayes hyd called the pole antartike or pole austral in the middes of the which pole in the fyrste mobile is the circle equinoctiall egally before in the partie as in the other of the sayde poles after this cyrcle is made and measured the daily mouing of xxiiii houres that is a natural day and it is called eqinoctial for that when the sonne is in it the daye the nyght byn equal through all the worlde the large zodyake as sayd is in the fyrst mobyle also it is as a girdle manerly fygured and sette with images of sygnes entrayled subtylly and well composed and sette with fyxed sterres as shyning carbuncle or precious gemmes full of great vertue set by maistrysse ryght nobly adourned in the which zodyake be foure principall poyntes that deuideth them equally in foure parties one is hye called the solstyce of soÌ„mer which when the sonne is entred in cancer it is the longest day of sommer another is lowe called the solstice of winter which is when the son is entred in capricorne then it is the shortest daye of winter and mene call it equinoctial of haruest that the sonne entreth in libra in the moneth of september and the other is called equinoctiall of prymetime that the sonne entreth in aries in the moneth of march the which foure parties deuyded eche in thre equall parties maketh twelue
ben of the variation that is for diuers habitations and regions of the earth cap. xxxvii shepeherdes say that if it were possible that the earth were inhabyted all about and pose the case that it were so firste they that inhabite vnder the equinoctiall haue alwayes the dayes and the nyghts equall and haue the .ii. poles of the world at the two corners of their orizon and may see al the sterres when they see the two poles and the sunne passeth twyse in a yere ouer them that is when it passeth by the equinoctials thus the sunne is to them the one halfe of the yere towarde the pole artike and the other halfe towarde the other pole and therfore they haue two winters in a yere without great colde one is when we haue winter and the other when we haue sommer semblably they haue two sommers one is in march when we haue prime time and the other in september when we haue haruest and by this they haue foure solstices two hie when the sunne passeth by their zenich and two lowe when it declineth one way or other and thus they haue four vmbres or shadowes in a yere for when the sunne is in the equinocces twise in a yere in the morninge their shadowes be in the occidente and at night in the oriente and then at noone they haue no shadowes but when the sunne is in the signes septentrionals their shadowes be towarde the parties of the signes meridionals and so againeward secondly they that inhabite betwene the equinoctiall and the tropike of sommer haue in likewise two sommers and two winters and four shadowes in a yere and they haue no difference of the first saue that they haue longer dayes in sommer and shorter in winter for as the equinoctiall lengeth in likewise doth the dayes in sommer and in that part of the earth is the first climate and almost halfe of the seconde and is named araby wherin is ethiopia thirdly they that inhabite vnder the tropike of sommer haue the sunne ouer their heades and at the day of the solstice of sommer at noone they haue their shadowes smaller then we haue and there is a parte of ethiopic fourthly they that be betwene the tropike of sommer and the circle artike haue longer dayes in sommer then the abouesayde in as much as they be farther from the equinoctiall and shorter in winter and they haue the sunne ouer their heades ne toward septentrion and that part of the earth we inhabite fifthly they that inhabite vnder the circle artike haue the ecliptike of the zodiake to their orizon and when the sunne is in the solstice of sommer it resconseth not thus they haue no night but natural dayes of .xxiiii. houres semblably when the sunne is in the solstice of winter it is natural day when they haue contynuall nyght and that the sunne ryseth not to them sixthly they that be betwene the circle artike and the pole artike haue in sommer dyuers naturall dayes that be to them one day artificiall without any night and also in winter be many natural dayes which are to them alwaies night and the more that it approcheth the pole the more is the artificial day of sommer longe and dureth in some place a weke in other a moneth in other two in other three in other more and proporcionally the night is greater for some of the signes be euer on their oryzon and some alwayes vnder and as longe as the sunne is in the signes aboue it is day and while it is in the signes vnderneth it is night seuenthly they that inhabite right vnder the pole haue the sunne halfe of the yeare on their orizon and haue continuall day and the other halfe of the yere continuall night and the equinoctial is in their orizon that deuideth the signes six aboue and six beneath wherfore when the sunne is in the signes that be hye and towarde them they haue continuall day and when it is in the signes toward midday they haue continual nyght and thus in a yere they haue but one day and one night and as it is sayde of that parte of the earth toward the pole artyke a man may vnderstand of the other halfe and of the habitations towards the pole antartike the deuision of the earth and onely of the parte inhabited shepherdes and other as they deuide the earth inhabitable in .vii. partes that they call climates the first diamerous the second climate diaciens the .iii. dalixandry the .iiii. diarhodes the v. climate diaâ—omes the .vi. daboristines the .vii. diatipheos of the whych eche hath hys longitude determined and the latitude also and the nerer they be to the equinoctiall the longer they be and larger procede in longitude from orient to occident and in latytude from midday to septentrion the first climate after some shepherds conteyneth in length halfe of the circuite of the earth that is two hundred thousande .iiii. hundred myle it hath an hundred thousande two hundred myle of length the seconde and so of the other for the lessing of the earth comming toward septentrion to vnderstande what a clymate is after the sayinge of shepardes a clymate is a space of earth equally large wherof the length is from orient to occident the bredth is comming fro midday and fro the earth in habitable toward the equinoctiall drawing to septentrion as much as an â—â—rolege or clocke chaungeth not for in earth habitable the clockes change .vii. times in the bredth of the climates it is of necessitie to say that they be .vii. where the variation of horologes is there is the dyuersitie of clymates howe be it that such variation properly ought to be taken in the myddes of the clymates and not in the beginninge or ende for the proximitie and couenaunce the one of the other also one climate hath alwayes a day artificiall of soÌ„mer shorter or longer then another climate this day sheweth the differeÌ„ce in the middes of euery climate better then in the beginning or ende the which thing we may sensibly know at eye and therby iudge the difference of the clymates and it is to be noted that vnder the equinoctiall the dayes and the nyghtes in all tymes are equall eche of twelue houres but comming toward septentrion the dayes of sommer longeth the wynter dayes shorteth and the more that one aprocheth septentrioÌ„ the more waxeth the dayes in such wise that at the fyne of the last clymate the dayes in sommer be longer by thre houres and an halfe then they be at the begynnynge of the fyrst and the pole is more reysed by .xxxviii. degrees at the begynnyng of the fyrst clymate the longest day of sommer hath xii houres and xlv minutes in the pole is reysed on the oziron xii degrees and xlv mynutes and the myddes of the clymate the longest daye hath .xiii. houres and the pole reysed .xvi. degrees and the latytude dureth vnto the longest day of sommer that is
.xiii. houres and .xv. minutes and the pole reysed .xx. degrees and an halfe the whych largenes is .ccc.xl. myle of earth the seconde clymate begynneth at the ende of the fyrste and the myddes is there as the day hath .xiii. houres an halfe and the pole is reysed ouer the ozyron .xxiiii. degrees and .xv. mynutes and the latytude dureth vnto there as the longest daye hath .xiii. houres and .xlv. mynutes and the pole is reysed .xxvii. degrees and an halfe and thys largenes conteyneth of earth cccc myle iust the thyrde clymate begynneth at the ende of the seconde and the myddes is there as the day hath .xiii. houres the pole is reysed xxx degrees and .xlv minutes and the latytude extendeth vnto there as the loÌ„gest daye hath .xiiii. houres and .xv. mynutes and the pole is reysed .xxiii. degrees and .xl. mynutes the fourth clymate at the ende of the thyrd and the middes is there as the longest day hath .xiiii. houres and an halfe and the pole is reysed .xxvi. degrees and .xx. mynutes the latytude dureth vnto there as the longest daye hath .xiii. houres and xlv mynutes and the pole is reysed .xxx. degrees and the largenes conteyneth of earth .ccc myle the fyfth clymate begynneth at the ende of the fourth aâ—d the myddes is there as the longest day hath xv houres and the pole is reysed .xli. degrees and .xx. mynutes and the latytude dureth vnto there as the longest daye hath xv houres and xv mynutes and the pole is reysed xliii degrees and an halfe and the largenes conteyneth of earth cclii myle the vi clymate begynneth at the ende of the fyfth and the middes is there as the longest day hath xv houres and an halfe and the pole is reysed ouer the ozyron xlv degrees and xxiii mynutes of the whych the largenes dureth vnto there as the longest day hath xv houres xlv mynutes the whych largenes conteyneth of earth cc.xii myle the vii clymate begynneth at the ende of the syxt and the middes is there as the longest daye hath xvi houres and the pole is reysed xlviii degrees and xl mynutes the latytude extendeth vnto there as the longest day hath xvi houres and xv minutes and the pole is reysed fifty degres and an halfe and the largenes of the earth conteyneth clxxxvi myle a marueylous consyderation of the great vnderstanding of shepeherdes if case were after the length of the climates one might go about the earth fro orient to occident to his first place some shepards say that this coÌ„passe may almost be made saying that if a man went this coÌ„passe in .xii. naturall dayes going regulerly toward occident and began nowe at midday he should passe euery day naturall the .xii. parte of the circuite of the earth and be .xxx. degrees whereof behoueth that the sonne make a course about the earth and .xxx. degrees ferther or he be retourned on the morowe at the merydien of the sayde man and so the sayde man shoulde haue his day night of .xxvi. houres and should be farther by the .xii. part of a naturall day then if he rested him wherfore it followeth of necessitie that in xii naturall dayes the sayd man should onely haue but xi dayes and .xi. nights somewhat lesse that the sunne should light him but .xi. times resconse .xi times for .xi. dayes and .xi. nightes euery day and nyght of .xxvi. houres maketh .xii. naturall dayes eche day of .xxiiii. houres by semblable consideration behoueth that an other man that should make this course going toward orient haue his day and night shorter then a naturall day by .ii. houres then his day and night should be but of .xii. houres then if be made this course in like space that is to say in .xii. dayes and somewhat more thus if iohn made the course toward occident and peter towarde orient and that robert abode them at the place fro whence they departed the one as sone as the other and that they meete at robert both together peter would say that he had two dayes and two nightes more then iohn robert that had rested a day lesse then peter and a day more then iohn howe well that they haue made this course in .xii. naturall dayes or an hundred or in ten yere all is one this is a pleasant consideration among shepardes how iohn and peter arriueth one selfe day put case it were on sonday iohn wold say it is saterday peter wold say it is monday and robert would say it is sonday ¶ of the pomell of the skyes a sterre named the sterre of the north neere to pole artike called septentrionall cap. xxxviii after the abouesaid things here wil we speake of some sterres in perticuler and first of them that shepards cal the pomel of the skies or sterre of the north wherfore we ought to knowe that we see sensibly the sky turne from orient to occident by the diurnal mouing that is of the first mobile which is made on two points opposites that be the poles of the skie of the which one we see and it is the pole artike and the other we see not that is the pole antartike or of midday which is alwaye hyd vnder the earth by the pole artike that we see is the sterre most approched that shepards call the pomell of the skye the which they say is the highest and most stedfast from vs by the which they haue the knowledge that thei haue of the other sterres and parts of the skie the sterres that be by the said pomel go neuer vnder the earth of the which be the sterres that make the chariot diuers other but they that be far from it go sometime vnder the earth as the sunne the moone other planets under this pomel directly is the angle of the earth in the place where against the sunne is at the houre of midnight of andromeda a sterre fyxed aries is a signe hot and dry that gouerneth the head of man and the face and the regions babylon percy and araby and sygnifieth small trees and vnder him at the .xvi. degree ryseth a sterre fyxed named andromeda that shepardes figureth a mayde in her haire vpon the brinke of the sea set to be deuoured of the monsters of the sea but perseus sonne of iupiter fought with his sworde against the sayde monster and slewe it and then the sayde andromeda was deliuered they that be borne vnder her constellation be in daunger of prison or to dye in pryson but if a good planet take regarde then scape not death and prison aries is the exaltacion of the sunne at the .xix. degree and aries is the house of mars with scorpio where he is most of perseus a sterre fyxed lorde of the spere taurus hath the trees plantes and ympes and gouerneth of man the necke and the throte bol the regions ethiopy egipt and the country about and vnder the .xxii. degree riseth a sterre fyxed of the first magnitude that shepardes call perseus sonne of iupiter
clenlynesse of body and wyll not vse to speake of rybawdry and harlottry he shall euer loâ—e relygion and vertuous lyâ—inge he shal be personable of body he shal be perfyte in all maner of mesures doth large and long he shal be white in the visage medled with a little rednesse large browes he shal be a fair speaker and say well behinde a person he shall loue greene colour and gray he shal be happy in marchandise and shal haue plenty of golde and siluer and he shal loue to singe and to be honestly mery and of man he gouerneth the stomake and the armes of mars ¶ mars significat hominem rubeum habentem capillos ruffos faciem â—otundam leuiter honanes dehonestans habentem occulos crocâ—os horribalis aspectus aâ—dacem habentem in pede signum velmaâ—â— lam hominemque ferocem habentem acutum aspectuÌ„ superbiam leuitatem audacem the planette of mars is called the god battel and of all warre and he is the thirde planette for he reygnes nexte vnder the gentyll planette of iupiter thys planette mars is the worst of all other for he is hotte and drye and stirreth a man to be very wylfull and hastye at once and to vnhappinesse one of his sygnes is aries and the other is scorpio and most he is in those two signes he causeth all warres and battels this planet stirreth men to beare wepons as murders daggers swerdes bylles or bowes or some other wepon of death and would euer here of fighting therefore let euery man beware of the dayes of mars and in his chiefe houres that no man fight for without doubte if god helpe him not he shal be marmed or slayne also the houres of mars is perillous meeting with theeues for dreade of sleying of true men and mars mounteth into the crabbe and goeth about the .xii. signes in two yeare and thus he runneth his course of his proprieties he that is borne vnder mars in all vnhappynes is experte he shall be a norysher of greate beastes he is full of malyce and euer doinge wrong vnder mars is borne all theues and robbers that kepeth highe wayes and hurteth true men and nyghte walkers quarell pickers bosters mockers and scoffers and these men of mars causeth warre murtheâ— and battayle they will gladly be smythes or workers on iron light fingred and lyers and great swerers of othes in vengeable wyse and a great surmiser and craâ—ty he is red and angry wyth blacke heare and lyttle eyen he shal be a great walker and a maker of swerdes and knyues and sheders of mans blud a lecher and a speaker of rybawdry red bearded rounde bysage and good to be a barber and letter of bludde and to draw teeth and is perillous of his handes and he will be rych of other mens goodes and of the body of man mars kepeth the gall and the raynes of the noble planet sol. ¶ sol significat hominem habentem colorem inter croceum nigrum id est fuscum tectum cum rubore breuis stature crispum caluum pulchri corporis capillos parum rubeos occulos aliquantulum croceos mixtam habet naturaÌ„ cum planeta qui cum eo fuenit dum modo digniorem habeat locum eius insequitur naturam the sunne is a planet of great renowne and king of al the planets the sunne norisheth euery age and yet is he hote and dry of nature and the planet saturne is to him full contrary for he is euer colde and the noble planet of the sunne is hotte and geueth all light for when it is aboue the earth it is day and when the earth daâ—th shadowe the sunne it is night much be we people bound to laude god for that noble planet for he comforteth both man and beast fishe and all foules that flyeth in the ayre all thinge is glad of the sunne the red rose and faire flowers after that the sunne goeth farre into the west they close themselues of his proprieties al men and women that be borâ—e vnder the sunne shal be very faire amiable of face and their skinne shal be right white and tender and well coloured in the vysage with a little rednes and they shall haue a pleasure in theyr owne beautye they shall shewe theyr lyues as they were good and holy but they shal be secrete hypocrites if they giue them to religion they shal be fortunate to great promocions they shal be cleane and good of faith and shal be gouernour of other people if they be neuer so poore yet shal they loue hawking and hunting with hounds and hawkes reioyce to see it the children that is borne vnder the sunne shall desyre honour and scyence and shall singe very pleasantly and they shal be of courage good and dilygente and shall desire lordship aboue other people they shall geue wise iudgements and their wordes shal sounde all swetely and he bere any office he shal be liberal and he shal be subtil in feates of warre and many shall seeke to hym for councell he shall haue profyte by women and he shall be in seruyce wyth lordes and by them shall haue aduauntage for his wysedome hys signe shal be in the face he shal be small of statuâ—e with crispe haire and balde on the heade he wil seldome be angry and of all the members in a mans body the sunne kepeth the hart as the most mighty planet aboue all other of the gentle planet uenus ¶ venus significat hominem album trahentem ad ingredinem pulchri corporis capillorum habentem paruam maxillam pulchros occulos pulchram facieÌ„ multos capillos hahentem ad album confectum rubore crassum beneuolentem next after the sunne reigneth the gentle planet uenus and it is a planet feminine and she is ladye ouer all louers this planet is moyste and colde of nature and her two signes is taurus and libra and in them she hath all her ioy and pleasance she causeth ioy and specially among yonge folke for greatly she raigneth on them and on all men that be ielous and on women also for ielousy is but a loue inordinate as when a man or woman loueth more feruently then they shoulde for such would neuer be from the sight of their louers for if they be anone they suspect them and feare to be begyled there is no man that loueth a woman by carnall affection but it is by the influence of uenus and but fewe men can escape out of her daunger this planet uenus runneth in .xii. monethes ouer the .xii. signes of her proprieties what man or woman that is borne vnder uenus shal be a very gaye louer pleasaunt and delicious and moste commonly they shall haue blacke eyen and little browes red lyps and chekes with a smylinge chere they shal loue the voyce of trompettes clarions and of other minstralsy and they shal be pleasaunt singers with sweete voyce full of wanton toyes playes and skoffings and shal greatly delite in dauncing