^^ The J^aturall andMoraft 



Mi. i*M podes, ( which is as much to fay , as men marching 

 MM***, c .*. w ith their fee te oppofite to ours 1 But although thefe 

 two authors agree in theisjcafls; yet doc they differ 

 much in their rtafons and opinions, as they were of 

 er y ^ vers fpWts and Judgements. Latfavtiusfollowcs 

 l^e vulgar, lecming ridiculous vnto him that~the hea 

 ven fliould be round , and that the earth (hould bee 

 compaiTed in themidft thereof, like vnto a ball, where 

 of he writes in thefe tearmes , What reafon is therefor 

 fim? to affirm* y that there are Antipodes 9 whofifteppes are 

 oppofite to ours? Is it pofiible that anyfhould bee Jo grojft 

 and fimple as to beletve there were a people or nation 

 marching with their feet e vpwardes , And their heades 

 downrvardes , and that thinges wh&k are placed heere of 

 we fort , are in that other part hanging top fie turvic: 

 that trees and corne growc downwardes , and that raine, 

 Jhorv, & haile fall from the earth iy?W.Then after fome 

 other difcourfe, the fame Latfantius vfeth thefe words, 

 The imagination and conceit which fome haue had,fuppo r 

 fmg the heaven to be round , bath bene the caufe to in 

 vent thefe Antipodes hanging in the dire . So as I knowc 

 not what to Jay of fuch Philofophers , whoe having 

 once erred , continue (till objlinately in their opinions 

 defending ene another . But whatfbever he faietn , wee 

 that live now at Pw> and inhabire that part oFthc 

 worldjwhich is opofite to^j/^_and their Antipodes 

 fas the Colmographers doteachvsj finde not our 

 felves to bee hanging in the aire, our heades down- 

 ward,and our feeteon high. Truly it is ftrange to con- 

 fider, that the fpirit and vnderftanding of man can- 

 not attaine vnto the trueth, without the vfeof ima- 

 ginationrand on theotherpart, it were impoffible but 

 he fliould erre and be deceived, if hee fliould wholy 



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