The Natural History of Pliny the Elder, Part 2
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The Signs of the Vernal Equinox
The Vernal Equinox appears to end on the eighth day before the Calens of April. Orion and his sword begin to set in Egypt at this time. Between the Equinox and the morning rising of the Virgiliae, the Calen of April announce according to Caesar stormy weather. Noxious weeds must be rooted up,. fig trees cleared, new seed plots made, and the old ones dressed.
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