De Cursione Lune

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¶ De cursione Lune.

¶Here begynneth the course and disposicion of the dayes of the Moone in laten and in Englysshe whiche be good: and whiche be hadde after the influentes of the Moone drawen out of a boke of Aristotiles de Astronomiis .

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QUicunque enim cursionem lune scire voluerit / Sciatis Primo quo modo Sol per signum vadit. Sol namque in quo libet anno pertransit omnia signa morando in quo libet mense / et in omnibus diebus eodem modo Luna pertransit omnia signa in quo libet mense.

Vno quoque signo duobus diebus et .xii. horis. Et quando luna iuncta fuerit cum sole in aliquo signo tunc dicitur esse in combustione ibidem quo perficit cursionem suam. Cum autem separatur a sole a parte occidentali per duodecim gradus iterim elucere et tunc dicitur noua que si ista coniunctio sit ante meridiem dicit luna prima. Sed si post meridiem diei sequentis dicitur luna secunda. Certum est que luna semper habet initium ab eodem signo in quo est tempore coniunctionis. Et ideo prodest scire in quo signo sit luna omni die. Quia luna est aliis planetis terre appropinquior et rebus mundi plus alijs prestat effectum secundum naturas et complexiones signorum que discurrit vt dicit Aristotiles in libro de Astronomijs .

Luna in Ariete.

QVando luna fuerit in Ariete signo mobili orientali calido et sicco igneo et colerico et masculino bonum est iter versus orientem incipere et in illa parte mercandizare. Et qui tunc iter incipit bene ac

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cito complebit Et bonum est sanguinem minuere de brachiis balneum intrare et illud facere vel incipere quo vis cito finire malum est caput lauare medicare ventosas in colo ponere et sanguinem de naribus minuere / vxorem ducere / domum fundare precium vel aliquod incipere quod vis diu perseuerare medicina non accipiatur quia si accipiatur cito euomitur.

Luna in Tauro.

QVando luna fuerit in Tauro signo / Signo meridionali frigido et sicco melencollico terreo femineo bonum est seminare ortos / vineas / et arbores plantare: quia scito crescunt et multo durabunt bonum est mansiones fundare / vxorem ducere / et illud facere quod vis multum durare Malum est medicari collum et gulam / et gulam vel aliud incipere quod vis cito complere.

Luna in geminis.

CVm in geminis luna fuerit signo cum bipartito cum corpore calido et humido aereo sanguineo et masculino bonum est amicicias tractare concordiam inter litigantes facere matrimonium contrahere There appears to be some text missing here, although there is no gap in the collation.

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¶Die dominica hora diurna est vtilis qui nascetur magnus et sp[l]endidussplendidus] spendidus 1528 erit.

¶Feria secunda hora diurna siue nocturna puer natus fortis erit in omnibus rebus.

¶Feria .iii. hora diurna siue nocturna qui nascetur fortis erit incupidus et ferro peribit et vix ad vltimam etatem perueniet.

¶Feria quarta hora diurna siue nocturna qui nascetur ad verba discenda facilis erit.

¶Feria quinta hora diurna siue nocturna qui nascetur affab[i]lisaffabilis] affablis 1528 et honorabilis erit.

¶Feria sexta hora diurna siue nocturna qui nascetur vitalis et luxuriosus erit.

¶Sabbato vitalis erit nisi cursus lune contrarius fuerit.

¶Luna prima qui natus fuerit vitalis erit Luna .ij. Mediocrus erit. Luna .iij. Infirmus erit. Luna .iiij. tractator regni erit. Luna .v. Iuuenis tolletur. Luna .vi. vitalis erit. Luna septima vitalis et vtilis erit. Luna .viii. descidet. Luna .ix. multorum acquisitor erit Luna .x. circuibit mutarum regiones. Luna .xi. adquisitorum erit. Luna .xii. religiosus erit. Luna xiii. aduersus impeditor erit. Luna .xiiij omnium tractator erit. Luna .xv. Iuuenis moriet Luna .xvi. vitalis et pauperit Luna .xv. Iuuenis morit Luna .xvi. vitalis et pauper erit Luna .xvii. infelix erit Luna .xviij. non diu viuet Luna .xix

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in honore Luna .xx. bellator erit Luna .xxi. latro ingeniosus erit Luna .xxij. laboriosus erit Luna .xxiij. vulgaris et luxuriosus erit. Luna xxiiij. copiosus erit Luna .xxv. pericula multa pacietur. Luna xxvi. nec diues nec pauper erit. Luna .xxvij. amabilis erit. Luna .xxviij. negligens erit. Luna .xxix. bonus. Luna .xxx. negocia multa tractabat.

¶ Tabula Sciendum quid significat tonitruus in aliquo mense veniente.

¶ Ianuarius ventos validos et habundancia frugum et bellum in eodem anno.

¶Februarius multorum hominum et maxime diuitum morbo pronunciat interitum

¶Martius ventos validos et copiam frugum atque inopiam licitum in populo.

¶Aprilis iocundum et fructiferum et morte iniquorum hominum.

¶Mayus frugum inopiam et famem significat.

¶Iuunius silue ab impetu ventorum obruuntur leones ramporum renbens.

¶Iulius Annonam bonam et peccorum feter perire.

¶Augustus reipublice prospera affore multi egrotabuntur

¶September habundanciam frugum et potencium occisionem significat.

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¶October Inopiam annone et fructus arborum et ventos validos.

¶Nouember habundantiam frugum et iocundum annum aduenienter

¶December habundanciam habundanciam] habundanciaam 1528 annone pacem et concordiam significat.

GOd that all this worlde hath wrought

And all mankynd hath made of nought

And on the crosse vs bought with payne and wo

Sende vs grace so for to doo so] here 1554

That we al synfull mankende

To that great ioy we may wende

That he bought vs all to

Whan he to deth for vs was do

All thynges that ben don and wretyn

As these great clerkes wetyn wetyn] knowen 1554

Wryten they be for ou[re] profyte oure] ouer 1528, our 1554

For oure solas and our delyte This line and the following nine lines are wanting in 1554.

So sayth seynt poule in his sawe

That is a techer of goddes lawe

Therfor frendes I wyl you fonde

Some thynges to do you vnderstonde

That may some-what glade your chere

And all tho that shu[l]d it here shuld] shud 1528

For I shall tell you no fable

But thynges [b]othe good and able bothe] hothe 1528

And that ben prouyd be holy wryt

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And drawen out by clerkys wyt

Therfore lordynges lesse and more

Lysten all to my lore Lysten] Herken 1554

And I shall rede you beforne

What tyme so that a chylde shuld be borne shuld be] be 1554

Of that chyld what it shal be_fall

That his endynge in hys happys all

And what betokeneth our dremyng

That we met in oure slepyng

Good or euyl or vanite

All togyder here shal ye

And also what tyme is good

Man or woman to be latyn blood

And all-thynge that is for to done

So seyth the reule of the moone

To tell you I haue sowght

What tyme is good what tyme is nowght

For by the moone withouten lesyng

Is reuled euery erthely thyng

Therof holy wryght beryth wytnesse wryght] wryt 1554wryght: =write

And our forefathers as I gesse

Adam and Eue and Abraham

And all the kynne that of them cam

Beryth wytnesse of thys story

For it was made by them truly

And take exampel at them shulde we

That were our forne-fathers and prouyd haue be That were] Of 1554

How we shuld here heygh and lowe

Our destenyes and our happys knowe

Therfore lordynges I pray you

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For to lysten thys begynnyng now lysten] herken 1554

¶The fyrste day.

THe fyrst day of the moone Adam

Our forne-father in-to this world cam

That day is good withouten synne

All thynges for to be_gynne

The chyld that is borne that day

He shal be nobyl and wyse parfay

And of longe lyfe withouten fayle

But often he shal be in great trauyale

And who-so that day take sekenesse

He shal langure longe as I gesse

With great payne skap he shall

And therfore alway thanke god of all

And what thou metyst in thy slepe

God of his mercy thereof take kepe

For it shall tourne the to Ioye and blysse

Wherof god geue vs grace not to mysse

But that day is no tyme good

On no manere to be let blood

To let the blood on no vayne

Who-so wyll ben witho[ut]en payne. withouten] withotuen 1528

¶The second daye.

THe second daye profytabyl is

All thynges good to do Iwys

That day our lord gan eue make

Of mannys rybbe she was take

Who-so wyll to wyfe that day olde or yong take Who-so wyll to wyfe] Who-so a wyfe 1554

That day is good weddyng to make

For who-so that daye wedde hys wyfe

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Togyder they shulde haue longe lyfe

And often bothe myrthe and wo

So had Adam and Eue also

Who-so do any thefte that day

He shal be taken there-with perfay

What chyld so that day be borne

Many vertues lye hym beforne

A blessyd body shall he be

Wyse in good and of herte free

Be it mayden be it knaue

Ioy Inough it shall haue

Loue of man and of woman

More than this boke tell can

And who-so that daye take sekenesse

He shall sone be hole as I gesse

What-so in thy dreme come to the

It shall tourne in-to vanyte

And who-so wyll that daye blede

It wyl helpe hym yf he haue nede wyl helpe] helpeth 1554

¶The .iii. day.

THe .iii. day Cayn was borne

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What-so thou doste that day is lorne

But thou serue oure heuen-kyng

Therfore I rede the withouten lesynge

That ye that day no-thyng begynne

For ye shuld les[e] it [in] youre synne lese it in] lesynt it 1528, lesynt, it 1554

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For Caym for his synne full euen

Had the curse of god in heuen

And who-so that daye take sekenesse

He shall ben holdyn long in distresse

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That day is not good out to ryde

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Ne no hors for to stryde

And who-so that day borne be

Fa[l]se and couetyse be shall he False] Fase 1528, False 1554

And loth to gyue the pore bred

And dey he shall a wycked ded And dey he shall a wycked ded] And he shall do, a wycked dede 1554

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That thou dremyst it tourneth to nought

To lete the blod be not thy thought

For that day is meruylous

And a day full perylous

¶The .iiii. day.

THe .iiii. daye borne was Abell

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That daye thou may boldely and well

Al that thou wyll boldely begynne

Out-taken dedys that longe to synne out-taken ='having excepted'

That day is good a myll to bygge

And after hedys of water to dygge

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To opyn them and late them renne

Bothe be feld and be fenne

Who-so be borne that day without fayle

He shal haue aparty trauayle aparty, a party ='in part'

He shalbe aparty lechour

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But he shal suffer many a sharpe shour

He shal wele ouer_scape all

And great rychesse hym shal be[fall] befall] be 1528, befall 1554

And greate well or that he dey well] welth 1554

Who-so that daye do ony foly

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Or any theft and therfore fle

Hastely founde shal he be

Who-so that day in sekenesse fall

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Sone dey or wast he shall

What thou thynkyst in thy dremynge

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It shal amende ne helpe no-thynge

That day is good for euery man Iwys

To passe the see with marchandys

That day to let the blood

Is neyther moche euel ne good

¶The .v. day.

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THe .v. day Abel made his offeryng

For his synnes to the heuen-kyng

And Caym made his sacrifyce

That day falssely in all wyse

That day is nought to take

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Sacrifyce theron to make

Who-so that day borne be

Hard destynes haue shal he

He shal be euer sory and madde

In all his lyue therwith I_ladde

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In great trauayle and in synne

And vnneth it shal fro hym wynne

That daye who-so do ony trespasse

He shal be takyn with that casse

Who-so that day sekenesse haue

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Medecyne ne no leche shal hym saue

Who-so that day to the see fare

Hym were better not come thare

That thou dremyst shal be certayne

But tell no man that in vayne

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If thou wylt that day blede

A_bout vndyrne thou shalt best spede

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But loke that day thou do nought

But thynge that nede muste be wrought

¶The .vi. day.

THe .vi. day were borne Nabir and Offren

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That were two nobyl-men

That day is good and happy to game

For to hunte and birdys to tame

The chyld that that day borne ys

It shal be hardy and bold Iwys

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Of long lyfe happy to good

Blythe and ioly and mylde of mood

And if it a mayde-chyld be

Happyn on noble husbonde shal she

And who-so any trespace do

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He shal skape fayre there-fro shal skape fayre] may not scape farre 1554

And who that day ony sekenesse lacche lacche] catche 1554

It shal be stronge a_way to katche katche] latche 1554katche ='run, hasten'

For he shal be pynyd with-all

But at the last skape he shall

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That thou dremyst soth shal be

That thou shalt it sone se

But loke thou tell it no man

For noug[ht] that any frende can nought] nougth 1528, nought 1554

But that day is not good

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For to let veyne-blood

To the see is good to fare

Yf thou haue ony shafare shafare] stuffe or ware 1554

Good tyme to bye and to selle

And houses to rere and tylle.

¶The .vii. day.

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THe .vii. day was Abelle slayne

That daye is good for certayne

Bestis to put in-to pasture

And boris to geld that shuld longe dure

What chylde so that day borne be

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Good lyffe and longe haue shal he

Letteryd and wyse with-all

That aduenture hym shall be_fall

What maner man that day stelle owgth

Ware hym wele he skapeth nowth

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Who-so that day any man sloo

To the same deth he shal goo

But and thou take sekenesse that day

With medicyne it shal sone away

That thou dremyst it shal be_tyde

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If thou half a yere a_byde

But if it betokenyth ony wo

Good prayers may it for_doo

That day is good also to blede

To bye and sell thou shalt wele spede

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And with chafare to the see passe chafare] marchaundyse 1554

And good to wedde if thou haue grace

Good happe thow shalt haue to wyfe

Peas and loue in all your lyfe

¶The .viii. day.

THe .viii. daye was borne Matusale

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That had hony and whete plente

That day is good if thou it knewe

To dele with bene and sede to sewe

To see to passe trewly to tell

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And a wyfe to wedde bye and sell

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Yf he haue ought be weddyd beforne

And haue that day a chyld I_borne

Be it man or woman I_wysse

Thorugh lechery it may do a_mysse

And with the deuyl te[m]ptyd and ledde temptyd] tenptyd 1528, tempted 1554

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And of synne be sore a_dredde

Kynde wyse fre and amyable

Curteyse and good happy and stable

The name therof shal wyde goo

Yf thou ought that daye mysdoo

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Yf thou that day sekenesse fonge

It shal goo sone or laste longe

But for sothe I the say

Of that sekenesse shalt thou not d[e]y dey] day 1528, dye 1554

And he or she be weddyd that day

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Shall well loue other parfay other] eche other 1554

And eyther of other be of loue Ielous

But if thou rere that day an hous

It happyth fayre at the last

He thorugh fyre be not downe-cast

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Who-so that day to the scole be sette

His kynne for hym shal fare the bette

Chafare that daye to bye and sell

Is happy and good trewly to tell

Good or euyl whether thy dreme be

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Within .iiii. dayes thou shalt it se

But pray to god that it be good

That daye is tyme to let blood

¶The .ix. daye.

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THe .ix. daye is blessyd of chryst

That day is borne Iohnn the Euangelist

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That day is good to begynne

All thynges that towche no synne

Who-so be borne that same daye

Of moche ioy tell he maye

In all thynges he shal well spede

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And be gracyous in worde and dede

Hardy and sly ware and wyse

And greatly dred and moche of pryse

And if thou stele ought in feld or bowre

That day thou shalt be taken [ther]-thorowe ther-thorowe] theyr thorowe 1528, then thorow 1554

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But and thou that daye sekenesse take

It shall not longe done the wrake done] do 1554

Thy dremynge thou shalt thy-self sone sene

Within dayes fully fyftene

That day thou may boldely blede

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In all thy dedys thou myght wel spede

[So be] thou pray god and seynte Iohnn So be] Be so 1528, So be 1554

To send the grace well to done

¶The .x. day.

THe .x. daye was borne Noe

What chyld so that day borne be

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He shal be reckelesse I vnderstonde

And ren thorugh many dyuerse londe

Who-so that day fall in sekenesse

He shal with woo skappe I gesse

That day is good of other thynges of] for 1554

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To bye and sell and make wedynges.

To passe the see and letyn blood letyn blood] let flode 1554

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And all other thynges that ben good

That thou wylt begynnyn than

To goddes worshyp and help of man

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But what thou dremyst I tell the

It shal all turne in-to vanyte.

¶The .xi. day.

THe .xi. day Seem was borne

That I warne the beforne

Is profytabyl to all-thynge to] to do 1554

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So it falle to no synnynge

What chyld so that day be borne

What he doth it shal not be lorne

He shal be of great honour

And also a great purchesour

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What-so thy dremyng be

To ioye it shal turne the

And euery tyme of the day

Let the blod wele thou may

¶The .xii. day.

THe .xii. day is good as I say yow

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To do all thynges to mannes prowe

So that thou do no synne

It is happy and good to all mankynne

That same day withouten lesse

Was borne the wyse man Moyses

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The techer of goddes lawys was he

What chyld so that day borne be

Religyous he shal bee

Happy and wyse and ryght wele thee

And well-belouyd fayr and hende

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And no deuyl shal hym shende

If thou stele ought and skape ouer that day skape ouer] schape 1554

Thou getyst no harme therof perfay Thou getyst no] Yet gettest thou 1554

If thou any sekenesse take

Thou shalt lyue longe and right well skape

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If thou that day ony queyntaunce make

Of any woman in synne to take

For her thou shalt haue right grete stryfe

Or at the last lese thy lyffe

But thyne owen wyfe she be But] But yf 1554

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Of thy dreme Ioy shalt thou se

That day is good and vertuouse

To bye and sell and take spouse

That fesyke wyll gyue the leue

To lete the blode agayne the eue

¶The .xiii. daye.

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THe .xiii. [daye] I wyl not lette daye] 1528 omits, daye 1554

That day Noe his vyne gan sette

That day is good and profytabel

What-so thou do withouten fabel

Therof thou shalt haue good endyng

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If thou myslyke not the heuen-kyng

But what wyfe so that daye haue chylde

It shal be wykyd angry and wylde

Uycyous recheles and hardy

And tempyng men to foly to foly] to great foly 1554tempyng: =tempting

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Thorough hym they shulde to skorne dreue dreue] be dryue 1554 dreue ='move, proceed, tend'; see OED s.vv. dreve v2, 2, drive v, 17a.

But long-tyme shal it not lyue

If a mayde-chyld borne be

Comen of lechery be shal she Comen of lechery be shal she] Loue Uenus play, euer shall she 1554

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Or ellys in her chyldhod dye

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That day is good to sell and bye

And with chafare the see to pase chafare] marchaundyse 1554

But who-so stele ought men wyl hym chase

And taken he shal be to prysowne

Or with his enemys slayne adowne

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If thou that day take sekenesse

It shal holde the longe I gesse

And vnneth shal thou skape

And what thou dremyst in thy slape

The next moone know shalt thowe know shalt thowe] thou shalt knowe 1554

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If it be to thy harme or prowe

If thou wylt blede that day

By fesik without pareyl thou may. pareyl: =peril

¶The .xiiii. day.

The .xiiii. day Noe blessid his sone Seem

As he stod in sonne-glem

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That day do boldely what thou wylt

So thou do god no mysgylt

And thou shalt well spede parfay

And what chyld be borne that day

He shal be both ryche and wyse

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If he be set to marchaundyse

And if he be another maner man

Of hym tell you I can

He shal be prowde hardy and strong

But he shal not be of lyfe long

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If thou stele ought in fen or fryth

Thou shalt be taken sone therwyth

And if thou that day sekenesse lache

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No medecyne shal it away catche

Thy dremyng is trewe and good

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And that day is tyme to let blood.

¶The xv. day.

THe .xv. day faught Samuele

With his enemys ryght his fylle

Who-so that day any-thyng begyn

Profyte getyth he none theryn

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Whoso that day borne is

He shal be ryght perylous Iwis

Hardy and good of conscience

Wyse and boold of defence

And ofte he shal haue tene and wo

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By londe and by water also

And drownyd in water be he shal drownyd in] in peryll of 1554

Or be slayne som swerd with-all

Who-so that day falle sekenesse in

It shal be hard therefro to wyn

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And if thou any thefte doo

Therfore thou shalt haue woo

That thou dremyst in thy slepe

Loke thou therof take noo kepe

If thou haue any-thyng to done

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Abyde a be[t]ter tyme of the moone better] beeter 1528

If thou that day shal veyne-blod blede

In the morowe thou shalt best spede. morowe] mornynge 1554

¶The .xvi. day.

THe .xvi. day was Boos borne

That day in the morowe be_forne

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Ere thou ony-thyng begynne

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Serue hym that made all mankynne

And what thou wylt do boldely

Of thynges that trewe men shuld leue by

Bye and sell I the plyght

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And do so what thou wylt with right

Good spede thou shalt haue the beforne

But what chyld so that day be borne

He shal be a good crysten man

And help the power all that he can

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By kynde skyl also he shal

Be a member of an hospytal

Lyue longe and trewe man be

But ryches he getyth neuer great plente

Who-so stele ought that day certayne

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Therwith he shal be taken agayne

Who in sekenesse that day is downe-caste

He shal [lye] longe but skape at the laste lye] lyue 1528, lye 1554

Of what thynge thy dremyng be

Wythin .iii. yere thou shalt it se

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That day also withouten drede

Boldely thou may veyne-bloode blede

¶The .xvii. daye.

THe .xvii. day I wyll begynne

Sodom and Gomore sonke for synne

Better than that day is none

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All synfull thynges for to done

What wyfe so that daye haue chylde

It shal be bothe meke and mylde

Blessyd and wyse and of longe lyfe

Mery and euermore with-outen stryfe

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But who-so that day do ony thefte

His ioyes therof shulde be refte

To bye and sell and the see to passe

That daye is good happe and grace

And also to make weddyng

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And good also for blood-letyng

If thou be seke in any wyse

Thou shalt ly longe and afterwarde ryse

And what thou metyst in thy dremynge

In short tyme it is comynge.

¶The .xviii. day.

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THe .xviii. daye Isaake was borne

That many vertues ly hym beforne

That daye whan thou hast seruyd Iesu

Is good and full of vertu

To do what-so thou haue delyte

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For it shal tourne the to profyte

Or any other thynges that is to done

If that no synne therof come

And what chylde so be borne that day

A brawler he shal be parfay

445

Full of wordes and of stryfe

Proude and stowte and short of lyfe

Who-so do ony thefte that stounde

Wythin .vii. dayes he shal be founde

If thou that day to any sekenesse be shape

450

Thou shalt lyue longe and ryght well scape lyue] lye 1554

Wythin forty dayes certayne

Thy dreme shal betyde or all in vayne

That daye is no tyme good

On no maner to be leten blood

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¶The .xix. day.

455

THe .xix. day I wot well that

Isaake Iacob his sone begat

That day [is] good for many thynge is] his 1528, is 1554

For bye and sell and the see passynge For bye] For to bye 1554

And for to lerne on marcha[u]ndyse

460

And all maner workes of pryse

That day thy worke thou shalt nought lese

But if thou any synfull werke chese

But what chylde so that day borne ys

He shal be wyse and trewe Iwys

465

Worshypfull and wyse of lore

His pryse shal waxen more and more

If thou stele or sle that daye

Thou shalt be slayne therfore parfaye

If sekenesse do the trauayle

470

Thorough medecyne thou shalt be hayle

Thy dreme shal be good and sothe

And hastely founde withouten othe

But that day for sothe to sayne

Is euyl to blede on any veyne.

¶The .xx. day.

475

THe .xx. day blessyd Isaake

His sone Iacob and spake The main verb appears to be wanting here and in 1554.

That day is good and happy without drede

All crysten men to helpen in erde

Do boldely that day thy wyll

480

So thou greue not god yll

Who-so be borne that day thorough happe

God hath gyuen hym a fayre shappe

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If he vse hym to trauayle

He shal be strong in euery batayle

485

If husbondrye vse wyl he

Wyse of tylthe shal he be shal he be] he shall be 1554

If he the scole vse I say yow

He shal be clerke good Inow

If he wyl to ony other crafte go

490

He shal be wyse and sotel ynough also

Who-so ony thefte do or be qwed

It shal hym bryng to wyckyd ded

Who-so that day any sekenesse take

He shal lyue longe and ryght well skape

495

That thou dremyst it shal be soth

Blood-letyng that day good doth.

¶The .xxi. day.

¶The .xxi. day thorugh godes vertu

Was borne the wyse man Esau

That day is good for lewde and clerke

500

To begynne euery crysten werke euery] euery good 1554

What-so thou do that day thou shalt spede

So that thou do no synful dede

What chyld so that day borne be

A stronge thefe be shal he

505

And geue hym to moche folye

But he shal knowe moche clergye

If thou lese that day thyn owne catelle

Thou fyndest it neuer I tell the welle it] them 1554

And thou do ony theft that day And thou do ony theft that day] And yf any thefte, be done that day 1554

510

Thou shalt not be taken parfay

If a mayden that day chese

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A lemman or her maydenhed lese

And she by hym ony chylde haue

Be it mayde be it knaue

515

It sha[l] be roughe as swyne shal] shat 1528; roughe] toughe 1554

And by his owen mother lyne

And on his owen mother a chylde begete

That fysshes or bestes shulde ete shulde ete] shal deuour and ete 1554

But if a man that daye so dey But] And 1554

520

And she leue after I you sey And she leue] His wyfe lyuynge 1554

His wyfe shal after that he is dede His wyfe] She 1554

Lyue euer-more in clene wed[ow]ehode wedowehode] wedehode 1528, wedowehede 1554

And serue ryght well god almyghty

And helpe the most nedfull treuly

525

And if thou that day lese thy leue wyfe

After that she is dede truly all thy lyfe

Thou shalt with good deuocyon

Gyue the to an house of religyon

If any sekenesse that daye the greue

530

It shal the sle ryght sone I beleue

Thy dreme shal be certayne and good

And that day is tyme to let blood

¶The .xxii. day.

THe .xxii. day was borne Iosephe

Of that day beware and kepe the

535

For it is hard for many thyng

To begyn that day without lesyng

But it is good truly to tell

Bylde howsyng to wedde to bye and sell

On pylgrymage wayes to take

540

And all skylful comenaunte to make comenaunte: =covenant

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But if thou go to the see with good

Ware the fro the salt flood

Who-so be borne well I fynde borne] borne that day 1554

He shal be lecherous be kynde

545

And by kynde he shal be religyous

And a man right traueylous

If sekenesse that daye take wreche

And if it take hym helpeth no leche

If thou any-thyng stele it shal the [s]lo slo] flo 1528, slo 1554

550

Thy dreme shal al to ioye go

Iche tyme of that is good Iche] Euery 1554

If thou wylt be leten blood

¶The .xxiii. day.

THe .xxiii. daye for certayne

Was borne Mary_magdelayne

555

That day is good and vertuous

But that chylde shulde be lecherous

That on that same day is borne

His lyfe for women shal be lorne

That day is good the se to passe

560

Thanke we god of [h]is fayre grace his] is 1528, his 1554

Good to bye and sell and to wedde

And thy wyfe to brynge to bedde

With her thou shalt haue ioy and game

And fayre chyldren ye shal haue in same

565

That daye is blood-letyng not helthe

That day is good begynnynge of telthe

Who-so that day her maydynhede leseth

Lechery for euer she cheseth euer] euermore 1554

By kynde skyl she shal truly

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570

Warne no man of her body

Thou shalt haue Ioy of thy dremynge

Thou dotyst if thou stele ony-thynge

If thou be seke on any maner wyse

Thou shalt soon dey or ellys sone ryse

¶The xxiiii. day.

575

THe .xxiiii. day withouten lesse

Was borne the wyseman Pharoses

That day is good withouten fayle

To begynne euery rightful batayle

That day is good for euery marchaunt

580

To bye and sell and make comenaunt

To wedde to passe the see with ware

And also on pylgrymage to fare also on] not no 1554

That day is good and nobel of pryse

For all maner of marchaundyse

585

And for men of craft also

That theyr craft wyl tende to

What chyld so that day borne is

He shal be a wyse man Iwys

And a man of gret honoure

590

And a nobel werryoure

And if it a woman be

Sondry husbondes haue shal she

And euer at honour leue she shall

And be ryche Inough with-all

595

If sekenesse that day the greue

It shal from the at morowe or eue

If thou that day ony-thyng stele

Thou shalt not it haue longe with hele it haue] haue it 1554; with] in 1554

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Thou shalt haue ioye of thy dremynge

600

That day is tyme of blood-letynge

Who-so her ma[y]denhed lese that day maydenhed] madenhed 1528; maydenhod 1554

Wyth prestes she shal be sclaundryd ay.

¶The .xxv. day.

THe .xxv. day faughte Pharo the kynge

With his enmyes without lesynge

605

Than is tyme to begynne to sowe corne

But what chyld so that day be borne

It shal be ryght merueylouse

And euer besy and coueytouse euer] euer more 1554

And walkyng wyde I vnderstonde

610

In many sondry dyuers londe

And suffer parayle and many hard chaunce parayle: =peril

For his lyues sustenaunce

For to wedde that day is good

To bye and sell and let blood

615

But who-so go that day to the see

Or he come ouer drynched shal he be

Also I warne you euery one

That ye that day begynne thynge none

Other than ye here me say

620

That ye may [be] safely that day be] 1528 omits, be 1554

If thou that day in any t[h]efte do trespasse thefte] tefte 1528, theft 1554

Thou shalt dey for that casse

If thou that day sekenesse take

It shal neuer of the slake

625

If thy dreme good or euyl be

Within .iiii. dayes thou shalt it se.

¶The .xxvi. day.

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THe .xxvi. day without lesyng

Is good for all maner of thyng

Bothe for man and for best

630

In wod / in werre / in fryth / and forest

But these I for_bede the

Weddyng and passyng ouer the se

For that daye drynched kyng pharo drynched] drowned 1554

And .ii. hundred with hym also

635

All the other thynges I the for_bede

That thou begynne for no nede

That thou begynne no maner thynge thou] than 1554

But abyde a better tyme tyme] tymynge 1554

But if a chylde be borne that daye

640

It shal haue happe of manes loue aye

He shal neyther be poure ne ryche

But be hardy and bolde and worke manleche

Who-so that daye ony theft make

Handedande he shal be take

645

If thou be seke in ony wyse

Make the redy thou shalt not ryse

But thy dreme to nought shal falle

And blood-letyng agayne thou calle

The .xxvii. daye.

THe .xxvii. daye was borne Berien

650

That day is good to bye and sellen

The see to passe wedyng to make

And all other godde workes to take

If it toucheth no pearynge pearynge: =pairing, 'injury, damage, impairment'

That daye is tyme of blood-letynge

655

Who-so be borne that daye truly

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He shal be bothe wyght and sly

And great frendeshype he shal haue

And a fayre happe hym-selfe to saue

What mayden that day any man take

660

But if it be for weddynges sake

No more after warne shal she

No man [to] chast of cha[st]yte to chast of chastyte] of chast of charyte 1528, to chaste, of chastyte 1554

And if an husband a wedowe take

All her brede shall sone be bake

665

If sekenesse that day downe the dryue

Thou shalt [lye] longe and tourne to lyue lye] lyue 1528, lye 1554

Thy dreme shal tourne ioye to the

Within a moneth-daye thou shalt it se moneth daye] month 1554

¶The .xxviii. daye.

THe .xxviii. daye was borne Sampson

670

Boldely do that day what thou wylt don

So thou greue not god therewyth

Thou shalt wel spede in towne and fryth

What chylde so that day borne be

In great trauayle be shal he

675

And euer besy and sory

And treue as any style treuly style: =steel

If thou that daye ony sekenesse fele

Thou shalt lye longe and after haue hele

If thou that day stele ought

680

With the to pryson it shal be brought the to pryson] the pryson 1554

But ware the wel of letyng blood

For that day is no tyme good

That thou metyst in thy dreme that nyght

It shal the tourne to ioye ful ryght

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¶The .xxix. day.

685

THe .xxix. day was borne Salomon

Loke thou that day begynne thynge non

For if thou do I sey trewly

Thou shalt lyke no-thyng therby

But who-so that daye borne ys

690

He shal be of great pryse Iwys

He shal haue welth Inough at wylle

And lykyng of women al his fylle

Ryche ne poure wernyth hym none

All is lykyng with hym to done is] his 1554

695

And if it a mayde-chyld be

Meke and mylde and courteyse be shal she

Fayre of face and amyable

And to all men delectable all men] men 1554

And or she be of any age

700

She shal be maryed to great lynage

What wyues husbonde so that day be ded

She shal lyue euermore in her wydowhed

If sekenesse that day do the trauayle

Therof thou shalt sone be hayle

705

If thou stele ought thou shalt haue shame

But blode-letyng is nought to blame nought] not 1554

All thy dreme to good tourned shalbe

Without euyl as I sey the.

¶The .xxx. day.

THe .xxx. day was borne Absalon

710

That day is good to begynne vpon

Chyldren to sette to scole to lere

To bye and sell and houses to rere houses] howsynge 1554

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To chafre to wedde to passe the see chafre] bargen 1554

To begyn tylth and graffe on tre

715

That day what woman do lecherye

She shall neuer leue that folye

But what chyld that day borne is

He shalbe good ware and wyse

Be it mayden be it knaue

720

Ioy ynough shal it haue

If it a mayden-chyld be

Sone shalbe her destyne

That al men shall desyre her than

And also if it shuld be a man

725

All women both whyt and blake

Wyll desyre hym to her make

And thou pyke or stele that day ought

To the treuthe he shalbe brought

Thy dreme shall tourne to great trauayll

730

Or thou shall fall to great parayll

That daye also is tyme goode

If thou wylt blede vayne-blode.

¶Now haue ye herd olde and yong

Discryed many dyuerse thyng

735

Of chafare / of dremys / of chyldren byrth chafare] marchaundise 1554

Of bledyng / of wedyng / and other myrth

And by our formest faders wytnesse

But I warne you both more and lesse

That ye be neuer the more bolde

740

For any-thyng that I haue tolde.

¶And be for to sell / in saynt_Martyns parysshe at the sygne of Saynt Iohnn Euangelyst.

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