Tables, and Rules for the Feasts, and Fasts through the whole year · Book of Common Prayer

Tables, and Rules for the Moveable and Jmmoveable Feasts; together with The daies of Fasting and Abstinence through the whole year.

Rules to know when the Moveable Feasts, and Holy-dayes begin.

Easter-Day, (on which the rest depend) is always the first Sunday after the first full Moon, which happens next after the one and twentith day of March. And if the full Moon happens vpon a Sunday, Easter day is the Sunday after.

Advent Sunday is alwaies the nearest Sunday to the Feast of Saint Andrew, whether before or after.

Septuagesima	}	Sunday is	{	9.	}	Weeks before Easter.
Sexagesima				8.
Quinquagesima				7.
Quadragesima				6.

Rogation Sunday	}	is	{	5. weeks	}	after Easter.
Ascension day				40. daies
Whitsunday				7. weeks
Trinitie Sunday				8. weeks

A Table of all the Feasts that are to be observed in the Church of England through the year.

All Sundaies in the year.
The dayes of the Feast of	{	The Circumcision of our Lord Jesus Christ.
		The Epiphany.
		The Conversion of S. Paul. The purification of the blessed Virgin.
		Saint Matthias the Apostle.
		The Añunciation of the Blessed Virgin.
		S. Mark the Evangelist.
		S. Philip, and S. Jacob the Apostles.
		The Ascension of our Lord Iesus Christ.
		S. Barnabas.
		The Nativity of S. John Baptist.
		S. Peter the Apostle.
		S. James the Apostle.
		S. Bartholmew the Apostle.
		S. Matthew the Apostle.
		S. Michael and all Angels.
		S. Luke the Evangelist.
		S. Simon, and S. Jude the Apostles.
		All Saints.
		S. Andrew the Apostle.
		S. Thomas the Apostle.
		The Nativity of our Lord
		S. Stephen the Martyr.
		S. John the Evangelist
		The holy Innocents
		Monday and Tuesday in Easter week.
		Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun week.

A Table of the Vigils, Fasts, and Daies of Abstinence to be observed in the year

The Eves or Vigils before	{
		The Nativitie of our Lord.
		The Purification of the blessed virgin Mary.
		The Annunciation of the blessed Virgin.
		Easter day.
		Ascension day.
		Pentecost
		S. Matthias.
		S. John Baptist
		S. Peter.
		S. James.
		S. Bartholmew.
		S. Matthew.
		S. Simon and S. Iude.
		S. Andrew.
		S. Thomas
		All Saints

Note, that if any of these Feast-daies fall vpon a Monday, then the Vigil, or Fast-day shall be kept vpon the Saturday, and not vpon the Sunday next before it.

Dates of Fasting, or Abstinence.

The fortie daies of Lent
The Ember daies at the foure seasons; being the

Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after	... {	the first Sunday in Lent
		the feast of Pentecost
		Septemb. 14.
		Decemb. 13.

The three Rogation daies being the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before Holy Thursday, or the Ascension of our Lord.
All the Fridayes in the year; Except Christmas day.

Certain solemn dayes, for which particular services are appointed.

The 5. day of November, being the day of the Papists Conspiracy.
The 30. day of January, being the day of the Martyrdom of King Charles the first
The 29. day of May, being the day of the birth, and return of King Charles the second.

A Table of the Moveable Feasts calculated for forty years.

The year of our Lord.	The golden Number	The Epact	The Dominicalt Letter.	Sundaies after the Epiphany	Septuagesima Sunday.	The first day of Lent.	Easter day.	Rogation Sunday	Ascension day.	Whitsunday	Sundaies after Trin.	Advent Sunday
1661.	9	9	F	4	Febr. 10.	Febr. 27.	Apr. 14.	May. 19.	May. 23.	June 2.	24.	Dec. 1.
1662.	10	20	E	2	Janu. 26.	12.	March. 30.	4	8	May 18.	26	Nov. 30.
1663.	11	1	D	5	Febr. 15.	March. 4.	Apr. 19.	24	28.	June 7.	23	29.
1664.	12	12	CB.	4	7	Febr. 24.	10	15	19	May 29	24	27.
1665.	13	23	A	2	Jan. 22	8.	March. 26	Apr. 30	4	14	27	Dec. 3.
1866.	14	4	G	5	Febr. 11.	28	Apr. 15.	May 20	24	June 3	24	2.

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Note, that the Suppulation of the year of our Lord in the Church of England beginneth the25.day of March.

To finde Easter for ever.

The golden Number	A	B	C	D.	E	F	G
i	April. ix	x	xi	xii	vi	vii	viii
ii	Mar. xxvi	xxvii	xxviii	xxix	xxx	xxxi	Apr. i
iii	Apr: xvi	xvii	xviii	xix	xx	xiv	xv
iv	Apr. ix	iii	iv	v	vi	vii	viii
v	Mar. xxvi	xxvii	xxviii	xxix	xxiii	xxiv	xxv
vi	Apr. xvi	xvii	xi	xii	xiii	xiv	xv.
vii	Apr. ii	iii	iv	v	vi	Mar. 31.	Apr. i.
viii	Apr. xxiii	xxiv	xxv	xix	xx	xxi	xxii
ix	Apr. ix	x	xi	xii	xiii	xiv	viii
x	Apr. ii	iii	Mar. 28.	xxix	xxx	xxi	Apr. i
xi	Apr. xvi	xvii	xviii	xix	xx	xxi	xxii
xii	Apr. ix	x	xi	v	vi	vii	viii
xiii	Mar. xxvi	xxvii	xxviii	xxix	xxx	xxxi	xxv
xiv	Apr. xvi	x	xi	xii	xiii	xiv	xv
xv	Apr. ii	iii	iv	v	vi	vii	viii
xvi	Mar. xxvi	xxvii	xxviii	xxii	xxiii	xxiv	xxv
xvii	Apr: xvi	x	xi	xii	xiii	xiv	xv
xviii	Apr. ii	iii	iv	v	Mar. 30	xxxi	Apr. i.
xix	Apr. xxiii	xxiv	xviii	xix	xx	xxi	xxii

¶ When ye have found the Sunday Letter in the uppermost line, guide your eye downwards from the same till you come right over against the Prime, and there is shewed both what moneth, and what day of the month Easter falleth that year. But note that the name of the Moneth is set at the left hand, or els iust with the figure,; and followeth not as in other Tables by descent, but collaterall.