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CiiAr. v. That betwixt the two TropicJcs the greatest abound- 

 ance ofraitie is in Summer, with a discourse of Winter 



and Summer. 



To conclude, Summer is alwayes accompanied with hcate L. 

 and drought_, in the two temperate Zones, and Winter with 

 cold and moistnesse ; but vnder the burning Zone those 

 qualities are not alike, for that raine accompanies heate, 

 and drought folio weth the cold : I vnderstand by cold, want 

 of excessive heat, so as Winter is taken in our Europe for 

 the colde and raynie season, and summer for the hot and 

 cleere season. Our Spaniards which live at Peru, and in 

 newe Spaine, seeing these two qualities not to concurre to 

 gether as in Spaine, call that season Winter, wherein there 

 is greatest aboundance of raine and waters -, and Summer, 

 where there is little or none at all : wherein they are 

 plainely deceived, although they affirme by a generall rule, 

 that in the Mountaines of Peru it is Summer from the 

 Moneth of Aprill to September, for that the raine ceaseth 

 in that season ; and that Winter is, from the moneth of 

 September vnto Aprill, for that the showres returne then ; 

 and therefore it is winter and summer at -the same time 

 as in Spaine. So, as when the Sunne goeth directly over 

 their heads, they then take it to be the depth of Winter, 

 having greatest store of raine. But it is worthy to be 

 laughed at, comming from ignorant men and vnlearned ; 

 for even as the difference betwixt the day and night pro 

 ceeds from the presence or absence of the Sunne in our 

 hemisphere, according to the motion of the first motor, 1 

 which is the cause of day and night ; even so the difference 

 which we see betwixt Winter and Summer proceeds from 

 the neerenesse and distance of the Sunne, according to the 

 motion of the said Sunne, which is the proper cause. To 

 1 u Seo im el movimiento del primer Mobil.&quot; 



