Meridionall the cure hot dry and of the same complection Trauit Aqua vitae or in Potage Heere hee sheweth of all the dismall or perillous dayes that commeth in the yeere Maisters of Astronomie and Phisicke that this craft first found telleth the most perillons and the most dangerous daies in the yéere In which if any man or woman bée let blood of wound or veine they shall die within xxi daies following Or who so falleth in sicknesse in any of these daies they shall neuer escape it till they be dead And who so taketh any great iourny in any of these daies to goe from home hée shall be in daunger to die or hée come home againe And who so weddeth a wife in any of these dayes hastely they shall bée departed or else they shall liue together with much sorrow And who so beginneth in any of these dayes any great worke it shall neuer come to good end and these are the dayes following That is to say ¶ In Ianuarie are eight daies that is to say the first the second the fourth the fift the tenth the fiftéenth the seauentéenth and the ninetéenth In Februarie are thrée daies the viii the x. and the xvii ii In March are thrée daies the xv the xvi and the xix iii In Aprill are two daies the xv and the xxi iii In May are thrée daies the vii xv and the xx v In Iune are two daies the iiii and the vii vi In Iuly are two daies the xv and the twentith vii In August are two daies the xix and the xx viii In September are two daies the sixt and the seauenth ix In October is one the sixt day x In Nouember are two daies the sixt and the nintéenth xi In December are thrée daies the sixt the vii and the xi Et alii dicunt the xv and the xvi xii And who so will learne the Canicular daies which are daies of great daunger and perill as Clarkes say and they begin the xv Kalend of August and dureth to the fourth Nonas of September which season is very perillous to take sickenesse and it is also perillous to take drinckes or medicines or to let bloud but if it bée great néede and that it must bée after the middest of the day Heere beginneth the distance betweene the signes It is to bée vnderstood that there is a circle in the Firmament that is called Zodiacke is deuided into twelue euen parts and of those parts bée called the xii Signes in the Latine and these be their names Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricornia Aquarius and Pisces These twelue Signes are in complection like vnto the foure Elements that is to say the Fire the Aire the Water and the Earth the Fire is hotte and dry his Element is likened vnto the Ram the Lion and the Shooter for these bée hot dry also the Ayre is hot moist his Element is likened to the Children the Ballance and the water bearer for they be hot and moyst The water is moyst and cold for to the water is likened the Crab the Scorpion and the Fish The earth is dry and cold to the Earth is likened the Bull the Maid and the Goate for they be drie and cold And euery one of the signes is deuided into thirtie euen parts these parts are called degrees and euery degree is deuided into thrée score euen parts these parts are called Minutes and euery minute is deuided into thrée score euen parts and these parts bée called seconds and so foorth to the thirds and fourthes It is to bée vnderstood that there is seuen Planets as Saturnus Iupiter Mars Sol Venus Mercurius and Luna These bee the seauen moueable Starres The aforesayde twelue Signes taketh great power might of the seauen Planets the seauen Planets taketh great power of the twelue signes for the Planets be to the Signes as the soule to the body the signes to the Planets as the body to the soule For like as the body may doe nought without the Soule no more may the Soule without the body no more may a signe without the seauen Planets Saturnus is the highest and next béeneath Saturnus is Iupiter beneath Iupiter Mars beneath Mars Sol beneath Sol Venus beneath Venus Mercurius béeneath Mercurius Luna The wise Philosophers say it is from the Earth to Luna xv M. vii C. l. miles From Luna to Mercurius is xii M. viii C. xii miles and a halfe From Mercurius to Venus as many From Venus to Sol is xxiii M. iiii C. and xxxviii miles From Sol to Mars is xv M. vii C. and fiue and twentie miles From Mars to Iupiter is thrée score and eight thousand seauen hundred and xxi miles From Iupiter to Saturnus as many From Saturnus to the Firmament is vi score M. iii. C. lxxxv miles The summe of all these miles is seauen score and xviii M. foure C. lxiii miles Heereafter followeth a coniunction of the change of the Moone Héere is a rule of the chaunge of the Moone when the Prime is on this letter A. the third daye béefore the Prime the xix houre shall be y e change of the Moone And yée shall begin to tell your houres at midnight for a daye naturall is from midnight to midnight When the Prime is on this letter B. iii. daye then it shall change the iiii houre that is to say after midnight When it changeth on this letter C. iiii day then the viii houre When it is on this letter D. iiii day then the xx houre When it is on this letter E. iiii day then the xviii houre When it is on this letter F. iii. day then the xvi houre When it is on this letter G. iii. day then the xvi houre The disposition of the xij Moneths vpon bloud letting Ianuarie IN the month of Ianuary let thée not blood in the first day for it is perillous nor the second day nor the fifth day nor the x. day nor the xv day nor the xix day nor the xx day nor the xxv day but as often as thou wilt drinck good white wine fasting and also take good héede of the dayes that be aboue written for they be perillous for to bléede on except the signe be right good for blood letting February In the month of February eate no potage made of hocks or mallowes for that is venim And if thou haue néede to bléed on thy wrest or thy thomb bléed not on the fourth day nor on the vi day nor on the viii day but on y e xiii day nor on the xvi day nor on y e xxviii day but that the signe be very good and thou maist choose March In the 〈…〉 eate Figges Reisons and 〈…〉 and drinckes and hot meates â—â—d let thée blood on the right arme on the fifth day or on the vii daye or on the xvii day for that is good against all manner of Feuers but beware bléede not the first day nor the xv
A Prognostication for euer made by Erra Pater a Iew borne in Iury Doctor in Astronomie and Phisicke Very profitable to kéepe the body in health And also Ptholomeus saith the same Printed by Thomas Este ERRA PATER The Prognostication for euer of Erra Pater AS I finde in the Science of Astronomie there bée foure manner of Cholers in mans body of the foure complections The first is bloud the second blacke Choler the third Flumes the fourth yelow choler and if one of the foure lack all the bodie wil be foorthwith dead Forasmuch sustaineth one of them the body as the other And euery each of them ought to bée at a certaine for if one of them surmount the other all the body shall haue dommage thereby and all foure bée perillous for if the bloud surmount the other hée will the sooner destroy and ouercome the bodie and make him to dye for hée gathereth and likewise congealeth euen right on the heart and the breath and in that manner lessening by little and little is ouercome and dead but all that tyme when the great course taketh him he may soone bée asswaged to lesse him a little so take away a little bloud from him and then all will asswage of this perill Also the blacke coler is right perslous and they surmount all the other they make great domage to the body by many and diuers meanes for they may cause and make the body to fall as the euill sicknesse and lose his wit and knowledge and béecome a foole and cause all the body to be full of euill scabbes and oft times to bée mesill and maketh a man to bée fearefull and a coward and of many euill manners And when they surmount the other they bée right gréeuous and damagious And by hearbes flowers fasting abstinence drinkes and medicines they may bée asswaged The flumes that bée white bée perillous when they surmount the other cholers of the body they doe great domage and hurt for they engender goutes and many other euill sicknesses that bée cold and they hurt also the féete the hands the raines the knées the legs and the téeth and make the mouth and the breath stinking and the nose and the cares and causeth many other diseases and sicknesses and they may be asswaged by hearbs flowres rootes drinckes medicines and also by vomiting Also the yealow cholers bée perillous for when they surmount the other cholers in a mans body they assorbent the heart and trauaile the braine and maketh all the members féeble and soft and taketh away the will and appetite from the body that hée may neither eate nor drinck and also they chaunge a mannes Cholers and maketh him to lose his sight and become blinde and they may bée asswaged as by hearbs flowres rootes and by vomiting The foure humours be of foure complections and they haue the domination of the body foure times in a yéere And each of them a quarter of a yéere c. It is to bée vnderstoode that in the yéere is twelue monethes and in the twelue moneths is fiftie and two wéekes and in the fiftie and two wéekes is thrée hundreth thréescore and fiue daies and in the thrée hundreth and lxv daies doth containe eight thousand seauen hundreth and lx houres A farthing a day is i. d. ob q. the wéeke The month vij pence The yéexe vij s. viij d. q. A halfe penny a day is iij. d. ob the wéeke The month eightéene pence The yéere fiftéene s. ij d. ob The disposition of the first season of the yeere Capricornus Aquarius and Pisces The first season of the yéere that hath domination of the body of man is thrée moonethes and they be named these thrée signes Capricorne Aquarie and Pisces And these thrée signes haue power of fleumes of the body of man woman and they hée cold and moist they béegin to reigne the xxiiij day of December and dureth to the foure and twentie day of March. The disposition of the second part of the yeere Aries Taurus and Gemini ¶ The second part of the yéere is other thrée moneths and these are their signes Aries Taurus Gemini And they haue power in the body of man of the breast and they bée hot and moist And they béegin to raigne the foure and twentie day of March dureth vnto the foure twentie day of Iune The disposition of the three seasons of the yeere Cancer Leo and Virgo ¶ The thrée seasons of the yéere are other thrée monethes and these bée their signes Cancer Leo and Virgo And they haue power in the body of man of the yelow collers and they bée hot and drie and they béegin to raigne on the foure and twentie day of Iune and dureth vnto the xxiiij of September ¶ The discription of the fourth part of the yeere Libra Scorpio and Sagittarius THE fourth part of the péere bée other thrée moneths and these bée their signes Libra Scorpio and Sagittarius And they bée cold and drie and they béegin to raigne the xxiiii day of September and dureth vnto the xxiiii day of December And by the manner of these foure seasons euery man may kéepe him from all the contraries of meats drincks and clothing and from all other contraries And if a man will keepe him after the manner which is rehearsed in this booke hée shall neuer haue infirmities of the body by the grace of God Take Peliter of Spaine and chaw it in thy mouth for it is good to spurge the head and the body And eate Fenell séede and Comin séede for each of these séedes destroy the flumes that all those euils in any mans body come off East Ignus inuentus Aestas The water red and thinne the grose male red and hard the spittle thicke and clammie The signes Aries Leo and Sagittarius is ingendred of cholerick hot and dry and orientall the sicknesse be taken in these signes it is great perill vnlesse he haue his medicine cold and moist and his dyet of the same complection Then bée may bée healed by the grace of God West Are adolescentia ver The water red and thick the grose male red and thin the spittle thin and sweete the extremitiues out of course The signes Gemini Libra and Aquaria is ingendred of sanguin hot and moyst and Occidentall the cure is cold and dry with the dyet of the same complection Cassia fistula in Aqua vite North. Terra Senectus Autumnus The water white and thin the gros◠male black and thick the spittle thick and sower the extrematiues vnneth seld The signes Taurus Virgo Capricorne he is ingendred of Malancholy cold and dry Septentrionall the cure hot moist with the diet of the same complection South Aqua senium Hiems The water white and thick she grose matter white and thick The spittle thin and swéet The extrematiues féeble the signes Cancer Scorpio and Pisces hée is engendred of Flumes colde and moyst
day nor the xvi day nor the xix daye nor the xxviij day thou maist choose if thou doe looke the signe be very good Aprill In the moneth of Aprill bléede on the left arme on the third daye or on the xi day or on the xv day and thou shalt haue no great head ache nor léese thy sight of all that yéere vse fresh and hot meates but bléed not the vij day nor the vitj. day nor the x. day nor the xx day for these dayes be not good for bléeding May. In the moneth of May rise earely and eate and drincke betime vse good meates and drincks but eate neither of head nor foote while that last and let thée blood on the first day or on the eightéenth day on which arme thou wilt or an y e xxvij day or on the xxvitj day and it shall much help thée against all manner of euill but beware that thou bléed not the third day nor the sixt day nor the xxv day Iune In the moneth of Iune some Phisitions say that it is good euery day to drinck a quantitie 〈◊〉 cold water fasting and rule thée of thy meate and drink and if thou haue néede bléed on the xxvitj day for that is good but beware that thou bléede not on the vij day nor on the x day nor on the xv day nor the xvi day nor the xx day Iuly In the moneth of Iuly kéepe thée from Lecherie for then the braine and the humours are alwayes open and bléede not in this mooneth but if thou haue great néede and then beware alway that thou bléed not on the xitj. day nor on the xv day nor on the xix day nor on the xx day for it is dangerous August In the month of August eate no manner of woorts nor any manner of hotte meates and drincks of Spicerie nor bléed not the first day nor the xx day nor the xxix day nor the xxx daye The other daies thou maist bléed for great néede if the signe be good for blood letting but not else and if thou loue to kéepe thy body in good health September In the month of September all maner of fruit that is ripe and not infected is good for to eate bléed not the xvii day nor on y e xviii day of the dropsie phrensie palsie nor of the falling euill dread thée not of all that yéere if thou haue néede to bléed more beware that thou bléed not the third day nor the iiii day nor the xvi day nor the xxi day nor the xxii day October In the month of October drinck good and wholesome wine bléed not but if great néede make thée and looke that the signe be verie good but yet beware that thou bléede not on the third day nor the sixt day nor the xxiiii day and thou wilt doe well Nouember In the month of Nouember bléed not but for néede for all the blood is gathered that time vpon the head veine bath not but vent thée a little of grasing for then all the humours be ouerquick to bléede and if case be that thou haue great néede for to bléed beware of the fift day the vi day the xv and the xix day the xxviii day and the xxix December In the month of December bléed not but if thou haue great néede for the case and bléede on the xxvi day for it is right good And in case thou haue more néed to bléed beware of the vii day the xv days the xvi day the xvii day and the xxii day and in this month come not nye the fire with thy shanks For to vnderstand know the yeere that shall be plentious in great aboundance of goods In die Dominica That is Sunday In the yéere that Ianuarie shall enter on the Sunday that winter shall be cold and moist the Summer shall hée hot and the time of Haruest shall bée windie and rainy with great aboundance of corne of wines and other graines of all garden fruits hearbs there shall bee little Oyle abundance shalbée of all manner of flesh some great newes shall men heare spoken of Kings and Prelats of the Church and also of great Princes great warres and robberies shall bee made and many yong people shall dye In die Luna That is Munday In the yéere that Ianuarie shall enter on the Munday the Winter shall bée peaceable enough and the Summer shall bée very temperate Then shall bée great flouds of water that shall breake out of their limits and bonds and many ships vpon the Sea shall perish and in that yéere shall raigne diuers sicknesses and changes of great Lords shall bée made many women shall perish in trauayling with Childe many great Lords shall die That yéere shall bée little grasse and Mustard séede but there shall be plentie of Corne and Wines and good cheap flesh but little Oyle In die Martis That is Tuesday IN the yéere that Ianuarie shall enter on the Tuesday the winter shall be changeable and not stedfast for in the Prime of truth it shall fréese and that shall hurt sore the Rye the Vines and the flowers that Summer shall be drye hot burning insomuch that the hearbs of the Gardens shall haue no power to come out of the ground All thinges shall be déere saue onely Corne many men shall dye of the bloody flix there shall be no tidings of Thunder lightning and tempest but all flesh shall be déere many wines shall turne In die Mercurij That is Wednesday In the yéere that Ianuary shall enter on the Wednesday the Winter shall be temperate but in the ende there shall bée Snowes Frosts the prime time shall be rainie great aboundance of all Corne of Wine of Fruits of Hay 〈◊〉 Grasse and generally of all good things The Summer shall bée little cloudie by the which thereof shall come great sicknesse Poore labourers as handy crafts and artificers shall gaine méetly well that yéere many théeues there shal be by whom the mean◠people shall be sore pilled and discomfited great warre battaile and slaughter shall bée towards the middest of the yéere by the which shall come great good to some men In the end of the yéere shall bée diuers pestilences botches and falling euils especially next the Sea In die Iouis That is Thursday In the yéere that Ianuarie shall enter on the Thursday the winter shall be long and most part drye and the yéere shall bée very wholesome The Prime time shal be very wholesome the Prime time shall bée very windie the Summer shall be temperate and haruest shall be most part rainenie so that the waters shall sore breake out of their bounds the Wheate and Wines shall bée good cheape there shall be of Oates Hay Grasse and of fruites competently enough Great warre and diuision shall bée béetwéene the Church and the Kings and Princes and in the ende the Princes shall haue victorie of their enterprises Women shall set themselues much to lecherie