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 creatures would appear in monstrous forms ; throughout the four borders people would have to seek their places of shelter. If those proper to spring were observed, women with child and young children would suffer many disasters; throughout die states there would be many cases of obstinate disease; fate would appear to be adverse. If those proper to summer were observed, floods would work their ruin in the states ; the seasonable snow would not fall, the ice would melt, and the cold disappear.