110 THE WINDS. 



LIB. in. -j g therefore sufficient that wee knowe his operations and 

 effectes, the which are plainely discovered in his greatnes 

 and perfections, and to have treated a litle philosophically 

 of the windes, and the causes of their differences, properties, 

 and operations, which wee have produced into three ; the 

 place by which they passe, the regions where they blowe, 

 and the celestiall virtue, the beginning and motive of the 

 windes. 



CHAP. in. Of certaine properties of windes which blowe at 

 the new worlde. 



It is a question much disputed by Aristotle, whether the 

 Southerne winde, which we call Abrego orLevcche blowes from 

 the pole Antartike, or onely from the Equinoctiall line? which 

 is properly to demaund, if beyond the Equinoctiall it holde 

 the same qualitie of hote and rainie as we see here. It is a 

 point whereof we may with reason stand in doubt, for 

 although it passe the Equinoctiall, yet is it still the South- 

 erne wind, seeing it comes from the same parte of the 

 worlde; as the Northerne winde which comes to the con 

 trary continues stil the same winde, although it passe the 

 burning Zone and Equinoctiall line. And it seems hereby, 

 tliat these two windes should hold their first properties, the 

 one to be hote and moist, the other colde and drie ; the 

 South to breede mists and raine, and the North to disperse 

 them, and to make a cleere Skie. Notwithstanding Aristotle 

 leanes to the contrary opinion, for that in Europe the North- 

 erne winde is colde, because it comes from the Pole, a 

 region extreamely colde, and the Southerne winde contrari 

 wise is hotte, because it comes from the South, which is the 

 region the Sunne dooth most heate. By this reason then 

 we should believe that the South winde should be colde to 

 them that inhabite on the other side of the line, and the 



