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in the morning, vntill the returne of the same windes, which LlB - &quot; 

 otherwise they call the tide or winde of the sea, which makes 

 them first to feele cold. We have tried al this whilst we 

 were at the Hands of Barlovente, where in the mornings 

 we did sweat for heat, and at noone we felt a fresh aire, for 

 that then a north-easterly wind, which is fresh and coole, 

 doth commonly blow. 



CHAP. xiv. That they which inhabite vnder the Equinoctiall, 

 live a sweete and pleasant life. 



If those which have held opinion, that the earthly Para- 

 dice was vnder the Equinoctiall, had beene guided by this 

 discourse, they had not seemed altogether deceived, not Biues, lib. 

 that I will conclude that the delightfull Paradice, whereof emit., c. 21. 

 the Scripture speakes, was in that place, which were too 

 great a temeritie to affirme it for certaine. But I may well 

 say, if there be any Paradice on earth it ought to bee placed 

 whereas they inioy a sweete and quiet temperature; for 

 there is nothing more troublesome or repugnant to mans 

 life, then to live vnder a heaven or aire that is contrarie, 

 troublesome or sicklie ; as there is nothing more agreeable 

 then to inioy a heaven that is sound, sweet and pleasant. 

 It is certaine that we do not participate of any of the 

 Elements, nor have not the vse of any so often in our bodies 

 as of the aire. It is that which invironeth our bodies on all 

 parts, which enters into our bowells, and at everie instant 

 visits the heart, and there ingraves her properties. If the 

 aire be anything corrupted, it causeth death ; if it be pure 

 and healthfull, it augmenteth the strength ; finally, we 

 may say, that the aire alone is the life of man ; so, as 

 although we have goods and riches, if the aire be trouble 

 some and vnholesome, wee cannot live quietly nor with 

 content. But if the aire be healthfull, pleasant, and sweete, 



