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in great aboundance in the cold region of the aire, where LlB - &quot; 

 they are congealed and thickened by the extremitie of the 

 cold ; and after being pressed, they dissolve and turne into 

 water. Therefor e, in Winter, when the sunne is farthest off, 

 the daies short, and the nights long, his heat hath small 

 force : but when the sunne approacheth, which is in the 

 summer time, his force is such as it drawes vp the vapors, 

 and suddenly consumes and disperseth them ; for the heat 

 and the length of the daies grow through the neerenes of 

 the sunne. But within the Tropickes, vnder the burning 

 Zone, the far distance of the sunne workes the same effects 

 that the neerenes doth without the Tropiks ; by reason 

 whereof, it raines no more vnder the burning Zone when the 

 sunne is farre off, then without the Tropicks when it is 

 neerest, for that in this approaching and retyring, the 

 sunne remaines alwaies in one distance, whence proceedes 

 this effect of cleerenes. But when the sunne is in the period 

 of his force in the burning zone, and that he cast his 

 beames directly vpon the inhabitants heads, there is neither 

 cleerenes nor drienes, as it seems there should be, but 

 rather great and strange showers ; for that by this violent 

 heat he drawes vp suddenly a great aboundance of vapours 

 from the Earth and Ocean, which are so thicke, as the 

 winde, not able easily to disperse them, they melt into 

 water, which breedeth the cold raine in so great abound 

 ance : for the excessive heat may soone draw vp many 

 vapours, the which are not so soone dissolved : and being 

 gathered together through their great aboundance, they 

 inelt and dissolve into water. The which we may easily 

 discerne by this familiar example : rost a peece of porke, 

 mutton, or veale ; if the fire be violent and the meate neere, 

 we see the fatte melts suddenly and droppes away; the 

 reason is, that the violent heat drawes forth the humour 

 and fatte from the meate, and being in great aboundance, 

 cannot dissolve it, and so it distills more away. But when 



