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Rh other ſeedes ſowen, from the ſharpe and vehement colde then of the ayre.

And the ſnowe may be kept all the yeare under the earth, couered with ſtrawe, and profitable it is to mixe with the wine in hote ſommer, and neceſſarie alſo to coole the ayre about ſick perſons.

And the vnprofitable falling of the deawe, miſtes, or fogges (eſpecially when all creſcent thinges doe bud foorth, and ſhewe theyr floure) as in the Moneth of Aprill and May, as well on the trees, corne and graſſe, which beaſtes then feding on be greatly harmed, through the deaw fallen, and all other thinges alſo much harmed by the ſame, as hath bene often obſerued by the ancient and wiſe huſbandmen.

And the ouermuch falling of raine, froſtes or haile, eſpecially in the ſpring time, and in the winter time, whilſt the corne is yet as graſſe, the exceſſe of raine alſo doth then threaten the ſcarcitie of vittailes to enſue that yeare.

And the great plentie of beanes, after the opinion of the common huſbandmen, through the much raine fallen, doth fore ſhewe the ſcarcitie of corne, and eſpecially of wheate that yeare.

And a like iudgement may be giuen of the Oke and Holly tree, which if they beare plentifully, then a fruitfull yeare followeth, and contrariwiſe bearing but few, then a deare yeare of corne to enſue.

And the great plentie of Graſhoppers, wormes and Catterpillers appearing in their proper time more than cuſtomably, doe not only declare harme to vines and ſeedes ſowen, but to all fruites that yeare.

And the great ſtore of windes, not only cauſe little fruites, but ſcarcitie of corne to enſue that yeare.

And a ſtilneſſe in a manner throughout the yeare, doth declare a likelyhode of the plague to enſue ſhortly after.

And the auncient Hipocrates writeth, that when in the Sommer the North winde long continueth, and in the Harueſt, the South winde with ſtore then of raine, it doeth after undefined