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tuation of the land, and the third, the nature and pro* 

 pertie of many and fundry windes. Befides thefe three 

 which I holde for manifeft , I beleeve there is a fourth 

 hidden and lefleapparant, which is thepropertieof 

 the fame land inhabited , and the particular influence 

 of the heavens. Whofbwoulde neerely confiderthe 

 caufes and generall reafbns before mentioned , (hall 

 finde them inefficient for the full refolution of this 

 paint , obferving that which daily happens in diverfc 

 partesoftheEquinofikill. Manomotapa, and a great 

 part of the kingdom ofPrefter to#are feated vnder the 

 line, or very necrc. In which regions they endure ex- 

 cefliveheate, andthemenareallbiacke; the which is 

 not onely in thofe parts of the land farre from the fea, 

 but alfo in Hands invironed with the fca . The Hand of 

 Saint jboma* is vnder the Line,the Hands of Cape Vcrd 

 are very neere , and both in the one and the other are 

 violent hcates : and the men are likewife blacke. Vn 

 der the feme line, or very neere, lies a part of Peru, and 

 of thenewkingdome otGrenado, which notwithftan- 

 ding are very temperate Countries, inclining rather to 

 colde thenheate, and the inhabitants are white. The 

 Country ofBrefiUis in the fame diftancefrom the line 

 with Peru , and yet both Brcfill and all that coaftis ex- 

 treamely hot, although it be in the N6rth fea , and the 

 other coaft of Ptrtt , which is in the South fea , is very 

 temperate. I fey then, that whofocver would confider 

 thefe differences , and give a reafon thereof , cannot 

 content himfclfc with thefe generall rules before fpe- 

 cified, to proove that the burning Zone may be a tern- 

 perate land. Among the fpeciall caufes and reafons , I 

 havefirft placed theSe^ for without doubt thencere- 

 nefle thereof doth helpeto temper and coole the heat: 



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