30 VIEWS OF THE ANCIENTS. 



LlB - * &quot; Heavens circuit is of flue zones, one whereof, 1 



Viro-ii in Which still the sunne burnes, makes tlie earth below 



Gcorg. With flames intempestiue red hotte to glow.&quot; 



And the same Poet in another place, 



Eneid - &quot; Heare this, if any harbour in that seate 2 



Whose quarter vnder that large zone is set 

 Amidst foure others by the sunne enlightned.&quot; 



And another Poet speakes more plainely, 



Ovid, Mcta. u As many regions are there on the ground, 



As are in heaven, wherein fine parts are found, 

 Whereof the midst, through heate raisd from the raycs 

 Of scorching sunne, inhabitable staies.&quot; 



The Auncients have grounded their generall opinion vpon 

 one reason, which seemed to them certaine and not to be 

 confuted; for finding that the more a region drew neere 

 vnto the South, the hotter it was ; the proofe whereof was 

 so infallible in those regions, as by the same reason in Italie, 

 Apulia is hotter then Tuscane, and in Spaine Andaluzia 

 then Biscaie. A thing so apparent, that although there 

 bee but eight degrees difference or lesse betwixt the one 

 and the other, yet do wee finde the one extreame hotte, 

 and the other very colde, whereby they did infer re that 

 the region so neere the South, having the sunne so 

 directly for zenith, must of necessity bee continually 

 scorched with heate. They did likewise see, that the 

 divers seasons of the yeere, as the Spring, Summer, 

 Autumne, and Winter, were caused by the neerenes and 

 distance of the sunne, finding also that although they were 

 farre from the Tropicke, by which the sunne doth passe in 



1 &quot; Quinque tenent coelum zonse : quarum una corusco 



Semper sole rubens, et torrida semper ab igni.&quot; 



Geonj., lib. i, 1. 233. 



2 &quot; Audiit, et si quern tellus extrema ref uso - 



Submovet Oceano, et si quern extenta plagarum 

 Quatuor in medio dirimit plaga solis iniqui.&quot; 



/Enid, lib. vii. 1. 225. 



