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unto Illumj coloui'cth them rcddifh 5 and hereupon the river tooke that name. In the land of G 

 Pontus there is a river that watercth theplaines or Aftace, upon which, thofe Mares that feed, 

 give blacke milkefor the food and fuftenance of that nation. In the Reatineterritorie there 

 is a fountaine called Neminia : whichj according to the fp ringing and ilTuing forth out of 

 this or that place, fignifieth the change in the price of come and viduals . In the haven of 

 . Brindis there is a Well, that yeeldeth unto failers and fea-faring men, water, which will ne^ 

 ver cprrupt. The water of Linceftis, called Acidula [/.Soure] maketh men drunken no kfle 

 than wine. Semblably, in Paphlagonia, and in the territorie of Cales. Alfointhelfle An- 

 dros there is a fountainc neere the temple of father Bacchm , which upon the Nones of 

 lanuariCj alwaies runneth with water that tafteth like wine, as OHulumu-s verily beleeveth, 

 who was a man that had beene thrice ConfuU i The name of the Spring is DiosTecnofia, f| 

 NecreuntoNonacrisin Arcadia,) there is the river Styx , differing from the other Styx, nei- 

 ther in finell nor colour : drinke of it once, and it is prefent death . Alfo in Berorus(an hill of 

 theTauri) there bee three fountaines, the water whereof whofoever drinketh, is fure to die 

 of it 3 remedileflcj and yet without paine . In a countrey of Spaine called Carrincnfis ^ two 

 Springs there bee that runne neere together, the one reje^teth, the other iwalloweth up all 

 things. In thefamecountrey there is another waterj which (heweth all fifhes within it of a gol- 

 den colour, but if they be once out of that water, they bee like to other fifhcs. In the Canncn- 

 fian territorie, neere to the lake Lurius, there is a large and broad well, which every hourc 

 continually, fwellethandfallethdowneagainc* In the IflandSydonia before Lesbos, anhotc 

 fountaine there is that runneth onely in the Spring . The Lake Sinnaus in Afiajis ipfeded with | 

 the wormewood growing about it,and thereof it tafteth. At Colophon in the vault or cave of 

 K^pollo Ckrm^xhziQis a gutter or trench ftanding full of watenthey that drinke of it,ihall pro- 

 phefie and foretelftrange things like Oracles,but they live the fliorter time forit.Rivers running 

 backward, even our age hath feenc, in the latter yeers of Prince 'H^roy^s we have related in the 

 a<5ls of his life.Now,that all Springs are colder in Summer than Winter jwho knoweth nor? as 

 alfo thefe wonderous workes of Nature,Thatbra{re and lead in the mafle orlumpe linke downc 

 and are drowned,but if they be driven out into thin plates,they flote and fwim aloft : and let the 

 weight be all oncyetfome things fettle to the bottome, others againe glide above . Moreover^ 

 that heavie burdens and lodes be ftirred and removed with more eafe in water.Likewife,that the 

 ftoneThyrreus, bee it never fo bigjdoth fwim whole and entire: breake it once into peeces,and K 

 it fmketh. As aHb,tbat bodies newly dead,fal] downe to the bottome of the water,but if they bee 

 fwollen once,they rife up againe. Over and befides, that emptievcflels are not foeafily drawne 

 forth of the water,as thofe that bee full: that raine water for fait pits is better and more profitable 

 than all other ; and that fait cannot be made,unlefle frelli water be mingled withall : that fea-wa- 

 ter is longer before it congeale^but fooner made hote and let a feeching.That in Winter the fea 

 is hoter,and in Autumne more brackifh and faIt.And that all feas arc made calme and ftiil with 

 oyle : and therefore the divers under the water,doe fpurt & fprinckle it abroad with their mouths 

 becaufeit dulceth andallaieth the unpleafant nature thercof,3ndcarrieth a light with it.That no 

 Snowes fall where thefeaisdeepe. And, whereas all water runneth downewardby nature, yet 

 Springs leape up 5 even at the very foot of iEtna, which burneth of a light fire fo farre forth, as L 

 that for fiftie, yea, and an hundred miles, the waulming round bals and flakes of fire cafl ouc 

 fandandafhcs. 



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NOwIetus relate fomeftrange wonders of fire alfo, which is the fourth element of Na- 

 ture. But firf^, out of waters. In a citie of Comagene, named Samafatis, there is a 

 pond^ yeelding forth a kind of flimie inud (called Makha) which will' burnc cleare. 

 When it meeteth with any thingfolide and hard, it fticketh to it:like glew ; alfo, if it bee tou-^, M 

 ched,it folio weth them that flee from it. Bythis nieanes the townefmep defended their walls, 

 vihcn LucuUm gave the affaulr, and his fouldiours fried and buriied in theirowne armours. 

 Caft water upon it, and yet it will burnc* Experience haihiaught, Thflif^rib onely wiU 



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