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wind, {hcwctha Wind at hand 5 As when Feathers, ot Downeoi ThiJUes, 
fly toandfrointhe Aire. 
For Prognoflickes of Weather from Lining Creatures, it is to 
be noted; That Creatures that Liue in th cOpen Aire, (Sul? Dio t ) 
muft needs haue a Quicker Imprefiion horn the Aire, than Men 
that liue moll within Doores $ And cfpecially Birds , who liue 
in the Aire } freed, and cleared 3 And are apceltby their Voycz_, | 
to tell Tales, what they findc; And likewifeby the Motion ofj 
their Flight to exprefle the fame. 
water-Fowles , (as Sea-Gulls, More-Hens, See.) when they flocke and 
fly together, from the Sea towards the S ho ares. And contrariwife, Land- 
Birds, (as Crowes, Swallowes, See.) when they fly from the Land to the ‘ 
waters, and beat the waters with then wings ; doe fore-fhew£<w«e, and 
wind. The Caufe is, Pleafure, that both Kindes take in the Moijheffe,and 
Dcnfitie of the Aire: Andfo defire to be in Motion, and vponthew^, 
whither foever they would otherwifegoe: Foritis noMaruell, thatwa- 
ter-Fowlc doe ioy moft in that Aire, which is likeft water-, ^ And Land- 
Birds alfo, (many of them,) delight in Bathing,tend M oijl /lire. For the 
fame Realon alfo, many Birds doe proine their Feathers ; AndCeefedoe 
gaggle; And Crowes feeme to call upon Paine: All which is but the 
Comfort they feeme to receiue in the Relentingoi the Aire. 
The Heron, when fhee foareth high, (foasfomctimesfheeis feeneto 
pafle ouera cloud,) fheweth winds: But Kites flying aloft, fhew Fairs 
and Drie weather. The Caufe may bee, for that they both mount moft 
into the Aire, of that Temper, wherein they delight: And the Heron, be¬ 
ing a water-Fowle, taketh pleafure in the Aire, that is Condenfed: And 
befides, being but Heauie of wing, needeth the Helpe of the Groffer 4 
Aire. But the Kite affe&eth not fo much the Groffenefje of the Aire , as 
the Cold and Frejhnep thereof-, Forbeinga ofand thereforej 
Hot, fhee delighteth in the Frejh Aire 5 And (many times)flyeth againft I 
the wind , As Trouts, and Salmons fwimme againft the Streame. And 
yet it is true alfo, that all Birds finde anEafe in the depth of the Aire- 
As Swimmers doe in a Deepe water. And therefore when they are a- 
loft, they can vphold themfelues with their wings Spred, fcarce moiling 
them. 
Fifhes, when they play towards the Top of th c water, doe commonly 
foretell Paine. The Caufe is, for that a Fifh hating the Drie, will not ap¬ 
proach the Aire, till it groweth Moijl-, And when it is Drie, will fly it, 
and swimme Lower. 
Beafls doe take Comfort, (generally,) ina MoiJlAire ; And it maketh 
them eat their Meat betters And therefore sheepe will getvp betimes 
in the Morning, to feed, againft Paine : And Catted, and Deere, and Con- 
neyes, will feed hard before And a Heifer, will put vp his Nofe, 
and fnuffe in the Aire, againft Paine. 
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