Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. 66^ 



A , wouMeft have thebeafts conceive and bring forth females^ force them when thcy be leaped and 

 covcredjto ftand with their heads into this wipd^and thojutfti^it fee tjie pr'o.dfe.hercof, 



>^ of the lims and limHs that divide and hu^ 



/ Ec have (hewed in th? next chapter beforej the; aianncr how to draw a line orfurrow 

 / North & South ; and how in the midft therof there fhould be a round compa{le,made 

 ^ mahricr of a Navill,which in Latine is called-Ytmbilicus^Now if you would know like* 

 wife the other parts of the heaven, let there runiiich anotherline overthwart the Nayiil o,r.Cir- 

 B ; cic jui! in the middeft: and then fhalt thou fee^that this line will dired thee to the Baft and Weft 

 points,iEquinoaiall.[Now the way that thus cutteth through any field Eaft and Weft,oughs to 

 beecallcdDecumanusinLatine,ortheBroad-way.]Whichdone,drawothcrtwo]inesthrpugh ^^^1;^;;;^% 

 the centre of the forefaid circlc,cutting one another aflant [like S.,Andfems crofTc] in manner ' - 



of the letterXfo as that line which at the one end pointcth to the right hand ot the North,reach 

 to the left hand of the South at theother.Likewifc^that which regardeth the left fide of the north 

 atihconeend.run direaiyto the right hand of the South with the other. All thefe lines muft be 

 of an cvenlength,of equall diftance one from another jandpalTe through the fame Circle which 

 we call the Navell. Having thus made the foure crofle pathes or waies in every field once for all, 

 thou maift ever after know how the winds doe ftand. But if thou lift tohave fuch a devife to ferve 

 C tbyufe many times after,make a little inftrument of wood, butthefamie as round as can bee by 

 the compafie^ and therein draw or piincfourelines of an even length and equal! diftance, pat- 

 fing as Diameters all through the center, to the circumference of the rundle: and this may lerve 

 thee m ftead of a Quadrant^where & whenfoever thou needeft.The manner how to make and uic 

 thisinftrumentjl am content thus to fhewjbecaufe I have to dealc with fimpie ignorant men of 

 dull wit and flialiow conceir,who may foon erre ^ do amiifeXetus fee then firft,ior the meridian 

 line and the South point of the noone day, for to bee perfed therein ;becaufe it is ever the fame^ 

 andchaungeth not from one end of the yearero another^whereas the Levant varieth every day, 

 for that the Sunne never rifeth the morrow morning, from the fame point juft that hee role the 

 day before : which I note,Ieaft haply any manlliould take one certaine line for to point out the 

 D Sunne rifing or the Eaft, and make his Quadrant or compafle thereby. Now when thou haft in 

 this wife cxadly fct out the principal! regions and quarters of the heaven, obferve this^ that the 

 end or head of the line which is next to the North point Septentrio : on the Haft fide, the fame 

 i'heweth the very place where the Sunne rifetli at the Summer Sunneftead^ to wit, the iongeft 

 day of the yeare 5 and the wind there feated^is called in Latine Aquilo, /.the Northeaft wind,and 

 in Greexe Boreas. Thou knowing this perfedly, fet thy trees and plantthy Vines full upon it. 

 But fo long as this wind bloweth, plough nolands, fet no trees or plants that are to bearefiruir, 

 caft no graine nor (ced into the ground. For why ? this wind peirceth,pincheth, and killeth the 

 heart ot any tree root above the ground^that thou (halt bring to repIant.Take warning therfore 

 beforehand^and be advifed: for Experience hath taught,That one thing is good forftrong and 

 fturdie trees,and another for young andtender plants. Neither am I ignorant or forgetful), than 

 the Greekes have placed in this corner the wind which they name CTcias: but Arifldde himfelfe 

 aPhilofopher of an infinite fpirit and high conceit(the man thathaih fo done)fheweth a reafon 

 drawne from the convexitic and bending cope of the heaven, whereby the Northeaft wind or 

 Aquilo bloweth full oppofite to the Southweft Africus. Howbeit,the Husbandman is not afraid 

 of thisNortheaft wind Aquilo all the yeare long,in thofe particularities whereof hee is forewar- 

 ned.For in the middeft of Summer this wind doth moderate and temperthe ardent heat of the 

 ftars raining and raging in that time ; thenchaungeth he his name, and [during the Dog*.daies] 

 is called Etefias.When thou therefore feeleft him blow cold,take heed and be not too bold.Buc 

 learne this withall,that howfoever this wind may doc harme^in fome fuch refpecf/or which thou 

 F arc forewarned; yet the wind Septentrio that bloweth plumbe North,is far more daungerous and 

 mifchievous than he. Againft the Northeaft wind aforefaid,let both hortyards,tree-rows,groves3 

 and vineyardsjbe raunged; in all Natolia,Greece,Spain,maritine coafts of Italie,Campain5and 

 Apulia .'if thou defireft to breed males, keepe thy caitell with their heads into this wind, and in 

 thatfort let the females becovered. 



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