to theEquino&icall is very fmall : the which is fo con 

 trary to the truth , that in a maner all the habitation 

 on this fide the Pole Anunih is in latitude, (Imeanc 

 from the Pole to the line) and in longitude from Eaft 

 to Weft it is fo fmall, as the latitude exceedes it three 

 partesormore . In his other opinion he affirmes, that 

 the middle region is inhabitable, being vnder the bur 

 ning zone , burnt vp by the cxceffive heate caufed by 

 the necrenes of the funne , and by this reafbn hath nei 

 ther waters nor paftures. The which is in like fort con. 

 trary : for the greateftpart of this new world , isfcitu- 

 ated betwixt the two Tropickes vnder the burning 

 zone, and yet is it found very well peopled and inha 

 bited by men and orher fortes of creatures, being a 

 region of all the world the moft fruirfull of waters and 

 paftures,and very temperate in the greateft part, which 

 the will of God hath fo appointed 3 to (hew that even 

 in naturall things he hath confounded the wifedomc 

 of this world . To conclude , wee muft beleeve that 

 the burning zone is well inhabited 5 although the aun- 

 cientshave helditimpoffible . But the other zone or 

 region , which lyeth betwixt the burning zone and 

 that of thePole Antartike , although it bee in a climate 

 more commodious for the life of man, yet is it finally 

 peopled and inhabited , feeing wee know no other 

 dwelling in it but theiCingdome of * Chile and a fmall 

 portiomoyning to the Cape of good Hope . The reft is 

 pofTeiTedbythe0r<tt# f Although many be of opinion 

 (the which I likewife hold) that there is much more 

 land not yet difcovered, the which fliould befirme 

 land oppofite to the Kingdome of Chile, which runnes 

 beyond thecirckle orTropicke of capricorne. And if 

 there be any: without doubt it is a land of an excel 

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