The fecond Booke of 



(as hereafrer i t fhall appcare)but alfo bccaufe the- eiefight doth appTo^^e the ilrml^in that Jooke 

 which way foever you will thereuporta itleemeth xo bend downevyard, round ^nd evenonair' 

 fidc^jtliewingajuftHemifphercis^tW ' 



'^Qii^j^,. .ill/ 



If^ of 'the mottQf%:,of ' BeiVvciK 



Hat the World thus framcdjin a coutwiall and unceifiht circuit jWitli unfpeakca-'Sj 

 bie rwiftpelTe turneth round a^iitintbefpaceof^oureaod twentie houres, the " 

 r i{lng.ai7d fetting ortlinaily of Ih^fuislath left cle^reand dbubtleffei.Now, whe- 

 ther it being in height infinitejand therefore the found of fo huge a ^ame^ whiles H 

 ,t is whirledabout^andsneverrefteth iiithat revolution, cannot be heard with our 

 / earesjl cannot fo eaEly refolvd and f tonpunce : rrb ftiore I affure yoUjthan I may avouch the rin- 

 ' ging of theftarres that are driven about thetewithiatid roll withall their ownefpheres :or deter- 

 mincj that as the heaven moovethjit doth reprefent indeed a pieafant and incredible fweet har- 

 . monie both day and night : although tp us within, itfeemeth to paffe in filence . That there be 

 imprinted therein the pourtraias pf living creature^, and pf allthings befides withput number^ 

 as alfp that the bpdie thereof is not all over fiiiooth and flicke(as we fee in birds egs) which cx- 

 celb^it awthors have tearmed T memmj^ fhevved by good arguments : forthat by the fall of na- 

 turall feeds fromthenee of aUthings, and thofe for the mpft part blended and mixed Pnc with 

 anothetjthere ai^a^^gendredin the world andthbfea efpeciall)^, ah infinite number of ilrange I 

 aa;^ monftrous fhape.s , Over and bcfidesj our eiefight teftifieth the fame 5 whites in one placis 

 thexe appeareth the refemblancepf a waine pr chariptjiri another of a beare^ thefi^urc of a bull 

 intbis part, of a .^ietter inthat, and principally the middieclrcle over our hcadj more whii| 

 than ttoeli^towariicke North pote:; 'I 



Erily for mine ownc parr, moved I-dmand ruled by the general! confent of ajl 

 uations.For, the VYorld,wbiGh the Greckes by the name of ornament, called K 

 xoi7*Mos,weefor theperfe(5t heac^e^^e and abfolute elwancie thereof, have tear- 

 med i^//W^. And without allqueftion. Heaven wee have named Ccelum'^ zs 

 it were. Engraven and garnifhedy accordingasJ/»r4rr«>interpretcth it . And 

 hereto maketh much the orderly ranke of things therein, and namely the cir- 

 cle called SigmfGr^oixho, Zodiake, fet forth and divided by the formes of twelve living creatures 

 thf>mn portraied : together with the manner of thefunnes race throughout thenij keeping evec 

 the famecourfe flill/or fo manyages paft. 



?^ OfthefoWe'Ekmtnts, ^ 



Neither feeany doubt made as touching the elements^That they bee fpiireiii 

 number.Thc higheft. Fire :frpm whence arc thefe bright eies of fb many fhi- 

 ningftarres. The next. Spirit, which the Greekes and our countrimen by one 

 name called Aire : Vitall this element is, and as it giveth life to all things, fo it 

 foone paileth through all,and is intermedled in the whole : by the powet wher- 

 of.thc Earth hangeth poifed and ballanced juft in the middeff,together with 

 the fourth element,of the Waters.Thus by a mutuall intertainement one of another,divers na- 

 tures are linked and knit together: fo as the light elements are kepi in and reftrained by certaine 

 weights of the heavier,that they flie not out ; and contrariwiie, the mafTier bee held upjthatthey M 

 fall notdowne,by meanes of the lighter,which'cpvet tP be aloft. So^throoghan equail endevor 

 ^0 the con trarie, each of them ihold their owne^bound as it were by the reffleffe circuit of the ve- 

 ry^ world : wh ich.,;by reafon that it runneth evermore upon it (elfcjthc earth falleth to bee lowcflj 

 and:thciniddk ofthc whok: and the fame ha nging ileadilyby the poles of the Heavenypeifeth 

 --^ ~- ~ thofe 



