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Author: Digges, Leonard, d. 1571?
Title: A prognostication euerlasting of right good effect fruitfully augmented by the author, containing plaine, briefe, pleasant, chosen rules to iudge the weather by the sunne, moone, starres, comets, rainbow, thunder, clowdes, with other extraordinary tokens, not omitting the aspects of planets, with a briefe iudgement for euer, of plentie, lacke, sicknes, dearth, warres, &c. opening also many naturall causes worthie to be knowne. To these and other now at the last, are ioyned diuers generall, pleasant tables, with many compendious rules, easie to be had in memorie, manifold wayes profitable to all men of vnderstanding. Published by Leonard Digges Gentleman. Lately corrected and augmented by Thomas Digges his sonne.
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Print source: A prognostication euerlasting of right good effect fruitfully augmented by the author, containing plaine, briefe, pleasant, chosen rules to iudge the weather by the sunne, moone, starres, comets, rainbow, thunder, clowdes, with other extraordinary tokens, not omitting the aspects of planets, with a briefe iudgement for euer, of plentie, lacke, sicknes, dearth, warres, &c. opening also many naturall causes worthie to be knowne. To these and other now at the last, are ioyned diuers generall, pleasant tables, with many compendious rules, easie to be had in memorie, manifold wayes profitable to all men of vnderstanding. Published by Leonard Digges Gentleman. Lately corrected and augmented by Thomas Digges his sonne.
Digges, Leonard, d. 1571?, Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543. De revolutionibus orbium caelestium. Part 1. English. Selections., Digges, Thomas, d. 1595.
Imprinted at London: By Felix Kyngston, 1605.
Alternate titles: Prognostication of right good effect
Subject terms:
Meteorolgy -- Early works to 1800.
Astrology -- Early works to 1800.
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To the Honorable Sir Edward Fines, Earle of Lin∣colne, Baron of Clinton and Say, Knight of the noble order of the Garter, Lord high Admirall of England, Ireland, and Wales, and the Dominions and Iles thereof, of the towne of Ca∣lice, and marches of the same, Normandie, Gascoigne and Guian, and Captaine generall of the Queenes Maie∣sties Seas and Nauie royall.
To the Reader.
Against the reprouers of Astronomie, and Sciences Mathematicall.
The Contents of this Booke.
How to iudge of weather by the Sunne rising or going downe.
How weather is declared by the colour of the Moone, and by the nature of the signe wherein she is.
The Iudgement of weather by starres.
The significations of Comets.
How by the Clowdes, chaunge of weather is perceiued.
Of the Rainbow and his effect touching alteration of ayre.
Or thus.
Of thunders what they signifie.
How weather is knowne after the change of euery Moone by the prime day.
Now ensue extraordinarie tokens for the knowledge of weather.
Of the yeare diuided into foure quarters.
Here follow the aspects of the Planets, for the better iudgement of weather.
The signification of the aspects of Planets among them∣selues: for the iudgement of weather.
A declaration of weather by aspects of the Moone with the Planets.
How the weather is iudged by the O∣rientall and Occidentall station of Planets, with their Combustion in the 12. Signes Celestiall.
First of the Plenets in Aries.
Of Planets in Taurus.
Of the Planets in Gemini.
Of the Planets in Cancer.
Of the Planets in Leone.
Of the Planets in Virgo.
Of the Planets in Libra.
Of the Planets in Scorpione.
Of the Planets in Sagittarius.
Of the Planets in Capricornus.
Of the Planets in Aquarius.
Of the Planets in Pisces.
prognostications on events
A rule to prognosticate the aforesayd by the falling of Newyeares day.
Naturall causes, conducing to all the aforesayd: and first of the Rainebow.
Of Raine.
Of Frost and Dew.
Of Snow.
Of Hayle.
Of Windes.
Of Earthquakes in the most quiet time.
Tokens of Earthquakes to come.
Of thunders and lightnings.
There be three kinds of Lightnings, drie, moyst, and cleare.
Of the Comets or flames in the night.
The naturall cause of the Sunne cclipsed.
A Corollarie.
The cause of the Moone eclipsed.
The quantities or rather true proportion of all the Pla∣nets vnto the earth, ocularly demonstrated by figure following.
The nature, course, colour, and placing of these seauen Planets, according to Ptolomie.
The distance or miles that the Moone is from the Earth and euery Planet from other.
The naturall causes of many Sunnes or Moones.
What is to be chosen or auoyded vnder euery aspect of the Moone, with her signification in the 12. signes touching the same.
Now ensueth a table shewing what Signe the Moone is in, and shall be for euer: declaring also the meetest time to let blood, to purge and to bathe.
Example.
Profitable Rules
A conducible note for letting blood.
For to take purgations, and to bathe.
Of Inundations or floods: of timber selling, sowing, planting, graffing, haire clipping, shauing, and gelding.
These two rounde Tables that nowe ensue, conduce to the rest following
illustration
illustration
table of moveable feasts
The vse of this Table appoynted for the moueable Feasts.
Example.
How to know the age of the Moone then the chaunge, and quarter for euer.
Example.
Now ensue the perfect Tables, declaring the true houre and minute of ebbing and flowing in most coasts of England.
Example.
How to worke by proportion, when the day is not found.
The houre of the night by the Moone, is otherwise found than before, and that diuersly.
An other way.
How the houre of the day, by Right shadow, that is, by any thing directly standing vp, is knowne: and by Squire shadow also.
The composition of an Instrument for the houre of the night which is also a perfect Diall for the day, and excellent for the Mariner.
The vse of these Tables.
Example.
A note of the houre of the day and night.
How by the first of the tide tables, ye may readily know when the Moone commeth into the South, when she riseth and setteth: with her continuance on the earth.
The vse of this table.
part
The right rearing and placing of the Diall tofore mentioned.
To get the exact houre by two Starres of the first light, with an Instrument or Circle, tofore diuided, first of me inuented, calculated and practised.
How these two bright starres, being of the first light, are found: the one called Aldebaran or Oculus Tauri, the other Alramech.
Or thus grosly.
A necessarie Instrument to finde exactly the houre of the day and night diuers waies, with the helpe of this peculiar Kalendar.
The generall Kalendar.
The yeare hath xxxiii. euill dayes generall for euer.
Lo the briefe vse of this generall Kalendar.
How to know the Termes.
Generall Fayres.
A Table contayning the Moneth, day, and place of the principall Fayres of England, to be augmen∣ted at pleasure, in order following.
A Table contayning the Moneth, day, and place of the principall Fayres of England: to bee augmented at pleasure, in order following.
part
The vse of this Table, and first for staffe shadow.
Example.
For Squire shadow, titled contrarie Shadow.
Behold now it doth ensue, and also the briefe vse of it.
Briefe Collections.
The briefe vse of this Table.
Dato loco Solis & eius altitudine, horam ipsam calculare.
A way to get the Golden number or Prime without a table.
The Epact is thus euer found.
A rule for the Chaunge, Full, and Quarters of the Moone.
For the age of the Moone, worke thus for euer.
Now shall be declared what Signes and degrees the Moone differeth from the Sunne, by the which is gathe∣red at all times, the Signe and Grade wherein she is.
The place of the Sunne in the Zodiacke is thus found.
Example.
To know how long the Moone shineth.
How the moueable feasts are found readily.
Without Tables, at all times to know the Tydes.
Example.
addendum
TO THE READER.
Ratio dux fida Sophorum.
❧ A perfit description of the Coelestiall Orbes, according to the most auncient doctrine of the Pythagoreans, &c.
A PERFIT DESCRIPTION OF THE COELESTIALL ORBES, according to the most ancient doctrine of the Pythagoreans: lately reuiued by Copernicus, and by Geomtriall Demonstra∣tions approued.
What reasons moued Aristotle, and others that followed him, to thinke the earth to rest immoueable as a Centre to the whole world.
The solution of these Reasons, with their insufficiencie.
A short discourse touching the variation of the Compasse.
An Hypothesis or supposed cause of the variation of the Compasse, to be Mathematically weied.
Errors in the Arte of Nauigation com∣monly practised.