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observed computation, for according to the difference of LlB - 

 waies where they have beene, we must necessarily say, that 

 when they meete, there must bee difference of a day ; the 

 reason is, for that sailing from West to East, they alwaies 

 gaine of the day, finding the sunne rising sooner ; and 

 contrariwise, those that saile from East to West, do alwaies 

 loose of the day, for that the Sunne riseth later vnto them ; 

 and as they approach neerer the East or the West, they 

 have the day longer or shorter. In Peru, which is west 

 ward in respect of Spaine, they are above sixe houres 

 behinde ; so as when it is noone in Spaine, it is morning at 

 Peru ; and when it is morning heere, it is mid night there. 

 I have made certaine proofe thereof, by the computation of 

 Eclipses of the Sunne and Moone. Now that the Portugalls 

 have made their navigations from West to East, and the 

 Castillians from east to west, when they came to ioyne and 

 meete at the Philippines and Macao, the one have gained 

 twelve houres, and the other hath lost as much ; so as at 

 one instant, and in one time, they finde the difference of 

 twentie houres, which is a whole day ; so as necessarily, the 

 one are at the third of Maie, whenas the others accoumpt 

 but the second ; and whenas the one doth fast for Easter 

 eve, the others eate flesh for the day of the resurrection. 

 And if we will imagine that they passe farther, turning 

 once againe about the world, vsing the same computation, 

 when they should returne to ioyne together, they should finde 

 by the same accoumpt, two daies difference ; for as I have 

 saide, those that go to the Sunne rising, accoumpt the day 

 sooner, for that the Sunne riseth to them sooner, and those 

 that go to the setting, accoumpt the day later, for that it 

 goes from them, later; finally, the diversitie of the noone 

 tide causeth the divers reckoning of the day. And now for 

 as much as those that doe saile from East to West, change 

 their noone tide without perceiving it, and yet still follow 

 the same computation they did when they parted, of 



