£jb. 2. Drawing and Lintming,
Roses, in one hand a Lute, upon the forefinger of the
other a Nightingale, with the sign Gemini : it was cal-
led Maim cl major thus 5 for Romulus having divided the
people os Rome into two parts, Moores & Minores*
whereof the younger were appointed to defend their
Country by strengcb, the elder by counsel: May so
called in the honcur of one, and June os the other,
whereto OtdJagreeth, saying:
Hinc sua major es tributre vocabula Maio9
Junius a Juvenum nomine dittos adest,
June,
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June, in a Mantle of dark grasse-green, upon his
head a Garland of Bents, King-cups,and Maidens hair,
in his left hand an angle, with a box of Cantharides ;
in his right, the sign Cancer, upon his arm a basket os
the fruits os his Season 5 it hath the name, either d Ju°>
venibus, as I said, or of Junius Brutus.
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July,
July,I would hare drawn in a Jacket of light yel-
low, eating Cherries, with his face and bosom Sun-
burnt j on his head a wreath of Cencaurie and wild
Thyme, a sithe on his Ihoulder, a bottle at his girdle,
carrying the sign Leo,
This Moneth was called July, in the honour of Ju»
lius Casar the Dictator, being before called ^nintilU9
or the fifth Moneth 5 for the Romans began with
March,
AusstjK
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August, shall bear the form of a young man of $
fierce and colerick aspeft in a ssame coloured garment,
upon his head a Garland of Wheat and Rie, upon his
arm a basket of all manner of ripe fruits, as Peares,
H h h 2 Plums,