[Footnote _b_: Nat. Hist. lib. xviii. cap. 35.]
SI ab ortu solis repellentur Nubes, & ad occasum abibunt, _Serenitatem_
denunciabunt,
That is,
IF at Sun rising the Clouds are driven away, and retire as it were to
the _West_, this denotes fair Weather.
THERE is an old Adage to this Purpose, which, because it is very
prettily expressed, deserves our notice, _viz._
A red Evening and a grey Morning,
Sets the Pilgrim a Walking.
In _French_ thus.
Le rogue Soir, & blanc Matin;
Font rejouvir le Pelerin.
The _Italians_ say the same.
Sera rosa, & nigro Matino;
Allegra il Peregrino.