TABLES AND RULES For the Moveable and Immoveable Feasts; together with the Days of Fasting and Abstinence, through the whole Year. RULES to know when the Moveable Feasts and Holy-days begin. EASTER-DAY (on which the rest depend) is always the First Sunday after the Full Moon which happens upon, or next after the Twenty-first Day of March; and if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter-Day is the Sunday after. Advent-Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of Saint Andrew, whether before or after. Of all the Feasts that are to be observed in the Church of England throughout the Year. A TABLE Of the Vigils, Fasts, and Days of Abstinence, to be observed in the Year. The Evens or Vigils before The Nativity of our Lord. The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin. Easter-Day. Ascension-Day. Saint Matthias. Saint John Baptist. Saint Peter. Saint James. Saint Bartholomew. Saint Matthew. Saint Simon and Saint Jude. Saint Andrew. Saint Thomas. All Saints. Note, That if any of these Feast-Days fall upon a Monday, then the Vigil or Fast-Day shall be kept upon the Saturday, and not upon the Sunday next before it. Days of Fasting, or Abstinence. I. The Forty Days of Lent. II. The Ember Days at the Four The First Sunday in Lent. Friday, and Saturday after The Feast of Pentecost. September 14. December 13. III. The Three Rogation-Days, being the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, before Holy-Thursday, or the Ascension of our Lord." IV. All the Fridays in the Year, except Christmas-Day. Certain Solemn Days, for which particular Services are appointed. I. The Fifth Day of November, III. The Twenty-ninth Day of May, being the Day kept in Memory of the Birth and Return of King Charles II. IV. The Twenty-sixth Day of June, being the Day on which his Majesty began his happy Reign. The Numbers prefixed to the several Days, (in the foregoing Calendar) between the 21st Day of March and the 18th Day of April, both inclusive, denote the Days upon which those Full Moons do fall, which happen upon or next after the 21st Day of March, in those Years, of which they are respectively the Golden Numbers; and the Sunday Letter next following any such Full Moon points out Easter-Day for that Year. All which holds until the Year of our Lord 1899 inclusive; after which Year, the Place of these Golden Numbers will be to be changed, as is hereafter expressed. A TABLE TO FIND EASTER-DAY, From the present Time till the Year 1899 inclusive, according to the foregoing Calendar. THIS Table contains so much of the Calendar as is necessary for the determining of Easter; to find which, look for the Golden Number of the Year in the First Column of the Table, against which stands the Day of the Paschal Full Moon; then look in the Third Column for the Sunday Letter, next after the Day of the Full Moon, and the Day of the Month standing against that Sunday Letter is Easter-Day. If the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, then (according to the First Rule) the next Sunday after is Easter-Day. To find the Golden Number, or Prime, add one to the Year of our Lord, and then divide by 19; the Remainder, if any, is the Golden Number; but if nothing remaineth, then 19 is the Golden Number. To find the Dominical or Sunday Letter, according to the Calendar, until the Year 10A 1799 inclusive, add to the Year of our 1G Lord its Fourth Part, omitting Frac- 2 F tions; and also the Number 1: Divide 3 E the Sum by 7; and if there is no Remainder, then A is the Sunday Letter: But if any Number remaineth, then the Letter standing against that Number in the small annexed Table, is the Sunday Letter. 4D 5C 6 B For the next Century, that is, from the Year 1800 till the Year 1899 inclusive, add to the current Year only its Fourth Part, and then divide by 7, and proceed as in the last Rule. Note, that in all Bissextile or Leap Years, the Letter found as above will be the Sunday Letter, from the intercalated Day exclusive to the End of the Year. Another TABLE to find EASTER till the Year 1899 inclusive. SUNDAY LETTERS. 7 -21 E F G -18 19 -20 -14 II Apr. 9 6 III Mar. 26 -25 -24 IV Apr. 16 V Apr. 2 VI Apr. 23 VII Apr. 9 VIII Apr. 2 IX Apr. 16 X Apr. 9 XI Mar. 26 XII Apr. 16 XIII Apr. 2 XIV Mar. 26 XV Apr. 16 XVI Apr. 2 XVII Apr. 23 XVIII Apr. 9 XIX Apr. 2 Mar27 To make use of the preceding Table, find the Sunday Letter -15 for the Year in the Up8 permost Line, and the -25 Golden Number, or -15 Prime, in the Column 6 Mar31 Apr. 1 of Golden Numbers, -22 and against the Prime, 8 in the same Line un-31 Apr. 1 der the Sunday Letter, -21 -22 you have the Day of the 8 Month on which Eas-25 ter falleth that Year. -15 But note, that the 8 Name of the Month is -25 set on the Left Hand, -15 or just with the Fi31 Apr. 1 gure, and followeth -21 -22 not, as in other Ta7 8 bles, by Descent, but 31 Apr. 1 Collateral. 3 1814 10 9 B 4 6 -11 Feb. 18 Mar. 7 Jan. 26 1818 14 23 D 1 Jan. 18 Jan. 30 183815 4 G5 Feb. 11 6 Feb. 23 10 15 19 May 29 24 27 8 Mar. 26 Apr. 30 28 April 14 May 19 4 1427 Dec. 3 23 June 224 1 19 15 May 25 25 Nov.30 2 7 11 21 26 Dec. 3 12 Mar. 30 4 8 18 26 Nov.30 8 Mar. 26 Apr. 30 4 14 27 Dec. 3 28 April 15 May 20 24 June 324 20 6 11 15 May 25 25 Nov.30 28 June 7 23 29 |