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A New And Merrie Prognostication - Being A Metrical Satire, Suppositiously Assigned To Will Summers, The Jester, And Three Others (1860) (Paperback)
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A New And Merrie Prognostication - Being A Metrical Satire, Suppositiously Assigned To Will Summers, The Jester, And Three Others (1860) (Paperback)
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for free. Excerpt from book: Section 1 J textit{A PROGNOSTICATION.
textit{Of Hoball, Spendall, Will Sommer, and Deivs-ace, textit{I,
studying in my sicknesse space, textit{Did peruse their skill made
of astronomie, textit{Of which hereafter followeth the certaimtie,
textit{As well of every season this yeare, textit{As all other
likelies that are like to appears. textit{In reading of this
memorie, textit{Omit to judge the certaintie; textit{Herein me have
nothing resiied, textit{But as by learned proofs united.
textit{Devised is this memo toy, textit{Even for to make some merry
joy; textit{Reporting what shall hap this yeere, textit{Not often
wont so to appeare; textit{Except some strange astronomie,
textit{Like this may hap as diversly. B2 THE AUTHOR TO THE READER.
A true and perfect prognostication For the yeere of Christes
incarnation, Sixteene hundred twenty and three so true, The old
yeere is gone when there commeth a new. Made by foure doctors of
great reputation, Which altogether have had consultation: In
proving their cunning of very great skill, To tell you of planets
both good and ill. And to shew of the signes as neere as they can,
Of dearth and of plenty, of newes, and what than ? Yet
peradventure, ere the yeare come about, Some of them may chaunce,
without any doubt. The first and principallest maister of all, Is
named the learned Sir Doctor Hoball. The second of them, where so
ever he came, Was Sir John Spendall, so called by name. The third
hath to name good Doctor Dews-ace, The excellentest doctor that
ever was; The fourth and last, is Will Summer in deede, A very good
man, and proved at neede. THE PREFACE. Because it becommeth not
daucocke fooles, Newly start up in choplogicke schooles, To take
upon them the knowledge mysticall Of ottr high science astrologi...
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