III.
| CLOUDS Small and round, like a Dappley-grey, with a North-Wind. | Fair Weather for 2 or 3 Days. |
THIS is differently expressed by other Authors. My Lord Bacon tells us, that if Clouds appear white, and drive to the N. W. it is a Sign of several Days fair Weather.
OUR old English Almanacks have a Maxim to this Purpose.
If woolly Fleeces spread the Heavenly Way,
Be sure no Rain disturbs the Summer Day.
AND Pliny to the same Purpose.[c] ]
SI Sol oriens cingetur Orbe, & postea totus defluxerit æqualiter, Serenitatem dabit.
That is,
IF the rising Sun be incompassed with an Iris, or Circle of white Clouds, and they equally fly away, this is a Sign of fair Weather.