The daye Artifyciall is, 12. howres.

The daye Naturall is. 24. howres.

60. minutes maketh an howre.

The Iewes do coūt 12. howres in a day thus. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8 9. 10. 11. 12.

Wee count our. 12. howres in a daye thus: 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

In euery yere there is [...]e howres whiche doe make euery 4. yeare leape yeare, whiche conteineth 366. Dayes.

The yeares from the creatiō of the world.

From the creation vnto the floode. [...]676

From the flood to Moyses is. [...]797.

From Moyses to Christ is [...]4.

From Christ to this yeare is 1577.

Summa totalis 5544.

The supputation of the yeare of our Lorde God in this our Church of Englande, begin­neth the 25, day of March: the same daye sup­posed to be the fyrst day vpon the whiche the world was created, & the day whē Christ was conceiued in the wombe of the virgin [...]

A yeare contayneth

In monthes. 12.

In weekes. 52.

In daies 365.

In howres. 8766.

In min. 525960.

[...] dayes do alwayes beginne the syxte daye of Iulye, and they doe ende the. 17. daye of Au­gust.

The yeare is deuided into foure partes, [...], the Winter, the Spring time, the Summer, and the fal of y ^e Leafe The winter begin­neth the 8. of Nouember, and endeth the 8. of February: Spring time beginneth the 8. of February, and doth continue to the 8. of May. Summer doth begin the 8. of May, and endeth the 8. of August, The fall of the leafe beginneth the 8. day of August, and doth ende the 8. day of February.

At the ende of euery 29 dayes and a halfe, we haue the new moone: the yeare of the moone is 354. daies, & is made iust with the yeare of the Sun, which is 365. daies & a quarter, by addinge to the Epact, which is 11. dayes. 3. howres.

Easterday is euer the first Sonday after the ful Moone, which cōmeth betweene the. 22. of March, and the. 25. of Apryl: by which the rest, called moueable Feasts, be knowē. As the first Sonday in Lent, syxe weeks before Easter. Rogatiō Sonday. 5. weekes after Ascention day the Thursday following: And Whyt sonday. 7. weeks from Easterday. And Trynitye Sonday, the next Sonday after.

[...] Terme beginneth the 23. of Ianuary (if it be not Son­day) and endeth the 12. of February. And hath 4. returnes.

[...] Terme beginneth 17. dayes after Easter: and endeth the Monday before Whytsonday: and hath. 5. returnes.

[...] Terme beginneth the Fryday after Trinity Sonday, and endeth the Wednesday fortnight after, and hath 4. returnes

[...] Terme beginneth the. 9. of October (if it be not Sonday) & endeth the 28. of Nouember, and hath. 8. returnes.

The [...] dooth open. 8. dayes before any Terme, except Trynitie Terme: then it openeth. 4 dayes before.

¶ A [...] summe of the Regiment of [...] since the flood, geathered out of the cōmendable trauaile of [...]

[...] hundreth yeares after the floode, Noah deuvded the earth amongst his. 3. sonnes: to Shem he gaue Asia: to Ham he gaue Africa,, and to Iapheth he gaue Europa, whereof Englande is a parcel, which was inhab [...]ted. 200. yeares after the flood, by Sa­mothes one of Iapheths sons: after whose name the people were called Samothei, and the Land [...] Samothea. 341. yeres. Theyr Reli­gion was good, for they learned it of Noah. After that time came in Albion, to whom cursed Ham was great Grādfather, who subdued the Samothes, & called y ^e land Albion, which was so called. 595. yeres. The Religiō in that time was idolatrous. 1116. yeres­before the byrth of Christ, came in Bru [...]e, & conquered the land, which after that time was called Britaine. 1946. yeres. Their Re­ligion was Paganisme, woorshipping of Saturne, Iupiter, and Mars, in steed of the liuing God. The first foundation of Christian faith was laid here in Britaine, in the yeare of our Lord God 63. by Ioseph of Aramathia. This was the first prouince that generally receyued the Gospel in anno. 180. in the time of king Lucius, a Britaine. It remayned in this land aboue. 300. yeres, vntil the Sax­ons conquered the land, and compelled the Britaines with the Gospel to flee into Wales, & placed Paganisme here againe, for 143. yeares. In the time of the Saxons came Austine the Monke from Rome, in anno 596. to preach the Gospell, whiche was corrupted with supersticious ceremonies of that Romish See. He landed at the Ile of Thanet in Kent, where he conuerted and baptised King Ethelbert, being king there, with a great number of Saxons. Since which time, the people of this land haue bin baptised, confessing the name of the Father, the Son, and the holy Ghost, but vtterly degenerating from that true sinceritie of the Christiā faith, which they outwardlye professed, vntil such time as King Henry the eight (by the wil of God) abolished out of this Realme the vsurped po­wer of that Antichrist of Rome, reduced the Scriptures to the knowledge of the vulgar toung, and redressed the state of the Church and religion. This land was called Britayne vntil such time as King Egbert a Saxon, about the yere of our Lord God 830. cōman­ded the land to be called England, & the people Englishmen. It hath bin inuaded since Christs time, by fiue sundry nations: fyrst by the Romaines, who came in with Iulius Cesar 54 yeres before the birth of Christ: Secōdly, by the Piets, who came in anno 87. Third­ly by y ^e Saxons, who came in anno 449. Fourthly by the Danes, who came in anno 791 And fyftly, by the Normas, who came in with William the Conqueror, in anno 1067. Since which time, there hath raigned in Englande 21. Kinges, and 1 Queene, to the yeare of our Lorde God 1558. In the which yeare our most gracious Queene Elizabeth beganne her prosperous raygne, which God graunt to be long amongst vs, to Gods glory, her Maiesties endlesse comfort, and the profite of this our common wealth, Amen.

Take this as a remembraunce, and for no other cause: Esteeme not the gifte, but the good wyll of D [...]se.