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will perish, and the powerful will undergo unbearable losses. 26. If it thunders, the evil ruler will fall by the will of God. 27. If it thunders, the powerful will be at odds with each other and will slander one another. 28. If it thunders, there will be signs announcing great events. But one must be cautious lest fire also rain down in some places. 29. If it thunders, it threatens a harmful drought. 30. If it thunders, public affairs will go from worse to better. 31t OCTOBER 1. If it thunders, it threatens an evil tyrant for public affairs. 2. If it thunders, there will be abundance, but a plague of land mice. 3. If it thunders, it indicates storms and disturbances, by which trees will be destroyed; and it will be an announcement of great tempests for public affairs. 4. If it thunders, the lesser will hold the positions of the greater, and the condition of the air will be healthy. 5. If it thunders, an increase of all necessities, with the exception of grain. 6. If it thunders, the appearance of abundance, but a lesser harvest, and the autumn nearly fruitless. 7. If it thunders, pulses will be abundant, but wine will be less. 8. If it thunders, an earthquake with a rumbling is to be expected. 9. If it thunders, it threatens destruction for wild beasts. 10. If it thunders, it indicates the fall of a praised man. 11. If it thunders, it indicates conflicting winds dangerous to the plants. 12. If it thunders, there will be abundance, but thunderbolts will be oppressive. 13. If it thunders, business transactions will be good, and abundance along with them; and he who is oppressive in the state will not be strong for long. 14. If it thunders, it threatens war and destruction of cattle. 15. If it thunders, there will be a scarcity, with a dry and scorching wind falling upon the crops. 16. If it thunders, men will become so weak as to seem to be unrecognizable. 17. If it thunders, good fortunes for a rich man and for the well-born. 18. If it thunders, it indicates an imported abundance. 19. If it thunders, it threatens the fall of a ruler or the expulsion of a king, and it indicates both discord for the people and abundance. 20. If it thunders, it threatens strange ulcers, and for the populace extreme misfortune from discord. 21. If it thunders, there will be cough-related diseases and afflictions of the chest. 22. If it thunders, it threatens hardships for the people and various diseases. 23. If it thunders, the people will rejoice unexpectedly. 24. If it thunders, the people will prevail from the discord of the rulers. 25. If it thunders, there will be a heavy cowardice from the evils. 26. If it thunders, the wild beasts will increase, but nevertheless they will starve. 27. If it thunders, it indicates heavy rain. 28. If it thunders, there will be a lack of necessities. 29. If it thunders, the year will be sickly. 30. If it thunders, it indicates not only abundance but also a reduction of enemies and cheerfulness in public affairs. 32t NOVEMBER 1. If it thunders, it indicates discord for the city. 2. If it thunders, it foretells abundance. 3. If it thunders, troubles arise, through which the lesser will prevail over the greater. 4. If it thunders, the grain will be better. 5. If it thunders, it indicates a tempest for public affairs, and disease for sentient beings and beasts. 6. If it thunders, worms will damage the grain. 7. If it thunders, diseases for men and beasts in the west. 8. If it thunders, there must be gluttony because of the threatened diseases. 9. If it thunders, there will be impalements of common people, but also an abundance of provisions. 10. If it thunders, the ill-advised plans of the rulers have an end, and a scorching wind damages the trees. 11. If it thunders, let men give thanks to God; for a wind will flow from the east. 12. If it thunders, dreams will seem more numerous to men. 13. If it thunders, it threatens a time that is profitable, but pestilential, and it afflicts bodies with internal worms. 14. If it thunders, reptiles somehow gently damage men. 15. If it thunders, fish will be most abundant, but aquatic beasts will suffer plague, and public affairs will supposedly be better. 16. if

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ἀπολεῖται, ζημίαις δὲ ἀφορήτοις οἱ δυνατοὶ ὑποστήσονται. κςʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ὁ κακὸς δυνάστης βουλῇ θεοῦ πεσεῖται. κζʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, δυνατοὶ πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς διενεχθήσονται καὶ ἀλλήλους διαβαλοῦσιν. κηʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, σημεῖα ἔσται πραγμάτων μεγάλων μηνυτικά. εὐλαβητέον δὲ μὴ καὶ πῦρ ἐπομβρήσῃ ἐνιαχοῦ. κθʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, αὐχμὸν ἐπιβλαβῆ ἀπειλεῖ. λʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ἀπὸ χειρόνων ἐπὶ τὰ κρείττω τὰ κοινά. 31t ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΣ αʹ. Εἰ βροντήσῃ, κακὸν τύραννον τοῖς πράγμασιν ἀπειλεῖ. βʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, εὐθηνία μὲν ἔσται, φθορὰ δὲ τῶν χερσαίων μυῶν. γʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, θυέλλας καὶ ταραχὰς δηλοῖ, δι' ὧν τὰ μὲν δένδρα φθαρήσεται· μεγάλων δὲ ζαλῶν ἔσται τοῖς κοινοῖς μήνυμα. δʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, οἱ ἐλάττους τὰ τῶν κρειττόνων καθέξουσιν, ὑγιεινὸν δὲ ἔσται τὸ τοῦ ἀέρος κατάστημα. εʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, πάντων ἐπιδόσεις τῶν ἀναγκαίων, ἐξῃρημένου σίτου. ςʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ἡ ὄψις μὲν εὐθηνίας, ἀμητὸς δὲ ἐλάττων, καὶ τὸ φθινόπωρον ἐγγὺς ἄκαρπον. ζʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ὄσπρια μὲν ἄφθονα, οἶνος δὲ ἐλάττων ἔσται. ηʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, σεισμὸν μετὰ μυκήματος προσδοκητέον. θʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ὄλεθρον θηρίοις ἀπειλεῖ. ιʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ἀνδρὸς ἐπαινουμένου πτῶσιν δηλοῖ. ιαʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ἀλληλανεμίαν ἐπισφαλῆ ταῖς βοτάναις δηλοῖ. ιβʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, εὐθηνία μὲν ἔσται, σκηπτοὶ δὲ ἐκθλιβήσονται. ιγʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, καλὰ τὰ συναλλάγματα, καὶ εὐθηνία πρὸς αὐτοῖς· ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τῇ πολιτείᾳ βαρὺς οὐκ ἐπὶ πλέον ἰσχύσει. ιδʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, πόλεμον καὶ φθορὰν βοσκημάτων ἀπειλεῖ. ιεʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, σπάνις ἔσται πνεύματος ξηροῦ καὶ καυστικοῦ ἐμπίπτοντος τοῖς καρποῖς. ιςʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ἐξασθενήσουσιν οὕτως ἄνθρωποι, ὡς ἄγνωστοι εἶναι δοκεῖν. ιζʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, πλουσίου ἀνδρὸς καὶ εὐγενῶν εὐτυχήματα. ιηʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ἐπείσακτον εὐθηνίαν δηλοῖ. ιθʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, δυνάστου πτῶσιν ἢ βασιλέως ἐκβολὴν ἀπειλεῖ, διχόνοιάν τε τῷ δήμῳ καὶ ἀφθονίαν δηλοῖ. κʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ἕλκη ξένα ἀπειλεῖ, τῷ δὲ πλήθει ἐκ διχονοίας ἐσχάτην ἀτυχίαν. καʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, νόσοι βηχώδεις ἔσονται καὶ στηθῶν κακώσεις. κβʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, μοχθηρίας τῷ δήμῳ καὶ νόσους ποικίλας ἀπειλεῖ. κγʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ὁ δῆμος εὐφρανθήσεται παραδόξως. κδʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ἐκ διχονοίας τῶν κρατούντων ὁ δῆμος περιέσται. κεʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, βαρεῖα ἔσται ἀπὸ τῶν κακῶν δειλία. κςʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, αὐξηθήσεται μὲν τὰ θηρία, λιμώξει δὲ ὅμως. κζʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ἐπομβρίαν δηλοῖ. κηʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ἔνδεια ἔσται τῶν ἀναγκαίων. κθʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ἐπίνοσος ὁ ἐνιαυτός. λʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, οὐκ εὐθηνίαν μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐλάττωσιν τῶν πολεμίων καὶ εὐφροσύνην τοῖς πράγμασι δηλοῖ. 32t ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΣ αʹ. Εἰ βροντήσῃ, διχόνοιαν δηλοῖ τῇ πόλει. βʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, εὐθηνίαν προλέγει. γʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, πράγματα ἀναφύεται, δι' ὧν οἱ ἐλάττους περιέσονται τῶν μειζόνων. δʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, κρείττων ὁ σῖτος. εʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ζάλην τοῖς πράγμασι δηλοῖ, αἰσθητοῖς τε καὶ ἀλόγοις νόσον. ςʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, σκώληκες τῷ σίτῳ λυμανοῦνται. ζʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, τοῖς ὑπὸ τὴν δύσιν ἀνθρώποις τε καὶ ἀλόγοις νόσοι. ηʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ἀδδηφαγίας ἔσεσθαι δεῖ διὰ νόσους ἀπειλουμένας. θʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, δημοτῶν ἀνασκολοπισμοὶ ἔσονται, ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ ἀφθονία τῶν ἐπιτηδείων. ιʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, πέρας ἔχει τὰ κακῶς βουλευθέντα τοῖς κρατοῦσιν, ἄνεμος δὲ καυσώδης τοῖς δένδροις λυμαίνεται. ιαʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, εὐχαριστείτωσαν ἄνθρωποι τῷ θεῷ· ἄνεμος γὰρ ἐξ ἀνατολῶν ῥεύσει. ιβʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ἐνύπνια τοῖς ἀνθρώποις πλείονα δόξει. ιγʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ἐπικερδῆ μὲν τὸν καιρὸν, λοιμικὸν δὲ ἀπειλεῖ, ἕλμισι δὲ ἐντοσθίοις κακοῖ τὰ σώματα. ιδʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ἑρπετὰ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἠρέμα πως λυμαίνεται. ιεʹ. εἰ βροντήσῃ, ὁ μὲν ἰχθὺς ἀφθονώτατος, λοιμώξει δὲ τὰ ἔνυδρα θηρία, καὶ τὰ κοινὰ δῆθεν καλλίονα. ιςʹ. εἰ