Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	boisterous_a	item_n	rainbow_n	40	3	16.6459	5	false

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A86058	The knowledge of things vnknowne Shewing the effects of the planets, and oth[er] astronomical constellations. With the strange events that befall men, wome[n] and children born under them. Compiled by Godfridus super palladium de agricultara [sic], Anglicarum. Together with the husband-mans practice, or prognostication for eve[r:] as teacheth Albert, Alkind, and Ptolomey with the shepheards prognostication of the weather, and Pythag[oras] his wheele of fortune. This is unknown to many men, though it be known to some [men.]	Godfridus.	1663 (1663)	Wing G929B; ESTC R228364	91,497	266

it rain then the corn withereth S. James day before noon betokneth the winter time before Christmas and after noon it betokeneth the time after Christmas If it be so that the Sun do shine on S Iames day it is a token of cold weather but if vain thereon it is a token of warm and moist weather But if it be betwéene both that is a token of neither too warme nor yet too cold 8 How the Winter should be the twelve Moneths If a man desire to know what faire weather shal be in every moneth or what rain then must he mark in what hour the new Moone is in and under what signe and what planet ruleth the same hour so sual the same moneth be hot and dry cold and moist after the judgment and manner of the foure times of the yéere Item when the Moon is new change● what weather shall be that moneth sh●lbe found out after this manner If the Moon shine this and cleare and so followeth wind 〈◊〉 the Moone pale so shall it raine If it 〈◊〉 in the next moneth after a new Moone 〈◊〉 shall it raine forth the whole moneth 9 The saying of Sylinus and Petrus If the Sun have in the morning under him trouble some clouds then shall ye have ●aine and much tempest of weather if the Clouds be troubled in the morning early and blacke then shall there blow a strong North wind If the Sun and Element be red in the morning it betokeneth rainy weather If it be ●●d in the Evening it is a token the next day shall be faire weather 10 The Circles about the Sun Moone and other Stars GUido Bonarus speaketh on this wise wée shall mark the circles which be somtime about the Sun and about the Moone whether they be one or more if there be but one they being cléer and not long enduring and quickly vanish'd it betokeneth a faire and cléere weather following and a good and cléere ayre and when there be many circles it betokeneth wind if they be of colour red cléere in many parts then it betokeneth trouble in the ayre And if they be grey dark and of earthy colour then it betokeneth trouble in the ayre through cold and wind and it bringeth in the winter time snow and in summer time raine When they be blacke it betokeneth in the winter wind and snow and in summer raine and when they be many then doe the same the more increase 11 The colours and lights of the other Stars When the Stars give great light it betokeneth wind from the same parts where those lights be séene When the stars be misty dark as though they shined through a myst and that all the same time there be no Clouds in the element it is a token of trouble in the Ayre and much raine or snow after the time of the yeare And when they be cleare and red they judge it to be windy Likewise if thou séest the common Stars thicke darke and of course sight it betokeneth alwayes change of weather If thou in cleare weather séest the Starres shoot and fall downe to the earth that is a token that there shall be shortly after wind from those parts where the starres doe shoot and the more they shoot the stronger shall be the wind For when you sée such things present it betokeneth inordinate wind and when you sée such like in every part of the element that is a token of great trouble in the Ayre in all parts with thunder and lightning 12 How to know the Weather by the rising and going down of the Sun When the Sun ariseth cleare and faire it is a token of a faire day When the Sun ariseth and hath about him red Clouds it is a token that it will rain that day When there be Clouds in the Orient so that the Sun cannot shine through them at his arising it is then a token of raine When the kuglin is in the rising of the Sun it betokeneth a sharpe wind and in the going downe of the sunne faire weather When there be Clouds about the sun when he riseth the lesse that the Sun doth shine the more redder be the Clouds When at the rising of the sun there procéedeth a long shining it betokeneth raine When afore the rising of the Sun-shine doth appeare it betokeneth water and wind When the sun in the rising is dark either hid under a Cloud it betokeneth raine When the sun is cleare and that it giveth light from the middle part against the rising about midnight that betokeneth rain wind When long shining beames goe before the sunne it betokeneth a dead and strong wind from those parts that the beames doe shine When by the accident at Night there is a shining circle it betokeneth that night a boistrous and unruly weather and if there be a myst the stronger shall the wind be if the myst fall from the sunne it betokeneth wind in the Region beyond where it falleth When the sun ariseth black or with clouds under it or that he hath on both parts clouds the which some men call the Sun or sun-beames which procéed from the sunne whether they be black of colour or no it betokeneth a winter ayre or raine When the circle that is round about the Sun in the rising or going down thereof is in many sundry colours or else as red as fire or else that the light of the Sun doth fall or that the colour be setled or that the Clouds stand thereby or that the Sun-beams be very long it signifieth a strong wind to come from those parts When in the rising or going downe of the Sun the light or shining thereof goeth before and evening the Element is red it betokeneth the next day faire weather And when the shining thereof in the rising or going down be not right it betokeneth rain 13 Albertus of the Lightning If the colour of lightning be red and cléere the flames white red or the colour of snow that betokeneth all things fruitfull the other helpeth to the beinging forth and doth neither hurt nor hinder except it be too far withered The third goeth through and setteth forth 14 Of the Rain-bow from whence he is and what it signifieth When the Rain-bow is cléere and appeareth bright in clear weather then shall it not be long cleare after which betokeneth a winter ayre or raine Item When thou séest in the morning a Rain-bow it betokeneth rain the same day and there shal be a great boystrous storme Item when the Rain-bow doth appear about thrée or foure of the clock in the afternoon it betokeneth fair weather and there shall be against in a strong dew Item When there doth a Rainbow appear about noon it betokeneth much water Item When the Rain-bow doth appear about the going down of the Sun then doth it for the most part thunder and rain Item When it appeareth in the Orient then followeth fair weather Item when the Rain-bow appeareth in boisterous weather in the

Bels be further heard then wont without the help of wind it will rain shortly after If Meles or Wants do turne up the ground more then they are wont and that the earth they turne up be small and dry it is a manifest token of rain And if Birds of what kind soever make more noyse with their wings then commonly it is a sure token of rain at hand And if the dew fall not early in the morning unlesse it be hindred by the wind it is a signe of rain And if the wormes called Wodlice or Hog-lice be seen in great quantities together it is a token that it will rain shortly after If the Rainbow appear in calme ' weather it is a manifest token of windes to follow When the fire doth send forth his flames waving or that it sparkles more then ordinaly it is a windy weather The Sea casting forth great store or pieces of fome it is a manifest token of stormy Skides If any great Clouds be séene to passe alost and very high in the sky looke from whence it comes thence shall you shortly after have store of winds When the beames of the Sunne be red and broad and pierce the Clouds like darts they foretell winds The Hedghog commonly hath fins holes or vents in his den or cave the one toward the South the other toward the North and looke which of them he stops thence will great stormes and winds follow If the Sun continue hot and scorthing many dayes together it is a token of winds to continue long together The winds comming from the Cast are dry commonly ingendring drought The Northern winds is ever more healthfuller then the Southern If Bées fly not farre from their hives it is a signe of foul weather When Oxen bite their foretéeth it is a manifest token of foul weather to follow If the flame of the Fire doe wave up and downe or that sparkles fly and crack from it there will stormy weather follow If small Clouds dispiersed and seattered abroad appeare in cléere weather it is a manifest token that foul weather following shall last long The chirping of Sparrows in the morning foretelleth foul weatger The bluscering and noise of leaves and trées in Woods or other places is a token of foul weather Great store of Sriow and Water in Winter doth foretell that ths Spring-time and Summer following shall be fair and warm If the Rainbow appears in the East-toward the evening it is a token of fair weather If it lighten in the Herizon without thunder it is a token of faw and cléer weather When night Batts shew themselves in greater number or more timely in the evening then they were wont it is a manifest token that the next day after will be cléer and fair If kites be séen to walk and slye together it is a token of fair weather If little Flies or Gnats be séen to hover together about the beams of the Sun before it set and flys together making as if were the forms of a pillar it is a sure token of fair weather When the clouds in the ayre are séen to de cline downwards it then deth foretell falt weather When Shéepe and Goates be séene to joyne or couple together late or in an Evening it Prognostieateth faire Weather If Oxen be séene to lye along upon the left side it is a token of faire weather If any Myst fall eyther in the Spring or Autumne it fore-tels that day to be faire and cléere When the Owle skritcheth in foule weather it is a token of faire weather at hand If Ants or Pismires dwelling in any hollow place doe remove their Egges it is a sign of faire weather When Cranes are séene to flye for h-right without turning aside or back it is a manifest token of faire weather The Moone appearing with a white circle called Halo in the forme of a Crowne foretelleth faire weather to ensue If it lighten the ayre and weather being cleare it is a signe of hot weather If Ravens or Crowes be séene to stand gaping to wards the Sunne it is a manifest signe of extreame heat to follow When Kites are seene to play and flye leysurely in the ayre it is a signe of heat When the ayre is sultering and very hot it is a stgne of cold weather to enuse It is signe of manifest cold weather if the dew fall not in the morning especially not being hindred by the wind If in the winter the Sun setteth more cléer red and bright then it was wont and that a Northern wind blow it is a signe the night will be very cold If that the Ayre in our Region be faint and warm it is a token of Snow to follow The apyearing of a Comet or Blasing-star is a token of a dear yéer When Birds flye and flock together in companies with crying and chirping forsake the Istand the Woods or Fields and withdraw themselves near to Cities Townes and Houses it foresheweth great barrenness dearth and want of victuals in ensue Thus said my Author long ago Which now too true we find None knowes his Friend now from his Foe Nor which way blowes the Wind. A briefe Chronologicall Table Memorable Accidents   Yea. of Christ Years ●xpit A Great Earthquake and a Blazing-starre séen nightly in October and Novemb 1580 0080 Another Blazing-starre in May. 1582 0078 Foureteen Traytors executed     The Camp at Tilbury 1586 0074 Portugall Voyage 2588 0072 Wil Hacket executed in Cheapside for Blasphemy and Treason Iuly 28. 1589 0071 Doctor Lopez executed the 7. of Iune 1591 0067 Cadiz Voyage and the Lady Elizabeth borne 1594 0066 The late King Charles was born the 19. of Novemb. 1596 0064 A great Plague where of dyed in one yeare in London and the Suburbs 30578. besides these of other diseases 1600 0057 The Powder Treason discoverer Novemb. 5. 1600 0055 A great Frost from the 8. of December till the 2. of February 1607 0043 Prince Henry dyed 1611 0049 The New River brought from Amwell finished 1613 0047 A great Snow 1616 0044 Quéene Anne dyed 1618 0042 The late King Charles having béen in Spain came home the 6 of October 1623 0037 Quéen Mary arrived at Dover Iune 12. 1625 0035 The Draw-bridge repaired in Iune 1628 0032 Prince Charles borne May 29. 1630 0030 The Lady Mary born Novem. 4. And a lamentable Fire on London bridge the eleventh of February 1632 0028 The late King Charles his Progress into Scotland and the Duke of Yorke borne the 15 of October 1632 0028 The Reparation about St. Pauls Church begun and the River of Thames twice frozen that people did daily go over on the Ice as on plaine ground 1634 0026 Thomas Parr a man reported to be 252 yeares old dyed the 15 of December Lady Elizabeth Daughter to our Soveraigne borne the 29 of December A Ship brake through Bridge that was come home with wine 1635 0025 The Lady Anne borne the seventéenth of March 1636 0024 Prince Charles