Image 021, folio 9a, A Prognostication, How to use previous table (folio 8a and b).
| A pronostication. fo.9. | ||||
| under the title of dayes: beginne to tell* downwardes, 1. 2. 3. &c untill you have | ||||
| reckoned the number which you did keepe in minde. Agaynst that, towardes your | ||||
| righte hande under the title of signes, is the signe wherein the moone shall bee that | ||||
| daye. Even then under the other titles, ye shall finde in right order for lettinge | ||||
| blood, for Purgeing, and Batheinge, accordinge as they be noted with G. which is good, | ||||
| and B. signifyeth bad. | ||||
| Ensample | ||||
| The sixth daye of March in the yeare of our Lorde, 1555. I desire to knowe what | ||||
| celestiall signe the Moone doth then occupie. I finde firste the name of the Moneth, | ||||
| that is March: and the day as followeth, in the nexte order of this table. I beginne | ||||
| here to tell |
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| have at the end & count of sixe dayes this figure 7, which I keepe in minde. Nowe I | ||||
| must seeke out the Golden number for the yeare aforesayde, under the title of ye Prime | ||||
| heere, that is 7. agaynst the which on the lefte side is 6. There ye must beginne a- | ||||
| gayne to counte 1, 2, 3 &c. untill you come to your number 7. So on your righte | ||||
| hande in the row or order, you shall see Virgo, the celestiall Signe that the Moone | ||||
| is in: and after that those three letters B, which declare bad, or evill to let Bloude, | ||||
| to Purge, or Bathe, agreeable to the titles in the heade G. there had signified good. | ||||
| A conduceable note for letting Bloude. | ||||
| Let bloude at no time without greate cause, for it bringeth weakenes and manye | ||||
| infirmities. If ye doe, see it be after good digestion, and fastinge, in a fayre tempe- | ||||
| rate daye. Beware before of all manner excercises, batheings, watchings*, and carnall | ||||
| copulation, &c. After use fine meates, of light digestion, abstayninge from all the | ||||
| aforesayde, untill the fourth dayes. | ||||
| These Signes are most dangerous for bloudlettinge, the Moone beinge on them: Taurus | ||||
| Gemini, Leo, Virgo, and Capricornus, with the last halfe of Libra, & Scorpius: The | ||||
| rest are all good, so the Moone beare no dominion in that member which ye cut. | ||||
| From the Chaunge to the firste quarter, a meete* time to let young men bloude: | ||||
| From the firste quarter to the Full, good for middle age: | ||||
| From the Full to the last quarter, apte for aged folke: | ||||
| From the last quarter to the chaunge, beste for olde men. | ||||
| Signes meete for the Complexions. | ||||
| For the Flegmaticke, the head, & thighes excepted {Aries: | ||||
| {Sagittarius. | ||||
| For melancholicke: buttockes & legges excepted {Libra | ||||
| {Aquarius. | ||||
| {Cancer: | ||||
| For cholericke: breaste, members, and feete excepted {Scorpius: | ||||
| {Pisces: | ||||
| For the Sanquine, all be apte that before are named good. | ||||
| In the Springe time, let bloude at the righte side. | ||||
| In harveste time at the lefte side. | ||||
| The learned physition | ||||
Note: Apothecaries' symbols which are not yet understood are marked [S]
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Transcribed by JW and LF