tha Hiftorie of Natureo 



Vp^ tliatriaturali mocidnsdoe either hailen orflackcy Michbeccertaine and levcfaliio everyone : 

 burhebiufe tlie lines vghich are drawne from the top of the ^i^f^s^ im){k needs grow narrow and 

 nc^re ragether aixout the centre, 3S the (pokes in cart wheeles : and the f^me motion by reafon 

 of ihenccrenclTe ofcfaecemre/eemeth insane place greaterjinranother lefle.The other caufe of 

 theiriribiinntiesisj forthat in otheriignes they have the l^^J/V^'^ elevated higheli from the cen- 

 tred ohchcir ownc-eccentriqiic circles. ■ Thus Saki^.mis in the height of his Auge in the 20 degree 

 oiLibUylujUteiMvdicA 5 ofCaiicer^ot^^^r^iiTtheiS of CapricO'rnejthe Sunne;irithe 2p oT 

 r les; f^?jm in the 1 6: of P ifces, Memme 'm the i 5 of VirgOj ap'd- die Mbone m ihfe 4 of TauniS'i 

 TM, third reatoo of^ .their altitude or elevatiodj is not taken from; their .'Auges or circles eccen- 

 ti'iquejbiit underrtood by the meafure and convcxitie of heaveriy for that thefe planets (eeme to 



^ the eic as they rife and falljto moutit up or letde downeward through the aire. Hereunto is knie 

 and united another caufe alfbjto witjthe Zodiakes obliqiiitiCjSi latitude of theplanets^in regard 

 of the eclipcicke: For through it the ftarres which , we called wandesingjdoe move and take their 

 cout fe.Neitheris there any place inhabited upon earthjbut that which lieth under it.For all the 

 r^ilwithont the,poles ,are fruitleflejdelertjand ill favored. Only theplanet ;<^i^w^^oeth beyont} 

 the'ciixle cff the Z^adtake^ two degrees : which is fuppofcd to be the very eiFicientcaufejthat cerj. 

 tametiiving creatures are engendered: and bred even in the defert and inhabitable parts of the 

 Wc^aid. The MoomJikewile raungeththroughoutall the breadth of it^but never goeth out df 

 HeKcafter thefe the tturre of Aftmir/ehaththe largeftfcopeintheZodiake, butyetfojasof li 

 dwgree&(tbr thasiisthebredch thereof)he wanderech but eight^and thole not.equallyj but two in 



Q the middelt jfounsabovejand two beneath. Then the Sunne iaihe midftjgoeth alwaies becweene 

 the.two ex- realities of the Zodiake; but in his declining courfe from South and North, he fee* 

 meib'to v;ind biasaftet the manner of Dragons ot Serpents, unequally. Af/zrj inhis latitude lea-: 

 vech theeclipticke liiie foure halfe degrees,/i^/?/r<9' 'two degreesand ^hu\k,Saturfie no more but 

 twojhke as the Sunne.Thus you fee the manner of the latitudes,as they defcendSouthwatdj. oc 

 afcend Northward^And uponthisis the reafon grounded alfo of the third opinion of therajwho 

 imagine that theplanets doe arife and mount from the earth upward into heaven.For very many 

 have thoughr,although vntruly,riiatthey clinibe in this maniier.But to theend that they may 

 be reproved and confuted, we'muft lay open aainfinite and incomprehenfible fubtiltie, and that 

 which containeth all thofe caiifes & realbns abovefaid. Firft therfore this is agreed upon and re- 



D folved,that thefe ftars or planets in their eveningfetting, are nesreft to the earth, both in regard 

 oflatitudej&aifo of altitude: and then they be called OccidentallVefpertine,/. when the Sun to- 

 ward the eveningjcovereth them with his raiesralfojwhen they be fartheft from the earth,aswel in 

 latitude as elevationjthey be Oriental MatutinCj&arife or appear in the morning before the Sun 

 is up: as alfo that theia they are Stationariesin their houfesj which be in the middle points of the 

 iatitiidesjWhich they cal ecHpticks. LikewifcjConfelTed it isjthat fo long as the planets are neer to 

 the earth,their motion feemcth to encreafe & be quicke: but as they depart on high,to decreafe 

 and beflow. And this reafon is approved 6^ confirmed principally by the elevations and deprefli- 

 ons df theMoone, As doubtMe it is alfo,and held for an infallible rule,that every planet being 

 Oricntall Matunne, rifeth every day higher than other. The fuperior three above the Sun dimi- 



E nifb even from their firft flatiorts unto the fecond. Which being fo,it will plainely appeare, that 

 every planet Orientall Matutine^rifing before the Sun,beginncth to mount the latitude Septen- 

 tribnall,8^ decline from the Ecliptick Northward: in fuch fort, that from the time that they be- 

 gin to difmarch, their motion increafeth by little & little mote fparely. But in the firil: Stations^ 

 they arc at the highefl altitude & afcent; for then and not before, the numbers begin to be with» 

 drawn,&the planets to go backward,and be retrograde. Whereof a particular reafon by it felfe 

 may be givenjin this manner : The Planets being fmitten in that part whereofwefpakejthey are 

 both inhibired by the triangular beames ot Trine afped of the Sun,to hold on aflreight and di- 

 red courfe in the longitude of the heaven,3nd fo be rettograde:& fo are raifed up aloft by the fi-^ 

 rie power of the faid Sun.This cannot prefently at the firft be underflood by our eiefight : wheie- 



p"' upon they are fuppofed to ffand, and hereof their Stations tooke the name* Thenproceedetb 

 forward the violence of the S unne beames or afpcft^and the vapor thereof by repercufTion^ for- 

 ceth them to be evidendy retrograde, and goe backward. And much more is this perceived ia 

 their even rifing,when they be Orientall Velpertine,when the Sunne is wholly againft them^and 

 when they be driven to the yerytop of theii^^/^^fJa andfonocfeene^^ hccmk they are at 



