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hafteneth to the rightp.Weft ward.] And albeit in that continual turning vvith exceeding cclcri- 6 

 tic.thofe planets be lifted up aloftjand carried by it forcible into the Weftjand there fct : yet by 

 acontrarie motion of their ownCjthey pafle every one through their fevcrall waicsEaftward; 

 and all for this,that the aire rolling ever one way, and to the fame part^by the continuall turning 

 of theheaven,fliould not ftand ftill.gtowdulljand as it were congealed, whiles the globe there- 

 of refleth idle3but dilTolve and cleave^partcd thus and dividcdjby the reverberation of thecon- 

 trariebeameSjand violent crofle influence ofihcfaid planets. Now^ thePUnctSaturfieis of a 



iftr. cold and frozen nature^but the circle of Tupiter is much lower than it^and therefore his revoluti- 



r,, on is performed with a more (pcedie motion^namelyjin twelve yeares.Thc thirdjOf^^r^j^which 

 fbmecall the Sphere of Hercules,\s firie and ardent^by reafon of iheSunnes vicinitie, and well 

 necre in two yeares runneth bis race. And hereupon it is^tbat by the exceeding heat oiMars^nxid H 

 the vehement cold of Saturm^lupiter who is placed betwixt, is well tempered of them both^and 



smne. fo bccommeth good & comfortable. Next to them is the racti of tlie Sunne, confifling verily of 

 3 parts [or degrees : ] but to the end that the obfervation of the (haddowcs which hec cafteth, 

 may returne againe juft to the former markes^five daies be added to every yecrc, with the fourth 

 partofaday overand above. Whereupon^ every fiftycereleapethjandoneoddcdayisfct to 

 the refl : to the end that the reckoning of the t4mes andfeafons might agree unto the courfc of 



»/. the Sunnc.Beneath the Sunne a goodly faireflarre there is^callcd ri-^^^, which gocth her com- 

 pafle, wandering this way and thar^ byturnes : and by the very names ibatithath,teftifieth hc£ 

 emulation of Sunne and Moone.For all the while that lliee preventeth the morning^and rifcth 

 Orientall before, fhc taketh the name of Lucifer (or Day-flarre,) as a fecond fun hailening the I 

 day. Contrariwife, when Hiee fhineth from the Wefl Gccidentall, drawing out the day light at 

 length J and fupplying the place of the Moone^fliee is named Fffper, Ihis nature of hers,P^/i&4- 

 geras of Samos firlf found out,about the42 Olympiasr which fell outto bee the 142 yeere after 

 the foundation of Rome.Now thisplanet,in greatnefle^goeth beyond all the other five: and fo 

 clcere and fliining withall,that the beames of this oneif arre caf^ fhaddowes upon the earth. And 

 hereupon commethfo great diverfitie and ambiguitie of the names thereof: whiles fomchauc 

 called it /«w<?,others ij^f^and otherfome the Mother ofthe gods. By the naturall efficacie of this 

 ftarrejall things are engcndredon ear thJFor whether fherife Eaft or Wefl, fhe fprinkleth all the 

 carthwith dewof generation,andnot onely filleth the fame with feedjcaufing ittoconccive,but 

 ftirreth up alfb the nature of all living creatures to engender . This planet goeth through the g 

 circle of the Zodiake in 348 daiesjdeparting from the funnc never above4d degrecs,as Ttmaus 

 was of opinion. Next unto it,but nothing ofthatbigncffe and powerfullefficacic, istheftarrc 



■me, Merame^oi fome cleped Apollo : in an inferiour circle hee goeth,after tlie like manner,afwifter 

 courfe by nine daies.-iliining fbiivetimes before the funne nf ing,otherwhiles after his fetiingjnc- 

 ver farther diftant from him than 2 3 degrees, as both the fame Tmat^ and Sofigmes doc fhew. 

 And therefore thefe two planets have a peculiar confideration from others, and not common 

 with the reff abovenamcd.For thofe are feene from the funne a fourth, yea^^nd third part of the 

 heaven : oftentimes alfo in oppofuion full againff the funne. And all of them have other greater 

 drcuits of full rcvolution,which are to be fpoken of in the difcoutfe ofthe great ycarc. 



Chap. IX. 



ofthe MoomsnAtare, 



Vt the planet of the Moone, being the lafl of all, moft familiar with the earthy 

 and devifed by Nature for the reraedie of darknefic, outgoedi the admiration 

 of all the reff , She with her winding and turning in many and fundrie fhapes, 

 hathtroubled much the wits ofthe beholders,fretting andfuming,that of this 

 ftar,being the ncarefl of all,they fhould be moff ignorant 5 growing as it doth, 

 or els waining,evermore.One while bended pointwife into tips of horns: ano- 

 ther whiles divided juff in the halfe,and anon againe in compaflc round ; fpottcd ibmctime and M 

 darke,and foone after on a fuddain exceeding bright : one while big and fulljand another while 

 allitonce nothing to be feene. Sometime fhining all night long,andotherwhiies late itiscre 

 fhe rifeth: fhe alfohelpeth the funncs light fome part of the day : eclipfed,and yet in ihateclipfe 

 tdi)C ftcnc. The fame at the moncths end lieth hidden,at what txme(it is fuppofed)fhee labou- 

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