Chapter XXV: Preface: To Poor Richard Improved, 1748 (2)

19. The great Increase of Offspring in particular Families is not always owing to greater Fecundity of Nature, but sometimes to Examples of Industry in the Heads, and industrious Education; by which the Children are enabled to provide better for themselves, and their marrying early is encouraged from the Prospect of good Subsistence.

20. If there be a Sect, therefore, in our Nation, that regard Frugality and Industry as religious Duties, and educate their Children therein, more than others commonly do; such Sect must consequently increase more by natural Generation, than any other sect in _Britain_.

21. The Importation of Foreigners into a Country, that has as many Inhabitants as the present Employments and Provisions for Subsistence will bear, will be in the End no Increase of People; unless the New Comers have more Industry and Frugality than the Natives, and then they will provide more Subsistence, and increase in the Country; but they will gradually eat the Natives out. Nor is it necessary to bring in Foreigners to fill up any occasional Vacancy in a Country; for such Vacancy (if the Laws are good, sec. 14, 16,) will soon be filled by natural Generation. Who can now find the Vacancy made in _Sweden_, _France_, or other Warlike Nations, by the Plague of Heroism, 40 years ago; in _France_, by the Expulsion of the Protestants, in _England_, by the Settlement of her Colonies; or in _Guinea_, by 100 Years Exportation of Slaves, that has blacken'd half _America_? The thinness of Inhabitants in _Spain_ is owing to National Pride and Idleness, and other Causes, rather than to the Expulsion of the Moors, or to the making of new Settlements.

22. There is, in short, no Bound to the prolific Nature of Plants or Animals, but what is made by their crowding and interfering with each other's means of Subsistence. Was the Face of the Earth vacant of other Plants, it might be gradually sowed and overspread with one Kind only; as, for Instance, with Fennel; and were it empty of other Inhabitants, it might in a few Ages be replenish'd from one Nation only; as, for Instance, with _Englishmen_. Thus there are suppos'd to be now upwards of One Million _English_ Souls in _North-America_, (tho' 'tis thought scarce 80,000 have been brought over Sea,) and yet perhaps there is not one the fewer in _Britain_, but rather many more, on Account of the Employment the Colonies afford to Manufacturers at Home. This Million doubling, suppose but once in 25 Years, will, in another Century, be more than the People of _England_, and the greatest Number of _Englishmen_ will be on this Side the Water. What an Accession of Power to the _British_ Empire by Sea as well as Land! What Increase of Trade and Navigation! What Numbers of Ships and Seamen! We have been here but little more than 100 years, and yet the Force of our Privateers in the late War, united, was greater, both in Men and Guns, than that of the whole _British_ Navy in Queen _Elizabeth's_ Time. How important an Affair then to _Britain_ is the present Treaty for settling the Bounds between her Colonies and the _French_, and how careful should she be to secure Room enough, since on the Room depends so much the Increase of her People.

23. In fine, a Nation well regulated is like a Polypus; take away a Limb, its Place is soon supply'd; cut it in two, and each deficient Part shall speedily grow out of the Part remaining. Thus if you have Room and Subsistence enough, as you may by dividing, make ten Polypes out of one, you may of one make ten Nations, equally populous and powerful; or rather increase a Nation ten fold in Numbers and Strength.[41]

And since Detachments of _English_ from _Britain_, sent to _America_, will have their Places at Home so soon supply'd and increase so largely here; why should the _Palatine Boors_ be suffered to swarm into our Settlements and, by herding together, establish their Language and Manners, to the Exclusion of ours? Why should _Pennsylvania_, founded by the _English_, become a Colony of _Aliens_, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our Language or Customs any more than they can acquire our Complexion?

24. Which leads me to add one Remark, that the Number of purely white People in the World is proportionably very small. All _Africa_ is black or tawny; _Asia_ chiefly tawny; _America_ (exclusive of the new Comers) wholly so. And in _Europe_, the _Spaniards_, _Italians_, _French_, _Russians_, and _Swedes_, are generally of what we call a swarthy Complexion; as are the _Germans_ also, the _Saxons_ only excepted, who, with the _English_, make the principal Body of White People on the Face of the Earth. I could wish their Numbers were increased. And while we are, as I may call it, _Scouring_ our Planet, by _clearing America_ of Woods, and so making this Side of our Globe reflect a brighter Light to the Eyes of Inhabitants in _Mars_ or _Venus_, why should we, in the Sight of Superior Beings, darken its People? Why increase the Sons of _Africa_, by planting them in _America_, where we have so fair an Opportunity, by excluding all Blacks and Tawneys, of increasing the lovely White and Red? But perhaps I am partial to the Complexion of my Country, for such Kind of Partiality is natural to Mankind.

TO PETER COLLINSON[42]

Electrical Kite

[Philadelphia] Oct. 19, 1752.

SIR,

As frequent mention is made in public papers from _Europe_ of the success of the _Philadelphia_ experiment for drawing the electric fire from clouds by means of pointed rods of iron erected on high buildings, &c., it may be agreeable to the curious to be informed, that the same experiment has succeeded in _Philadelphia_, though made in a different and more easy manner, which is as follows:

Make a small cross of two light strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the four corners of a large thin silk handkerchief when extended; tie the corners of the handkerchief to the extremities of the cross, so you have the body of a kite; which being properly accommodated with a tail, loop, and string, will rise in the air, like those made of paper; but this being of silk, is fitter to bear the wet and wind of a thunder-gust without tearing. To the top of the upright stick of the cross is to be fixed a very sharp-pointed wire, rising a foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine, next the hand, is to be tied a silk ribbon, and where the silk and twine join, a key may be fastened. This kite is to be raised when a thunder-gust appears to be coming on, and the person who holds the string must stand within a door or window, or under some cover, so that the silk ribbon may not be wet; and care must be taken that the twine does not touch the frame of the door or window. As soon as any of the thunder-clouds come over the kite, the pointed wire will draw the electric fire from them, and the kite, with all the twine, will be electrified, and the loose filaments of the twine will stand out every way, and be attracted by an approaching finger. And when the rain has wet the kite and twine, so that it can conduct the electric fire freely, you will find it stream out plentifully from the key on the approach of your knuckle. At this key the phial may be charged; and from electric fire thus obtained, spirits may be kindled, and all the other electric experiments be performed, which are usually done by the help of a rubbed glass globe or tube, and thereby the sameness of the electric matter with that of lightning completely demonstrated.

B. FRANKLIN.

[NOTE.--The _Almanack_ for 1753 which follows is an exact facsimile of the copy in the W. S. Mason Collection, here reproduced through the kindness of Mr. Mason. See note [43].]

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Transcriber's Notes: (For "Poor Richard Improved" only)

As this section is intended to be a facsimile representation of the original Poor Richards Almanack of 1753;

1. Inconsistencies in capitalization, column header names, punctuation,
typography and incomplete words have all been retained.

2. Black line page borders have been omitted, page breaks are indicated
for the reader as *(page break)*. A long ellipses line "--"
indicates a horizontal line across a single page dividing it into
sections.

3. Where the "Hymn" and "Article" texts "skip" pages, the first word
of the continued text has been retained for reference and placed
in [square brackets], excepting that words originally split between
pages have been joined and the next word selected as the marker word.

4. The original text used planet and aspect symbols not available in the
Latin-1 character set, these have been replaced with the name of the
planet or aspect enclosed in [square brackets] and spacing adjusted
accordingly.

5. Where Sun and Moon data tables were too wide to fit in this e-text
format, the table has been divided into "pieces". An arrow -->
indicates that the table or text immediately BELOW originally
appeared to the right.

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Poor =RICHARD= improved:
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=BEING AN=
=ALMANACK=
=AND=
=_EPHEMERIS_=
=OF THE=
MOTIONS of the =SUN= and =MOON=;
=THE TRUE=
PLACES and ASPECTS of the PLANETS;
=THE=
=_RISING_= and =_SETTING_= of the =_SUN_=;
=AND THE=
Rising, Setting _and_ Southing _of the_ Moon,
=FOR THE=
YEAR of our =LORD= 1753:
Being the First after LEAP-YEAR.
Containing also,
The Lunations, Conjunctions, Eclipses, Judgment of the
Weather, Rising and Setting of the Planets, Length of
Days and Nights, Fairs, Courts, Roads, &c. Together
with useful Tables, chronological Observations, and
entertaining Remarks.
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Fitted to the Latitude of Forty Degrees, and a Meridian
of near fire Hours West from _London_; but may, without
sensible Error, serve all the NORTHERN COLONIES.
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By =_RICHARD SAUNDERS_=, Philom.
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=_PHILADELPHIA_=:
Printed and Sold by =B. FRANKLIN=, and =D. HALL=.

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The Anatomy of Man's Body as govern'd by the
Twelve Constellations.
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[Aries]
The Head and Face.
[Gemini] [Taurus]
Arms Neck

[Leo] [Cancer]
Heart Breast

[Libra] [Virgo]
Reins Bowels

[Sagittarius] [Scorpio]
Thighs Secrets

[Aquarius] [Capricorn]
Legs Knees
[Pisces]
The Feet.

_To know where the Sign is._

First Find the Day of the Month, and against the Day
you have the Sign or Place of the Moon in the 5th Column.
Then finding the Sign here, it shews the Part of the
Body it governs.
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_The Names and Characters of the Seven Planets._

[Sun] Sol, [Saturn] Saturn, [Jupiter] Jupiter, [Mars] Mars,
[Venus] Venus, [Mercury] Mercury, [Moon] Luna, [Head]
Dragons Head and [Tail] Tail.
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_The Five Aspects._

[Conjunction] Conjunction, [Opposition] Opposition, [Sextile] Sextile,
[Trine] Trine, [Quartile] Quartile.
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_Common Notes for the Year 1753. N. S._

Golden Number 6 } { Dominical Letter G
Epact 25 } { Cycle of the Sun 26

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COURTEOUS READER,

=This= is the twentieth Time of my addressing thee in this
Manner, and I have reason to flatter myself my Labours have
not been unacceptable to the Publick. I am particularly
pleas'd to understand that my _Predictions of the Weather_
give such general Satisfaction; and indeed, such Care is taken
in the Calculations, on which those Predictions are founded,
that I could almost venture to say, there's not a single One
of them, promising _Snow_, _Rain_, _Hail_, _Heat_, _Frost_,
_Fogs_, _Wind_, or _Thunder_, but what comes to pass
_punctually_ and _precisely_ on the very Day, in some Place or
other on this little _diminutive_ Globe of ours; (and when you
consider the vast Distance of the Stars from whence we take
our Aim, you must allow it no small Degree of Exactness to hit
any Part of it) I say on this Globe; for tho' in other Matters
I confine the Usefulness of my _Ephemeris_ to the _Northern
Colonies_, yet in that important Matter of the Weather, which
is of such _general Concern_, I would have it more extensively
useful, and therefore take in both Hemispheres, and all
Latitudes from _Hudson's Bay_ to _Cape Horn_.

You will find this Almanack in my former Method, only
conformable to the _New-Stile_ established by the Act of
Parliament, which I gave you in my last at length; the new Act
since made for Amendment of that first Act, not affecting us
in the least, being intended only to regulate some Corporation
Matters in _England_, before unprovided for. I have only added
a Column in the second Page of each Month, containing the Days
of the _Old Stile_ opposite to their corresponding Days in the
_New_, which may, in many Cases, be of Use; and so conclude
(believing you will excuse a short Preface, when it is to make
Room for something better)

_Thy Friend and Servant_,
=R. SAUNDERS.=
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=HYMN= _to the_ CREATOR, _from_ Psalm CIV.

=Awake=, my Soul! with Joy thy God adore;
Declare his Greatness; celebrate his Pow'r;
Who, cloath'd with Honour, and with Glory crown'd,
Shines forth, and cheers his Universe around.
Who with a radiant Veil of heavenly Light
Himself conceals from all created Sight.
Who rais'd the spacious Firmament on high,
And spread the azure Curtain of the Sky.
Whose awful Throne Heav'n's starry Arch sustains,
Whose Presence not Heav'n's vast Expanse restrains.
Whose Ways unsearchable no Eye can find,
The Clouds his Chariot, and his Wings the Wind
Whom Hosts of mighty Angels own their Lord,
And flaming Seraphim fulfil his Word.
Whose Pow'r of old the solid Earth did found,
Self-pois'd, self-center'd, and with Strength girt round;

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From her appointed Sphere forbid to fly,
Or rush unbalanc'd thro' the trackless Sky.
To reas'ning Man the sov'reign Rule assign'd,
His Delegate o'er each inferior Kind;
Too soon to fall from that distinguish'd Place,
His Honours stain'd with Guilt and foul Disgrace.
He saw the Pride of Earth's aspiring Lord,
And in his Fury gave the dreadful Word:
Straight o'er her peopled Plains his Floods were pour'd,
And o'er the Mountains the proud Billows roar'd.
Athwart the Face of Earth the Deluge sweeps,
And whelms the impious Nations in the Deeps:
Again God spake----and at his pow'rful Call
The raging Floods asswage, the Waters fall,
The Tempests hear his Voice, and straight obey,
And at his Thunder's Roar they haste away:
From off the lofty Mountains they subside,
And gently thro' the winding Vallies glide,
Till in the spacious Caverns of the Deep
They sink together, and in Silence sleep.
There he hath stretch'd abroad their liquid Plains,
And there Omnipotence their Rage restrains,
That Earth no more her Ruins may deplore,
And guilty Mortals dread their Wrath no more.
He bids the living Fountains burst the Ground,
And bounteous spread their Silver Streams around:
Down from the Hills they draw their shining Train,
Diffusing Health and Beauty o'er the Plain.
There the fair Flocks allay the Summer's Rage,
And panting Savages their Flame asswage.
On their sweet winding Banks th' aerial Race
In artless Numbers warble forth his Praise,
Or chant the harmless Raptures of their Loves,
And cheer the Plains, and wake the vocal Groves.
Forth from his Treasures in the Skies he pours
His precious Blessings in refreshing Show'rs.
Each dying Plant with Joy new Life receives,
And thankful Nature smiles, and Earth revives.
The fruitful Fields with Verdure he bespreads,
The Table of the Race that haunts the Meads,
And bids each Forest, and each flow'ry Plain
Send forth their native Physic for the Swain.

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Thus doth the various Bounty of the Earth
Support each Species crowding into Birth.
In purple Streams she bids her Vintage flow,
And Olives on her Hills luxuriant grow,
One with its generous Juice to cheer the Heart,
And one illustrious Beauty to impart;
And Bread of all Heav'n's precious Gifts the chief
From desolating Want the sure Relief.
Which with new Life the feeble Limbs inspires,
And all the Man with Health and Courage fires.
The Cloud-topt Hills with waving Woods are crown'd,
Which wide extend their sacred Shades around,
There _Lebanon_'s proud Cedars nod their Heads;
There _Bashan_'s lofty Oaks extend their Shades:
The pointed Firs rise tow'ring to the Clouds,
And Life and warbling Numbers fill the Woods.
Nor gentle Shades alone, nor verdant Plains,
Nor fair enamell'd Meads, nor flow'ry Lawns,
But e'en rude Rocks and dreary Desarts yield
Retreats for the wild Wand'rers of the Field.
Thy Pow'r with Life and Sense all Nature fills,
Each Element with varied Being swells,
Race after Race arising view the Light,
Then silent pass away, and sink in Night.
The Gift of Life thus boundlesly bestow'd,
Proclaims th' exhaustless Hand, the Hand of God.
Nor less thy Glory in the etherial Spheres,
Nor less thy ruling Providence appears.
There from on high the gentle Moon by Night
In solemn Silence sheds her Silver Light,
And thence the glorious Sun pours forth his Beams,
Thence copious spreads around his quick'ning Streams.
Each various Orb enjoys the golden Day,
And Worlds of Life hang on his chearful Ray.
Thus Light and Darkness their fix'd Course maintain,
And still the kind Vicissitudes remain:
For when pale Night her sable Curtain spreads,
And wraps all Nature in her awful Shades,
Soft Slumbers gently seal each mortal Eye,
Stretch'd at their Ease the weary Lab'rers lie.
The restless Soul 'midst Life's vain Tumults tost,
Forgets her Woes, and ev'ry Care is lost.

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=JANUARY.= _I Month._

Then from their Dens the rav'nous Monsters creep,
Whilst in their Folds the harmless Bestial sleep.
The furious Lion roams in quest of Prey,
To gorge his Hunger till the Dawn of Day;
His hideous Roar with Terror shakes the Wood,
As from his Maker's Hand he asks his Food.
Again the Sun his Morning Beams displays,
And fires the eastern Mountain with his Rays.
[Before]
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+
| | | Remark. days, &c. |[Sun]ri.|[Sun]set| -->
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+
| 1 | 2 |CIRCUMCISION. | 7 24 | 4 36 |
| 2 | 3 | _Clouds and_ | 7 24 | 4 36 |
| 3 | 4 | _cold, with_ | 7 23 | 4 37 |
| 4 | 5 | _snow;_ | 7 23 | 4 37 |
| 5 | 6 |Days inc. 4 m. | 7 23 | 4 37 |
| 6 | 7 |=EPIPHANY.= | 7 22 | 4 38 |
| 7 | G |1 p. Epiph. | 7 22 | 4 38 |
| 8 | 2 | _wind and_ | 7 21 | 4 39 |
| 9 | 3 | _falling_ | 7 21 | 4 39 |
| 10 | 4 |Days inc. 10 m. | 7 20 | 4 40 |
| 11 | 5 | _weather,_ | 7 19 | 4 41 |
| 12 | 6 | _then_ | 7 18 | 4 42 |
| 13 | 7 | _very cold,_ | 7 17 | 4 43 |
| 14 | G |2 p. Epiph. | 7 16 | 4 44 |
| 15 | 2 |Day incr. 18 m. | 7 16 | 4 44 |
| 16 | 3 | _wintry_ | 7 15 | 4 45 |
| 17 | 4 | _weather;_ | 7 14 | 4 46 |
| 18 | 5 | _but grows more_| 7 13 | 4 47 |
| 19 | 6 |Day 9 36 long. | 7 12 | 4 48 |
| 20 | 7 | _moderate,_ | 7 12 | 4 48 |
| 21 | G |3 p. Epiph. | 7 11 | 4 49 |
| 22 | 2 | _followed by_ | 7 10 | 4 50 |
| 23 | 3 | _clouds, wind_ | 7 9 | 4 51 |
| 24 | 4 | _and_ | 7 8 | 4 52 |
| 25 | 5 |Conv. St. =PAUL.= | 7 7 | 4 53 |
| 26 | 6 |Day incr. 38 m. | 7 6 | 4 54 |
| 27 | 7 | _cold, with_ | 7 5 | 4 55 |
| 28 | G |4 p. Epiph. | 7 4 | 4 56 |
| 29 | 2 | _snow or_ | 7 3 | 4 57 |
| 30 | 3 |K. Char. behead. | 7 2 | 4 58 |
| 31 | 4 | _rain._ | 7 1 | 4 59 |
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+

+----+-----------------+---------------------------------------------+
| | [Moon] pl. | Aspects, &c. |
+----+-----------------+---------------------------------------------+
| 1 |[Sagittarius] 11 | [Moon] with [Mars] |
| 2 | 23 | [Moon] with [Saturn] |
| 3 |[Capricorn] 5 | [Jupiter] rise 4 23 |
| 4 | 17 | _Tis against_ |
| 5 | 29 | [Moon] with [Mercury] _some_ |
| 6 |[Aquarius] 10 | [Mars] rise 4 44 |
| 7 | 22 | [Moon] w. [Venus] _Mens_ |
| 8 |[Pisces] 4 | _Principle to pay_ |
| 9 | 16 | _Interest, and_ |
| 10 | 28 | _seems against_ |
| 11 |[Aries] 10 | [Jupiter] s. 11 6 _others_ |
| 12 | 23 | [Saturn] rise 5 42 |
| 13 |[Taurus] 6 | Sirius so. 10 52 |
| 14 | 19 | [Sextile] [Saturn] [Venus] _Interest_ |
| 15 |[Gemini] 2 | 7 *s so. 7 42 |
| 16 | 16 | [Jupiter] so. 10 39 |
| 17 |[Cancer] 0 | [Mars] rise 4 36 |
| 18 | 15 | [Moon] with [Jupiter] _to_ |
| 19 |[Leo] 1 | [Sun] in [Aquarius] _pay_ |
| 20 | 17 | [Trine] [Jupiter] [Venus] _the_ |
| 21 |[Virgo] 3 | _Principal._ |
| 22 | 18 | [Venus] sets 8 2 |
| 23 |[Libra] 2 | _Philosophy as_ |
| 24 | 15 | _well as Foppery_ |
| 25 | 28 | [Sextile] [Mars] [Mercury] _often_ |
| 26 |[Scorpio] 11 | _changes Fashion._|
| 27 | 24 | [Saturn] rise 4 48 |
| 28 |[Sagittarius] 7 | 7 *s sou. 6 47 |
| 29 | 19 | Sirius sou. 9 44 |
| 30 |[Capricorn] 1 | [Moon] with [Saturn] & [Mars] |
| 31 | 13 | [Moon] with [Mercury] |
+----+-----------------+---------------------------------------------+

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=JANUARY= hath XXXI Days.

D. H. -->
New [Moon] 4 8 mor.
First Q. 12 at noon.
Full [Fullmoon] 19 10 mor.
Last Q. 26 4 mor.

{12 [Scorpio] 12 Deg.
[Head] {22 11
{31 10
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Planets Places. |
+----+-------+--------+---------+------+-------+---------+----------+
| D. | [Sun] |[Saturn]|[Jupiter]|[Mars]|[Venus]|[Mercury]|[Moon]^sL.|
+----+-------+--------+---------+------+-------+---------+----------+
| | [Cap.]| [Sag.] | [Can.] |[Sag.]| [Aqu.]| [Cap.] | |
| 1 | 12 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 26 | N. 2 |
| 6 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 24 | 5 |
| 12 | 23 |[Cap.] 0| 9 | 15 | 29 | 19 | 2 |
| 17 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 19 |[Pis.]5| 14 | S. 4 |
| 22 |[Aqu.]3| 1 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 4 |
| 27 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 17 | 15 | N. 1 |
+----+-------+--------+---------+------+-------+---------+----------+

+----+----------+----------+----+------+
| D. |[Moon]rise|[Moon]sou:| T. | O S | -->
+----+----------+----------+----+ l t |
| 1 | 4 39 | 9 M 41 | 12 | d i |
| 2 | 5 33 | 10 30 | 1 | l |
| 3 | Moon | 11 19 | 2 | e.|
| 4 | sets. | 12 6 | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | A. | A. 53 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | 7 0 | 1 36 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | 8 0 | 2 18 | 5 | 27 |
| 8 | 8 54 | 3 0 | 6 | 28 |
| 9 | 9 50 | 3 43 | 6 | 29 |
| 10 | 10 47 | 4 27 | 7 | 30 |
| 11 | 11 46 | 5 10 | 8 | 31 |
| 12 | 12 50 | 5 55 | 8 | Jan. |
| 13 | M. 50 | 6 44 | 9 | |
| 14 | 1 51 | 7 34 | 10 | 3 |
| 15 | 2 52 | 8 28 | 11 | 4 |
| 16 | 3 56 | 9 23 | 12 | 5 |
| 17 | 4 57 | 10 22 | 1 | 6 |
| 18 | Moon | 11 21 | 2 | 7 |
| 19 | rises | 12 25 | 3 | 8 |
| 20 | A. | Morn. | 3 | 9 |
| 21 | 7 56 | 1 30 | 4 | 10 |
| 22 | 9 11 | 2 26 | 5 | 11 |
| 23 | 10 18 | 3 16 | 6 | 12 |
| 24 | 11 19 | 4 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 25 | 12 22 | 4 54 | 7 | 14 |
| 26 | M 22 | 5 43 | 8 | 15 |
| 27 | 1 17 | 6 34 | 9 | 16 |
| 28 | 2 21 | 7 26 | 10 | 17 |
| 29 | 3 16 | 8 14 | 11 | 18 |
| 30 | 4 3 | 9 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 31 | 4 44 | 9 51 | 12 | 20 |
+----+----------+----------+----+------+

=The= Greatness of that Power, which has been exerted in the
Creation, though every Object in Nature shews it, will best
appear by considering a little the =GREAT= Works, properly so
called, of Nature; the Sun, and Planets, and the fixed Stars. The
Sun and Moon, the most conspicuous to us of all the celestial
Bodies, are the only ones mentioned in the sacred Text: But the
Invention of that noblest of Instruments the Telescope, and the
Sagacity of the Astronomers of later Ages, whose Observations
have improved and corrected those of the foregoing, afford us a
very different Idea of the Solar System, from what the single
Consideration of those two most conspicuous Bodies gives us. As
this may probably fall into the Hands of some, who have not
Leisure or Opportunities of reading Books of Astronomy, the
following brief View of our System, and of the Immensity of the
Creation, according to the Theory of the Moderns, may not be
unacceptable.

It is proper, in the first Place, just to mention, That the
real Magnitudes, Distances, Orbits, and other Affections of the
Bodies of our System are determined by what Astronomers call
their Parallaxes, and by their Elongations from the Sun, and
their apparent Magnitudes, and other analogical Methods, which
would take up by far too much Time to explain here; by which it
is possible to determine
[their]

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=FEBRUARY.= _II Month._

Before him fly the Horrors of the Night;
He looks upon the World--and all is Light.
Then the lone Wand'rers of the dreary Waste
Affrighted to their Holds return in Haste,
To Man give up the World, his native Reign,
Who then resumes his Pow'r, and rules the Plain.
How various are thy Works, Creator wise!
How to the Sight Beauties on Beauties rise!
[Where]
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+
| | | Remark. days, &c. |[Sun]ris|[Sun]set| -->
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+
| 1 | 5 |Days 10 h. long. | 7 0 | 5 0 |
| 2 | 6 |Purification _V. M._ | 6 59 | 5 1 |
| 3 | 7 | _Clouds_ | 6 58 | 5 2 |
| 4 | G |5 p. Epiph. | 6 56 | 5 4 |
| 5 | 2 | _and wind,_ | 6 55 | 5 5 |
| 6 | 3 | _with_ | 6 54 | 5 6 |
| 7 | 4 | _falling_ | 6 53 | 5 7 |
| 8 | 5 |Days incr. 1 6 | 6 52 | 5 8 |
| 9 | 6 | _weather,_ | 6 51 | 5 9 |
| 10 | 7 | _then fair_ | 6 50 | 5 10 |
| 11 | G |6 p. Epiph. | 6 48 | 5 12 |
| 12 | 2 | _and cold;_ | 6 47 | 5 13 |
| 13 | 3 | _changeable_ | 6 46 | 5 14 |
| 14 | 4 |=VALENTINE.= | 6 45 | 5 15 |
| 15 | 5 |Days inc. 1 22 | 6 43 | 5 17 |
| 16 | 6 | _and like for_ | 6 42 | 5 18 |
| 17 | 7 | _rain, or snow,_| 6 41 | 5 19 |
| 18 | G |Septuagesima. | 6 40 | 5 20 |
| 19 | 2 | _then follows_ | 6 38 | 5 22 |
| 20 | 3 |Day 10 46 long. | 6 37 | 5 23 |
| 21 | 4 | _clear and cold_| 6 36 | 5 24 |
| 22 | 5 | _weather; but_ | 6 35 | 5 25 |
| 23 | 6 | _soon changes to_ | 6 33 | 5 27 |
| 24 | 7 |St. Matthias. | 6 32 | 5 28 |
| 25 | G |Sexagesima. | 6 31 | 5 29 |
| 26 | 2 | _snow_ | 6 30 | 5 30 |
| 27 | 3 | _or cold rain._| 6 28 | 5 32 |
| 28 | 4 |Day inc. 1 56 m. | 6 27 | 5 33 |
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+

+----+----------------+----------------------------------------------+
| | [Moon] pl. | Aspects, &c. |
+----+----------------+----------------------------------------------+
| 1 |[Capricorn] 25 | [Jupiter] sou. 9 28 |
| 2 |[Aquarius] 7 | [Mars] rise 4 20 |
| 3 | 19 | _Setting too good_ |
| 4 |[Pisces] 1 | _an Example_ |
| 5 | 13 | [Mercury] rise 5 34 |
| 6 | 25 | [Conjunction] [Moon] [Venus] [Conjunction] |
| | | [Saturn] [Mars] |
| 7 |[Aries] 7 | [Venus] sets 8 2 _is a_ |
| 8 | 20 | _Kind of Slander_ |
| 9 |[Taurus] 3 | _seldom forgiven;_ |
| 10 | 16 | _'tis_ Scandalum |
| 11 | 29 | Magnatum. |
| 12 |[Gemini] 13 | [Quartile] [Jupiter] [Venus] _A great_ |
| 13 | 27 | [Saturn] rise 3 49 |
| 14 |[Cancer] 12 | [Moon] W. [Jupiter] _Talker_ |
| 15 | 27 | [Quartile] [Mars] [Venus] _may be_ |
| 16 |[Leo] 12 | 7 *s sets 1 0 |
| 17 | 27 | [Jupiter] sou. 8 21 |
| 18 |[Virgo] 12 | [Sun] in [Pisces] _no Fool,_ |
| 19 | 26 | Sirius sou. 8 21 |
| 20 |[Libra] 10 | [Mars] rise 4 5 |
| 21 | 24 | [Venus] sets 9 0 |
| 22 |[Scorpio] 8 | [Sextile] [Sun] [Saturn] _but he_ |
| 23 | 21 | _is one that_ |
| 24 |[Sagittarius] 3 | [Trine] [Sun] [Jupiter] _relies_ |
| 25 | 15 | _on him._ |
| 26 | 27 | [Saturn] rises 3 0 |
| 27 |[Capricorn] 9 | [Moon] with [Saturn] |
| 28 | 21 | [Moon] with [Mars] |
+---+----------------+-----------------------------------------------+

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=FEBRUARY= hath XXVIII Days.

D. H. -->
New [Moon] 3 3 mor.
First Q. 10 12 aft.
Full [Fullmoon] 17 3 aft.
Last Q. 24 7 aft.

{12 [Scorpio] 9 Deg.
[Head] {22 8
{28 7

+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Planets Places. |
+----+-------+--------+---------+------+-------+---------+----------+
| D. | [Sun] |[Saturn]|[Jupiter]|[Mars]|[Venus]|[Mercury]|[Moon]^sL.|
+----+-------+--------+---------+------+-------+---------+----------+
| | [Aqu.]| [Cap.] | [Can.] |[Cap.]| [Pis.]| [Cap.] | |
| 1 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 19 | N. 5 |
| 6 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 24 | 4 |
| 12 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 7 |[Ari.]6|[Aqu.] 0 | S. 3 |
| 17 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| 22 |[Pis.]4| 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 0 |
| 27 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 22 | N. 4 |
+----+-------+--------+---------+------+-------+---------+----------+

+----+----------+----------+----+------+
| D. |[Moon]rise|[Moon]sou:| T. | | -->
+----+----------+----------+----+ |
| 1 | 5 29 | 10 39 | 1 | 21 |
| 2 | Moon | 12 24 | 2 | 22 |
| 3 | sets | A. 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 4 | A. | 12 52 | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | 7 45 | 1 35 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | 8 39 | 2 18 | 5 | 26 |
| 7 | 9 39 | 3 1 | 6 | 27 |
| 8 | 10 41 | 3 50 | 6 | 28 |
| 9 | 11 44 | 4 38 | 7 | 29 |
| 10 | 12 47 | 5 29 | 8 | 30 |
| 11 | M. 47 | 6 19 | 9 | 31 |
| 12 | 1 43 | 7 18 | 10 | Feb. |
| 13 | 2 46 | 8 17 | 11 | |
| 14 | 3 41 | 9 16 | 12 | 3 |
| 15 | 4 34 | 10 15 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | Moon | 11 14 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | rises | 12 10 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | A. | Morn | 3 | 7 |
| 19 | 7 53 | 1 6 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 | 9 2 | 1 57 | 4 | 9 |
| 21 | 10 9 | 2 48 | 5 | 10 |
| 22 | 11 19 | 3 40 | 6 | 11 |
| 23 | 12 17 | 4 32 | 7 | 12 |
| 24 | M. 17 | 5 20 | 8 | 13 |
| 25 | 1 8 | 6 8 | 9 | 14 |
| 26 | 2 0 | 6 58 | 9 | 15 |
| 27 | 2 48 | 7 47 | 10 | 16 |
| 28 | 3 27 | 8 34 | 11 | 17 |
+----+----------+----------+----+------+

their Magnitudes and Distances, when those Distances are
not too great to yield a Parallax. Astronomers, for Example,
know certainly the Distance of the Moon from the Earth,
_viz._ 240 thousand Miles, because the Moon yields a very
sensible Parallax; and they know, that the Sun's Distance
from the Earth is very probably, at least, ten thousand Times
the Diameter or Thickness of the Earth, which is about eight
thousand Miles, and brings the whole Distance to about eighty
Millions of Miles. It is, I say, hardly to be doubted, that
the Distance from the Sun to the Earth is, at least, eighty
Millions of Miles; but it is not certainly known, whether it
is not a great deal more. In the Year 1761, the Distance of
all the Planets from the Sun will be determined to a great
Degree of Exactness by Observations on a Transit of the
Planet _Venus_ over the Face of the Sun, which is to happen
the 6th of _May_, O.S. in that Year. But, according to the
present Theory, the Sun, to appear of the Magnitude he does
to our Eyes at the Distance of eighty Millions of Miles, must
be a Body a great many hundred thousand Times larger than the
Earth, so that if his Centre were placed where that of the
Earth is, his outward Surface would extend one hundred and
forty thousand Miles higher than the Orbit of the Moon, his
Diameter or Thickness being seven hundred and sixty thousand
Miles, whereas that of the Earth is but about eight thousand.
This amazing World
[of]

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=MARCH.= _III Month._

Where Goodness worthy of a God bestows
His Gifts on all, and without Bounds o'erflows;
Where Wisdom bright appears, and Pow'r divine,
And where Infinitude itself doth shine;
Where Excellence invisible's exprest,
And in his glorious Works the God appears confest.
With Life thy Hand hath stock'd this earthly Plain,
Nor less the spacious Empire of the Main.
[There]
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+
| | | Remark. days, &c. |[Sun]ris|[Sun]set| -->
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+
| 1 | 5 |St. =DAVID.= | 6 26 | 5 34 |
| 2 | 6 | _Cool and_ | 6 24 | 5 36 |
| 3 | 7 | _windy,_ | 6 23 | 5 37 |
| 4 | G |Shrove Sunday. | 6 22 | 5 38 |
| 5 | 2 | _then snow_ | 6 20 | 5 40 |
| 6 | 3 |Shrove Tuesday. | 6 19 | 5 41 |
| 7 | 4 |Ash Wednesday. | 6 18 | 5 42 |
| 8 | 5 |Days 11 28 long | 6 16 | 5 44 |
| 9 | 6 | _follow'd by sharp_| 6 15 | 5 45 |
| 10 | 7 | _nipping weather;_| 6 14 | 5 46 |
| 11 | G |1st in Lent. | 6 12 | 5 48 |
| 12 | 2 |Day inc. 2 28 m. | 6 11 | 5 49 |
| 13 | 3 | _now fine and_ | 6 10 | 5 50 |
| 14 | 4 |Ember Week. | 6 8 | 5 52 |
| 15 | 5 | _pleasant for_ | 6 7 | 5 53 |
| 16 | 6 | _the season;_ | 6 6 | 5 54 |
| 17 | 7 |St. =PATRICK.= | 6 4 | 5 56 |
| 18 | G |2d in Lent. | 6 3 | 5 57 |
| 19 | 2 | _then_ | 6 2 | 5 58 |
| 20 | 3 |Days 12 long. | 6 0 | 6 0 |
| 21 | 4 | _clouds_ | 5 59 | 6 1 |
| 22 | 5 | _and_ | 5 58 | 6 2 |
| 23 | 6 | _high winds_ | 5 56 | 6 4 |
| 24 | 7 |Days inc. 3 h. | 5 55 | 6 5 |
| 25 | G |Annunciation. | 5 54 | 6 6 |
| 26 | 2 | _with rain and_| 5 52 | 6 8 |
| 27 | 3 | _cold, but_ | 5 51 | 6 9 |
| 28 | 4 | _grows_ | 5 50 | 6 10 |
| 29 | 5 | _more_ | 5 48 | 6 12 |
| 30 | 6 | _moderate._ | 5 47 | 6 13 |
| 31 | 7 |Day 12 30 long. | 5 45 | 6 15 |
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+

+----+-----------------+---------------------------------------------+
| | [Moon] pl. | Aspects, &c. |
+----+-----------------+---------------------------------------------+
| 1 |[Aquarius] 3 | [Sextile] [Venus] [Mercury] _When_ |
| 2 | 15 | 7 *s set 12 0 |
| 3 | 27 | [Moon] w. [Mercury] _Reason_ |
| 4 |[Pisces] 9 | [Jupiter] sou. 7 25 |
| 5 | 21 | [Venus] sets 9 28 |
| 6 |[Aries] 4 | _preaches, if you_ |
| 7 | 17 | [Sextile] [Saturn] [Mercury] _won't_ |
| 8 |[Taurus] 0 | [Moon] w. [Venus] _hear her_ |
| 9 | 13 | [Mars] ri. 3 50 _she'll_ |
| 10 | 26 | [Trine] [Saturn] [Venus] _box your_ |
| 11 |[Gemini] 9 | Sirius so. 7 6. |
| 12 | 23 | [Opposition] [Saturn] [Jupiter] _Ears._ |
| 13 |[Cancer] 7 | [Moon] with [Jupiter] |
| 14 | 21 | [Saturn] rise 2 4 |
| 15 |[Leo] 6 | [Jupiter] set 2 9 |
| 16 | 21 | Sirius set 11 51 |
| 17 |[Virgo] 6 | [Mars] rise 3 43 |
| 18 | 21 | 7 *s set 11 4 |
| 19 |[Libra] 5 | [Conjunction] [Sun] [Mercury] Equal |
| 20 | 19 | [Sun] in [Aries] Day and |
| 21 |[Scorpio] 3 | [Quartile] [Saturn] [Mercury] Night. |
| 22 | 17 | [Sextile] [Mars] [Mercury] _It is not_ |
| 23 |[Sagittarius] 0 | [Quartile][Jupiter][Mercury] _Leisure_ |
| 24 | 12 | [Venus] sets 9 57 |
| 25 | 24 | [Quartile] [Sun] [Saturn] _that is_ |
| 26 |[Capricorn] 6 | [Moon] with [Saturn] _not_ |
| 27 | 18 | [Quartile] [Sun] [Jupiter] _used._ |
| 28 |[Aquarius] 0 | [Saturn] rise 1 17 |
| 29 | 12 | [Moon] with [Mars] |
| 30 | 24 | Sirius set 11 0 |
| 31 |[Pisces] 6 | [Jupiter] sets 1 15 |
+----+-----------------+---------------------------------------------+

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=MARCH= hath XXXI Days.

D. H. -->
New [Moon] 4 11 aft.
First Q. 12 10 mor.
Full [Fullmoon] 19 1 mor.
Last Q. 26 at noon.

{12 [Scorpio] 7 Deg.
[Head] {22 6
{31 6

+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Planets Places. |
+----+-------+--------+---------+-------+-------+---------+----------+
| D. | [Sun] |[Saturn]|[Jupiter]|[Mars] |[Venus]|[Mercury]|[Moon]^sL.|
+----+-------+--------+---------+-------+-------+---------+----------+
| | [Pis.]| [Cap.] | [Can.] | [Cap.]| [Ari.]| [Pis.] | |
| 4 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 0 | N. 4 |
| 9 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 26 |[Tau.]4| 9 | S. 1 |
| 12 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 7 | 15 | 4 |
| 17 | 27 | 5 | 6 |[Aqu.]2| 12 | 25 | 4 |
| 22 |[Ari.]2| 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | [Ari.] 6| N. 1 |
| 27 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 5 |
+----+-------+--------+---------+-------+-------+---------+----------+

+----+----------+----------+----+------+
| D. |[Moon]rise|[Moon]sou:| T. | | -->
+----+----------+----------+----+ |
| 1 | 4 4 | 9 M 21 | 12 | 18 |
| 2 | 4 44 | 10 6 | 1 | 19 |
| 3 | Moon | 10 50 | 1 | 20 |
| 4 | sets. | 11 34 | 2 | 21 |
| 5 | A. | A. 17 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | 7 35 | 1 4 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | 8 35 | 1 51 | 4 | 24 |
| 8 | 9 40 | 2 41 | 5 | 25 |
| 9 | 10 39 | 3 30 | 6 | 26 |
| 10 | 11 44 | 4 22 | 7 | 27 |
| 11 | 12 43 | 5 15 | 8 | 28 |
| 12 | M. 43 | 6 13 | 9 | Mar. |
| 13 | 1 36 | 7 10 | 10 | |
| 14 | 2 27 | 8 7 | 11 | 3 |
| 15 | 3 19 | 9 4 | 12 | 4 |
| 16 | 4 2 | 10 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 17 | 4 42 | 10 58 | 1 | 6 |
| 18 | Moon | 11 54 | 2 | 7 |
| 19 | rises | 12 44 | 3 | 8 |
| 20 | A. | M. 44 | 3 | 9 |
| 21 | 9 3 | 1 37 | 4 | 10 |
| 22 | 10 12 | 2 30 | 5 | 11 |
| 23 | 11 15 | 3 24 | 6 | 12 |
| 24 | 12 4 | 4 12 | 7 | 13 |
| 25 | M. 4 | 5 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 26 | 0 43 | 5 49 | 8 | 15 |
| 27 | 1 29 | 6 38 | 9 | 16 |
| 28 | 2 12 | 7 24 | 10 | 17 |
| 29 | 2 47 | 8 10 | 11 | 18 |
| 30 | 3 21 | 8 54 | 11 | 19 |
| 31 | 3 50 | 9 38 | 12 | 20 |
+----+----------+----------+----+------+

of Fire turns once round in about twenty-five Days. This is
known by a Number of dusky Spots, which appear upon the Sun's
Face, so as to be seen sometimes with the naked Eye, when he
shines through a thin Cloud or Mist; but are always
observable with the Help of a Telescope, with a dark Glass
for the Security of the Eye. These Spots could not be visible
at the Distance of the Sun, if they were not as large as the
whole Earth; but such of them as appear of a considerable
Breadth, as they often do, must be still vastly larger. They
never continue long to make the same Appearance; but are
always rising and vanishing again. They are probably
Exhalations floating in the Sun's Atmosphere at some Distance
from his Body, or Masses of Cynder fallen from that
Atmosphere upon his Surface.

This glorious Luminary, the Centre of our System, has six
opaque Globes, commonly called the Planets, going round him
at different Distances, and in different Periods, but all
from West to East, as follows.

1. _Mercury_, a Body considerably inferior in Size to the
Earth, performs his Course in about three Months, which is
his Year, at the Distance of thirty Millions of Miles from
the Sun. The Heat of the Sun in _Mercury_ (if there be no
Provision made for mitigating it) must be such, as, if it
were the same on the Earth, would keep all the Waters upon it
constantly boiling; And the Brightness of the
[Sun's]

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=APRIL.= _IV Month._

There the tall Ships the rolling Billows sweep,
And bound triumphant o'er th' unfathom'd Deep.
There great Leviathan in regal Pride,
The scaly Nations crouding by his Side,
Far in the dark Recesses of the Main
O'er Nature's Wastes extends his boundless Reign.
Round the dark Bottoms of the Mountains roves,
The hoary Deep swells dreadful as he moves.
[Now]
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+
| | | Remark. days, &c. |[Sun]ris|[Sun]set| -->
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+
| 1 | G |4th in Lent. | 5 44 | 6 16 |
| 2 | 2 | _Rain, and_ | 5 43 | 6 17 |
| 3 | 3 | _mild_ | 5 42 | 6 18 |
| 4 | 4 | _weather,_ | 5 40 | 6 20 |
| 5 | 5 |Days inc. 3 32 m. | 5 39 | 6 21 |
| 6 | 6 | _grows windy_ | 5 38 | 6 22 |
| 7 | 7 | _and cool, then_| 5 37 | 6 23 |
| 8 | G |5th in Lent. | 5 35 | 6 25 |
| 9 | 2 | _warm and_ | 5 34 | 6 26 |
| 10 | 3 | _springing,_ | 5 33 | 6 27 |
| 11 | 4 |Days 12 56 long. | 5 32 | 6 28 |
| 12 | 5 | _follow'd_ | 5 30 | 6 30 |
| 13 | 6 | _by clouds_ | 5 29 | 6 31 |
| 14 | 7 | _and rain,_ | 5 28 | 6 32 |
| 15 | G |Palm Sunday. | 5 26 | 6 34 |
| 16 | 2 | _then fair and_ | 5 25 | 6 35 |
| 17 | 3 | _pleasant again;_| 5 24 | 6 36 |
| 18 | 4 |Days 13 16 long. | 5 23 | 6 37 |
| 19 | 5 |Maund. Thursday | 5 22 | 6 38 |
| 20 | 6 |Good Friday. | 5 20 | 6 40 |
| 21 | 7 | _now rain_ | 5 19 | 6 41 |
| 22 | G |Easter-day. | 5 18 | 6 42 |
| 23 | 2 |St. George. | 5 17 | 6 43 |
| 24 | 3 | _and cool,_ | 5 16 | 6 44 |
| 25 | 4 |St. Mark. | 5 15 | 6 45 |
| 26 | 5 |Pr. Will. b. 1721 | 5 13 | 6 47 |
| 27 | 6 | _then clouds_ | 5 12 | 6 48 |
| 28 | 7 |Day 13 38 long. | 5 11 | 6 49 |
| 29 | G |1 past Easter. | 5 10 | 6 50 |
| 30 | 2 | _and wind._ | 5 8 | 6 52 |
+----+---+----------------------------+--------+--------+

+----+-----------------+---------------------------------------------+
| | [Moon] pl. | Aspects, &c. |
+----+-----------------+---------------------------------------------+
| 1 |[Pisces] 18 | [Mars] rise 3 22 |
| 2 |[Aires] 0 | _The Good-will_ |
| 3 | 13 | _of the Governed_ |
| 4 | 26 | [Moon] w. [Mercury] _will be_ |
| 5 |[Taurus] 19 | [Sextile] [Sun] [Mars] _starv'd,_ |
| 6 | 22 | [Venus] sets 10 26 _if_ |
| 7 |[Gemini] 6 | [Moon] w. [Venus] _not fed_ |
| 8 | 20 | 7 *s sets 9 50 _by_ |
| 9 |[Cancer] 4 | [Moon] with [Jupiter] _the_ |
| 10 | 18 | _good Deeds of_ |
| 11 |[Leo] 2 | _the Governors._ |
| 12 | 16 | [Saturn] rise 12 21 |
| 13 |[Virgo] 1 | 7 *s sets 9 30 |
| 14 | 15 | [Jupiter] set 12 26 |
| 15 | 29 | Sirius set 10 2 |
| 16 |[Libra] 13 | [Mars] rise 2 55 |
| 17 | 27 | [Venus] sets 10 37 |
| 18 |[Scorpio] 10 | _Paintings and_ |
| 19 | 23 | [Sun] in [Taurus] _Fightings_ |
| 20 |[Sagittarius] 6 | _are best_ |
| 21 | 19 | 7 *s set 9 0 |
| 22 |[Capricorn] 2 | [Moon] with [Saturn] |
| 23 | 14 | Sirius sets 9 33 |
| 24 | 26 | _seen at a_ |
| 25 |[Aquarius] 8 | [Trine] [Sun] [Saturn] |
| 26 | 20 | _distance._ |
| 27 |[Pisces] 2 | [Moon] with [Mars] |
| 28 | 14 | [Saturn] rise 11 20 |
| 29 | 26 | [Sextile] [Sun] [Jupiter] |
| 30 |[Aires] 9 | [Jupiter] sets 11 37 |
+----+-----------------+---------------------------------------------+

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=APRIL= hath XXX Days.

D. H. -->
New [Moon] 3 2 aft.
First Q. 10 5 aft.
Full [Fullmoon] 17 2 aft.
Last Q. 25 8 mor.

{12 [Scorpio] 6 Deg.
[Head] {22 6
{30 6

+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Planets Places. |
+----+-------+--------+---------+-------+-------+---------+----------+
| D. | [Sun] |[Saturn]|[Jupiter]|[Mars] |[Venus]|[Mercury]|[Moon]^sL.|
+----+-------+--------+---------+-------+-------+---------+----------+
| | [Ari.]| [Cap.] | [Can.] | [Aqu.]| [Tau.]| [Ari.] | |
| 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 26 | N. 4 |
| 6 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 16 |[Gem.]3|[Tau.] 4 | S. 1 |
| 12 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| 17 | 28 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 12 | 17 | 1 |
| 22 |[Tau.]3| 6 | 9 | 28 | 15 | 19 | N. 4 |
| 27 | 8 | 6 | 10 |[Pis.]1| 18 | 19 | 4 |
+----+-------+--------+---------+-------+-------+---------+----------+