50 The S^aturall and Morall 



,/. , wi?s of fhips which come from the ether part of Ethiopia. 



7/4V.IO.J0X/4 . o J J L 1111 t f ^t . * 



Many learned Authors hold, that al this Chapter is vn- 

 derftoed of the Indiesrand that fame Prophet in an o^ 

 t ] ier pl ac e faith ; Thofc which flail efiape out 0flfrael,fhal 

 goefarre off to Tharfis and to remote llands, where they foal 

 convert many Nations wrto the Lordc. Amongeft the 

 which , hee names Greece, Italit 3 Affricke with many o- 

 thers : the which without doubt may well bee applied 

 vnto the converfion of the Indies. Being moft certaine 

 thatthe Gofpelfhallbe preached generally throughout 

 the world, as ourSaviour hath promifcd, and then the 

 ende of the world fhall come. It followes then,and fa 

 we ought to vnderftand it that there be many Nations 

 vpon the face of the earth, to whom lefus Chrift hath 

 not yet been preached. Whereby we may gather, that 

 there remained a great part of the world vnknowne ta 

 the Ancients, and that yet at this day, there is a good 

 parttodifcover. 



come 1o the Indies* 



the which was not willingly jior offetfurpofe. 

 CHAP. 16. 



NO w it is time to make anfwer to fuch as fay there 

 are no Antipodes , and that this region where we 

 live, cannot bee inhabited. The hugegreatnesofthe 

 Ocean did fo amaze S. Auguttme, as he could not con 

 ceive how mankinde could pafle to this new-found 

 world. But feeing on the one fide wee know for cer 

 taine, that many yeeresagoe there were men inhabL 

 tingin thefe parts, fb likewiftwecannot deny butthe 

 foipture doth teach vscleerely, that all men are come 



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