ici The 3\(aturall and Moral! 



then the funne beames, feeing that in onefeafbn of 

 theyecre , and in places of one height and diftancc, 

 from the Pole and EquinoSiall we findefo great diver- 

 (hie, that fome are invironed with heat, fome with 

 cold,and others tempered with a moderate heat. Plata 



. . . 



placeth his molt renowmed Awrtttemxia vnder the 

 burningZonc; thcnhefaieth, thatatccrtaine feafons 

 oftheyeere, it hath the funne for Zenith , and yet it 

 was very temperate, fruitfull, and rich. Ptinie faieth, 

 fi&rTaprobana (which at this day they tlRStttoatrA,) 

 Tpiin.i&jt*.i* is. vnder theEquinodtiall^sin effeditis, writing, that? 

 itisnotonely happieand rich^ butalfo peopled with 

 men and beads': whereby we may eafilyiudge, thatal- 

 thongh the Ancients held the heate of the burning 

 Zone to be infupportable , yet might they well vnder. 

 ftand, that it was not fo greatas they hdd fpoken. The 

 moft excellent Aftrologer and Cofmographer Pto'ome^ 

 "and the worthie Philofopher and Phyfitian Avicen^ 

 wereofa better refolution,beingboth of opinion, that 

 vnder the Equinodtiall > there were verie commodious 

 habitations. 



? fje<*t of the burning Zone k temperately reafw 

 of the nrjne And thefiortnes of the daycs. 

 CHAP. 10. 



Since the difcoverie of this nevvevvorlde, wee have 

 found by experience , that which late Writers have 

 held for trueth. But it is a natural! thing, whenas any 

 matter beyond our conceit is made knowne vnto vs by 

 experience, we by and by examine the caufe. Th^re 

 fore wee deiSre to know the reafon, why aRepio'n 



where 



