¶ _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 Husbandmen_. Cap.ij. And 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 shéepe and other cattell, and the indifferent plentie of hony, and the like plentie also of Peason, Beanes, Vetches, and the herbes and fruites of the Gardens. Also yong men shal die that yeare, and a discorde to be feared betwéene 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 betwéen Princes, then a conclusion of peace to be looked for in that yeare. 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 Bées, 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 gréeuous 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 trées: 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 Vetches, & plentie of hearbes and floures. Also there shall be plentie of Hony, Oyle, and wines that yeare.