Hitlorie of the Indies lib . 3, 



which they caller//?, is contrariwife very hcalthfull 

 andpleafant. Of the Weft, I cannot fpeake any thing 

 certaineor generall, for that it blowcs not at all, or ve 

 ry feldome in the burning Zone , for in all the naviga 

 tion betwixt thetwoTropikes, theEafterne windeis 

 ordinary . And for that it is one of the admirable 

 workes of Nature, it (hall begoodtovnderftand the 

 caufe and the beginning thereof. 



That the burning Zone, the Brtfes, or Eafterly mnde$ y 

 do continually blows , and without the Zone the rve- 

 jitrne , and that the Eajlerly are ordinarie alwaies 

 there. C H A p. 4. 



l Tp He waies at Sea are not as at Land, to returne the 

 A fame way they pafle. It isall one way (faieth the 

 PhilofopherJ from Athens toThebes, and from Thebes 

 to Athens ; but it is not fo at Sea 5 for we go one way, 

 and returne by another.The firft which difco vcrcd the 

 Eaft and weaft Indies , laboured much with great diffi- 

 cultie to finde out their courfe , vntill that Experience 

 (themiftris of thefe fecrets,) had taught them , that to 

 iaile through the Ocean, is not like the paffage in Italic^ 

 through the Mediterranean fea, where in their returne, 

 they obferve the fame Ports and Capes they had fight 

 of in their paflage, attending ftill the benefite of the 

 winde,which changeth inftantly,and when 'that failes, 

 they have recourfe to their owers; and fb theGallies 

 go and come daily, coafting along the flioare- In fome 

 partes of the Ocean , they may not lookefor any other 

 winde then that which blowes , for that commonly it 

 continues long. To conclude > that which is good to 







