A profitable instruction of the perfect ordering of Bees/Second Treatise/Chapter 2
An euerlasting Prognostication of the
ſtate and condition of euerye yeare, by the
only Kalends of Ianuarie: written by that antient
learned Leopoldus Auſtriacus, and others,
for the commoditie of the wiſe Huſ-
bandmen. Cap. ij.
ND nowe, when the firſt day of Ianuary ſhal happen on the Sunday, then the Winter ſhall be temperate and good, yet windie, the Spring wet, the ſommer drie, and the Harueſt hurtfull throughe windes. So that victualles shall be reaſonable good cheape, plentie of Wines, the good health & encreaſe of sheepe and other cattell, and the indifferent plentie of hony, and the like plentie alſo of Peaſon, Beanes, Uetches, and the herbes and fruites of the Gardens. Alſo yong men ſhal die that yeare, and a diſcorde to be feared betweene Kings, or elſe ſome manifeſt perils to happen to Kings and greate Prelates in aucthoritie, and that diuers robberies ſhall be attempted that yeare. And if controuerſies happen between Princes, then a concluſion of peace to be looked for in that yeare.
{{bl|And if the firſte day of Ianuarie ſhall happen on the Monday, then ſhall the Winter be warme, the Spring very colde, with Snow and Froſtes that ſeaſon, the Sommer boiſterous through winds, and haile oftentimes, and lande floudes ſhall be ſomewhere, and the Harueſt very drie. So that ſickneſſes ſhall enſue, throughe which many of the ſimple ſorte ſhal then die, and diuers alſo ſhall die, throughe the ſodaine plague then happening. Alſo the likelihoode of greate alteration to enſue, & that auntient women to mourne, Kings to die, and a greate ſlaughter to be feared by the ſword. Alſo ſmall ſtore of wines, the death of Bees, and little hony that yeare.}}
And if the firſte beginning of the moneth of Ianuarie ſhal be on Tuiſday, then that Winter ſhal be long, and much ſnow in that ſeaſon, and the likelihoode of land floudes, throughe the muche raine then falling, the Spring windie, the Sommer verye wette, and the Harueſt abounding in groſſe and rotten humors (ſo that a moſte greeuous plague is to be feared, and eſpecially of women, and the likelihoode of many ſhipwrackes, and very greate cares and troubles to happen vnto Princes, with the ſcarcitie of fruites of the trees: and corne ſhall be deare, with the ſodaine death of cattel to be feared that yeare. Alſo wood ſhal that yeare be deare, and the likelihoode of fearefull fyres, and that the plague to be grieuous that yeare. And yet ſhal there be ſtore of Peaſon, Beanes, and Uetches, & plentie of hearbes and floures. Alſo there ſhall be plentie of Hony, Oyle, and wines that yeare.
And when the firſte of Ianuarie beginneth on the Wedneſday, then ſhall the Winter be warme and calme, the Spring wette, and diſpoſed to ſickneſſes, the Sommer hote, and the Harueſt vnprofitable, ſo that long ſickneſſes are to be feared, & the Quarten Ague with them. Alſo yong men ſhall then be ſick, and in ieopardie of death, and women the like, & in ſundrie places ſhall happen a famine, with a greate brute of ſtraunge newes. And there is alſo to be feared the grieuous paſſions of the hearte, the ydleneſſe of minde, or rather diſtraught, and the diſeaſes of the matrice in women. And yet the plentie of Oyle and Wines, but the ſcarcitie of corne to be doubted that yeare.
{{bl|And if the beginning of Ianuarie be on Thurſedaye, then ſhall the Winter be calme, & temperate, the Spring windie, the Sommer vnſeaſonable, and the Harueſt drie, ſo that corne and victualles ſhall then be deare, yet ſtore of Oile and Wines that yeare. And there is a likelihoode of lighte ſickeneſſes to happen vnto the common people, but more dangerous ſickneſſes vnto the richer ſorte. And the blearedneſſe of eies alſo is to be feared, and that yong children ſhall then die, battels procured, and the ſedition of ſouldiours, and an earthquake to be doubted that yeare. Alſo great talke of newes ſhal be in Kings and Princes houſes, and greate perills alſo be doubted to happen vnto Princes in that yeare.}}
And if the firſte daye of Ianuarie happen on Fridaye, then ſhall the Winter be verie cold and drie, the Spring boyſterous and wette, the Sommer temperate, the Harueſt more wette than drie. So that the blearedneſſe, and other diſeaſes with the filthineſſe of matter running in the eies is to be feared, and the pinne or web is likewiſe to be doubted to happen in that yeare. And yong children ſhall ther die, and a likelihoode that young women ſhall be allured vnto a wanton loue, throughe the flatterie and great perſwaſions of men. Alſo a ſuſpition of battels to enſue in that yeare, and the plague and robberies then to happen. Alſo the plentie of fruites is then promiſed, althoughe muche haile fall that yeare.
And if the beginning of Ianuarie happen on Saterdaye, then the Winter ſhall be windie and vnſtable, the Spring windie, and vnconſtant of weather, the ſommer vnſtable with manye tempeſes, and the Harueſt drie: So that victualls ſhall be deare, ſmall ſtore of corne, and little fruite that yeare. Also ſheepe ſhall not well proſper that yeare, and a likelihoode then of the death of ſwine, and that woode ſhall be deare.
Alſo there ſhall be manye tertian agues, and diuers other diſeaſes rayning among men, ſo that olde men ſhall then die, and a likelyhoode of the death of many men, by the plague. Alſo many fires ſhall be hearde of, little ſtore of Wines, Oyle, and Hony, yet plentie of hay that yeare.
And if Neweyeares night (being the firſt night of Ianuarie) ſhall be calme and cleare, as withoute winde and raine, then doeth the ſame promiſe a proſperous yeare following.
{{bl|And if in the ſame night the winde happen to blowe oute of the Eaſt, then doth the ſame ſignifie the death of cattell to enſue that yeare.}}
And if the ſame night the winde happen to blowe out of the Weſt, then a likelyhood of the death of Kinges or Princes to enſue that yeare.
And if in the ſame night the wind happen to blow out of the South, then doth the ſame ſignifie the death of manye perſons to enſue that yeare.
And if in the ſame night the wind happen to blow out of the North, then doth the ſame ſignifie the ſmall yeelde of all fruites of the earth that yeare.