Agrius, Quem ad modum, inquit, luna quadripertita? Et quid ea divisio ad agros pollet? Tremelius, Numquam rure audisti, inquit, octavo Ianam lunam et crescentem et contra senescentem, et quae crescente luna fieri oporteret, tamen quaedam melius fieri post octavo Ianam lunam quam ante? Et siquae senescente fieri conveniret, melius, quanto minus haberet ignis id astrum? Dixi de quadripertita forma in cultura agri.
After what method is the moon divided into quarters, asked Agrius, and what influence has that division on farming? Have you never heard in the country, replied Tremelius, the expressions eight days before the waxing of the moon, and eight days before the waning of the moon, and that of the things which should be done when the moon is waxing some are nevertheless better done after this eight days before the waxing than before it; and that the things which should be done when she is waning are better done the less light that heavenly body has? I have discussed the fourfold division in agriculture.
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