Cupid's Fair-Weather Booke

APRIL

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Taurus

Illustration from Cupid's Fair-Weather Booke Including an Almanack for Any Two Years (True Love Ought to Last That Long)

The Bull

THE BULL

Thro’ melting clouds the ever-gaining Sun Predicts a rise in Summer’s stock to-day. The Bears of Winter now are on the run, The Bull of Spring o’er April’s Bourse holds sway.

A jester (April Fool) surrounded by ticker-tape

CUPID’S FORECAST APRIL

Less cold but very changeable. Brief intervals of smiling weather, succeeded by frowning clouds and petulant showers. Sudden storms, accompanied by floods of tears, which dry rapidly as warmer feeling prevails. The first Spring Hats begin to come out and the mewing of Pussy Willow is heard in the land. The month will end with soft, engaging weather.