i2j.a The J^aturall andMorall 



not onely found at land , butalfb vpon the fea coaft, 



which is vndcr the bunting-Zone , for that there be fo- 



raine or land windes which come from the land, and 



many which blow from the fea $ the which windes 



from the fea, are commonly more wholefbme and 



more pleafant then thofe of the land, which are contra- 



riwifetroublefbmeand vnwholefome , although it be 



the difference of the coaft that caufeth this diverfitie: 



commonly the land windes blow from mid-night to 



the funne rifmg,and the fea windes vn till funne letting. 



The reafon perhaps may be , that the earth, as a grofle 



fubftance, fumes more whenas the funne (hincs not 



vpon it , even as greene wood, or fcarce drie, fmoakes 



moft when the flame is quenched. But the fea, which is 



compounded of morefubtile partes, engenders no 



fumes, but when it is hote, even as ftraw or haie, being 



moid and in fmall quanticie , breedes fmoake when it 



is burnt, and when the flame failes, the fume fuddenly 



ceafeth. .Wharfoever it be, iris certaine that the land 



winde blowes by night, and that of the fea by day. So 



that even as there are often contrarie, violent, and tern- 



peftuous windes vpon the fea coaft , fo do we fee very 



great calmes. Some men of great experience report, 



that having failed many great paflag<;s at lea vnder the 



line,yet did they never fee any calmes, butthat they al- 



waies make way little or much , the aire being moved 



by the celeftiall motion , which is fufficien t to guide a 



fliip, blowing inpoope,asit doth . I have already faid, 



that a fhip of Lima going to ManiBd , failed two thou- 



(and f eren hundred leagues, ahvaies vnder the line, or 



not above twelve degrees from it 3 and that in themo- 



neths of Februarie and March, whenas the funne is 



therefor Zenith, andinaUthi$*fpacethey found no 



calmes 



