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DAYS OF THE MOON

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3    As Haly wyttnessyth, the gret astrolegere, off days namyd
4cretyk, the qwyche he calkyllyd, and drof owte be
5gret conclusyonnys off astronomye, qwyche schuld be moste
6fortunate to the vse off man, as the days of yche mone; for
7he concludyth be sundry resunnys, that the mone schuld,
8for her propynqwyte, sundry in-dysposycion off nature werkyngys,
9cause; schuld also in ther regyon haue more strengh,
10qwere sche hath domyny, than in an odyr, off werkyng.
11And this tretys ys compylyd to yeff knowlech to the lysterys,
12qwyche days be moste expedyent to begynne ony werk vp-on,
13to take vyage ouer the see, to blede for ony sekenes, to knowe
14qwat schuld be-falle off hym that sekenyth in ony day off
15the mone, and off odyr thingys yt tretyth, as the rederrys
16schal fynde: - fyrste asay this tretys and so appreue yt,
17quod Jon Metham.
18    Diuersis de causis phi determinauere prima dies cretica
19etc.
20    The fyrste day off the mone ys fortunat to begynne euery
21god werk vpon; in qwyche wordys ye schal conseyue alle
22worldely occupacionnys excepte the excepcionys here foluyng,
23the qwyche ben expressyd in the chapetrys here
24foluyng:
25    That persone that ys born the fyrste day off the mone
26schuld be dysposyd to be wyse and dyscrete and longe
27lyffyd, dysposyd to haue gret vexacion and gret labour; but
28he schuld be gret labour owercome yt at the laste; that persone
29the qwyche takyth ony actual sekenes that day schuld
30long be vexyd ther-with, but at the laste he schuld with gret
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32yff yt were off dede bodyis or off cartys, yt schuld turne to
33gode; but this day, for no nede, a man schuld blede; but
34yff so a body were take with a pestylens agwe, a body
35schuld noght blede for none odyr infyrmyte.
36    The secunde day off the mone ys prosperus to begynne
37alle werkys vpon; he that weddyth a wyfe that day schuld
38lyffe longe with hys wyffe in prosperyte for the moste parte;
39this day ys apte to calkulerys, yff so be that the sunne be in
40the hows off Saturne; he that ys born that day schulde come
41to wurchyp and be dysposyd to vertu; yff a man or a woman
42take sekenes that day, they schuld sone recouer; qwat that
43a man dreme schuld be but vanyte; vp-on that day ys good
44bledyngys.
45    The thyrd day off the mone ys noght fortunat to begynne
46ony werke vp-on, for oudyr the werke schuld myscheue, or
47be ongratyus, or ellys yt schuld come to a froward ende;
48a man schuld no iurney take vp-on this day; yff a man take
49sekenes that day, late or neuer he schuld recouer; he that
50ys born that day schuld be dysposyd to thefft and couetyse,
51and dey myscheuusly; yt ys parel to blede vp-on that day.
52    The fourthe day ys gode to begynne euery wordly ocupacion,
53and pryncipally to seke spryngys for wellys off
54water, to seke also veynys off metel, and mynys off sonde,
55grauel, and cley; he that ys born that day schuld gretly be
56dysposyd to lecchery, and he schuld haue gret vexsacion,
57but he schuld wele ouercome yt; yt ys gode that day to take
58vyage ouer the see, yff the wynde wul serue; he that fallyth
59seke vp-on this day schuld sone dey; for nede a man myght
60blede vp-on this day, betwene .ij. at afternone and .iij.
61    The fyfte day ys noght spedeful to begynne ony werk
62vp-on; he that ys born that day schuld be lunatyk or ellys
63foltysch; he that falyth seke that day but yff he amend within
64xxiiij^ti hourys, he schuld sone dey; yt ys perlyus to pase
65the see that day; qwat that a man dreme that nyght afftyr
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67but myne autore forbedyth a man to telle hys dreme tyl the
68effecte falle; that day ys gode bledyng afftyr vnderne.
69    The .vj. day off the mone ys lukky for hem that wul go
70an-huntyng and haukyng, yff the wedyr be temperat; he
71that ys born that day schuld be happy, to, goode, bolde,
72hardy, and wyse; yff a woman were born that day, sche
73schuld be fortunat to haue goode husbondys; yff a man falle
74in-to sekenes that day, yt schuld contynw longe tyme, but at
75the laste, in a coniuncion off the sunne and the mone, he
76schuld skape yt; and qwat that a man or a woman dreme,
77yt schuld be-falle with-in that yere; that day ys gode to
78begynne edyfying of placys, and to begynne alle odyr werkys,
79and eke to blede.
80    The .vij. day ys fortunat to begynne alle werkys vp-on;
81that persone that ys born that day schuld be dysposyd to
82be sotel off wytt and dyuerse off condycionnys and chongabyl,
83and dysposyd to lyfe longe; and yff a body falle in-to sekenes
84that day, he schuld sone recouer; and qwat that
85a man dremyth schuld turne to trwthe with-in half a yere;
86yt ys spedeful that day to go a wowyng, and specyally yff
87the planete off Venus be in the .x. yere off her cours regnyng.
88    The viij ys fortunat to alle verkys; he that ys born that
89day schuld gretly be dysposyd to lecchery and to getyng off
90gode for a tyme, and afftyr that persone schuld haue gret
91travel and be schamyd, or he deyd; yff a man falle in sekenes
92that day, he schuld with-in foure days recouer and hele,
93or ellys dey; that day ys fortunat to pase the see with marchaundyse,
94yff the wynde serue; and qwat that a man
95dremyth that nyght schuld turne to trwth, be sum symylytude;
96that day ys gode bledyng, aboute .iij. aftyr-none.
97    The .ix. day of the mone ys happy to begynne alle werkys
98vp-on; he that ys born that day schulde be gracyus and come
99to worchyp, and be dysposyd to haue gret wytt; qwat that
100a man dremyth that day, the symylytude schuld be-tyde
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102day communly recure; that day, for no nede, no man schuld
103blede, but for pestylens.
104    The .x. day ys gode to begynne alle werkys, to make
105cunnauntys, to pase with marchaundyse the see, and to
106wedde a wyffe; he that ys born that day schuld neuer be
107stedfast, but alwey wandryng fro one cuntre to a-nodyr,
108neuer that persone schuld haue prosperyte; he that takyth
109sekenes vp-on that day, with-in .viij. dayis schuld recure or
110ellys dey; yt ys gode bledyng vp-on that dey; qwat that
111a man dremyth that nyght schuld turne to vanyte.
112    The .xj. day ys gode to begynne alle werkys; he that ys
113borne that day schuld be fortunat to gode and a gret purchasour,
114kend off hert, sad and stabyl; he that fallyth seke
115vp-on that day schuld sone recouyr; this day ys happy to by
116and to selle vp-on, and yt ys fortunat to sett chyldyr to
117skole, and to wedde a wyfe; qwat that nyght a man dremyth
118schuld turne to trwth with-in foure days, be summe symylytude;
119yt ys gode bledyng vp-on this day.
120    The .xij. day ys fortunat to begynne alle werkys vp-on,
121but moste in specyall for them that wul calkyl and coniure
122and take syngulere bateyle vp-on, to take vyage ouer the
123see, to bye and to selle; he that fallyth seke that day schuld,
124late or neuyr, recouer; qwat that a man dremyth that day
125or nyght, yt schuld turne to trwth; yt ys gode bledyng that
126day, at .iiij. afftyr-none.
127    The .xiij. day ys fortunat to begynne alle werkys, jn
128specyal for astronomerys to calcule; a man-chyld that ys
129born that day schuld be dysposyd to be evyl tecchyd and
130to be angry and vycyus, but he schuld lyue but schort tyme;
131a woman that ys born that day schuld gretly be dysposyd to
132lecchery, or ellys sche schuld dey sone aftyr her byrth; qwat
133that a man dremyth schuld turne to trwth with-in .viij.
134wekys; yt ys gode bledyng vp-on that day.
135    The .xiiij. day ys fortunat to begynne alle werkys; he
136that ys born that day schuld be dysposed to be wyse and
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138sekenes that day, he schuld neuer recouer; a man may for
139nede blede for alle sekenes vp-on this day.
140    The .xv. day ys noght spedeful to be-gynne ony werke
141vp-on, for yt ys oncracyus; and myne autour seyth that a
142man schuld send hys seruaunt on no massage to spede wele
143vp-on this day; he that ys born that day schuld be dysposyd
144to be stronge, manly, and hardy; and owdyr he schuld be
145slayne or drounyd; and yff a man falle yn-to sekenes, yt
146schuld continue longe; qwat that a man dremyth schuld
147turne but to fantasye; that day ys gode bledynng, before
148none.
149    The .xvj. day ys fortunat to begynne alle werkys vp-on to
150bye, and to selle, and to wedde a wyfe; he that ys born
151that day schuld be dysposyd to be gracyus and trwe, and of
152longe lyfe, but he schuld noght be ryche; he that fallyth to
153sekenes that day schuld be longe seke, but at the laste he
154schuld recure; qwat that a man dremyth that nyght, the
155symylytude schuld falle with-in .iij. yere; yt ys gode bledyng
156that day.
157    The .xvij. day ys fortunat to begynne alle werkys vp-on;
158he that ys born that day schuld be off gode condycionnys
159and meke and neuer but lytyl in trowbyl, but alwey lyfe
160in prosperyte, longe tyme; this day ys profytabyl to bye
161and to selle vp-on, to pase the see with marchaundyse, and
162to wedde a wyfe; he that fallyth seke that day schuld longe
163contynwe in hys sekenes, but at the laste with gode gouernauns
164he schuld skape yt; qwat that a man dremyth that
165nyght schuld turne to trwthe; a man that day schuld noght
166blede but fore pestylens.
167    The .xviij. day ys fortunat to begynne alle werkys vp-on;
168he that ys born that day schuld be malycyus, dysposyd to
169malyce, and froward off condycionys, and dysposyd to pride,
170but he schuld lyue but schort tyme; he that fallyth seke
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172that a man that nyght dremyth schuld turne to trwth be
173sum symylytude; yt ys no bledyng that day.
174    The .xix. day ys gode and happy to begynne alle werkys
175vp-on, in specyal to bye and to selle, and to pase the see;
176he that ys born that day schuld be dysposyd to be wyse and
177trwe and euer to lyve in prosperyte; thow a man falle in-to
178sekenes that day, he schuld sone recouer; yt ys perlyus to
179blede that day.
180    The .xx. day ys fortunat to begynne alle werkys vp-on;
181he that ys born that day schuld gretly encrece in worldely
182goodys, and be dysposyd to be sotel off wytt and fortunat;
183also he that fallyth seke that day schuld dye with-in .viij.
184owrys, yff he were born that day, or ellys with-in a monthe.
185    The .xxj. day ys fortunat; he that ys born that day
186schuld be myghty off complexcion, and off gret wytt, dysposyd
187to lecchery and to many odyr vycys; he that fallyth
188seke that day schuld dey off that sekenes; and qwat that
189a man dremyth that nyght schuld turne to trwth be sum
190symylytude; yt ys gode to blede that day.
191    The .xxij. day ys on-gracyus to begynne ony werke vp-on,
192saue only to bye and to selle; yt ys parel to pase the see
193on that day; he that ys born that day schuld gretly be
194dysposyd to lecchery, dysposyd eke to haue gret troubyl;
195yff a man take sekenes that day, he schuld dye ther-off; and
196qwat that nyght a man dremyth schuld turne to trwth be
197sum symylytude; yt ys proffytabyl to blede that day.
198    The .xxviij. day ys fortunat to begynne alle werkys vp-on;
199he that ys born that day schuld gretly be dysposyd to vycys,
200and moste in specyalle to lecchery, and he schuld dye myscheuusly;
201yt ys prosperus that day to pase the see with
202marchaundyse, and to wedde a wyfe; he that fallyth seke
203that day schuld sone dey, or with-in .xxiiij. hourys recouer;
204qwat that a man dremyth schuld turne to trwth be sum
205symylytude; for no nede a man schuld blede.
206    The xxiiij^ti day ys gode to begynne euery werke vp-on; he
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208and be dysposyd to be a man of werre; and yff yt be a
209woman that be born on that day, sche schuld haue sundry
210husbondys and be ryche and come to gret wurchyp; this
211day ys profytabyl to bye and to selle vp-on, to pase the see
212with marchaundyse, and to go on pylgrimage; he that takyth
213sekenes that day schuld sone recouer; and qwat froward
214dreme a body haue, yt schuld turne to no trwth; yt ys gode
215bledyng this day.
216    The .xxv. day ys fortunat to go on huntyng, to bye and
217to selle; he that ys born that day schuld be couetus and
218meruulus off condycionnys, and alwey be in nede and pouerte,
219and neuer stedffast, but alwey wandryng fro one cuntre to
220a-nodyr; yt ys parel to pase the see this day; this day ys
221eke in-ffortunat to begynne ony thing vp-on, excepte this
222thingys expressyd be-ffore; yff man or woman falle seke
223vp-on this day, they schuld neuer be clene ther-off; qwat
224that a man dremyth schuld turne to truth with-inne foure
225dayis; yt ys gode to blede that day.
226    The .xxvj. day ys for to hunte vp-on for dere in forestys,
227but yt ys noght fortunat to wedde a wyfe, noudyr to pase
228the see, ner fortunat to begynne ony werke vp-on; he that
229ys born that day schuld fynde grace in womennys eysyte;
230he schuld be dysposyd to be hardy and wyse; yff a man
231take sekenes that day, he schuld noght scape yt; yt ys parel
232to blede that day.
233    The .xxvij. day ys fortunat to begynn alle werkys vp-on;
234he that ys born that day schuld be dysposyd to be wyse
235and trwe, and he schuld haue many frendys, and be gracyus
236and god off gouernauns; he that fallyth in-to sekenes that
237day schuld longe be seke, but at the laste recouer; and qwat
238that a man dremyth schuld turne to trwthe be sum symylytude;
239yt ys noght proffytabyl to blede that day.
240    The .xxiij. day ys fortunat to begynne alle werkys vp-on;
241qwat chyld that be born that day schuld lyue with gret
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243ryght trwe off condycionnys; he that fallyth in-to sekenes
244schuld longe be vexyid ther-with, but at the laste he schuld
245skape yt; yt ys no gode bledyng that day.
246    The .xxix. day ys nowder gode ner fortunat to begyne ony
247werke vp-on; a manchyld that ys born that day schuld be
248fortunat to gret wurchyp, but he schuld be dysposyd to
249lecchery, and he schuld be made thru maryage; yff a woman
250be born that day, sche schuld be demure and beuteus and
251schamfast, and sche schuld come to gret wurchyp yn maryage;
252yff a man falle in-to sekenes that day, he schuld sone
253recure; and qwat that a man dremyth schuld turne to gode;
254a man may blede that day.
255    The .xxx. day ys fortunat to set chyldyr to scole, to bye
256and to selle, to fabryffye howsys, and to begyn alle worldly
257ocupacionnys; and to pase the see with marchaundyse; he
258that ys born that day schuld be dysposyd to be wyse, and
259gretly to be louyd off women for semlynes off persone and
260beute off face; and yff yt be a mayde that be born that
261day, sche schuld be amyabyl and semly and come to gret
262wurchyp; yff man or woman take sekenes that day, thei
263schuld sone recouer; and off qwat that nyght a body dremyth
264yt schuld turne to trwthe; yt ys gode bledynng that day.
265    But off this boke off destenyis ye schal conceyue, noght-with-stondyngys,
266that here ys wrytyn how a man or woman
267schuld be dysposyd that be born sundry days off the mone,
268qwydyr to wurchyp or infortune; ye schal noght syngulerely
269for trwth take yt that yt schuld be so; for euyl rwele may
270cause that a man schal neuer come to wurchyp, thow he be
271born to come to wurchyp; and off inffortune vndyr the lyke
272forme.
273    But this ye may yeue for trwthe, as for a ryght dome,
274that yff a man or a woman be born on sqwyche a day off the
275mone, ye schal conceyue that he ys, or sche ys, dysposyd
276so as to haue wurchyp, or ellys troubyl. And off odyr thingys,
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278begynne ner to do ony worldly ocupacionys on holy days,
279ner men be noght myche vsyd to blede in wynter, noudyr to
280pase the see in tempestys; qwereffore a consyderacion in alle
281thingys muste be had, be dyscrecion and resun. quod Jon
282Metham.