The book, with the complete title "An Euerlasting Prognostication of the change of weather, collected and compiled by a wandering Iew, being vsefull for many," begins with the following:
Predictions of hote weather.If a mist or hoare frost do fall either in the spring time, or autumne, it is a token that that day shall be hot.If night Battes come in great numbers, and more timely in the euening then they were wont, it is a signe of great heat to follow.If Humble-Bees or Drones flye abroad in an euening, it is a signe of great heat.