Hittorieoftbefndies. lib.2* 



That betwixt the two Tropicks , thegres&t abouxdanct 

 ofrawe u in Summer jvith A dijcourfiof Wwterwd 

 Summer. CHAP. 5. 



con dude, Summer is alwayes accompanied 

 A with heatc and drought r in the two temperate 

 Zones y and Winter with cold and moiftneffe : but vo 

 der the burning Zone thofe qualities are not alike, for 

 that raine accompanies heate , and drought followed* 

 the cold : I vndcrftand by cold,want of exceffive heat ? 

 fo as Winter is taken in our Europe for the coldeand 

 ray nie feafon , and Summer for the hot and cleere fea 

 fon. Our Spaniards which live at Peru 3 and in ne\ve 

 Spaine , feeing thefe two qualities not to concurre to. 

 gether as in Sfahw , call that feafon Winter , wherein 

 rhereis greateft aboundance of raine and waters 5 and 

 Summer , where there is little or none at ail : where 

 in they are piamely deceived,although they affirme by 

 a generall rule , that in the Mountainesof Perx,itis 

 Summer from the Moneth of Aprillto September, 

 for that the raine ceafeth in that feafon 5 and that Win 

 ter is r from the mnneth of September vnto Aprill, for 

 that the (howres returne then; and therefore itis win 

 ter and dimmer at the fame inftarrt that mSpame. So as 

 when the Sunne goeth diredly over their heads, they 

 then take it to bee the depth of Winter , having grea 

 teft flore of raine. But itis worthy to be lauehed at, 

 comming from ignorant men and vnlenrnedrfor even 

 as the diffcrenc" betvvixt tke day and night proceeds 

 fro n the prefence or abftncc of the Sunnein our he- 

 fntfphere, according to the motion of the fir ft motor, 

 which is the caufe of day and night even fo the diffe 



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