The fixthBooteof 



EuropCjit may wei contain inlargenes 8148 miIes*Affi:ick(taking the middle attd mean compu- G 

 cation between them all that have fet it down)containeth in iengcli 574 8 miles. As for the bredth 

 of fo much as is known and inhabitedjin no place where it is wideft exccedeth it 250 miles.True 

 it is,that Jgrippa would have it to contain c?io miles in brcadthjbeginningatthe bounds of Gy- 

 renCj and fo comprehending in this meafure the deferts thereof as farre as to the GaramantSjib 

 far as is known and difcovered, and then the whole meafure colleded into one generall fumme, 

 amounteth to 4^08 miles. As for Afiaaconfeffed it is and refolved upon by all Geographers, 

 that in length it carrieth ^3750 miles : and verily in bredthj (if you account from the^thiopian 

 fca to Alexandria fituate upon NiluSj fo as your meafure run through Meroe and Syrene) it ta- 

 kcth 1875 miles : whereby it appeareth evidentlyjthat Europe is little wanting of halfc asbigge 

 againeas Afia.-andthefamcEuropajistwifcas muchagaincas all Africa and a fixt part over. H 

 Reduce now all thefe fummes togcthctj it will be found cleercj that Europe is a third part of the 

 whole earth, and an eightportion over and fomewhat more : Afia a fourth part, vyith an over- 

 deale of 14: and Africke a fifth part, with an over-plus of afixtieth portion. To this calculation^ 

 we will fet to, as it were to boot jone fubtill devife and inven tion more of the Greeks jwhich fhe w- 

 eth their Angular wit (to the end we fhould omit nothing that may ferveour turne in this Geo- 

 graphic of ours) and that is this : After that the pofiture and fite of everie region is knowne and 

 let downejhow a man may likewifecome to the knowledge what focietie and agreement there is 

 betweene the one and the other, either by length of daies and nights,by the fliadow at noone- 

 day, or by the equalitie of climates ofche world. To bring this about effectually ,1 mufl: part and 

 digeft the whole earth into certaine fections or even portions, anfwerable to thole in heaven ^ I 

 (whereofthere be verie many) which our Aflronomers and Mathematicians call Circles, but 

 the Greekes,Parallels. 



Cpiap. xxxiiii. 



p-§^ Thedivifionof the earth into Climates or lines Fur allele^ 

 and equall jhadprves, 



T'^Or CO make an cquallpartition oftheworld^beginwe willattheMeridionallIndians,andgo 

 diredly as firre as Arabia, and the inhabitants of the red fea . Vnder this climate are com- 

 prifed the Gedrofians, Perfians,Carmanes.,and Elimasans : ParthyenCj Aria, Sufiane, Mc- K 

 ropotamia,Seleucia furnamed Babylonia^ Arabia fo farre as Petr.T inclufively,Coele-Syria,and 

 Peliifiumin^gypt : the low countries, which are called the trad of Alexandria: the maritime 

 coafts of Atfricke : all the townes of Cyrenaica,Thapfus,Adrumetum, Clupea, Carthage,Vti- 

 ca, both HippoeSjNumidia, both real'mcs of Mauritania, the A tlantickc fea, and Hacuics pil- 

 lars. In all the circumference otthis climate andparallcle, at noone-tide upon an ^quinodiall 

 day, the ftyle in the diall which they call Gnomon 7 foot Iong,cafteih a fliadow not above foure 

 foot. The longeft night or day in this climate, is 14 hourcs : and contrariwlfe the (liorrcfl , ten„ 

 The fecond circle orparallele'line^ beginneth at the Indians Occidentall, and pafTeth through 

 the mids of p3rthia,Perfepolis, the hithernToft parts of Perfis (in refpea of Rome) the hither 

 coalt of Arabia, ludxa, and the borders neere unto the mountaine Libanus. Vnder the lame £ 

 are eonteinedalfo Baby lon,Idum^a5Samari3,Hierufalem,Afcalon,Ioppe,Cxfarea,Ph<xnicc, 

 P£olemais,Sydon,Tyrus,Berytrus,BotrySjTripo!is,Byblus,Antiochia5Laodicea,Seleucia,thc 

 Tea coafts of Cilicia^ Cyprus^ the South part of Candie, Lilyboeum in Siciha, the North parts 

 of Affricke and Numidia.pie Gnomon in a diall upon the ^quinodiall day 3 5 footof length, 

 maketh a fhadow 24footlong.Thelongefl: day or night,is 14 houres ^quinodiall^and the fifth 

 part of an houre. The third circle beginneth at the Indians next unto tlx mountaine Imaus,and 

 goeth by the Cafpian gates or ftreights hard by Media3Cataonia,Cappadocia3 Taurus, Ama- 

 nus, Ifliis.the Cilician freights. Soli, Tarfus, Cyprus, Pifidia, Syde in Pamphilia, Lycaonia, 

 i?atara in Lycia,Xanthus,Caunus, Rhodus, Coiis, Hahcarnaflus, Gnidus, Doris, Ghius^De- 

 lus, the mids of the Cyclades, Gy tthium,Malea, Argos, Laconia , Elis, 01ympia,Meirene,Pe- M 

 loponnefuSjSyracufa,Catine,the mids ofSicily,the South part of Sardinia,Cardei,andGades. 

 In this clime the Gnomonof looincheSjyeeldethafhadowof 77inches.lhe longeftdayhath 

 ^quinoaiall hours 14 and an halfe,with a thirtith part over.Vnder the fourth circle or parallele 

 lyethey thatareontheotherfideoflmaus, theSouth parts of Cappadcycia^ Galatia, Myfia, 



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