14 STARS IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. 



CHAP. v. Of the fashion and forme of Heaven, at the new 

 found world. 



LIB&amp;lt; * _ Many in Europe demaund of what forme and fashion 

 Heaven is in the Southerne parts, for that there is no 

 certaintie found in ancient bookes, who,, although they 

 graurit there is a Heaven on this other part of the world, 

 yet come they not to any knowledge of the forme thereof, 

 although in trueth they make mention of a goodly great 



p n- 22 lb V1 Starre seene in those partes, which they call Ganopus. 

 Those which of late dayes have sayled into these parts, 

 have accustomed to write strange things of this heaven; 

 that it is very bright, having many goodly starres: and in 

 effect, thinges which come farre are commonly described 

 with encrease. But it seemes contrary vnto me, holding it 

 for certaine, that in our Region of the North, there is a 

 greater nomber and bigger Starres: finding no starres in 

 these partes, which exceed the Fisher or the Chariot in 

 bignesse. It is true, that the Crosse in these partes is 

 very fayre and pleasing to behold: wee call the Crosse, 

 foure notable and apparant starres, which make the forme 

 of a crosse, set equally and with proportion. The ignorant 

 suppose this Crosse to be the southerne Pole, for that they 

 see the Navigators take- their heigth thereby, as we are 

 accustomed to doe by the North starre. But they are 

 deceyved, and the reason why Saylers doe it in this sorte, 

 is for that in the South parts there is no fixed starre that 

 markes the Pole, as the North starre doth to our Pole. 

 And therefore they take their heigth by the starre at the 

 foot of the Crosse, distant from the true and fixed Pole 

 Antarticke thirtie degrees, as the North starre is distant 

 from the Pole Articke three degrees or little more. And 

 so it is more difficult to take the heigth in those parts, for 

 that the sayd starre at the foote of the Crosse must bee 



