Four Great Liars Striving, Part 1 – Part 2
FOVRE GREAT LYERS, Striuing who shall win the siluer WHETSTONE. ¶ ALSO, A RESOLVTION to the countri-man, prouing it vtterly vnlawfull to buye or vse our yeerly Prognostications.
Written by W. P.
ESAY. 47. vers. 12, 13, 14.
¶Stand now among thine inchaunters, and in the multitude of sothsayers, (with whom thou hast wearied thy selfe from thy youth) if so be thou mayst hauehave profit, or if so be thou mayst hauehave strength. Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the Astrologers, the Star-gazers, and Prognosticators stand vp, and saue thee frō these things that shal come vponupon thee. Behold, they shalbe as stubble: the fire shall burne them, they shall not deliuer their owne liues from the power of the flame: there shalbe no coales to warme at, nor light to sit by.
AT LONDON; Printed by Robert Walde-graue.
¶Foure great lyers, striuing who shall winne the Siluer whet-stone.
Ianuary.
First day.
B Cold and moyst weather.
F Hard vnderfoote.
T Temperate weather.
2
B Rayne & windie weather.
F Drye vnderfoote.
T Cloudy, raine and slatter.
7
B Lowring weather.
F Hoarie frostes.
T Rayne or hayle.
11
B Windie and foule weather.
F Fayre winter weather.
T Warme ayre.
14
B Cloudie and shewerie.
F Fayre and frostie.
T Moyst.
16
B Raw cold.
F Seasonable for the time.
T Temperate.
17
B Enclined to frost.
F Raynish weather.
T Temperate ayre.
21.
B Foule and windie.
F Inclined to moysture.
T Rayne or snow.
D Great windes and blustring ayre.
30
B Temperate for the time.
F Cold rainish weather.
T Inclined to snow or sleete.
February.
1
B Rayne, cold and darke ayre.
F Windie frost.
T Fayre.
2
B Uariable close weather.
F Calme and cleane.
T Indifferent warme.
4
B Sharpe weather thicke and darke ayre.
F Cloudie and moyst weather
T Frost with snow or hayle.
7
B Uariable▪
F Thicke ayre disposed to snow
D Blustring windes.
8
B Uariable.
F Rayne and snow.
T Temperate.
D Blustring windes.
13
B Small raine and close ayre.
F A goodly winters day.
T Blacke frost▪
17
B Cloudy and lowring.
F Frostie and cleare▪
T Rayne.
19
B Rayne, cold inclined to snow or sleete▪
F Seasonable weather▪
T Rayne.
23
B Winde and stormes.
F A dull daye, but drye ouer head.
T Cold winde, freeze with haile or snow▪
D Blustring windes.
March▪
5
B Temperate.
F Hard and frostie.
T Windie.
15
B Cold with winde and some rayne.
F Faire warme weather
T Windie.
19
B Calme but inconstant.
F Close weather.
T Rayne.
21
B Lowring mingled with some showers.
F Fayre cleare and calme, but windie.
T Fayre Sunne shine,
23
B Like to thunder.
F Cold and raynie.
T Cold blastes.
D UUindes and blustring ayre.
29
B Rayne or other moysture.
F UUindy, frost with clouds.
T Cleare sunne shine.
30
B Disposed to rayne or moysture.
F Fayre and windie.
T Small showers.
Aprill.
1
B Close wether disposed to raine
F Uery fayre weather.
T Dispersed cloudes.
4
B Some showers the winde variable.
F UUindie and perchance mizling withal.
T A darke cloudie skye.
5
B Close, and mingled with smal raine.
F Seasonable wether.
T Dark cloudy skie.
7
B Hot and moyst.
F More warme then before.
T Thunder and lightning.
8
B Uariable wether.
F Hot and drie.
D Red Elementes and flashing metors to be seene.
12
B Cloudie, inclining to raine.
F Uerie hote.
T Cleare skie, and faire wether
14
B Fresh ayre and variable.
F Uery hot for the time.
T Sweete smelling shewers.
15
B Cloudy with winde and some showers or els thunder & raine
F A close ayre wich Aprill showers▪
T Sweet showers.
16
B Warme weather like to thū der.
F Close ayre with showers.
T Fayre weather.
17
B Freshe ayre variable windes, some rayne.
F Fayre and kinde weather.
T Fayre sunne shine.
21
B Close with cloudes threatning rayne.
F Troublesome and distemperate weather.
T Warme sunne shine.
30
B Warme inclined to moisture
F Pleasant and dry.
T Some showers.
May.
1
B Fresh ayre somwhat lowring
F Fayre and windie.
T Some showers.
5
B Colde cloudes inclining to moysture.
F Azzured skye.
T Fayre.
D Red elementes flashing metors to be seene.
9
B Raine and windie.
F Somewhat sharp weather.
T Fayre.
15
B Temperate weather.
F Dull and darke with rainie cloudes.
T Faire and cleere aire.
22
B Faire and warme weather.
F Uariable weather.
T Lightning and thunder.
Iune.
3
B Winde with raine like to thunder.
F Dull and cloudie.
T A gille heate some thunder and lightning.
D Red elementes flashing metors to be seene.
8
B Somwhat milde wether.
F Calme but cloudie and dark.
T Lightning and thunder.
D Store of raine.
13
B Raine and winde.
F Faire wether▪
T Temperate wether.
D Thunder and lightnings.
20
B Temperate wether
F Unsteedie wether.
T Ayre ouercast.
28
B Close and lowring.
F Indifferent cleare and calme.
T Fayre.
Iuly.
1
B Fresh wether.
F Fayre.
T Cloudie.
4
B UUarme.
F windie wether.
T A pempline winde.
D Red elements and Flashing metors to be seene.
5
B Some raine, like to thunder,
F Fayre weather.
T A fertile of Saturne and Mercurie.
6
B Thunder
F Pleasant showers.
D Raine
10
B Hot wether.
F Troublesome or tempestuous weather.
T Cloudie skie.
11
B Fresh windes and cloudines.
F Tempestuous weather.
T Warme weather.
13
B Unkindly wether for the time
F Fayre, but somwhat cloudie with lightning.
T Moist weather.
14
B Likely to thunder with some raine.
F Some kinde of tempestuous weather.
T Uery hot.
D Fearefull lighteninges and thunder.
20
B Lowring and variable wether.
F Tempestuous thunder, and lightning.
T Some warme showers.
D Blustring windes.
21
B Lightning thunder and rain.
F Temperate and seasonable.
T A coniunction of Iupiter and Mars.
D Blustering windes.
23
B Temperate and warme.
F Seasonable weather.
T Moyst weather.
D Great store of rayne.
25
B Some rayn and close aire.
F Diuers coloured cloudes.
D Thunder and lightninges.
27
B Ouercast and some rayne.
F Inclined to thundering,
T A sextile of Iupiter and Venus.
28
B Raine and variable weather.
F Seasonable and d…y wether.
T Cold and dry ayre.
29
B Faire and hot▪
F Seasonable weather.
T Colde and drie weather.
31
B Pleasant weather.
F Somewhat windie.
T Cleare skie.
August.
1
B Foule weather.
F Faire weather.
T Moist weather.
2
B Foule for the time.
F Uerie hot.
T Moyst.
D Fearefull thundring and lightninges.
4
B Warme weather.
F Drie but windie.
T A faire skie.
6
B Uariable.
F Misling raine.
T Somewhat cold.
8
B Lowring and hot weather.
F Fowle weather.
T The Moone with the tayle of the Dragon.
D Feareful thunder and lightninges.
10
B Close cloudy ayre full of scattering raine.
F Good weather for the season.
T A true aspect of Saturne and Mercury.
11
B Uariable and somewhat fresh weather.
F Good weather for the season.
T Rainie weather.
14
B Some dashing showers.
F Pleasant and hot.
T Cold weather.
15
B Lowring and warme weather.
F Disposed to thunder & lightning.
T Colde.
D Fearful thunder & lightning
16
B Lowring and warme weather.
F Waueringe and vncertayne weather.
T Inclining to heate.
21
B Showrie and hote.
F Close glomie weather.
T Moyste weather
22
B Showrie and hote.
F Glommie weather somewhat wyndie.
T Fayre weather.
24
B Wynde and some raine.
F A pleasaunt seasonable daie.
T Cloudie weather.
25
B Some misling raine.
F A pleasaunt daie.
T Cloudie weather.
September.
2.
B Wynde and somme small rayne.
F Fayre weather.
T Cloudie.
4
B Uariable and mislinge vntounto moysture.
F Change of wether
T Colde and sharpe ayre
D Red elementes and flashing metors.
6
B Sodaine shewes.
F Fayre and drye.
T Moyst dewes
8
B Cold and windie.
F Cloudie and variable.
T Cold and moyst weather.
12
B Cold▪ close aire, yet drie.
F Raw cold and raine.
T Faire weather.
15
B Inconstant weather.
F Faire somwhat windie with whitish cloudes.
T Some rayne.
D Great store of rayne.
17
B Somewhat cold.
F UUarme and moyst.
T Clearing vp.
19
B Temperate for the season.
F Close weather.
T Faire weather.
20
B Temperate.
F Disposed to mislinges.
T A quarti…e of Mars and Venus.
D Great windes and blustring windes.
26
B Raw cold & variable wether.
F Seasonable weather.
D UUinde with great store of rayne.
24
B Cold.
F Seasonable weather.
T Warme.
25
B Faire for the time.
F Windie.
T A raw fog or myste.
D Great store of raine.
27
B Windie and variable.
F Faire.
T UUarme.
D Great store of raine.
October.
1
B Faire.
F UUindie with raine.
T UUarme.
5
B Sodaine showers.
F Somewhat windie.
T Faire.
8
B UUindie.
F Misling.
T Cold frost.
12
B Close aire.
F Mutable.
T Hoare frost.
17
B Enclined to frost.
F Snowe or sleete.
T Colde.
27
B Winde, raine or sleet.
F Faire cleare day.
T Cold dry frost.
30
B Cold and variable cloudes.
F Lowd and boysterous strong windes.
T A fayre skie.
31
B Moyst weather.
F Temperate weather.
T Cold foggy mystes.
Nouember.
6
B Raw cold, and lowring.
F Windie and drie.
T Warme.
8
B Winde and rayne.
F Faire.
T Cold and moyst.
12
B Driuing rayne.
F Cold from the North.
T Faire.
16
B Cloudie.
F Frost.
T Reasonable faire.
18
B Bent to snow.
F Faire.
T Raine or sleete.
20
B Showrie and cold.
F Faire ouer head.
T Raine or sleete.
23
B Rainie weather.
F Subiect to diuers changes.
T Colde like to freeze.
24
B Seasonable weather.
F Diuers changes.
T Cold frost.
28
B Rayne or other moysture.
F Cleere weather.
T Mistes or foggy weather.
29
B Faire and comfortable.
F Somewhat windie.
T Mystie and foggie.
30
B Temperate weather.
F Rainie weather.
T Faire and drie.
December.
2
B Cold wind and raw weather.
F UUarme aire.
T Frost snow, and hayle.
3
B Showers and windie blastes.
F A blacke day.
T A frost with some snow or hayle.
4
B UUindie blastes.
F A blacke day.
T A quartile aspect of the Sunne and Mars.
7
B Temperate weather.
F Cold and rainie.
T Mystes.
D Great windes and blustring ayre.
9
B Uerie cold weather.
F Indifferent good weather.
T Faire.
D Great windes and blustering ayre.
11
B Disposed to frostes.
F Faire weather.
T Store of snow.
12
B Disposed to frostes, but not like to hold.
F Faire weather.
T Great store of snowe,
13
B Uariable windes, and cold rawe weather.
F Cloudie.
T Fayre thaw.
14
B Cold raw weather.
F Strong windes and rayne.
T An opposition of Iupiter & the Sunne.
15
B Stormie weather.
F Calme.
T A cleare starrie skie.
16
B Some showers.
F Loude windes.
T Warme thaw.
D Great windes and blustring ayre.
17
B Fayre & temperate weather.
F Lowring.
T Warme thaw.
18
B Seasonable.
F Fayre weather for ye greatest part.
T UUarme thaw.
19
B Misling rayne.
F Fayre weather.
T A sextile of Saturne & Venus.
20
B Misling rayne and raw cold.
F Seasonable weather for the greatest part.
T Cold and dry.
21
B Boystrous winde, & some driuing showers.
F A blacke frost in the morning, afterwardes loude and vnconstant, weather.
T Opposition of Iupiter and the Sunne.
22
B Boystrous winde & some driuing showers.
F Calme weather.
T The Moone with the head of the Dragon.
23
B Windie and foule weather.
F Somewhat moyst.
T A pimpling winde.
24
B UUauering weather.
F Fayre.
T Moyst.
D Great store of rayne.
25
B Thicke ayre and windie weather.
F Fayre inough for the season.
T Moyst.
D Great windes and blustring ayre.
26
B Thicke ayre and windie weather.
F Frostie.
T Moyst.
D Blustring windes.
30
B Lowring close and somewhat windie.
F Snow.
T Slatter.
31
B UUindie weather.
F A windy frost in the morning.
T Snow and slatter.
Not conuenient to hauehave Prognostications Reasons:
1 Concerning the byer.
1 Immoderate care, ioyned with distrust in God.
2 Contempt of the prouidence of God, in not reuerently regarding it.
2 Concerninge the maker
1 His vnability in Prognosticating, proued
1 By the true end of the heauens.
2 By want of good experience.
3 By ignorance of perticular causes.
2 His manifold vntrueths.
3 His impieties and prophane speaches, and actions, not seeming a Christian.
4 His trickes of deceit.