The fccond Booke of 



North jCii gender fiiow.The North wind alfo bringeth in haile/o doth Cor ui 4 The South wind is G 

 exceeding hote and troublous wiihalJ J''/(//Ar/?^i and Faimm bee warme. They alfb bee drier 

 than the Haft:and generally all windsfrom the North and Weft, are drier than from theSouth 

 and Eaft.Ot all winds the Nortbcrnc is mofl healthfull-.the Southerne wind is noifomCjand the 

 rather when it is driejhaply,becau(e that when it ismoiftjit is the colder. During the time that it 

 blowcthjliving creatures are thought to bee lft0c hungrie.The E/</?^c^iveover ordinarily in the 

 night jand ariie at the third hourcof the day.In Spaine and Afia they blow from the Eaft : but in 

 Pontus/iom the North : in other quarters, from the South. They blow alfo after the Mid- win- 

 tcrjwhen they be called Orwt/j/dibut thofe are more mild, and continue fewer dales. Two there 

 be that change their nature together with their fite and place : The South wind in Afitickc brin- 

 geth faire weatherjand the North wind there is cloudie. All winds keepe their courfe in order foi n 

 the more partpr els when one ceafeihj the contrarie beginneth. When fome are laid, and the 

 next to them doe arile, they goe about from tlie left hand to the right, according to the Sunnc, 

 Of their manner and order monthly, the prime or fourth dayattcrthe change of theMoonCj 

 doth moft commonly determine. The lame winds will ferve to iaile contrarie waics,by mcanes 

 of fetting out the failes : fo as many times in the night, fliips in failing run one againft another. 

 TheSouth wind raifeth greater billowes and more liirging waves thaii the North: for that the 

 South wind arifeth below from thcbottomc of the fea ; the other bluftereth aloft, and troubleth 

 the top of the water. And therefore after Southerne winds, earthquakes are mott hurifull. The 

 South wind in the night time is moreboitterous,thc Northernc wind iat he day .The winds blo- 

 wing ftom the Eaft,hold and continue longer than ihofe from the Weft. The Norihren winds | 

 give over commonly with an odde number: which oblervation ferveth to good ufe in many oihet 

 par ts of naturall things,and therefore the male winds are judged by the odde number. The Sun 

 both railcth and alfo laieth the winds. At rifing and letting he caufeth them to be alofi:at noone- 

 tide,he reprcflcth and keepeth them undcrjin Summer time. And therefore at mid-day or mid- 

 night commonly the winds are downe and lie ftill,f or both cold and heat if they be immoderatCj 

 doe fpcnd and confume them. Alfo raincjdothiay the winds: and moft commonly from thence 

 ihcy arc looked for to biow,where clouds breake and'bpcn the skie to be fecne. And verily Endo- 

 xm is o^ opinion (if weelift to obferve the leaft revolutions) that aher the end of every fourth 

 ycere,not onely all windsjbut other tempcfts and conftitutions alfo of the weathcr,rcturne again 

 to the fame courfe as before. And alwaies theLuftrum or computation of the five yeers, begin- |^ 

 nethattheleapeyear,when the Dogftardotharife.Andthusmucbconccrning general winds.' 



Chap. XLVIIL 

 ^ Of fuddaim hUBs^ 



I^^^Ow willwefpcakc of fuddaineblafts: which being rifen (as hath bccnc faid before) by 

 ^N^exhalations ot the earth, and caft downe againe ; in the meane while appeare of many 

 ^^falliionSjCnclofed within a thin courfe of cloudsnewly overcaft. FOr fiich as be uncon- 

 ®^^^ftantjwandering,andrufliing in manner of land flouds(as fomc men were of opinion, 

 as wee have fliewed) bring forth thunder and lightening. But if they come with a greater force^ L 

 fway ^and violencCjand withal butft and cleave a drie cloud afunder al abroad>they breed a ftorm^ 

 which of the Greekes is called Ecnephias: but if the clilt or breach bee not great, 10 that the wind 

 beconftrained to turn round,to rol and whirle in his difccntjWithout fire,that is to fay lightning, 

 it makes a whirlepiifte or gh uft called Typhon^ that is to fay, the ftorm lEcmphm aforefaid,lcnt out 

 with a w?indingviolencc.This takes with it apecce broken out of a congealed coldcloud,turning 

 winding,and rolling it roundjand with that weight maketh the owne fall morehea vie, and chan- 

 gcth from place to place with a vehement and fuddaine whirling. The greateft danger and mil^ 

 cheefe that poore fiileTs have at fea,breaking not onely their crofle faile-yards,but alfo writhing 

 and burfting in peeces the very fhips :and yet a fmal matter is the remediefor it,namely,theca- 

 fting of vinegre out againft it as it commeth,which is of nature moft cold. The fame ftorme bea- M 

 ting upon a thingjis it felfe finitten backe againe with a violence, and fnatcheth up whatlbeverit 

 meeteih in the way aloft into the skie, carrying it backe, and (wallowing it up on high. But if ic 

 brcake'out from a greater hole of thefaid cloud, by it fo borne downe, and yet not altogether fo 

 broad, as the abovenamed ftorme PmdU doth, nor without a eracke, they call this boiftcrous 



wind 



