Sz 



SECONDBOOKE 



of the Natural! and Morall Hi- 



ftorie of the Indies. 



That it is not out ofpttrpofc, but neceffark to trcate of the 

 nature of the Equwattiall. CHAP. i. 



OR the well conceiving of things 

 at the Indies, it is necdfarie to know 

 the nature and difpofition of that R egi- 

 on 3 which the Ancients did call the 

 burning Zonc,the which they held in 

 habitable , feeing the greateft part of 

 this new world , which hath bin of late difcovert djies 

 and is fcituate vnder this region in the midft of heaven. 

 And it feernes to me greatly to purpofe which fome do 

 fay,that the knowledge of things at the/tf^/tt, depends 

 of the well vnderftanding the nature oftheJEqui- 

 noftiall : for that the difference which is betwixt the 

 one and the other world, proceeds in a rnaner from the 

 qualities of this Equino<5tiall . And we nnift note, that 

 allthefpace betwixt thetwoTropickcs, muft be pro 

 perly taken and held for this middle line , which is the 



Equinodiall 



