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Of the foflrion -and forme of Heaven, at the new-found 

 world. C H A P. $. 



"\>f~Any in Eurofe demaund of what forme andfa- 

 J-'-Mhion Heaven is in the Soucherne parts, for that 

 there is no certaintie found in ancient bookes 5 who al 

 though they graunt there is a Heaven on this other part 

 of the world, yet come they not to any knowledge of 

 the forme thereof 5 although in trueth they make men- 

 Tiin.ui.6. "tion of a goodly great Starre fecne in thofe panes, 

 <?/.". ; which they call Canopm. Thofe which of late dayes 

 hsve faylcd into thefe parts, have accuftomed to write 

 ftrange things of this heaven that it is very bright, ha 

 ving many goodly ftarres : and in effeft,thinges \vhich 

 come farre,are commonly defcribed with encreafe. But 

 it ftemes contrary vnto me, holding it for certaine, that 

 in our Region of the North , there is a greater nomber 

 and bigger Starres 5 finding no ftarres in thefe partes, 

 : which exceed the Fiflier or the Chariot in bignefle.lt is 

 true , that the CrofTc in thefe partes is very fayreand 

 pleafing to behold : wee call the Crofle, foure notable 

 nnd apparant ftarres, which make the forme of a crofTe, 

 fet equally and with proportion. The ignorant fup- 

 pofe this CrofTe to be the fbutherne Pole, for that they 

 fee the Navigators take their heigth thereby , as we are 

 accuftomedto doe bytheNorthftarre. But they are 

 deceyved , and the reafon , why Saylers doe it in this 

 $ortc 5 is for that in the South parts there is no fixed 

 ftarre that markes the Pole 3 as the North flarre doth to 

 our Pole, And therefore they take their heigth by the 



ftarre 



