The 3fyturatt and Morall 



Gibraltar, vnto the East Indies, mmfc the proportion of 

 above five to three , the paffige' which is from Ethiopia t* 

 the lake tfMcotis in the forth ft cfnfaesofScythiajfa 

 which is confrmedby the account of tourney ts by land y & by 

 fty ting)** we do now know by experience: we havealfi know 

 ledge of the habitable earth , evenvnto thofe fartes which 

 Are inhabitable. And truelyin this point wee muftpar- 

 don cxfr/tftf /^feeing that in his time, they had not di 

 covered beyond the firtt. Ethiopia , called the exterior, 

 ioynmgto^rafaamd^ffrtcke, the other Ethiopia 

 being wholy vnknownc in his age : Yea , all that great 

 Land, which we now call the Land of Prete Ian, ney- 

 ther had they any knowledge of the reft that lyes vn- 

 der the Equinofliall, and runnes beyond the Tropicke 

 ofCapricorne, vnto the Cape of good Hope/o famous 

 and well knownc by the navigation of Portugals; fb as 

 if wee meafure the Land from this Cape vnto Scythia 

 and Tart aria , there is no doubt , but this diftance and 

 latitude , will proove as great as the longitude 5 which 

 is from Gibraltar vnto the Eaft Indies. It is certaine,thc 

 Ancients had no knowledge of the fprings of Nilus, 

 nor of the endeof Ethiopia, and therefore Lttcan re- 

 prooves the curiofitie of luliu* C^,fearching out the 

 fprings of Nilus in thefe verfes; 



O Romaine what availestheefo much travett, 

 tuctn.io. In fear ch of Niles/r# fiurce thyfelfe togravett. 

 And the fame Poet, fpeaking to Nile fayth: 



Since thy frfl fiurce is yet jo vnrevealed^ 



N ile, what thoti art, is from the world concealed. 



But-by the holy fcripture we may conceive that this 

 land is habitable : for if it were not, the Prophet So- 

 phonic would not fay (Tpeaking of thefe nations caL 

 j cc j to t he Gofpell, ; The children of my dtyerftd (fo he 



calkth 



