be that signifies tribulation and pains occasion'd by envious persons and such as seek our ruine shame or death by mischief and treachery To Dream you are descended into Hell and return'd thence to those that are great and rich it signifies misfortune but it is a good signe to the poor and weak To Dream you see a dead Man that saith nothing signifies that he that dreams will be subject to the same passions and fortune as the party deceased had when alive if he know him If any one Dreams that a dead Man takes away his garments robs him of his money or food it is a signe of death to him or to some of his nearest relations and friends To Dream a Man that is alive and in health is dead that signifies trouble tribulation and being overthrown at Law To Dream you see a Man die a second time that is already dead signifies the death of your nearest relations of the same name and Sirname To Dream you are erecting a Tomb that signifies marriages weddings and birth of Children but if the Dreamer imagines that he sees the Tomb fall to ruine that signifies sickness and ruine to him that Dreams and his family If any one Dreams he is dead he will be subject to some great Prince and become rich though he be much envied If it seems to him that he is buried and inter'd he shall have as much wealth as he hath earth laid over him If any one Dreams he is buried alive he is in danger of being unhappy and unfortunate during his life If any one Dreams he had to do with a dead Woman he will be lov'd and maintain'd by some great Lady To Dream that one goes to the funeral and Internment of any one of his Relations or Friends or of some great Lord is a good signe to the Dreamer who undoubtedly will get an Estate by means of his Relations or else marry a fortune to his own content DREAMS Interpreted ALPHABETICALLY A. To Dream that you ARe cloath'd with Silk signifies honor Are Drunk signifies sickness Are girt with an old girdle signifies labor and pains Are inchanted signifies secrets and sorrows Are kiss'd by Men of great quality signifies consolation Are stark naked signifies loss and dammage in your Estate Are turn'd Physician signifies chearfulness Are turn'd into a Tree signifies sickness Are unsettled in your thoughts signifies joy Ascend a Ladder signifies honor Ascend a very high mountain the same thing Ascend up to Heaven signifies grandeur B. To Dream that you BAthe your self in a clear Fountain signifies joy Bathe in stinking water signifies shame and false accusation Bestow a knife upon any one signifies injustice and contention Bestow a ring upon any one signifies dammage Bite your nails signifies wrangling vexation Blot or teare your paper signifies the well-ordering of business Bray or pound pepper signifies melancholy Build a Church or erect an Altar that some person of your kindred or family will be made a Priest Build a House signifies comfort Burn a House and see it burning signifies scandals that will be thrown upon you and loss of Estate C. To Dream that you CArry a Bow signifies desire or torment Carry a Crown of gold in your hand signifies honor and dignity Carry a Faulcon upon your fist and walk with it signifies honor Carry hot Bread signifies accusation Carry a young Mayd signifies joy Catch Sea-fish it is a bad signe Cleanse a Well or fall into it signifies injury Come out of a Coach signifies being degraded from great honor and disgrace upon a criminall account Command any one signifies trouble Commit adultery signifies future debates Cut barly-bread signifies rejoycing Cut Bacon signifies the death of some person Cut your fingers or see them cut by another signifies dammage D. To Dream that you DEscend a Ladder signifies dammage Destroy any place signifies deceit Discourse with the King signifies honor when absent Discourse with your Brethren signifies vexation Discourse with Jesus Christ signifies consolation Discourse with the Virgin Mary signifies joy Discourse with great Lords or to go into any place with them signifies honor Dispute with Philosophers signifies profit and gain Do good to any one signifies jollity Do the Act of Marriage signifies danger Draw out your Teeth signifies death Drink clear water is a good signe Drink hot water signifies sickness Drink Milk is an extraordinary good signe Drink Sophisticated wine the same Drink stinking water signifies violent distempers Drink Vinegar signifies sickness Drink white-white-Wine signifies health E. To Dream that you EAt Apples signifies choler Eat Bacon of salt-meats signifies murmuring Eat Beans signifies sickness Eat Carrion signifies sadness Eat Cheese signifies profit and gain Eat Fleas signifies disquiet Eat Mans flesh signifies labor and trouble Eat Roots signifies discord Eat Rost-meat signifies falling into sin Eat a Salade signifies evil or sickness that will happen Eat Salt-meat signifies a disease Eat Silver signifies wrath and anger Eat Variety of meats signifies loss Eat white-Bread signifies gain F. To Dream that you FAll in the Dirt signifies treachery or disturbance by some person or other Fall into the Water signifies death or danger to your person Fall into a clear Fountain signifies honor and gain Fall into a Pit or ditch signifies the loss of a cause or suit at Law Fall into a troubled Fountain signifies accusation Fall on the ground signifies dishonor and scandal Fall upon a Bridge signifies obstruction Feed or bring a Lamb to the slaughter signifies torment Feed Oxen is a good signe Feel a burning signifies danger Feel a heat signifies grief Fell Trees signifies loss Fight with Serpents and Adders signifies the overthrow of Enemies Find a Bird's-nest is a good signe G. To Dream that you GAther Apples signifies vexation from some person or other Gather black Grapes signifies dammage Gather Flowers signifies mirth and jollity Gather white-Grapes signifies gain Give any thing to one that is dead signifies loss Give or take physique signifies living in poverty Go a hunting signifies some accusation Go to Masse signifies honor and joy Go over a broken Bridge signifies fear Go over a Ditch upon a small plank signifies deceit by Lawyers H. To Dream that you HAndle or chew Gold signifies anger Have gray Hairs signifies gain profit and joy Have a little Beard suits and controversies at Law Have a long Beard signifies strength or gain Have long Hairs on your Head signifies honor Have a new suit of Cloathes the same Have new Shoes and Stockins signifies comfort Have old ones signifies sadness Have a new Girdle signifies honor Have an old worn Girdle signifies dammage Have a red Garment on signifies blood 〈◊〉 bleeding Have Rods in your hand signifies jollity Have a Staffe in your hand signifies sickness Have two Heads signifies company Have weak Arms signifies torment Have your Arms dryed up is a very ill signe Have your Beard shav'd signifies tribulation Have your Hair cut signifies loss Heare an Asse bray
and troubled that signifies sadness sickness melancholy and obstruction of business in short such a Dream signifies the contrary of what is before signified by a pure and clear Air. When one Dreams he is in a calme Air that signifies that his life and manners shall be good peaceable and acceptable to all company and that the businesses and voyages or journies he undertakes shall succeed according to his desire If one Dreams he sees a soft showre without storme tempest or great winds that signifies to Labourers gain and profit and quite contrary to Merchants it denotes obstruction loss and spoile of their Merchandizes and the same to Artisans and Mechanicks Dreams of great and long continuing rain hail tempests and thunder signifie afflictions troubles dangers losses and peril to the poorer sort they signifie repose for during the storme they are shut up and at rest When one Dreames of Ice and Snow in winter that hath no signification for the spirit represents to the memory the cold of the praeceding day but if it be in another season that denotes a good Harvest to Husbandmen and that the earth will abound in all things To Merchants and other men of employment it signifies hindrance in their negotiations and voyages and to soldiers that their designes will be frustrated To Dream of hail signifies sorrow and trouble Yet it signifies also that the most hidden secrets shall be reveal'd and made known To Dream you see a thunderbolt fall near you without a tempest signifies that he that Dreams shall be constrain'd to fly or quit his country and dwell elsewhere and this is understood particularly of Grandees If one Dreams that thunder falls upon his head or on the houses that signifies loss of life and Goods Of the Coelestial Fire TO Dream one sees a moderate pure and shining Fire in the Heavens signifies the menaces of some Prince or great Lord. To Dream one sees a great Fire in the Heavens signifies an assault by Enemies poverty desolation and famine and on what part soever the Fire falls from Heaven that denotes that the evil or Enemies will proceed from thence and if we Dream that the said Fire flies and descends on all parts that is still worse To Dream you see burning Lights or Torches branches and trees on Fire descending from Heaven it signifies Warres Quarrelling Sterility as also danger to him that Dreams that he shall be violently hurt in the head that he shall be beheaded or have his brains beaten out by a fortuitous chance or some strange accident Of the WATER THey that Dream they frequently see others or do often dip themselves in the Water according to the Naturalists are of a phlegmatick constitution and subject to defluxions and catarrhes To dream that you see River-water clear and calme praesageth good to all persons and principally to Travellers Lawyers and Judges To Dream one sees River-water troubled signifies that one shall be threatned by some great Lord or out of his Masters favor and that Lawyers shall be in great trouble and subject to censure To Dream of being in an impetuous River and not to escape signifies danger to the person of him that Dreams sickness caused by defluxions and delatory Law-suits To Dream of swimming in a great River signifies future peril and danger To Dream you see a clear River run by your Chamber praesageth the arrival of some rich and liberal person who will advantage the Dreamers but if the Water be troubled and that it seem'd to spoile the moveables of the Chamber then that signifies to those of the family violence quarrels and disorder occasioned by Enemies A rich man that Dreams he sees a rivulet of clear Water run by his house will be suddenly chosen into some charge or office in which he shall receive honor joy and profit and will prove a refuge and Asylum to the oppressed To Dream you see a rivulet that is troubled signifies loss and dammage by Fire Law-suits and Enemies It is a good signe to dream you see a Pit full of fair Water in a field where there is none at all for he that Dreams will be a thriving man and suddenly married if he be not so already and will have good and obedient Children To Dream you see a Pit whose Water overflowes the banks that praedicts loss of substance the death of Wife and Children and if the Wife have the same Dream that denotes her death or the loss of her substance To Dream that you see a little Pond signifies that you will enjoy the love of a beautiful woman and the same if a woman Dreams it shee shall have her desires accomplished To Dream that you are in Boat upon a River Lake or Pond of clear Water that is very good and signifies joy prosperity and success in affaires If a sick Person Dreams that he sees a River or Fountain of clear running Water that praesageth his recovery but if the water be troubled and muddy it signifies the contrary If a young Man Dreams he draws Water out of a clear Well that signifies he will be speedily married to a fair Mayd that will bring him a portion if the Water be troubled he will be disturb'd by her and suddenly fall sick If he seems to give others clear Well-water to drink by this Mayd's means he will enrich or afflict them if the Water be troubled If any one thinks that his River Pond or Fountain is dried up that signifies poverty or death If any one Dreams that he sees Water flow from a place where there is no possibility it should come that signifies care torment and affliction If he imagine that he hath taken up some of that Water the mischief will be of a longer continuance according to the quantity he hath drawn if it seems to him that it is dried up and gone the misfortune will also be at an end He that Dreams he drinks warm Water is in danger of receiving praejudice by an offended Enemy and the party will be afflicted more or less according to the degree of the heat of the Water for as fresh Water is a good so hot or boyling Water is a bad signe When one Dreams he sees a Bath that signifies affliction or grief If a person Dreams he goes into a Bath and that he finds it too hot he will be troubled and afflicted by those that belong to his family which trouble will be proportionable to the heat of the Water in the Bath whether more or less If it seems to him that he hath only pul'd off hiâ— cloaths without going into the Bath he wilâ— have some disturbance but of no long continuance If one Dreams he goes into an extreme colâ— Bath the same signification is to be given of it as when it is too hot But if it be temperate and as it ought to be it is a good Dream praesaging prosperity pleasure joy and health If one Dreams he hath carried Water in a garment linnen cloth or any
other thing oâ— in a broken Vessel that could not hold Water that denotes to the Party loss and dammage and that he will be deceiv'd by those whom he hath intrusted with his Estate and Substance or else that he will be rob'd by his domestique Servants If he Dreams that the Water he hath drawn into these things is not spilt then he will praeserve his Estate though with much difficultyâ— but if the Water be spilt he shall lose it If he phancies that he hath hid the Vessel and Water under ground he will fall to decay and will be in danger of being made a publique spectacle and of dying a shameful death If one Dreams that he hath a glass full of Water given him that signifies his speedy marriage and that he will have Children by his wife For whatsoever is of glass is applicable to the wife and Water signifies abundance and fruitfulness If the Glass seems to be broken and the Water unspilt that signifies the death of the wife but the life the Child and so contrarywise If a Minister Dreams he gives his people clear Water to drink it signifies that he will teach them the word of God faithfully and will be Instrumental to their salvation if the Water be troubled he will teach them heretical and false doctrine If any one Dreams that he hath spilt Water in his House that denotes care and affliction according to the quantity of the Water Of Navigation IF any one Dreams that he is walking in a Boat and recreating himself without fear he will have comfort and success in his affairs but if the Water be rough and tempestuous it falleth out contrarily To Dream of being in a Ship or Boat in danger of oversetting and Shipwrack it is a signe of danger unless the party be a prisoner or captive in that case it denotes liberty and freedom To Dream one sees a Sea-Haven signifies that he will have joy profit and good news To Dream you see an Anchor signifies assurance and certain hope To Dream one sees the cordage of a Ship signifies news from Debtors or Factors To see the Sea sky-colour'd and moderately waving signifies joy and performance of business with facility but if the Sea be calme it signifies obstruction and delatoriness and when it is tempestuous it Denotes tribulation losses and adversity He that Dreams he falls into the water or into the Sea and that he awakes starting that signifies that he either doth or will court a married woman and will spend his days substance honor and fortune with her and that he cannot without great difficulty disengage himself from the hands of those that envy him and are his Enemies Of the EARTH If any one Dreams that he hath good Lands well inclos'd bestowed upon him with pleasant pastures he will have a handsom Wife according to the seeming goodness of the Land But if the Land seem'd spatious and not inclos'd that denotes pleasure joy and riches suitable to the extent of the Land If it seem'd that the said inclos'd Lands had fair gardens Fountains Fields pleasant groves and Orchards adjoyning thereunto that signifies he will marry a discreet chaste and beautiful Wife and that shee will bear him very handsom Children If he saw the Land sown with wheat that signifies money and profit with care and industry If he saw it sown with any kind of pulse that denotes affliction and trouble If he saw it sown with Millet that signifies vast riches to be gain'd with ease and much delight If a Monk or Friar Dreams any such thing then it is taken for the riches and contentment of the mind If you Dream you see the Earth black that signifies sorrow melancholy and weakness of the brain To Dream that you see the Earth quake signifies that your affairs and life are in danger of being lost To Dream that the whole Earth quakes signifies an Edict from the King that will astonish all the Inhabitants of the Kingdom If you Dream that the House shakes it is an Edict simply against the House it presageth also loss of Goods and suits at Law If the walls doors and top of the House fall by reason of the Earthquake that denotes the destruction and death of the chief persons in the House If a King or any other Prince Dreams that his Palace or Throne is overturn'd and beaten down by an Earthquake he will suddenly dy or lose his Kingdom If any one Dreams that a mountain is fallen upon a Valley that signifies that some great Lord will oppress and destroy Good men If any sees a Town that he knows sunk by an Earthquake that is a prognostick of famine War and desolation by the Indignation of the Prince but if he knows not the Town thaâ— signifies that the Nation at enmity with the King shall be destroy'd by the same means To Dream you see great Ditches or precipices and that you fall into them signifies that he that Dreams will suffer much injury hazard his person and his goods be in danger by fire To Dream of kissing the Earth signifies sadness and humility To Dream of being in a meadow is a good sign to Husbandmen and shepheards and to others it denotes obstruction of business To Dream that you are in a fair straight level and pleasant way signifies joy prosperity and good success and a bad way the quite contrary Of vegetative sensitive and rational Creatures THere are three sorts of Creatures the vegetative sensitive and rational the Dreams of which three we will successively handle one after another Under the vegetative Creature is compriz'd Trees Plants Flowers and Fruits that receive their nourishment vigor growth and maturity from the Earth and the Sun To Dream of holding or smelling odoriferous flowers in their season signifies joy pleasure and consolation To Dream of seeing and smelling flowers out of season if they are white that signifies obstruction in business and bad success in his enterprizes if yellow the impediment will not be so considerable and if they be red the difficulty and nusance will be extreme and for the most part it signifies death To Dream of seeing and smelling Roses in the season of the year is a good signe to all persons except those that are distemper'd and that through fear conceal themselves for they are in danger of death or great sickness and if the dream be when Roses are out of season it signifies the contrary To Dream that you smell of Marjoram Hysop Rosemary Sage and other herbs of the same nature signifies labor trouble sadness and weakness Physicians only excepted to whom such Dreams are propitious If any one Dreams that he sees holds or smells of Lillies out of their season it signifies the hope of the thing desir'd will be frustrated If one Dreams that he sees or smells upon Laurel the Olive or Palme if shee be a woman shee shall bear Children if a Maid shee will be suddenly married if it be a man it signifies
a woman Dreams shee hath sore Brests shee is threatned with death If shee Dreams her Brests are dried up and lank and that they are no longer hard but hang down that signifies that her Children will dy and if shee have none shee will grown indigent and will often shed tears through grief and affliction If a woman Dreams shee hath many Brests that signifies shee hath as many Gallants If any one Dreams that his friend strikes him over the Brest with a sword to those that are old it signifies bad news but friendship to those that are young To Dream that the Brests are full of blood and raw all over signifies loss of Children and barrenness If any one Dreams that his brest is grown more large and plumper he is long liv'd and will grow rich according to the proportion of the largeness or plumpness thereof Of the Arms. If any one Dreams that his Arms are grown bigger and stronger then ordinary that signifies he will have joy and profit by his Brothers or his Sons means and that he will become rich If a woman Dreams it her Husband will increase in estate and authority To Dream one hath strong Arms signifies good fortune deliverance from sickness or Imprisonment To Dream ones Arms or elbows are full of scabs or other ulcers that signifies annoy sadness and bad success in business If any one Dreams his Arms are broken or grown lean if he be a King or great Prince some overthrow will happen to his Army or some disaster to his State or as we have said his Son or Brother will fall into some distemper or affliction The same Dream denotes affliction sickness and poverty to the Children or Brethren of private persons If a woman Dreams so shee is in danger of being a widdow or at least of a separation from her Husband The muscles of the Arms are applied to Servants If any one Dreams his Arms are hairy he will grow richer then formerly Some Authors attribute the right Arm to the Father Son Brother and Friend and the left to the Mother Daughter Sister she-Friend and the faithfull Maid-Servants To Dream your right Arm is cut off that signifies the death of the Father Son Brother or Friend of the Dreamer if it be the left the same judgement as is above mentioned shall bee given To Dream both the Arms are cut off signifies Imprisonment or sickness Of the Hands The Hands by the Learned are called the Servants of reason the instruments of instruments and the Symbole of humane fidelity If any one Dreams his Hands are comelier and stronger then ordinary he will be employ'd in some important affair which he will bring to an happy issue and gain honor and advantage thereby and his Servants will love and serve him cheerfully and faithfully If any one Dreams that his Hand is cut off or that it is grown lean and dry or that it hath been burn'd he will lose his most faithful Servant if he hath no Servant he will not be able to work but grow poor If a woman dreams thus shee will lose her Husband her eldest Son or fall to decay If any one Dreams his Hands or Fingers are grown slenderer then ordinary he will find that his Servant cheats him and hath no affection for him If any one Dreams he works with his right Hand that is a signe of good fortune to him and his family if with the left that denotes bad luck nevertheless some attribute the Arm and the right Hand to the Father Son Brother and Friend and the good success that may befall them and the left Arm signifies the Mother the Daughter the Wife the Maid-servant the Man-servant and the Estate already gain'd To Dream the Fingers are cut off signifies loss of Friends or Domesticks To Dream one hath six or seven Fingers on a Hand sifnifies friendship new acquaintance good fortune and Inheritance or Benefits To Dream the Hand is hairy signifies trouble and imprisonment To Dream you have clear and white Hands among the rich it signifies friendship and among the poor idleness and necessity To Dream one hath the Hand-gout to the youthful it signifies fear and dread accompanied with the danger of his person and to the antient it denotes poverty and languishment To Dream one hath many Hands signifies good luck strength wealth and abundance Nevertheless this Dream is destructive to high-way-men for they will be under the arrest of Justice and punished as malefactors To Dream one hath handled fire without any hurt or dammage that signifies to the Dreamer that those that envy him and are his adversaries will be incapable of prejudicing him according to the custom of the world and that he will obtain his desires To Dream that you strike another with your Hand and that you give him a box on the ear or a blow with the fist that signifies peace and love between a Man and his Wife and if he that Dreams be unmarried it is a presage that he will soon Court some Lady for whom he hath a great respect and that he will vanquish his Enemies If a Woman Dreams that shee beats her Husband that signifies fear but yet shee is belov'd by her Husband if shee dreams shee strikes her Gallant that signifies shee is not secure and that her Lover will by some accident or other come to trouble If any one Dreams he holds a sword in his Hand and strikes strangers that signifies victory assurance and good success in his affairs if it be with a stick it signifies command and profit If any one Dreams he hath gold-rings on his fingers that signifies dignity good fortune and felicity Of the Nails If any one Dreams that his nails are longer then usually that signifies profit and the contrary loss and discontent If any one Dreams that his Fingers-ends or nails are cut off that signifies unto him loss disgrace and contention with his relations and friends If any one Dreams that his nails are pul'd off he is threatned by misery and affliction of all sorts and is also in danger of death Of the Belly If any one Dreams his belly is bigger and fatter then ordinary his family and Estate will increase proportionably according to the greatness of his belly If one dreams that his Belly is grown lean and shrunk up he will be joyfully deliver'd from some bad accident If any one Dreams that his Belly is swel'd and yet notwithstanding empty he will become poor though he be rich in the esteem of many people in the world If any one Dreams he is extraordinary hungry and that his appetite craves sustenance he will be ingenious laborious and eager in getting an Estate and will grow rich proportionaby to the greatness of his hunger If any one Dreams his thirst is quenched when thirsty and that he hath drunk his fill of water if the water did appear clear fresh and acceptable to him he will live jovially and become very wealthy if the water be
Some Authors affirm that to Dream such a dream signifies that one shall be scoff'd at and despised by all persons by reason of some woman but that however he shall obtain his ends If any one Dreams that he receives a blow with a sword by some of his Acquaintance he will have reason to be pleas'd with him if it be by an unknown person he will make peace with his friends and get advantage thereby If any one Dreams that his wound is heal'd he will boast of his valor and gain honor by it in the opinion of the world If any one Dreams he hath the plague his hidden store he will be discovered and will run the risque of losing it Of Furious and mad Man If any one Dreams he is a Demoniack or otherwise possess'd by some evil spirit he will receive benefits from his Prince and be long liv'd If one Dreams he hath seen the Devil that he was tormented or otherwise that he was much frightned that signifies that the Dreamer is in danger of being checked or punished by his Soverain Prince or some Magistrates And quite contrarily if one Dreams he strikes the Devil or some Persons he beleeves to be posses'd and that he phancies he overcomes them it is a signe that he that dreams thus shall overcome his Enemies and vanquish them with glory and satisfaction If any one Dreams that he is turn'd Ideot and mad and is guilty of publick extravagancies he shall be long-liv'd a favorite to his Prince and gain pleasure and profit by the people If a Woman Dreams shee is become foolish and is publickly guilty of folly and impudence it is a signe shee will have a Boy who in time will grow great if shee be a Maid shee will be speedily married and that to an honest Man Of Drunkards To Dream one is Drunk is increase of Estate and recovery of health but when one dreams that he is drunk without drinking any Wine it is an ill omen and he runs the hazard of being disgrac'd by some bad action and of being punished by Law If a Man Dreams he is drunk with Sack Muscadel or some other sweet and pleasant drink it is a signe he will be belov'd by some great Lords and grow rich thereby If a Man Dreams he is drunk with pure Water he will boast causelesly of his wealth and vaunt of another persons strength If any one Dreams he is drunk and vomits he will run the hazard of losing his Estate by the violence of his Prince who will force him to an accompt of his means ill gotten or if he be a Gamester he will lose all he hath formerly won If any one Dreams that being drunk he is very much pain'd at heart and in his Intrails that is as much as to say that his Domesticks or Servants will rob him of his mony or destroy his fortune without his knowledge If any one Dreams he is grown lean and wasted he will be disturb'd and have suits at Law of some other ill business that will occasion the loss of his Estate or else he is in danger of falling sick nevertheless if a Woman Dreams that her tongue is grown less and learner then ordinary that signifies unto her honor wisdom prudence and discretion by which qualifications shee will be honor'd and esteem'd by all persons We have discours'd before in the 43 page of beheading now we must explain the other sorts of punishment If any one Dreams that by sentence or judgement he was condemn'd to be hang'd and that he imagins it was really executed he will be dignified according to the height of the Gibbet or Tree whereon he was hang'd If the Dreamer be sick or afflicted he will be freed from the disease and in the end have joy and contentment If any one Dreams he condemn'd another to be hang'd that signifies he will be angry with him whom he imagin'd he condemn'd but in a small time after he will place him in honor and dignity which he will abuse According to the Interpretation of the Persians and Egyptians he that Phancies he is hang'd broken on the wheel whip'd or burn'd by sentence of Law he will be rich honor'd and respected for some time but if he imagines that he was hang'd or burn'd by a fire that did quite consume him he will inevitably perish in the end If any one Dreams that being to be hang'd he was deliver'd and came down to the bottom of the Gibbet that person will lose his Estate and dignity If any one Dreams he hath eaten the flesh of a Man hang'd he will be inriched by some persons but it shall be by Foul practise and some secret crime Of Death and the Grave If any one Dreams he is dead he will be subjected to some great Prince will grow rich and long-liv'd though not without much envy If it seems that he is put into a grave and buried that presageth he will die in a mean condition yet some beleeve groundedly upon experience that to dream one is dead and buried he that hath such a dream shall recover an Estate according to the proportion of the quantity of earth that is laid upon him If a person Dreams he sees one that is dead and that he beleeves him to be alive that signifies he is sav'd and that we must do what he faith nay farther it signifies assurance of the dispatch of business and Gods blessing who takes care to send us visions for our good and for the salvation of body and soul Of Games THe Spirit of Man being more inclin'd to things that recreate then the contrary he dreams oftener of Plays and Pastimes then serious actions The Game of Chesse and Tables is the representative of a Field prepar'd for a battle the two Gamesters are the two Generals of the Armies and the Tables and Chess-men are the soldiers that make up the two Armies wherefore if any one dreams that he plays at Chess with an acquaintance it is a signe he will fall out with somebody that he knows and if he imagines in his dreams that he wins he shall be victorious over his Enemies and on the contrary if he dreams he loseth he will be overcome and worsted in the combat If the Dreamer imagines that he hath taken many Men in play that foretels he will take many of his Enemies prisoners If a King or General of an Army dreams he hath lost his Chesse-board or that it is broken or stolen from him he will lose his Army either by the Enemies Assault or else by plague or famine To Dream one plays at Cards or Dice signifies deceit and craft and that he is in danger of losing his Estate by some wicked persons To Dream you play at Tennis signifies travel and pain to gain wealth by contention and injurie To Dream you have won at Dice is a signe that some Inheritance will fall to you by the death of some of your relations for Dice are made of dead