Cupid's Fair-Weather Booke

MAY

Reading edition

Gemini

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

The Twins

THE TWINS

Winter the Dotard, fool’d by April’s tears, Is fain to linger in the lap of Spring, When, with her tall twin brothers, May appears, And bids him have no thought of such a thing.

A lady in classical draped clothing playing pipes

CUPID’S FORECAST MAY

Small birds will begin house-hunting and set the fashion by choosing mates. Soft airs prevail and the skies are rosy. The first leaflets of Spring poetry begin to come out. Occasional warm showers, melting hearts and budding friendships. A few sharp storms, followed by bright making-up weather.