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LongitHde is the diflance of the meridian of any 
place from the meridian which paffeth over the 
Jfles of AioteSy where the beginning of longi- 
tude is faid to be* "The meridian is a great 
circle dividing the EquincBial at right Angles 
into two equal parts ^ p'^ffi^g through both 
the Foles, and the Zenith, to which circle the 
Sm coming twice every 2^ hours, mah^th the, 
middle of the day^ and the middle of the 
might* Everyplace hath a fever al meridian , 
hut they all meet in the poles of the world, 
latitude is counted from the E^uinodial to the 
end of 30 degrees on each fide thereof T'he 
Equino&ial is a great circle imagined in the 
Heavens y alfo dividing the heavens into two 
equal partSy and lying juji in the middle be- 
twixt the two poles, being in compafs from 
Weji to Eaft, 360 degrees^ ev ry degree thereof 
on the terreftrial Globe valuing 20 Englijh 
milesy or 60 miles* 
Into the Bay of St. Lawrence the River of 
St. Lawrence or Canada difimbogues it felF, a 
River far exceeding any River in the cider 
world y thirty or forty mile over at the 
mputh^and in the Channel one hundred fa-^ 
thom deep ^ it ruzis on the back-fide of^ 
New England and Virginia : the French 
( it is faid ) have gone up fix weeks voy- 
age in it, and have not yet difcovered the 
fpring-hcad: the longitude is 334 degrees 
