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And if it be fo, why is the Northerne winde more cold 

 in Ajfrike then theSoutherne in Germany fteirig it pro 

 ceeds from a hotter region? Some may anfvver me that 

 the reafon is,for that it blowesfrom the North, which 

 is colde- but this is neither fufficient,nor true : for if it 

 were fb , whcnas the Northerne winde blowes in Af- 

 jrikejt fhould alfo runne and continue his motion in al 

 the Region, even vnto the North, the which is notfo: 

 For at one inftant there blowe Northerne windes very 

 colde, in countries that are in fewer degrees- and Sou- 

 theme winds which are very hotte, in countries lying 

 in fnore degrees^ the which is moft certaine,vfuall,and 

 well knovvne. Whereby (in my opinion) wee may in- 

 ferre that it is no pertinent reafon to fay, that the places 

 by which the winds do pafle give them their qualities, 

 or thatthey be divedified for that they blowe from di 

 vers regions of the ayre,although the one and the other 

 havefome reafon , as I have /aid. But it is ncedefull to 

 feelce further , to knowe the true and originall caufe of 

 thefc fo ftrange differences which we fee in the windes. 

 I cannot conceiveany other,but that the fame efficient 

 caufe which bringeth foorth and maketh the winds to 

 grow,dooth withallgive them this originall quali tie : 

 for in trueth die matter whereon the windes are made, 

 which is no other thing(according to Arifotle)but the 

 exhalation of the interior Elements, may well caufe in 

 cffed a great parte of this di verfitie, being more grofle, 

 more fubtile, moredrie, andmoiemoifL But yet this 

 is no pertinent reafbn, feeing that we fee in one region, 

 where the vapours and exhalations are of one forte and 

 qualitie, that there rife windes and effedes quite con- 

 trary. We muft therefore referre the caufe to the high 

 er and celefUall efficient, which muftbe theSunne^and 



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