Plinies Naturall Hiftorie, 



A heavcn^that is to fay ,15 the juft Cm part of the heaven : neither doth lupiur (bew his rifing in the 

 fame ligne this ycerjas in the former /ave only in two CigpcSjC^^icer and Zf^.The planet oi Mer^ 

 f/^.-/>rcldomehath his even rifingin but very oftcnin jand the morne rifing in X/- 

 ^ri?.Inlike mannerjthe morne rifing in Aquatm^wx very feldome in Uo. Neither beconimcth 

 he retrograde in T aurm and Gfww/;andin Cance/, woi under the 2 5 degree. A s for the Moone, 

 ihr entreth not twife in ConjUndio.n with the Sunne in any other fignCj-J-nic in Ges^^m ; and 

 fofnetime bath no Gonjundlidn at all , and that only in -S^gitmm, As lor the laft and firft of ihe 

 MoonCjtobcfecnc inoneandthefelferamedayornight, happeneihinnoother ligne but in 

 Aries, ^xiA few men have had the gih to fee it. And hereupon canic Lincem to Be fo famous for 

 his eiefighr.Alfoithc Planets Smmt and A/^rj are hidden with the Sunne bcames^and appearc 



B nbt inthe heaven at the moft' 1 70 daies: inpter i6pi atleaft tfenne daies wanting: Vmm 6^^ ot 

 when lcaftj52r'^¥<?ri«r^ ij^or at leaft^iy, f[ iL V 



Ciia'p-'XVIIL 



'^WhatisthM^^^^ 



Hffreafon of the Planets altitudes is it that tempereth thcii; colourSj according 

 as they be neerer or farther off from the earth . For they take the likenefle of 

 the aire, into the coafts whereof they enter,in their afcent : and the circle or 

 circumference of another planets motion, coloureth iHem as they approach 

 either way,arccnding or defcending.Thc colder fetteth a pale colour,the hot- 

 ter a red, and the windie afearcfuli and rough hue. Onely the points andcon- 

 jundions of the Ab fides ^mdi the utmoft circumfcrencesjllicw a darke blacke. Each planet hath 

 a feverallcofeur j i^arwwe is white, lupiter cleere and bright, CMars fierie and it<^^rem6 Orien- 

 1311(0-^ Z w//f>')fairiOcGidentall (or Vefper)\\iivm^yLMer curie fparkling his rai(;s,the Moon plea- 

 fant,thc Sunne when hfcrifeth burning,afterwards glittering with his beames.Vpontherecaufes 

 the fight is entangled, and difcovercth even thofe ftarres alio which are contained and fixed in 

 theskiejmoreorlefle.Foroneviihilca number of them appeare ihickejabout thehalfe Moone^ 

 when in a clcare and calme night fhc gently bcautifieth them : another whiieihey are iccne buc 

 P here and therejinfbmuch as we may wonder, that they are fled upon the full Moone, which hi- 

 ^ deth them ; or when the beames either of the Sunne or Other abovefaid have dazzeled our fight, 

 Yea,thc very Moon herielfe hath a feeling,doubdeife, of the Sunne beames,as they come up- 

 on her •. for thofc raics that come fidelong,according to the convexitie of the heavcn^give but a 

 daike and dim light to the MoonCjin comparifbn of them thatfall directly with {freight angles* 

 And therefore in the quadrangle afped of the Sunne, fhe appeareth divided in halfean the tri- 

 anglCjlhe is well neere envirohncd,but her circle is halfe emptie and void:howbeit in the oppo- 

 fition Ihe f eemech full. And againe,as fhe is in the waine, fhe reprcfenteth the fame formes, de» 

 crcafing by quarters as Qie incrcafed ; with like afpe(5ts,as the other three planets above the fup^ 



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Chap. XIX. 



P§k> ihertifon of the Sunm motion ^and ihe unequaUtie of dates ^ 



S for the Sunne himfclfc,a man may obferve foure differences in his courfe:twice 

 in the year making the night equal to the day,to witjin the Spring^and Autumnes 

 for then he falleth juft upon the centre of the earthjuamely ,in the eight degree of 

 ^ries and Libra, Twife likewife exchanging the compafle of his race:to lengthen 

 the day ftom the Bruma or midwinter,in the eight degree of Ciipricorn\mdi again 

 tolengthenthenight from the fummerfiinnei^eed, being in as many degrees of Cancer , The 

 cauieof unequail daieSjis the obliquitieof the Zodiakc: whereas the one halfe juft of the worldj 

 to wit,fixe figncs of the Zodiake,is at all times above and under the earth. But thofe figns which 

 mount upright in their rifing,hold light a longer tra(51:, and make the daies longer ; wheras they 

 which arifc crooked and goe bias,pafle away in fhorter and fwiftertime. 



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