^ The fecond Booke of 



they are reported to have bccnc fccnc at noone day in BofphoruSjand continued from morne to 

 cven.ThreeSunncs together our auncitors in old time have often beheld, as namely, when J^/i. 

 Pojlhumm with ^Jdmm^^^Artius with M^Vorc 'm^M, Antomm with P.DoUbella^ and Mar^ 

 Lepidti^ with L,Plancm^vicic Confuls.Yea,and we in our daies have feene the like^in the time of 

 CLCdfaro^ famous memoric, his Gonfulfhip, together mthCernelm Orfitm his Colleague. 

 More than three we never to this day find to have been feene tbgcthcr. 



Chap. XXXII. U^IanyMooNes. _ 



THrccMoones alfo appeared at oncCjand namely, when Cn jyomitimznA CFamm were 

 Confulsjwhich moft men called Night-Siinnes. 



Chap, XXXIII. ^ Day light inthemght. ^ 



/^Vtof the firmament by night, there was feene a light, when C,Ccelim2ndiCn,Tapyrm 

 weieConfuIs, yeajand oftentimes befides/o as the hightTeemed as light as the day. 



Chap. XXXIII I. ^ Bur fling jhieUs or targuets, 



A Burning fhield ran Iparkling from the Weft to theEaft,ai thc Sunnesfetting,whenX.r<i* 

 /fr//^/ and C.il/4r/>/ were Confuls. 



Chap. XXXV. J Jlrange fight in the Skie. 

 |Y report there was once feene, and never but once, when Cn,0^aviw^itid CScrihmus I 

 f wercConfuls,afparkIcto fallfromaftarre; andasitapprochedtheearth,forto waxc 

 - greater,and after it came to the bigneffe of the Moone, to fhine out and give light,as 

 in a cloudie and darke day:then,bcing retired again into the skiejit becamc(to mens thinking)^ 

 burning Iampc.This,Z/V/»///^J)//4»/^ the Proconfull faw,togethcr with his whole trainc. 



Chap. XXXVI. . The running of prstofi and fro inthe Skie, 



Eenc there bee alfo ftarres to fhoot hither and thither, but never for nought and to no 

 purpofe:for,from the fame quarter where theyappeare, there rife terrible winds^ and 

 after them flormes and tempefts borfi by fca and land. 



C HAP. XXXVII. ^0/ theprres called Capr and Polluft^. 



JIH avc feene my fclFe in the campe,from the fouldiours fcntinels in the night watch, 

 the refemblance of lightening to ftickcfaft upon the Ipeares^nd pikes fet before 

 the rampiar.They fettle alfo upon the croffefaile-yardsiand other parts of the fhip, 

 as men doc failein thefea ; making a kind of vocall found, leaping too and fro,and 

 fhifting their places as birds doe which fliefrom bough to bough. Daungccous they be and un^ 

 luckie,when they come one by one without a companion: and they drown thofc fhips on which 

 they lightjand threaten fhipwrack,yea,and they fet them on fire if haply they fall upon the bot- 

 tome of the KeelcBut if they appeare two and two togcther,thcy bring comfort with thcm,and 

 foretell a profperous courfe m the voiagc,as by whofe commingjthey lay,that dreadfull,curfed3 

 and threatening Meteor called Helena, is chafed and driven away . And thereupon it is, that 

 men affigne this mightie power to Caforznd Pollux, and invocatethem at fea, noleflcthan 

 gods.Mcns heads alfo in the even-tide are feene many times to fhine round about,and to be of a 

 light fire,which prefageth fome great matter . Of all thefe things there is no certain reafon to be 

 givcn,but fcctct thefe be, hidden with the majeff ie of Nature, and referved within her Cabinet. 



Chap. XXXVIII. ^ of the Aire. 



JTrcmaineth now (thus much and thusfarre being fpoken of the world itfelfc, to witj, 

 thcftarrie heaven and the planets) to fpeake of other.mcmorable things obferved in the 

 Skie.For even that part alfo have our forefathers called Calum^i, tht Skie, which other- i 

 wife they name Aire: even all that portion of the whole, which feeming like a void and emptie 

 place, yeeldeth this vitall fpirit whereby all things do live . This region isfeated beneath the 

 Moonc, and farre under that planet(as I obfervc it isjin manner by all men agreed upon.) And 

 mingling together an infinite portion of the fupcuour cgeleftiall nature or elementaric fire, 

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