The ^atural and Moratt 



ferences, properties, and operations , which wee have 

 produced into three; the place by which they paffe,the 

 regions where they blowe, and the celeftiall virtue, the 

 beginning and motive of the wiades. 



OfcerUint properties of windes which blowe at thenw 

 worlds. CHAP. 3, 



IT is a queftion much difputed by \^fri8ot!e, whe 

 ther the Southerne winde , which we call Abrcguo> 

 blowes from the pole Antartike, or onely from the E- 

 quinodiall line? which is properly to demaund, if 

 beyond the Equinodiall it holde thefamequaliticof 

 hoteandrainie, as we fee here. It is a poinrwhcrecfwe 

 may with reafonftand in doubt, for although it pafic 

 the Equino&iall, yetisitftill the Southerne wind /ce- 

 ing it comes from the fame parte of the worlde ; as the 

 Northemewinde which comes to the contrary ; conti- 

 nues fiil the fame winde, although it paffe the burning 

 Zone and Equinodiall line. And it feemcs hereby^that 

 thefe two wmdes fliould hold their firft properties, the 

 one to be hote and moift, the other colde and drie- the 

 South to breedemifts and raine, and the North to diC 

 pcrfe them>and to make a cleere Skie . Notvvithftand- 

 ing Aristotle leanes to the contrary opinion , for that in 

 Europe the Northerne winde is colde^becaufe it comes 

 from the Pole, a region extreamely colde,and the Sou 

 therne winde contrariwifc is hotte , becaufe it comes 

 from the South , which is the region thcSur.ne dooth 

 moft heate. By this reafon then we fhould believe that 

 the South winde fliould be coldeto them that inhabite 

 on the other fide of the line, and the Northerne wind 



fliould 



