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The book of knowledge ; treating of the wisdom of the ancients / Made English by W. Lilly ... To which is added the dealer's directory.

  • Erra Pater.
Date:
1753
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The book of knowledge ; treating of the wisdom of the ancients / Made English by W. Lilly ... To which is added the dealer's directory. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    on this Day, fhall come to Hononr } Marriage fhall be © Bortunate and Happy; and to begin any Work on & Lourfday, throughout the Year fhall be profperous. Friday.) It it falls on a Friday, the Winter will be 4 full of Storms and high Winds, andin the Summer the | | Air diitturb’d by Thunder and Lightning, there thall be plenty of Fruit and Corn; but Sheep and Bees fhall fuf- - fer greatly. He.that is bora en this Day, fhall be ftrong and lufy, but much given’ to Women, and he that begins a Work on this Day, fhall meet with indifferent _ Succefs. i keipes Saturday.) If Chriftmas day fhall fall on aSaturday, ~Jook for a dark end clondy Winter, thick, foggy, and — enwholefome ; the Spring ¢empeftour, and the Summer very moift and wet. Fruit fhall be {carce, and Corn ~ dear ; and ficknefs and death of many,-is much to be ~ geared. He that is born.on this Day, fall be poor, and — in difgrace, tho’ at laft he thal] get Riches, and over=- come it. If a Man fall fick on this Day, he feldom cecovereth. And he that begias his Work ena Satur- day, this Year, fhall repent before it be done. + aun im Tl. A fort Prognoftication concerning Children bore awa “every Day in the Week eae A. Child bern on Sunday, thall be of long Life, and, — “& obrain great Riches. fh eid “A Child born on Monday, fhall be weak, and of an effeminate. Temper, and feldem comes to Honour, ~ A Child born on 4 Tue/day, hall be given up to the . _ anordinate defire of Riches, and is in Danger of dying “py Violence. ~, . . <A Child born on Wednefday, fhall be given to the * Stody of Learning, and fhall profit thereby. , =~ A Child born on Thur/day, fhall arrive to great Hon- ’ ourand Dignity. iat RN eh ik “~ Child bora on Friday, thall be of a {trong Confli- tution, but very lecherous ; and if it bea Female, is. in great Danger of turning Whore, Ny Zee Ae Ay Child born on Saturday, | fhall be dull and heavy, — . _ and of a dogged difpofition, and feldom come to good. — ‘ y