<County: Somerset>
<Code: L5171b>
<MS reference: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 189>
<Text: Prognostics, terms of association>

<fol. 210r><rub>*THURSDAY</rub>
*AND CRYSTMAS DAY ONn THURSDAY BE
*A WONDYR WYNTER SHALL WE SEE
*OF WONDYRS AND OF WETHYRS WHIKE
*AND HARD TEMPEST TRONGE AND THYKE
*THE SOMER SHALL BE GOODE AND DRYE
*CORNE AND BESTYS SHALL MULTYPLYE
*THAT YERE IS GOODE LONDE TO TYLLE
*KYNGes & PRYNCes SHALL DEY BE SKYLLE
WHAT SHYLD THAT DAY BORNE BE
HE SHALL HAUE HAPPE WELLE TO THE
*OF DEDYS HE SHALL BE GOODE & STABILLE
*OF SPECHE WYSE & OF TONGE RESONABILLE
WHO SO y\T DAY BESTE BE A-BOWTE
HE SHALL BE SHENT W\T-OWTEN DOWTE
*AND YF SYKENESSE y\T DAY BE-FYLLE
HYT SHALL NOTT LONG W\T y\E DWELLE
<rub>*FRYDAY</rub>
*AND CRYSTMAS DAY ON FRYDAY BE
*THE FURST OF WYNTer SHALL HARD BE
W\T FROST SNOW AND W\T FOLD
*BUT y\E LATTYR ENDE SHALL BE GOODE
*THE SONER FAYER & GOODE ALSO
*OLD FOLKE SCHALL HAUE GRETE WHO
WOMEn & CHILDRYNn BESTYS & CORNn
*SHULD MULTYPLYE AND NONn BE FOR-LORNn
*THE CHILD y\T IS BORNE y\T DAY
*SHALL LYFFE LONGE LECHERUS LAY
WHO SO STELYS OWGHT HE SHALL BE FOWNDE
*IFT y\U BE SEKE YT LASTYS NOT LONGE
<fol. 210v>*AND CHRISTMAS DAY ONn SATURDAY FALLE
*THAT WYNTER MAY WE DREDEN ALLE
HYT SHALL BE SOO FULL OF TEMPEST
HYT SHALL GREWE BOyE MANn & BEST
*FRUTYS AND CORNE SHALL FAYLLE GRETTE
*AND OLDE FOLKE DYE MANY J YOU HETE
WHAT WOMAn y\T DAY CHILDE TRAVELLE
*THEY SHALL BE BOyE IN GRETTE PARELLE
*AND WHAT CHYLDE BE BORNn y\T DAY
W\T-I%N HALFE AGE SHALL DYE PerFAY
*THE SOMER SHALL BE WETTE & YLLE
*IF y\U OWGHT STELE HYT WYLLE yE SPYLLE
*THAT DAY IF y\U TAKE SEKENESSE
*NOW HAUE YE HARD BOyE MORE & LASSE
*DESTENYNG OF MANY DYVERS MATERYS
*OF CHYLDYS BYRTHE & TYNYNG OF YERYS
*AND MEKYLLE OF MANNYS DESTENY
*ALLE TO-GEDYR SOTHE FYNDE SHALL YE
*AND NAMELY yI%S MATER J-WIS
*THAT BY yE BYRTHE OF CRYSTE PreVYD YS
*FOR YF W<cro><1 char></cro>E FYNDE HYT NOTT IN yYS LONDE ALLE
*IN OTHER LONDYS YT MAY BE-FALLE
*AND THOROW yIS WORLD J VNDYRSTONDE
*SUMWHATTE MAY FALLE IN EUerY LONDE
<rub>*EXPLI%CIT</rub>
<fol. 211r>*AN *HARE IN HYS FORME
*IS SHOLDRYNG OR LENYNG
*A DOWNE SITTETHE
*AN HERTE IS <cro>HER</cro> HERBORED
*A KNYGHT IS HERBORED
A *BUCKE IS LOGGED
A *SQUI%ER IS LOGGED
A *ROO IS BEDDED
A YOMAN IS BEDDED
*IF AN HERTE STANDE
HE STALKETHE
*IF A *BUCKE STANDE
HE HERKENYTHE
*IF A *ROO STONDE
HE FERECH
A *DERE BROKEN
A *GOOS RERYD
A *SWANn LYSTE
A *CAPOUn SAWSYD
A HEN SPOYLED
A *SHEKYN FRUSSHED
A *MALARD VNBRASED
A *CONY VNLACED
A *PECOK DYSFUGURYD
A HERON DYSMEmBRYD
A *CRANE DYSPLAYD
A *CURL<ct><add>E</add>W VNYOYNTED
A *BITTORE VNTACHED