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And again, 



ver magnus agehat 

 Orbis^ et hybernis parcebant fatibus Euri, 



The inhabitants of Italy ^ nor any other part 

 of the continent^ have fuch alternate viciffi- 

 tudes of the weather, many times as we ; 

 fallacious weather ! When it is winter it is 

 continued winter with them, and the fuc- 

 ceffive warmth likewife continual — Nor is it 

 otherwife even in the northern part of the 

 continent : Hence the Norway ^ hence the 

 German Oaks have their procerity and clear- 

 nefs in their bodies — Hence the great im- 

 portation of Hambro pipe ftaves — To con- 

 firm which inftances before by a m^ofh no- 

 torious precedent ^ I need only refer to a 

 treatife of Herejbachius^ printed fo lately 

 as in the year 1695, and dedicated to the 

 then King of Denmark 5 in which he pro- 

 feffes, 



Noftra aetate in Viiejlphalia^ non pro- 

 " cul ab arce Altenana, quercus extat 130, 

 *^ pedum caudice ad priores ramos, cralE^ 

 tudine trium ulnarum— 



Where note^ a German ell is faid to b^ 



three 



