raine water 
e Snowe 
Snowe and Yaine with the coldneſſe of the middle region of the aye, 
did freꝛſe, and was made ſnowe, and therefoꝛe is little diffe, 
doerb differ lente from the rayne water, and that which tommeth forth 
in littli. 
Asbeneo, 
‘Perierates. 
Enric ls. 
Sciates. 
ok the ſnoos, foꝛ bath of them are ingendꝛed of one manner 
or matter, ſauing that the water which procedeth of the 
ſudwe, is ſome what moꝛs groſſe fo2 the compultion it hath 
ok the coldnes of the ayze, in ſuch ſoꝛte that it is not fo cuil,as 
they fay it is. And we fee the Scithians doe dꝛinke it continu⸗ 
ally,as Hypocrates fapth, Mee fer that of the ſnawe which 
doeth melt, ars made great and mightie riuers, ołtthe which 
the people that tnbabits neere totgem, dꝛinke continuallp 
without doing to them ang maner of hurt, oꝛ benumming of 
them. And ol theſe are man of Spayne, Almaine, and many 
moꝛs in the Wick Indias, where moſte of the riuers are ot 
ſnowe, which doeth melt from the hilles and mountaynes, 
and all people ingenerall dꝛink of them, fo there is no other 
water in all the country. 
The Romapnes fo; delyght and curioſitie, dꝛanke the 
water that came fooꝛth of the ſnowe, the which they ſtray⸗ 
ned thꝛaugh ſtones, to make it moze thinne. Atheneo, doth 
rehearſe certayne ver ſes of Sopita, an auntient Post, in the 
which he faith, that in his time they dꝛanke ſnowe and the 
water which came forth of the now. Pericrat es, Hiſtsʒisgra⸗ 
pher being a Greeke moſt famous, ſaieth 5̊ in his time, they 
Danke ſnow, not only in the Cities but in the Campes. Eu- 
ticlesa man berp learned, in onꝛ of his Epiſtles doeth repꝛe⸗ 
hende thoſe that were in his time, that they did not content 
themſelues to dꝛinke that which was made cold with now. 
but that thep dꝛanke the faowe it ſelle.Sciates, maketh mens 
tion of the ſaawe, vled at times canuenient, with much tare 
and delits. Tenophon inthe thinges of memozie which bee 
Wrote, maketg mention ofmany people that did not onele 
dꝛinke ſaalos, but the witer thereot continuallg. 
The Kamaines dig ole it much, and ſa Pliaie inthe 31. 
bask: of gie Willie City ht Nero was the fis that {onde 
Aers, it in aas, Thewgich Galen in the fer 
