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Rh in the Winter the headache, hoarſeneſſe of voice, the coughe, conſumptions or impoſtumes to enſue.

And if after a drie Sommer (as write the auntient Phiſitions) the North winde doeth long continue in the Harueſte, then the bodies of women, and ſuche diſeaſed with a moiſte ſickneſſe, doe then in that ſeaſon the rather recouer health, in that the drineſſe of the ſeaſons and windes is contrarie to the exceſſe, and to the rottenneſſe of the humors, by whiche the ſickneſſes were caused.

And if the Winter ſhall be hote and moiſte, and the Spring colde and drie, then doth the ſame threaten ſickneſſe to men in the Sommer, and that women with childe ſhall haue vntimely birthes of a light occaſion.

And Hypocrates writeth, that when in the Winter be longer Northerly windes, and in the Spring longer Southerlye windes, and that raynie and wette in the Sommer following, then doeth followe Agues, and the Diſeaſes of the eies.

And when after a colde Winter, and that South windes and raynie in the Spring, and that the Sommer be drie then in the Harueſt following doe agues enſue, paines alſo of the bowels thoroughe the greate ſcouring of the bodie, and Sickneſſes, with the whiche olde men, diſeaſed perſons, and childrē be then more pained.

And when the Southwest winde doth long blowe aboute the end of Harueſt, thē thoſe perſons diſeaſed with a long ſickneſſe, do ſhortly after die.

And a further knowlege of dearth and plentie of victualles, and of ſickeneſſe may be had on this wiſe.

Firſte in the end of Harueſt, cutte open two or three Oke apples, looking whether there be in thē either Flyes, Worms, or Spiders.

For if in the Oke apple be founde Wormes, or Magots, then they ſignifie (after the opinion of auncient huſbandmen) to the dearth and ſcarcitie in that yeare.

And if the Oke apple cut open be founde like to flies, it doth after threaten battel to enſue in that yeare. Rh