haedus

In Arietis parte XX. ad Aquilonem versus oritur Haedus quem fert Auriga.

‘At 20° Aries turned to the north rises the Young Goat whom the Charioteer drives.’

In Librae parte XV. oritur Haedus.

‘At 15° Libra rises the Young Goat.’

(pl.)

hunc subeunt Haedi claudentes sidere pontum, nobilis et mundi nutrito rege Capella,

‘Him follow the Kids e that with their constellation close the seas, and the goat famed for having suckled the king of heaven;’

some stars in Auriga

Caesari et viii kal. notatur dies. vii kal. Aegypto haedi exoriuntur, vi Boeotiae et Atticae canis vesperi occultatur, fiidicula mane oritur. v kal. Assyriae Orion totus absconditur, iv autem canis. vi non. Mai. Caesari suculae matutino exoriuntur et viii id. capella pluvialis, Aegypto autem eodem die canis vesperi occultatur. sic fere in vi id. Mai., qui est vergiliarum exortus, decurrunt sidera.

‘In Caesar’s calendar April 24 is also a marked day. On April 25 the Kids rise for Egypt, and on April 26 the Dog sets in the evening and the Lyre rises in the morning for Boeotia and Attica. On April 27 Orion entirely disappears for Assyria, and on the 28th the Dog. On May 2 the Little Pigs rise in the morning for Caesar, and on May 8 the She-goat, portending rain, while the Dog sets for Egypt in the evening of the same day. That is a fairly precise account of the movements of the constellations down to May 10, which is the date of the rising of the Pleiads.’