Prognostication for the Year 1496

they must suffer anxiety, sadness, labor, and the shedding of blood. Yet, their affairs will all come to a good and fortunate end.

Concerning Certain Kingdoms, Principalities, and Cities.

The people of the Kingdom of Poland should be afraid lest they be burdened with sicknesses. War will arise among them. The hot fever and head-sickness will reign among them. The autumn makes them combative. Yet, they should take care that they do not succumb, for the winter threatens them with enmity toward their neighbors.

The people of the Kingdom of Bohemia have cause to fear the plague and the Turk this year. They will be devout and speak of pilgrimages. The nobility will show themselves to be cruel toward them, against which they will offer resistance with force.

The people of the Kingdom of Hungary, due to the opposition of Mars in the ascending sign, will be prepared for their enemies. Plague will grow among them. They will expect much inheritance from their friends.

The people of the Kingdom of France will be anxious and troubled this year. Their nobles will tax them hard. They have no sickness to fear. They will be sent to war and will escape their enemies with cunning.

The people of the Principalities of Saxony, Meissen, and Thuringia will not be as well-disposed toward all matters this year as the previous year. For some among them will be burdened with sicknesses. Some will be troubled and experience enmity from their associates. They will undertake journeys on the water in which they will find luck. The summer will not be fortunate in their business affairs.

The people of the Principality of Bavaria will experience death and anxiety in the spring. Inheritance and goods will fall to them. In the autumn, they should seek pilgrimages. Their affairs will turn to good fortune in the winter.

The people of the Principality of Franconia will lean toward playfulness and gaiety this year. They will love their wives and undertake journeys with them. They are safe from deadly sickness. Their livelihood will be in a useful state. They will live in peace with the nobility.