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as in Ettrepe, i^4(ia, and ^ffricke. And this point fer- 

 veth often againft many Spaniards, who beeing here, 

 figh for Spaine^ having no difcourfe, but of their coun- 

 trie, They wonder,yea , they grow difcontented with 

 vs , imaginingthat we have forgotten & make fmallac- 

 cornpt of our native foyle. To whom we anfwere,that 

 the defire to returneinto Sprinc, doth nothing trouble 

 vs, being as neere vnto Heaven at Pm/,as in Spainc : as 

 faint Jerome faith well, writing vnto Paulmus-^hat the 

 gates of Heaven are as neere vnto Brittaniejs tolerufi- 

 lem. But although the Heaven doth compaffe in the 

 world of all parts, yet muft we not imagine that there 

 is land neccffarily on all parts of the world. For being 

 fo, that the two dements of earth and water make one 

 globe or bowle, according to the opinion of the moft 

 - rcnowme d ancient An thofs, (as Plutarch teftifieth)and 

 as it is prooved by moft certaine demonftrations , wee 

 & may conieilure, that the fea doth occupie all this part, 

 which is vnder the Antartike or foil theme Pole, foas 

 there fliould not remaine anyplace in thefe partes for 

 the earth, the which faint (^fttguttine doth very lear 

 nedly hold againft them that maintaine the Antipodes, 

 faying, that although it bee prooved , and wee belceve 

 that the worldc is round like to a bowle, wee may not 

 therefore inferre , that inthis other part of the worlde^ 

 the earth is vncovered, and without water. Withou t 

 doubt, faint Lx//^^/?/^fpeakes well vpon this point- 

 anc j as t { ic contrai y is not prooved , fo doth it not fol 

 low, thatthere is any land difcovered at the Antarticke 

 Pole. The which experience hath now plainely taught 

 vs, for although thegreateft part of the worlde vnder 

 the Pole Antarticke be fea, yet is it notaltogether , but 

 there is likewile land, fo as in all parts of the world, the 



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