8 The 3\(dturall and Morall 



mnft alter y change, and be finally extinft :; for naturally 

 that which is conteincd is no more durable then that 

 which conteinf th. And to fay that the Cdcftiali bodies 

 bcorruptibieat agreeth not witlTthe plalme, That God 

 wtde than for etw:Md it is lefTe conformable to the or. 

 der & prefervation of this vniverfall world . 1 fay moie- 

 ..- overdo confirme this truth, that the heauens nioyc^ and 

 in them the ftarres march in turning,the which we can^ 

 not eafily difcerne with our eyes, feeing we fee that not 

 enely theftarrcs do moue, butalfb the regions & wh :le 

 parts of heaven : Ifpeakenotonely of the fhining ;md 

 moft refplendcnt parts, as^of that which wecall r/rf /afL 

 ca i and the vulgar, S. /^gg^j^y., but alfoofthe darRer 

 and obfcurer parts in hcaven.For there we fee really 3 as it 

 were fpots and darkenes, which are moft apparent : the 

 which I remember not to haue feene at any time in Eu~ 

 rqge ? but at Perujrid in thisothcr Hemifpherel haue of 

 ten feene them very apparantTThefe fpors are in colour 

 and forme like vhto theEclips of the Moone , and are 

 like vnto it in blacknesand daikencs : they rnarch,fixed 

 to the feme ftarrcs, alwaies of one forme and bignes,as 

 we haue noted by infallible cbfervat :on. It may be this 

 w ill feem e ftr 2 n ej2Jo tn e ; & t h ey w i I ! dem and w h en ce 



To the which I can 



not aiif-verc othcnvifeat this ti?T?e^ but fas thcPhilofo- 

 phers do affirnrcj that thisT/4 Arrf7^r, or miiken-way,, is 

 compounded of the thickef} parts of the heaven rand 

 for this caufe it rcceiues tlie greats? 1'ght , and controri- 

 wife there are other pat ts very thinne and tranfparent, 

 the which receiuing lefftliglitfeemc more blacke & ob- 

 fcure. Whether this be the true realbn or no, I dare not 

 certenly affinne. Yet is it true, that according to the 

 figure ihcfeipots haveuHieavcn , theyjnou^witjijhe 



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