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through Divers Climates.
less: In this remedilessCondition we Jay, till Heavenpityingour Jan- Chap. II
gui(liingunderthisburningFever,dispatdiedtooiirReIieian£^^«^ v^-^^,
Eafi Wind,which leading us Wtji and by &«fA,brought us to the South
of the Equ ino&i-al Lint-, depressing our Longitude to s deg. y$ t;iin. cusfed the
£j/?. And now we were to the Northward of the Sun lour degrees, Lbe-
with whom circling a little Easi, in nine days time we were in a
Perpendicular, whereby our Quadrants became of smal! use, we
not being able to make an Observation for their want of Shade,
but by an Astrolabe at Night : The Sun passing over our Heads, Oar-stiiedthe
and we being to the Southward of the Line, the iirst fair Wind made **»*&»:
us out-sail the Northern Polar S;ar, it not being to be secn in this
Horizon.
Steering now by the Crosters, a South Con foliation, taking its R.ifcd the
Name srom the Similitude of that Pastoral Staff; as also siipjHed o^mand
' by the MageUanian Clouds, in number Two, (averred to be such by thuds'""
thofe that ufe this way continually) fixed as the North Siar; but
to me they seera no other than a 6VJxia,caused by the Reflection of
the Stars.
Being to the Southward of the Sims Declination, it is obvious to a av/js'mi
note, a North Sun makes the same time of Day a South Sua does on °"k« Noon
the contrary side. ' "id ££?*
An Epidemical Distemper, by the Sea-Chyrurgions termed a Ti«c»Sen.
Calenture (a malignant Fever with a Frenzy, lb that if not watch- rj"*„"?" in
ed, they leap into the Sea) raging in the Fleet, many were thrown twFJe=r-
over-hoard.
Where the Atlantkk ( warning the Shores all along srom the Extent of the
5'sreights of Gibraltar') mixes with the /Ethhpick Ocean, there the u^"0fC^nd
Meridian Compais varies very much, so that the Wind being at Azimuth to
South-East and by Easi, lays out a South and by Wcsi way, but cor- ™T*& the
recbed by the MagnetickAzimuth (which gives the Shu's Ampli- cC?0" ■
tude) it differs two Points and on half, which with Leeway allow V,
makes a South-West Course, which we held on till we were on the
CozstsofBrasil, when we were at distance enough to take the Alti-
tude of the Sun, which made 14 deg. 40 m. South Latitude, Longi-
tude 1 deg. 24 min. Easi.
Being between Brastl and several Issands, as Trhidado, ]fl. de
Picas, Santta Maria, &c. we met with Winds carried us to the
South of the Tropick of Capricorn, which crosierh /Ethiopia Inferior, T'ltt TroP'ci<
and the midst of Peruviana. , ° **"■'"'"•
Besore we leave this Ecliptick Circle, we rnust observe at the
./Equator, the Sun becomes twice Perpendicular; at each Tropick
but once; beyond them never; because hence may naturally be
collected all the Seasons of the whole Year; unless some accidental
Cause, as the Interposition of Mountains, Headlands, Lakes, or such
like intervene.
But in his Solar Progress Through the twelve Signs, the Sun
always carries Rain along with him, its Heat otherwise could not
be endured; for which rtason, the first Contriver and Former of all
things,has ordained thewetSeason ^Winter to those inhabit here, and The Course,
to them as dreadful as our cold Seasons to us (which wc mail evidence J^gi,^™,.
more experimentally when we come to live among them): On this ziHuck; the
account is it, that under the Line two Winters and two Summers "1!j* of <*s
/-, i„ , Sejsons of the
C % alternately ywr.
less: In this remedilessCondition we Jay, till Heavenpityingour Jan- Chap. II
gui(liingunderthisburningFever,dispatdiedtooiirReIieian£^^«^ v^-^^,
Eafi Wind,which leading us Wtji and by &«fA,brought us to the South
of the Equ ino&i-al Lint-, depressing our Longitude to s deg. y$ t;iin. cusfed the
£j/?. And now we were to the Northward of the Sun lour degrees, Lbe-
with whom circling a little Easi, in nine days time we were in a
Perpendicular, whereby our Quadrants became of smal! use, we
not being able to make an Observation for their want of Shade,
but by an Astrolabe at Night : The Sun passing over our Heads, Oar-stiiedthe
and we being to the Southward of the Line, the iirst fair Wind made **»*&»:
us out-sail the Northern Polar S;ar, it not being to be secn in this
Horizon.
Steering now by the Crosters, a South Con foliation, taking its R.ifcd the
Name srom the Similitude of that Pastoral Staff; as also siipjHed o^mand
' by the MageUanian Clouds, in number Two, (averred to be such by thuds'""
thofe that ufe this way continually) fixed as the North Siar; but
to me they seera no other than a 6VJxia,caused by the Reflection of
the Stars.
Being to the Southward of the Sims Declination, it is obvious to a av/js'mi
note, a North Sun makes the same time of Day a South Sua does on °"k« Noon
the contrary side. ' "id ££?*
An Epidemical Distemper, by the Sea-Chyrurgions termed a Ti«c»Sen.
Calenture (a malignant Fever with a Frenzy, lb that if not watch- rj"*„"?" in
ed, they leap into the Sea) raging in the Fleet, many were thrown twFJe=r-
over-hoard.
Where the Atlantkk ( warning the Shores all along srom the Extent of the
5'sreights of Gibraltar') mixes with the /Ethhpick Ocean, there the u^"0fC^nd
Meridian Compais varies very much, so that the Wind being at Azimuth to
South-East and by Easi, lays out a South and by Wcsi way, but cor- ™T*& the
recbed by the MagnetickAzimuth (which gives the Shu's Ampli- cC?0" ■
tude) it differs two Points and on half, which with Leeway allow V,
makes a South-West Course, which we held on till we were on the
CozstsofBrasil, when we were at distance enough to take the Alti-
tude of the Sun, which made 14 deg. 40 m. South Latitude, Longi-
tude 1 deg. 24 min. Easi.
Being between Brastl and several Issands, as Trhidado, ]fl. de
Picas, Santta Maria, &c. we met with Winds carried us to the
South of the Tropick of Capricorn, which crosierh /Ethiopia Inferior, T'ltt TroP'ci<
and the midst of Peruviana. , ° **"■'"'"•
Besore we leave this Ecliptick Circle, we rnust observe at the
./Equator, the Sun becomes twice Perpendicular; at each Tropick
but once; beyond them never; because hence may naturally be
collected all the Seasons of the whole Year; unless some accidental
Cause, as the Interposition of Mountains, Headlands, Lakes, or such
like intervene.
But in his Solar Progress Through the twelve Signs, the Sun
always carries Rain along with him, its Heat otherwise could not
be endured; for which rtason, the first Contriver and Former of all
things,has ordained thewetSeason ^Winter to those inhabit here, and The Course,
to them as dreadful as our cold Seasons to us (which wc mail evidence J^gi,^™,.
more experimentally when we come to live among them): On this ziHuck; the
account is it, that under the Line two Winters and two Summers "1!j* of <*s
/-, i„ , Sejsons of the
C % alternately ywr.