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Rh yeare following ſhal Rie, and that ſmal graine named Mill, and ſuch lyke, be deare.

And if the harueſt be hoter than cuſtomably, then ſhall followe a diſeaſed yeare and that dangerus.

And if the Harueſt be colder than cuſtomably, then ſhall follow the loſſe of the Harueſt fruites both in the ſtore and taſt of them.

And the Winter colde and drie, is of all huſbandmen commended, but extreeme colde, doeth then flea the trees, eſpecially thoſe which ioy in a warme aire, as the Pomegranade tree, the Oliue tree, the Lemmon tree, the Figge tree, the Peach tree, and ſuch like.

And if the Winter exceede in the extremitie of coldneſſe, then doth it ſignifie harme both vnto the Uine and the Oliue tree, the Cherie tree, and the yellow Quince tree.

And if the Winter be hote and moyſt, then the ſame doth pronounce an vnhealthfull yeare, and daunger to ſeedes and fruites of the earth.

And the exceſſe qualitie, and diſtemperature of any of the foure quarters, is euill and daungerous to the fruites of the earth.

And the plentie of ſnowe falling in the due ſeaſon of the yeare, doth batten the earth, (and if the others do helpe) then doth it ſignifie the plentie of corne and other fruites of the earth.

And if any waſheth the handes with ſnowe, it doth then make them ſtedie, in that the ſnowe is ingendered of a vapour ſomewhat drie and earthly.

And the ſnowe nouriſheth ſheepe & other beaſts in that the ſnow is ingendered of the moyſt aire, in which life conſiſteth.

And the ſnowe increaſeth the corne and other growing things on earth, in that by his coldneſſe it ſo doth ſhut the poures of the earth, that the heate with the whiche the ſeedes of the earth be cheriſhed, cannot then breath forth.

And the ſnow heateth and cheriſheth the earth, by the thicke couering of it, and defendeth the greene wheat and other