The eighteenth Bookc of 



VVkn thou haft found out in this manner the Northeaft wind Aquilojbefure that the wind G 

 which /iowcthfull againft it, fiom thepoint whcrcthe Sun fetteth in mid-winter when daiesbc 

 fhoneftjis the Southweftj called in Latin, Africus; and in GreekejLybs.Obfervc this wind wcllj 

 for if a bcaft after (he be covered^turnc about direaiy into this wind, fhce willforcertaine con- 

 ceive a female. And thus much of the Line in thy quadrant next to the North point on the 

 Eaftfide. 



V. The third Line from the North point (which we drew firft through the latitude of the fhadow 

 befo'rcfaid,and which we called Decumana)pointeth out the ^quinodiall Sun-rifing in March 

 and September -y diredcth thee alfo to the Eaft wind under it,called in Lacine SubfolanuSjand in 

 Greekc Apeliotcs. Where the climaiis hcalthfull and temperate , let vineyards be planted and 

 arraungcd into this wind : let fcrme-houfes alfo in the countrcy be fb built, as the dorcs and win- 

 dowes open into it.Thiswind lovcth well to be dropping, and to diftill gcnde fhowrcs of rainc ; 

 howbcit dryer it is than the Weft wind Favonius, which bloweth over -againft him from the JSA 

 quino<aiallfun-fcttingfull Weft,calledin Greeke"^ Zephyrus.Vpon this Weftcrncwindpiivc 

 rowes fhould ftand , according to Cams mind : this wind is hee thatbcginncth the Spring : this 

 wind openeth the veines and pores of the earth, and with his mild coldnefte is healthfull and 

 holcfome for all plants, for man alfo and beaft. This wind governeth this whole feafon, and pre- 

 icribeth the time for pruning vines, for farchng and dreilingcorne, for planting trees, for graf- 

 fing fruit, for trimming and ordering Olives 5 and to fay all in one word, fo kind he doth breath, 

 chat he cheriQicth and foftereth the earth, and all things thereupon. 



The fourth Line in your Quadrant or Compafle (reckoning from the North point^which al- \ 

 fo rcacheth next to the South point on thcEaft ftdc) noteth the Sun-riling in mid-winter when 

 the day is fhorteft; and wiihall the Southeaft wind called in LatineVulturnus, and in Grcekq 

 Eurus 3 which as it is a drier wind than the two laft named, fo is it alfo warmer : in regard whereof, 

 itis goodtofec bee-hives and plant vines tending into this coaft, I meane in other parts of Italy 

 remote from the fca, and alfo in Gaulc. Then fball you have to blow full oppofite unto it, the 

 wind Corus, directly from the fun-(ctting in mid-fummcr when the day is longeft,by-wcft from 

 the Norths and this North weft wind the Greekes call Argcftcs \ one of the coldcft he is, like as 

 all they be which blow froin any point of the North. No marveiie therefore if hee be as much 

 dread &: feared as the North wind Scptentrio, for commonly he bringcth with him haiieftorms 

 good ftore. 



As touching the Southeaft wind Vulturnus, if the coaft be clcarc where and when he bcgin- 

 ncih to rife, it will not be long ere he lie, and commonly he is downe before night; but the Eaft 

 wind in deed continueth moft part of the night. But be the wind what he will be, if he blow fen- 

 libly hot, you (hall have him hold many dales togither. And to conclude,would you know when 

 to have a Northwcft wind ? markc when the earth drieth fuddainly at one inftant, it will not bee 

 long but he will be with you: contrariwife,whcn you fee the ground moift and wet with a kind of 

 jfecretdcw unfeeneandunknownc, reckon upon it that ftiortlyyouftiallhavea South wind to 

 blow. And thus much for Winds, 



Chap. XXXV. 



Sigms to pngmpcate rvkat weather is tomrd, 



HAving thus fet downe fufficiently a difcourfe of the Winds, becaufe I would not reiterate 

 one thing often, what rcmaineth now, but in good order to pafle and proceed to the 

 prognoftication and foreknowledge of the weather ? and the rather,for that I fee that r/>'- 

 gil tooke great pleafure herein and ftood much upon this point: for thus he relatcth unto the 

 rude and ignorant men of the countrcy, That oftentimes in the very mids of harvcft, hee hath 

 fcene whirle-puffs and contrarie winds, encounter and charge one another as it were in battaile, 

 doingmuchharmecocorne, Moreovcrjit is reported, that DewocriiusztvAm time as hisbro- 

 ther D4m(\fm was cntred well into harveft-worke , taking the opportunitie (as he thought) of a M 

 moft hot feafon, bcfought him earneftly to let the reft of his corne to ftand ftill a while longer, 

 and to make haft to get iharinto the barne under roufe which was cut and reaped downej & this 

 lie did without any reafon by him made, why and wherefore. And what enfucd hereupon pSure^ 

 Jy within few houies afcer,therc powrcd downe a mightie fhowte of raine,and prooved jDmsm- 



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