The fccond Booke of 



theairc, beaten anddrivenbythcunlikeinfiucncesandraiesofte q 

 and the multiphcitic of their beames: br whether all winds comefrom. their owne ftarres, imine- 

 ly thcfe planets necrcr at hand j or rather fall from them that be iixedin the firmament/ Plaine 

 and evident it isjthat guided they be by an ordinarie law of Naiure.nor aJtoaether unknowiie al^ 

 though it be not yet throughly knownci ^ 



- :^.! 'ib^:. t-HAp. XLVL 



tMiaBures and ohfervamm of tkm^^ 



He old Greekc writers, notfofewastwentic, havefet dovvn^ and recorded their 

 obfttvations of the Winds. I mervell fo much the more, that the world being H 

 fo at difcord, and divided into kingdomes, thatistofayjdifmembred asitwasj 

 fo many men have had care to fceke after thefe things, fo intricate and hard to 

 bee found oiiti and namely in time of warres and amid thofe places, where was 

 no fafe lodging nor abode, and efpecially when pirates and rovers , commori 

 enemies to mankind,held well neere all paffages: 1 mervaile, 1 that at this day each man in 

 his ownc tra^a and countrey taketh more light and true knowledge of fome things by their com, 

 mcntariesandbookes, who never fet foot there, than they doe by the skill and information of 

 homerborne inhabitants 5 whereas nowin timc of fobleffed and joious peace, and under a 

 princcwhotakethfuch delight in theprogreireoftheStateandof all good arts,no new thing is 

 learned by farther inquifition, nay, nor fo much as the inventions of old writers are through- I 

 ly underllood. And verily it cannot beefaid, that greater rewards were in thofe daies given, 

 confidei:ingrhat the bountie of fortune was difperfed, and put into many mens hands : and 

 intruthmoftof thefe deepe clearkes and learned men , fought out thefe fecrets for no other 

 reward or regard, than to doc good unto potteritie. But now, mens manners are waxen 

 old and decay 5 now, all goodcuflomcsareinthewaine: and notwithftanding that the fruit of 

 learning bee as great as ever it was, and the recompence as liberal!, yet men are become idle 

 in this behalfc.The Teas are open to all, an infinite multitude of Sailers havedifcovered all 

 coafls whatfoever,they faile through and arrive familiarly at every (hore : all for gaine and lucre^ 

 but none for knowledge and cunning. Their minds altogether blinded, and bent upon nothing 

 but covetournes,never confidcr that the fame might with more fafetie be performed by skill and K 

 learning. And therefore feeing there be fo many thoufandpoore failers that hazard themfelves 

 on the feas, 1 will treat of the Winds more curioufly and exquifitly than perhaps, befeemeth the 

 prefent worke that is begun. 



Chap. XLVIL 



(JHaoy forts of Winds: 



En in old time obfcrved foure W^inds only, according to fo many quarters of 

 the world(and ihtidoiQ Homer namcth no tnore;)a blockifh reafon this was, 

 as foone after it was judged. The Age enfuing, added eight more 5 and they ^ 

 were on the other fide in their conceit too fiibtile and concife. The Modems 

 failers of late daies, found out a meane betweene both ; and they put unto 

 that fhort number of the firft, foure winds and no more,which they tooke out 

 of the later.Therefore every quarter of the heaven hath two winds apcecc.From the equinoai- 

 allfunne-rifing bloweth the Eafl mn^SubfoUnm-Stom the rifing therof in Mid-winter,the fouth^ 

 eaft Fulmm^.The former of thefe twaine the Greekes call Apelwtes^ and the later ; From 

 the mid day,rifeth the South wind : and from the funnc-fetting in mid-winter the Southweft, A- 

 fricm. They alfo name thefe two, Tiotm^n^Ubs, From the cquinoaiall going downe of the 

 Sunne,the Weft wind Favoniu^ commeth : but from that in Summer feafonjthe Northwefl Co- 

 rus: and by the fame Greekes they are rearmed Zephyr m and f^rgeftes. From the North- waine M 

 or pole Ar^ikc, bloweth the North wind Septcnirio: bctweene wliich and the Sunne rifing in 

 Summer,is the Northeaft wind Aquilo^ named Apar^itas and Boreas by the Grcekes. A greater 

 reckoning than this for number,is brought in by fome,who have thruft in foure more between; 

 fiamely^ betweene the North and the Summer fettin^of theSwnnerin like manner 



