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the caufe that this Rcalmeof Chile approcheth nccrer 

 the temperature of Europe , then any other of the In 

 dies, as well in the frtiites of the earth, as in thebodies 

 and fpirits of men. The like they report of that part 

 which lies before the Inner Ethiopia, thatftretcheth 

 out in manner < f apointvnto the Cape BwneFJpe- 

 rance or Good Hope , the which they holde for a true 

 caufe of the inundations of ?(jle, which bee in Sum 

 mer, whereof the Ancients have ib much difputed,for 

 that in that Region the Winter and raine begins in A- 

 pril , v/nenas the Sunne hath pafled \^4rm : and thefe 

 waters, which part!/ grow from fnow,and partly f r ora 

 raine, aflembleand rruike great Lakes and Poolcs,fi oni 

 whence by good and true Geographic the River of 

 ^k proceedes, and by this meanes goes by little and 

 little ftretching out her courfe , till that having ru nnc a 

 long way, it finally in the time of Summer overflow-, 

 cth^y^, which feemeth againfl Rature, and yet it is 

 certaincly reported ; for at what time it is Summer in 

 'Egtfty lying vnder the Tropicke of Cancer, then is it 

 winter at the fpringes of 7V//,which is vnder the other 

 Tropicke of Capriwrne. There is in o^Wtr/r/ran other 

 inundation like to that of Nik,2t Paragucn^ or R iver de 

 la Plata^vhidi is as much to fay, as the River of filver, 

 the which receiving yeerely infinite waters which fall 

 from the Mountain es of Pm^doth fo terribly fwell in 

 her courfe, andover-flowcs that Region , as the Inha 

 bitants are forced, during thofe Moneths, to rctyre 

 themfelves into boats and Canoes , and to leave the 

 dwelling of the Land. 



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