THE TRUE STATE OF ICELAND ad. 



1592. 



The second section. 

 In this Hand, at the Summer solstitium, the Sun passing Mmsterus. 

 thorow the signe of Cancer, there is no night, and ^l^i^^^^s^us 

 therefore at the Winter solstitium there is no day. 

 Also : Vadianus. But in that Hand, which farre 

 within the arctic circle is seated in the maine Ocean, 

 at this day called Island, and next unto the lands 

 of the frozen sea, which they call Engrontland, there 

 be many moneths in the yere without nights. 



AT the solstitium of winter, that there is no day 

 (that is to say, no time, wherein the Sunne is scene 

 above the horizon) we confesse to be true onely in that 

 angle of Island (if there be any such angle) where the 

 pole is elevated full 67 degrees. But at Holen (which 

 is the bishops seat for the North part of Island, and 

 lieth in a most deepe valley) the latitude is about (^^ 

 degrees and 44 minutes, as I am enformed by the 

 reverend father, Gudbrand, bishop of that place : and 

 yet there, the shortest day in all the yere is at least two 

 houres long, and in South-Island longer, as it appeareth 

 by the tables of Mathematicians. Heerehence it is mani- . , 



fest, first that Island is not situate beyond the arctic iliandis 

 circle: secondly, that in Island there are not wanting not within the 

 in Summer solstitium many nights, nor in Winter circle antic, 

 solstitium many dayes. 



The third section. 

 It is named of the ice which continually cleaveth unto Mmsterus. 

 the North part thereof. Another writeth : From the '^^•^''• 

 West part of Norway there lieth an Hand which 

 is named of the ice, environed with an huge sea, 

 and being a countrey of ancient habitation, &c. 

 Zieglerus. This is Thyle, whereof most of the 

 ancient writers have made mention. 



IT is named of ice, &c. Island hath beene called by ^^^j/^^7^ 

 three names, one after another. For one Naddocus ^addocus in a 

 a Noruagian borne, who is thought to be the first tempest. 



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