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
he is xxiiii yeres olde ¶ then commeth maye that is bothe fayre and pleasaunte for then byrdes syngeth in woodes end forestes nyghte and daye the sonne shyneth hotte and as then is man moste ioyfull and pleasant and of delyuer strengthe and seketh playes sportes and lusty pastyme for then is he full xxx yere ¶ then commeth iune and then is the sonne hyest in his meridiornall he may ascende no hyer in his stacion his glemeringe golden beames ripeth the corne and when man is xxxvi yere he may ascend no more for then hath nature gyuen hym beauty and strengthe at the full and rypeth the sedes of parfyte vnderstandynge ¶ then commeth iuly that our fruytes byn set a sonninge and our corne a hardenynge but then the sonne begynnethe a lyttle for to dyscende downewardeâ— so man then goth fro youth towarde age beginneth for to aquaynt him with sadnes for then he is xlii yere ¶ after that then commeth august then we gather in our corne and also the fruytes of the earth and then doth man his diligence to gather for to fynde hym selfe withall in the tyme that he may nother gette nor wyn and theÌ„ after that vi yeares is he .xlviii. yere olde ¶ then commeth septembre that wynes be made and the fruites of trees be gathered and then therewithall he doth freshly begynne to garnyshe his house and make prouysion of nedefull thinges for to lyue in wynter whiche draweth very nere and then is man in his most ioyfull and couragious estate prosperous in wysedome purposynge to gather and kepe as muche as shulde be sufficient for him in his olde age when he maye gather no more and these vi yeares maketh him liiii yeares ¶ and then commeth octobre that all is into the forsayde house gathered but corne and also other maner fruytes and also the labourers soweth newe sedes in the earth for the yere to come and then he that soweth nought shal nought gather and then in there other vi yeres a man shal take him selfe vnto god for to do penaunce and good workes and then the benefytes the yere after his death he may gather and haue spiritual profyte and then is man ful in the terme of lx yeres ¶ then commeth nouembre that the dayes be very shorte and the sonne in maner geueth lyttle heate and the trees leseth theyr leues the fieldes that were grene loke hore and gray then al maner of herbes be hid in the ground and then appereth no floures and then winter is come that the man hath vnâ—derstandinge of age and hath lost his kyndely heate and strength his teeche begynne to rotte and also to chattre and then hath ho no more hope of longe lyfe but desyreth to come to the lyfe euerlasting and these .vi. for this mouth maketh him .lxvi. yeres ¶ then commeth decembre ful of colde with frost and snowe with greate wyndes and stormy wethere that a man may not laboure nor nought do the sonne is theÌ„ at the lowest that it may desceÌ„de theÌ„ the trees the earth is hiâ— in snowe theÌ„ it is good to holde them ny the fyreâ— to spende the goodes that they gathered in sommer for then beginneth maÌ„s heare to waxe whyte and gray and his body croked feble then he leseth his perfyte vnderstanding and that vi yeares maketh hym full lxxii yeres and if he lyue any more it is by his good gydynge and dyetynge in his youth howe be if it is possyble that a man may lyue tyl he be an hundred yere of age but there is but fewe that commeth thereto ¶ wherfore i sheparde sayde moreouer that of lyuynge or dyinge the heauenly bodyes may sâ—ere a man bothe to good and euyll without doute of assuceâ—ie but yet may man withstande it by his one freewyll to do what he will him selfe good or bad euermore aboue the which inclinacyon is the myghte and wyll of god that longeth the lyfe of man by his goodnesse or to take it shorte by his iustice ¶ wherfore we wyll shewe you of the bodyes celestyall and of theyr nature and mouynges and this present booke is named the composte for it comprehendeth fully all the compost and more for the dayes houres and momentes and the newe moones and the clippes of the sunne and the moone and of the sygnes that the moone is in euery day and this booke was made for them that be no clerkes to bring them to great vnderstandinge ¶ and this kaleâ—der is deuyded in v. partes ¶ the fyrst of our sygnes of the compost and the kalender ¶ the seconde is the tree of vyces with the peynes of hell ¶ the thyrde is the waye of health of man the tree of vertues ¶ the fourth is physycke and gouernaunce of health ¶ the fyfte is astrologye and physnomy for to vnderstande many disceauynges and which they be by lykelyhod the whyche by nature are inclyned and can do them as ye shall rede or ye come to the ende ¶ for to haue the shepardes vnderstandinge of theyr kalender ye shoulde vnderstande that the yere is the measure of the time that the sonne passeth the xii sygnes retournynge to hys fyrste poynte and is deuyded in the xii monethes ¶ as ianyuere feueryere marche and so forth to december ¶ so the sonne in these xii monethes passeth by xii sygnes one tyme. ¶ the dayes of hys entrynge into the sygnes in the kalender and the dayes also when he parteth the yere as the xii monethes into lii wekes ccc.lxv dayes and when by sext is it is three score and vi one day and xxiiii houres euery houre lx mynnets after these deuysyons ye muste vnderstand for euery yere thre thinges ¶ the fyrst speaketh of golden nombre ¶ the seconde of the letter domynicall and the chyrde is the letter tabuler in the whiche lyeth all the chiefe knoweledge of this kalender for the which letter and nomber to vnderstand al that they wolde whether it be past or to come ye shall put three fygures after the kalender of the whiche the fyrste shall shewe the valure and declaracyon of the two other and it is to be vnderstand that in foure yeares there is one by â—exte the whych hath one daye more then other and also hathe two letters dominicals sygned in one of the forsayde fygures and chaungeth the late day of saynt mathewe the which is vygyl and is put with the day vpoÌ„ on letter by hym selfe ¶ also the letters feryals of thys kalender is to be vnderstande as they 〈◊〉 the other kalenders before the which are the nombres and the other three oâ—â—ter the letters ferials fyrst for bycause the letters dyscendeth lowe is thâ— golden nombre aboue the daye of the newe moone and the which to be thâ— houre momentes of the sayde moneth whiche when they are in seruice bâ—â—fore noone of the day aboue there and when they are blacke seruyce for afteâ—â—noone of the same daye in the places of the nombre betokenethe that nombâ—â—
when they wene to be better for their goods or weneth to be worse without them to be ashamed that they lacke riches in their nede for pompes delighting him to haue a great houshold reioysing them in the fair shape of their bodies or in new fashion or multitude of his clothes for honours wheÌ„ thei desire to be honored with others good willing to be honored and dread or to the end it may be said that they be mighty the third braunch of pride glad of euill doing declaring their sinnes for to be praysed of cursed and vnhappy people or for to shew that thei be prompt to euil doing delighting in recordation of his euill dedes being glad that they be euill for that they loue the frendship of the world or for they dout not the righteousnes of god or els they loue not god with their hart to haue no shame of euyll doing for they know not which is vertue ne vice nor to amend themselues be not willing for to be sene gladly when he doth euill the fourth braunch of pride bosting of sinne praysing thy selfe openly before all folkes or few or secretly before one or by himselfe seking occasion for to be praysed onely in shewing theÌ„ selfe better then they be couering their euils that they be not seene telling their good dedes that they may be knowen hiding their sinnes that they apere not great wâ—ening that they be wise and be not to be great in iudgement with him selfe onely dispraising the vnderstandinge of other presuming their owne vertue the grace of god. the .v. braunch of pride inobedience openly again-saying dispraysinge his maister or theÌ„ that be aboue him dispraysing the merites that come of obedience desyring to be such that he may gaynesay other doing vnduly all that they ought to do wheÌ„ negligeÌ„tly thy do that that thy ought to do or when they do it otherwyse then apperteyneth or for to let domage and to haue profite for to require grace importunate when they haue custome in sinne fall oft therin enuiously and frowardly asking grace for it insaciatly perseuering without amending the .vi. braunch of pride disdayne dispraysing other for their ignorance and fault of vnderstanding for their pouertie and scarsenes of riches for their sicknes and deâ—â—ute of members preferringe themselues before other shewing him selfe conning in some workes in praysing their dedes disprayse them of other in considering of lesse then he exalt himselfe dispraysing other lesse then himselfe that will compare themselfe for riches or science or they which be almost as great as he or which in things abouesaid are aboue him the .vii. branch of pride to tempt god. desiring to sinnefull liuing for they consider but sensible thinges for they will not beleue things that they see not to iudge thinges to come or they happen to expose them selfe in perill to beleue them selfe that god should deliuer them or to disprayse and die in such daungerous perill or beleue in destenies that otherwise it may not be not helping them selues fro perill for they will vse no reason for to helpe themselfe for they wil vse their owne folly without counsell for they be to slouthfull not willing to labour the viii braunch of pride excesse to go before thy betters vnworthely usurping the might that they ought not to haue exceding the power to them committed or giuen treating them euill that be vnder their puissance to absteine theÌ„ ouer much for they ben lesse worthy in such authoritie for they are to cruel to them that be subiect to make himself hated may profite by faire spech to oppresse the poore men or seruaunts by might or riches of his frendes for violence that the soueraignes may do for the riches or great goods that they haâ—e the .ix. branch of pride dispraysing putting his soule in perill being in deadly sinne without repenting him being in sinne and care not for to know it or to vnderstande it and reioyce of it caring not for things to come not beleuing the life to come for the good people beleuing the life to come but not stedfastly or to beleue it well and not amende their liues prefer the body to the soule being diligeâ—t to the body negligent to the soule desiring temporall goodes and not spirituall nourishing continually the flesh in delytes the .x. branch of pride false goodnes unrightful to be dispraysed for his presumptions arrogance and pride for his vaineglory vaunting and praysing or for to shew to liue of auantage uniustly willing to be praysed when they delite in worldly louings when they haue dread for to be dispraysed for to desire to be honored without cause to do good in an euil intent for ignorance when they beleue not to do good wickedly do good in hope that it shal turne to euil fraudulently doing it for to deceaue other the .xi. branch of pride hardnes being vnkind in their dedes to be impitious ond not proue the truth by entreating ouer straightly the rightful things traueling more then of right them that be iust to be fierce ouer cruell when there is none affection ne loue vnto other to finde new maners to do euill to haue no shame to do crueltie importunitie when one desireth a thing euer continually or when one is ouer hasty to haue his duty or to be ouer enuious in asking it the .xii. braunch of pride presumption beleue no man but them selfe in gainsaying alway in the dedes of other not beleuing that other then do good for god for his owne dedes to be content of him selfe speaking of high thinges exalting him selfe and shewing that he is great to contrary his neighbours or other such in blaspheming god and holy saintes beleue more in himselfe then he should do when any will not know their owne defautes when any disprayseth the fautes of other undertaking to come to that they may not the â—iii branch of pride rebellion hard them self in fighting that may not suffer paciently to be smitten to grudge against the will of god for to be smitten blaspheme god and his saintes resist to god. to let any good to be done not to helpe to do good when they may or to be sory that any body should do good to vpholde euill for to do â—inne more liberally for familiarity that they haue to him y sinneth or that this sinne that they defende the .xiiii. branch of pride obstinacion by fasting will not heare their betters to teach them good ne to do therafter ne mendeth them not wilfully to do euill for to be mended not willing to forsake euill doing for they will not leaue their euill custome or els they geue not them to do good or that they reioyce them in euill doing to be hardened in euill to do against things that are doutfull to beleue that thing good that is not to geue themselues to euill without remedy the .xv. branch of pride sinne wittingly sinning deadly by presumption or vnderstanding to do euill or by ignorance that
on the sea pondes and ryuers and as it is sayde aquarius is the house of saturne in which he reioyceth of pegasus that signifyeth the horse of honour a sterre fyxed pisces gouerneth of man the feete and signifyeth a man subtyle wyse and of dyuers colours and hath regyons tabrasen iurgen and all the habitable part that is septentrion and parte of romany and vnder the â—v degree of the sayd signe riseth a sterre that shepards call pegasus that is the horse of honour and the figure in forme of a faire horse they that be borne vnder his constellation shal be honoured amonge great capitayns and lordes when uenus is with it they be loued of great ladyes if the sayde sterre be in the middes of the skye in the discending and pisces is one of the houses of iupiter and sagittarius the other in the which he reioyseth most and the sayde pisces in the .xxvii. degree is the exaltation of uenus of the deuision of the .xii. houses as well in the earth as in the heauens cap. xxxix the heauens and the earth may be deuyded in foure partes by two circles which crosseth directly ouer the two poles and crosseth foure times the equinoctiall line ech of the foure partes deuided into three equally is in all .xii. equall parts as wel in the skye as in the earth which shepherds call houses and be twelue of the which sixe be alwayes aboue the earth and sixe vnder it and these houses moueth not but be alwayes eche in their place and the signes and planets passeth by them always once in .xxiiii. houres three of these houses be from orient to midnight going vnder the earth the first the second and the third wherof the fiâ—st vnder the earth beginnineth at orient named the house of life the seconde house of substance and riches the thirde that finisheth at midnight is the house of fraternitie the fourth that beginneth at midnight comming in occident is named the house of partrimony the fifth folowing is the house of sonnes the sixt finisheth in occident vnder the earth is the house of sicknes the seuenth beginneth in occident on the earth and stretcheth toward midday is the house of mariage the eight is the house of death the ninth finishinge at midday is called the house of fayth of reâ—gion and pilgrimage the tenth beginning at midday comming toward orient is the house of honour and of regalitie the eleuenth after that is the house of true friendes and the twelfth that fynisheth in orient on the earthe is named the house of charitie but this matter is diffycile for shepardes knowledging the nature and propertie of euery of the sayde twelue houses and departeth them lightly and suffyseth of that is sayde with the fygure present thus endeth of the twelue houses qualiter pâ—er crescit in ventre matris sue primo mense crescit cerebrum secundo crescuÌ„t vene tertio quarto habeâ—it omnia meÌ„bra sua sed erit sine anima qinto incipit venere mulum grauabit matrem suam sexto circundabitur pelle ossa crescent septimo vngues crescent octauo crescet cor omnia viscera pretericour nono sciet mater si puer poterit bene nascian non decimo crescit iâ—cur in puero de tunc bene comparebit mulieri si bene eueniet puâ—ro an non que in iâ—core irascat quod quam cito habuit iecur tam cito nascetur vel morietur in quibus partibus corporis hominis sunt spiritus intellectus intellectus dicitur esse in fronte memoria in cerebro ira in felle auaricia in iecore timor in corde halitus in pulmone cogitatio in venis quia splene ridemus selle irascimur corde sapimus iecore amamus quibus quatuor elementis constantibus integrum est animal of the twelue signes which be good or bad to take iourneys by land or by water cap. xxxix aries is good tautus is not so gemini and cancer will make thee glad but beware hardely of leo and uirgo libra for frendship full harde is scorpio sagittary good capricorne peryllous aquary by water good clerkes proueth so for best is pisces and most plenteous how the planets raigne in euery houre ca. xl he that wyll wete howe shepardes know whiche planete raygneth euery houre of the day and the night and which planet is good which is bad ought to know the planette of the day seke therfore the firste temporal houre of the sonne rysynge that day is for the sayde planet the seconde houre is for the planet ensuynhe the thyrde for the other as they byn here fygured by ordre and it behoueth to go from sol to uenus mercury luna them come ageyne to saturne vnto xii that is the houre before the son goynge downe and incontinent after the son is downe begynneth the fyrste houre of the nyght that is for the .xiii. planet the seconde houre of the nyght for the xiiii so vnto xii houres for the nyghte that is the nexte houre before the sonne rysynge and come directly fallyng vpon the xxiiii planet that is next before that of the day folowynge and thus the day hath xii houres and the nyght xii also the whych be temporal houres different to the houres of the clockes the which be artificials shepardes sayd that saturne and mars be euyll planettes iupiter and uenus good sol and luna halfe good and halfe euyll the parey toward a good planet is good and the party towarde the euyl planet is nought mercury conioyned with a good planette is good and with an euyll planet he is nought and they vnderstande this as to â—he inflicences good or euyll that bin of the sayde planetes there folowynge the houres of the planets ben different to them of clockes for the houres of clockes ben egall at all tymes eche of .lx. minutes but they of the planets wheÌ„ the dayes and the nightes be egall that the sonne is in one of the equinocces they be egal but as sone as the dayes lengtheneth or shortneth so dothe the natural houres by this it is conuenient alway for the day to haue â—ii teÌ„poral houres the nyght also and when the dayes be long the houres longe and when the dayes ben short and the houres short in lykewise is the night and neuerthelesse an houre of the day and an houre of the night together haue vi score minutes as many as two houres artyficialles for that the one leueth the other taketh and take we our planets fro the sonne rysing not before vnto the sonne goyng downe and all the remenaunt is nyght example of that which is abouesayd in deceÌ„ber the dayes haue but .viii. houres artyficiall â—es of clockes and they bene xii teÌ„porals let the viii houres artificialles be deuided in xii egall partes and it shal be xii tymes xl minuts and euery partie shal be a temporall houre that shal be of .xl. minutes and no mo thus
to people that hath not seene them they say that it is in party impossible know they other that in the yere of our lorde m. xcii the .vii. day of nouember a marueile happened in the erledome of ferrate in the duchy of austryche nighe a towne named enszheim where as that daye was great thunder and orage in the playne fieldes nygh the sayde towne fell a stone of thunder which weyed two hundred and fyfty pound and more tho which stone to this present tyme is kept in the sayde towne and euery man woman may se it that wyll of the which stone foloweth the epitaphe here foloweth the epitaphe of the thunder stone xiiii xxiiii xxix verlegat antiquis miracula facta sub annis qui volet nostros comparetinde dies uâ—sa licet fuerint portenta horendaque monstra lucere celo flamma corona tardes astra diurna faces termo et telluris hiatus et bollides typhon sanguincusque polusâ— circulus et lumen nocturno tempore visum ardeâ—tes clepci et nubigeneque feere montibus et visiquondam concurrere montes armorum et crepitus et tuba terribilis lac pâ—ere celo celo bisum est frugesque calibisque ferrum etiam et lateres et caro lana cruor et sexenta aliis ostensa a scripta libellis prodigiis ausim vix simulare nouis uisio dira quidam friderice tempore primi et termor in terris lunaque solque triplex hinc cruce signatus friderico rege secundo exidit in scriptis gramate ab ymbre lapis austia quem genuit senior fridericus in agros tertius hunc proprios cadere arua videt nempe quadragintos poh mille peregerat annos sol nouiesque decem signiferatque duos septem preterea dat idus meruenda nouembris ad medium cursum tenderat illa dies cum â—onat horridem crepuitque per aera fulmen mulâ—issonum hic ingens condidit atque lapis cui species delte estariesque triangula obustus est color et terre format metalligere miâ—â—us ab obliquo fertur visusque sub auris saturni qualem mittere sydus habet senserat hunc enszheim sunt gaudia sensit in agros illic insiluit depopulatus humum qui licet in partes fuerit distractus vbique pondus adhuc tamen hoc continent ecce vides qui mirum est potuisse hyems cecidisse diebus aut fieri in tanto frigore congeries et nisi anaragore referant monimenta molarem casurum lapidem credere et ista negem hic tamen auditus fragor vndique lithore rheni audit hunc vri proximus alpicola how the yere goth about by xii monthes aud how a man waxeth in xii ages of his lyfe capitulo .xlv. we shulde beleue that it is faythfully true that the xii monthes and seasons changeth xii tymes the man euen as the xii monthes changeth them in the yere xii tymes as euery one after the other by 〈◊〉 course of nature and so manâ— lyfe changeth euery vi yere and so â—â—ter that forth vnto xii ages and euery age lasteth vi yere and so xii tymes vâ—â— maketh lxxii and so longe euery man may preserue and kepe his body wiâ—â—â—out sickenesse yf that they kepe them selfe wel in their youth by good dyâ—tanâ— good gouernaunce for ye know well that many men slayeth them selfe and dieth loÌ„g or they shulde do as by surfites ouer salte meates ouer colde meates or to hot in operation contrary to their complexion or by takinge great heat and after great colde or by euyl ayres or by takynge of thought or by great weete goynge in the rayne or goynge weete shodde or ouer much vsinge the company of women or by fyghtynge in his youth and lesynge some of his blud or by great anger or by falles or burdeÌ„s or by to great study ouer reching his mynde these with many suche other men may alter theyr complexion and shorte theyr lyues and all for lacke of good gouerninge in theyr youth and they that lyue tyll .lxxii. is by theyr good lyuynge and dyet and then they may lyue in decrypite tyll .lxxx. or an hundred yere but fâ—we passeth that all is gods ordinaunce to lengthe and shorte their dayes at his pleasure of the commodities of the xii monthes in the yere with the xii ages of man capitulo xlvi ¶ ianuary ¶ the firste moneth is ianuarye the childe is without myght tyll he be vi yere olde he can not helpe hym selfe ¶ february the vi yere that is the fyrste tyme of the springinge of all floures so the childe tyll xii yere groweth in knowlege lerninge to do as he is taughte ¶ marche ¶ marche is the buddinge tyme and in that vi yeare of marche the chylde waxeth bygge and apte to do seruyce and learne scyence fro xil to xvi suche as is shewed hym ¶ apryll ¶ aprill is the springinge tyme of flowres and in that vi yeare he groweth to mans state in heyght and bredthe and waxethe wyse and bolde but then beâ—ware of sensualitie for he is xxiiii ¶ maye ¶ maye is the season that floures byn spredde and be then in their vertuâ— with swete odoures in these vi yeares he is in his moste strengthe but then let hym gether good maners betyme for yf he tary past that age it is an haâ— if euer he take them for then he is xxx yere ¶ iune ¶ in iune he begynnethe to close his mynde and then he waxethe rype â—oâ— then he is xxxvi yere ¶ iuly ¶ in iuly he is xlii and he begynneth a lyttle to declyne and feleth hym noâ— so prosperous as he was ¶ august ¶ in august he is by that vi yeare .xlviii. yere theÌ„ he goth not so lustely as he dyd but studiethe howe to gather to fynde him in his olde age to liue more easelyâ— septembre ¶ in septembre he is liiii yere he then purueyethe ageynste the wynter tâ— cherish himselfe withal kepe nere together the goods y he gat in his youthâ— octobre then is a man in octobre lx yerefull yf he haue ought he gladdeth and yf hâ— haue nought he wepeth nouembre then is man lxvi in nouembre he stowpeth and goth softly and lesethe al his beauty and fayrenesse decembre in decembre is man .lxxii. yeares then had he leuer haue a warme fyre theâ— a fayre lady and after this age he goth into decrepite to waxe a childe ageynâ— and can not welde him selfe and then yonge folkes be wery of his company but yf they haue much good they bin full euylll taken hede of of an assaute ageinst a snayle the woman speketh with an hardy courage go out of this place thou right vgly beast which of the vynes the burgenings doth eate and buddes of trees both more and least in dewy mornynges ageynst the weate out of this place or i shall the sore beate with my distaffe betwene thy hornes twayne that it shall sowne into the realme of spayne the men of armes with