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<DIV1 TYPE="title page">
<PB REF="1" MS="y">
<P>THE FIRST
LECTVRE,
Concerning
NAVIGATION.</P>
<P>Read Publickly at
S^r. Balthazar Gerbier's
ACADEMY,
AT
<HI>Bednall-Greene.</HI></P>
<P><ADD><ABBR>Septemb</ABBR>20th .1649.</ADD></P>
<P>LONDON,
<HI>Printed by</HI> Gartrude Daw&s;on,
1649.</P>
</DIV1>
</FRONT>
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="part">
<PB REF="2" MS="y">
<PB REF="2">
<HEAD>The fir&s;t Lecture concerning
NAVIGATION.</HEAD>
<P>AS the Deep declares at all times the mervellous
wonders of that great Author guider, and pre&s;er|ver
of all things, can it be otherwaies, but a mar|vellous
occup<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">tion? and can it be but glorious
to the mind of the creature to exerci&s;e it &s;elf on that
whereon the &s;pirit of God was plea&s;ed to move, be|fore
all things were?</P>
<P>Certainly, Navigation (whereof we &s;hall now treate) cannot but
afford a glorious delight to the mindes of lovers of knowledge as
the Seas affords a world of wealth to tho&s;e that make Navigation
their Trade.</P>
<P>Is it not as rare as it is wonderfull? That with an In&s;trument
&s;o little as an <HI>A&s;tralabe</HI> is, and <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ith that called a Sea Compas: By
the fir&s;t, to mea&s;ure the Circles of the Heavens the height and di|&s;tance
of the Sunne and Stars; by the &s;econd (which hath neither
mouth, tongue, legs, nor hands) man is told, guided, and &s;hewen
where <HI>Ea&s;t, We&s;t, North,</HI> and <HI>South</HI> is (not onely) in the &s;tedie&s;t
ca&s;e a ve&s;&s;el can be, but when the moved waves to&s;&s;eth the &s;ame as
towards the Clouds, and thence lets it reelas into an Abi&s;me) No
wonder <HI>Salomon</HI> the wi&s;e&s;t of all men &s;aid, <HI>that the harde&s;t to
be found, is the way a Ship makes through the Seas.</HI> And
is the wonder not the greater, that it findes the &s;traight cour&s;e there|of
through that va&s;te perpetuall moving and removing body, as
exactly when the firmament app<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ars as black as Inck, and all the
lights of Heaven are covered with the Night (as with an e&s;tingui|&s;her)
as well as at the cleare&s;t day.</P>
<P><PB N="2" REF="3">
Is it not a wonder above wond<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">rs that after &s;o many months Navi|gations,
&amp; that after &s;uch varieties changes of Winds, intermixture
of <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">tormes; the violence of tides &s;o con&s;tantly changeable, a Ve&s;&s;el a|rives
to the mouth of an Harbour, as &s;traight as if it were a Ferry|boat
drawn by acord fa&s;tened from one &s;hoare to the other.</P>
<P><HI>With the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">oyall Prophet</HI> David, <HI>let all men &s;ay,</HI> Qui de&s;cendunt
mare in navibus, facientes operationem in aquis multis, ip&s;i
viderunt opera Domini, &amp; mirabilia ejus in profundo.
Dixit, &amp; &s;tetit &s;piritus pr<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">cella: &amp; exaltati &s;unt fluctus ejus;
A&s;cendunt u&s;que at coelos, &amp; de&s;cendunt u<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">que ad aby&s;tos:
anima eorum in malis t<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">b<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">scebat: Turbati &s;unt, &amp; moti &s;unt
&s;icut eb<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ius; &amp; omnis &s;ap<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">entia eorum devorata e&s;t. Et
clamaverunt ad Dominum eum tribularentur: &amp; de nece&s;&s;i|tatibus
eorum eduxit eos: Et &s;tatuit procellam ejus in auram:
&amp; &s;iluerunt fluctus ejus; Et laetati &s;unt quia &s;iluerunt: &amp; de|duxit
eos in portum voluntatis eorum, confit<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">antur Domi|no
mi&s;ericordiae ejus &amp; mirabilia ejus filiis hominum: <HI>That
is,</HI> They that go down to the Sea in Ships, that doe bu&s;ine&s;&s;e
in great Waters; The&s;e &s;ee the works <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">f the Lord, and his
wonders in the deep: For he commandeth, and rai&s;eth the
&s;tormy winde, which lifteth up the waves thereof; they
mount up to the Heaven, they go down again to the depths;
their &s;oul is melted becau&s;e of trouble. They reel too and fro,
and &s;tagger like a drunken man&punc; &amp; are at their wits end. Then
they cryed unto the Lord in their di&s;tre&s;&s;es: He maketh the
&s;torm a calm, &s;o that the waves thereof are &s;till; Then are
they glad becau&s;e they be quiet; &s;o he bringeth them unto
their de&s;ired haven: Oh, that men would prai&s;e the Lord for
his go<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">dne&s;&s;e, and for his wonderfull works to the Children
of men. <HI>P&s;alm</HI> 106.</P>
<P>Let u<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> then take profit of this pre&s;ent meditation, wherein wee
&s;hall find the great benefit of the Art of Navigation, in that it doth
not onely &s;erve for the tran&s;portation of men and goods, from one
<PB N="3" REF="3">
part to the furthe&s;t of the world, and towards the which God was
n<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">t plea&s;ed to pre&s;cribe any high wayes for Carts nor Hor&s;es, but to
make m<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">n acquainted with all &s;uch parts, in which God doth man<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">|f<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;t
the varieties of his power, and of his bottomle&s;&s;e trea&s;uries, &s;o
with Nations; in &s;ome of which his divine fath<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">rly mercy is glo|rified,
and his ju&s;tice made more apparent, rendring man al&s;o
more capable to participate of tho&s;e numerous riches, <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> what
the <HI>Ind<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">an</HI> precious &s;hoa<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">es are garni&s;hed with, by all the golden
bowels of the Earth, where nature by the Sun beams is made capa|ble
of &s;uc<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> productions, by what the Mother w<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">mbe pearls is po&s;&s;e&s;t
with by that wherwith <HI>Aarons</HI> brea&s;t was made &s;o &s;h<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ning gl<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">rious,
man loads his Ve&s;&s;els as freely, as Carts on other grounds w<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">th the
mo&s;t ord<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">nary fruits and production of the Earth, Spices, and Balms,
for the pre&s;ervation and re&s;tauration of man; and in that plenty, as
common fields in other parts produce Pea&s;e and Turnips, Flax, and
Trees for T<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">rp<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ntine.</P>
<P>Navigation, therefore may well be &s;aid to be for man, a Science
the mo&s;t profitable of all Arts; if man can make that u&s;e of it, as
may ju&s;tly draw ble&s;sings unto him; which is to be compa&s;t by do|ing
that &s;o earne&s;tly wi&s;ht by the afore&s;aid King <HI>David. Oh that
men would prai&s;e the Lord for his goodne&s;&s;e, and for his
wonderfull works to the children of men.</HI></P>
<P>And by being as ready to labour in his cau&s;e (in which no &s;oul
can &s;uffer any &s;hip-wrack) as to hazard life, &s;hip, and goods, for
tran&s;itory things.</P>
<P>Wee &s;hall begin with the Sea, and &s;ay, fir&s;t, what it is?
and why it is called Ocean?</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="part">
<PB REF="4">
<PB N="5" REF="4">
<HEAD>Concerning Navigation.</HEAD>
<P>THE Sea is all the va&s;t extent of Water which
environs the Earth.</P>
<P>The Water hath been created by God; <HI>in prin|cipio
creavit Deus Coelum &amp; Terram, &amp; Spiritus
Domini ferebatur &s;uper aquas.</HI> In the beginning God created
the Heaven and the Earth, and the &s;pirit of God moved upon
the face of the waters. This is confirmed by the writs of <HI>Mo|&s;es</HI>
in his Generation or of-&s;pring of this World.</P>
<P>The water doth engender and maintains it &s;elf in the Sea;
the Rivers come from it, and return to it.</P>
<P>The Egyptians have made foure Elements; of each one
whereof they have made two. The one Male, and the
other Female: They doe believe that the Ayre which en|genders
the winde is the Male; and that which is loaden with
clouds, and which doth not &s;tirre, to be the Female. They
call the Water of the Sea Male, and all other water Female.</P>
<P>They &s;ay, that the Fire (the flame whereof burns) is
Male, and that which &s;hineth (without doing harm) is
the Female. They doe believe that the harde&s;t Earth, as the
Stons and Rocks are Males, and doe give the name of Fe|male
to that which is maniable.</P>
<P>It is called the Ocean Sea, by rea&s;on of its quick and con|tinuall
motion: for <HI>Oris</HI> in Greek, is to ha&s;ten, or el&s;e its cal|led
<HI>Oceane, qua&s;i Cianeus;</HI> for it embraces the Rivers of the
Earth.</P>
<P>It receives divers names, according to the diver&s;itie of
places, by the which it pa&s;&s;es, as the Sea of <HI>China, India, Per|&s;ia,
&amp;c.</HI></P>
<P><PB N="6" REF="5">
The Sea hath no colour, for our &s;ight doth not remain on
the &s;uperficies of the water, but de&s;cends lower, and at a great
di&s;tance, its colour is like that of Heaven; when it is di&s;tur|bed
by the Winds it is &s;u&s;cep<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ible of divers colours.</P>
<P>The Sea <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">&s;es increa&s;ing &s;even dayes, which is called quick
wa<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">er, and &s;even other dayes it retires decrea&s;ing, which is
called dead water. <HI>Ari&s;totle</HI> treats of the cau&s;es of the in|cre<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ing
a<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">d decrea&s;ing in the &s;econd of the Meteors; as al&s;o
<HI>Hipocrates</HI> in the Book of the Ayre and water: where he
&s;ayes, That there is a proper cau&s;e of A&s;trologie, <HI>viz;</HI> by
naturall vertue, the Moon has on the waters; therefore as the
Moon increa&s;eth, and <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ecrea&s;eth; &s;o likewi&s;e doth the Sea:</P>
<P>The increa&s;ing and decrea&s;ing of the Sea &s;hall be more at full di&s;|cour&s;ed
of, in his proper time and place.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>How the Sea belongs to the perfection of the
Wo<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ld, aud that the World would have pe|ri&s;hed
without it; and how it engenders
water.</HEAD>
<P>THe world could not have been perfect without the Sea;
fora&s;much if ther were no begining of water, ther would
be no water &s;imply, and if there were no water &s;imple al&s;o
there would be no mixt; and thus there could not be any
thing of that which is engendred by water; al&s;o there would
be no body continued, and conglutinated to be found if there
were no water.</P>
<P>Generation would be de&s;troyed, and con&s;equently all the
Wo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ld, if there were no beginning of waters, as al&s;o there
could not be found all the a&s;&s;emblings of contraries, which
are po&s;&s;ible.</P>
<P><PB N="7" REF="5">
Thus nature would faile to that which is unavoidably ne|ce&s;&s;ary,
and failing to the &s;ame, the water would be hinde|red
in the action: Whereof it would happen (there being
no beginning of waters) that the workman&s;hip of nature
would peri&s;h, and con&s;equently the world.</P>
<P><HI>Ari&s;totle</HI> in the &s;econd of the Meteors &s;ayes that the waters
of the Seas ingender in Septentrion: he will &s;ay that the
greate&s;t part of the waters of the Sea ingenders in Septen|trion,
as the great Albert in the &s;econd of the Meteor&punc; &s;ixth
Chapter decla<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">es, where he &s;ayes that the Sea runs from Sep|tentrion
to the Meridian. The cau&s;e thereof is, that its higher
in Septentrion, then towards the Mer<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">dian; and the rea&s;on
wherefore it is higher, is, becau&s;e that the cold of the Septen|trion
engenders more water then the Sea could contain in the
&s;pace, di&s;tance, and height of its coa&s;ts; The water which is
in the Meridian con&s;umes and demini&s;h<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">s by the heat of the
Sun; therefore one part of the Septentrion water drives the
other back towards the lowermo&s;t &s;ide; yet neverthele&s;&s;e
doth move acci<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">entally from the place of its generation; be|cau&s;e
that it being moi&s;t, runs to be retained in the dry.</P>
<P>The rea&s;on why the water con&s;umes it &s;elf &s;o much in the
Meridien part, is becau&s;e that the Sun turns alwayes in his ex|centrique
circle; its cen<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">er being not the &s;ame with that of
the Earth: &s;o that if the Diameter of the Circle of the Sun
were pa&s;&s;ed between its center and that of the Earth; the
greate&s;t part of the Diameter would be at one &s;ide, and the le&s;t
at the other, in the con&s;ideration of the Center of the Earth.</P>
<P>Its &s;hewen by Geometricall rea&s;on, that the greate&s;t length
of Diameter is neer the twent<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 letter">eth degree of Gemini, and that
the lea&s;t length is at the twentieth degree of Sagitarius, op|po&s;ite
&s;igne. It appears <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 word">, that the Sunne approaches
more neerer the Earth, in the Meridian Part then in the Sep|tentrion:
thus by its approaching heats in &s;uch a manner that
it con&s;umes the water and burns the Earth, which he doth not
at the Septentrion.</P>
</DIV1>
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<PB N="6" REF="6">
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<PB N="7" REF="6">
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<PB N="8" REF="7">
<HEAD>Wherefore the water of the Sea is Salti&s;h, and
and that it is the be&s;t for the Naviga|ti<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">n.</HEAD>
<P>THe matter which cau&s;es the S<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">a to be Salti&s;h, is becau&s;e
that there are two &s;ort<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> of vapours, <HI>viz.</HI> Hot and Moi&s;t,
and Hot and Dry. The one whereof evaporates from the &s;u|perficies
of the Sea, and the other rai<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">eth it &s;elf from the bot|tom
by force of the Suns heat, and that of the Stars, which are
efficient cau&s;es of its vapours, and becau&s;e that the vapour of
the water is very &s;ubtill between the&s;e two; therefore it e|levates
its &s;elf in the ayre, and is con&s;umed by the Sun, and
there rema<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">neth nothing el&s;e but the exhalations of the earth,
the which are di&s;&s;ipated, extended, and mingled among the
water, as appears by the example of eating; for the di&s;gea|&s;ted
meat &s;preads and divides it &s;elf through the members, and
all the gro&s;&s;e and undige&s;ted &s;ub&s;tance remains in &s;uch a man|ner
al&s;o the V<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">pour of the Earth &s;pread, remains among&s;t the
&s;ub&s;tance of the water of the Sea; and the coldne&s;&s;e of the
water p<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;hes in &s;uch coldne&s;&s;e, and con&s;umes it &s;elf by cold|ne&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">e;
becau&s;e of mingling by Antiperi&s;tacis, which is to
&s;ay, for two contrary things joyned together, which be|comes
&s;tronger then before; for the heat of the exhalation
which i&s;&s;ues from the bottom of the Sea, fortifies it &s;elf by
the vertue of the Sun with its contrary, which is the coldnes:
and thus the Heat overcomes, which is that which is required
in the generation of the &s;alti&s;h ta&s;te.</P>
<P>It is al&s;o more convenient for Navigation, that the wa|ter
be &s;alti&s;h then fre&s;h, for the &s;alti&s;h water is heavier then
the fre&s;h: That it is &s;o, its proved by many experiences,
whereof the one is. Take fre&s;h water and mingle it with
<PB N="9" REF="7">
a good quanti<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">y of &s;alt, &s;o that the &s;alt melts, and be di&s;ol|ved
in water; then take a fre&s;h Eg, and put it on the mixtion|ed
water; the thickne&s;&s;e of the water which proceeds from
the mixtion of the Salt, will bear the Eg by its thickne&s;&s;e, and
will &s;wim over it, the which in the fre&s;h water de&s;cends to
the bottome. By this &s;ame experience is al&s;o demon&s;tra|ted,
that a Ve&s;&s;el will &s;inck &s;ooner in fre&s;h water then in &s;alt
water; for the fre&s;h water divides it &s;elf &s;ooner, and clo&s;es
more lightly then the &s;alt water.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Of the different Motions which are in the
Ocean Sea.</HEAD>
<P>GReat part of the water is engendred in Septentrion, and
runs from S<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">pten<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">rion towards Meridien, as afore&s;aid,
when the tide increa&s;es we doe &s;ee the Sea move at one &s;ide,
and when it decrea&s;eth it moves quite contrary, it beginneth
fir&s;t to decrea&s;e where it hath had the fir&s;t increa&s;e.</P>
<P>Thus it appeares that the Sea hath contrary motions, and
different the one from the other.</P>
<P><HI>Seneca</HI> &s;ayes, that there is no cau&s;e of the of the cour&s;e wa|ters
from one place to the other, then the high and low pla|ces;
Except that only motion by the which the Sea increa|&s;eth,
and decrea&s;eth; For as afore&s;aid) it followes the order
of the Moon, For the water of the Sea increa&s;es and decrea|&s;es
in all the parts of the world, that is to &s;ay, in Orient, Oc|cident,
Septentrion and Meridien, and al&s;o it decrea&s;es in all
the &s;aid parts, Therefore the Sea hath no proper place
where it beginnes its increa&s;ing, or decrea&s;ing; And thus
the water doth move by accident from one part to the other,
except towards the bottome, for &s;uch a Motion doth not
happen by accident, but by the proper e&s;&s;ence agreeing to its
Forme.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="part">
<PB N="10" REF="8">
<HEAD>Wherefore the Sea doth not overflow, aug|ment,
nor inlarge.</HEAD>
<P>THe cau&s;e wherefore the Sea doth not overflow, aug|ment,
nor inlarge, though <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">o much water ingendreth in
it and that it doth continually receive &s;o many rivers and
fountaine<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">, Is that the Sea is the naturall receptable of all
the waters, and their retyring place, and therefore it doth not
overflow nor inlarge, for a place cannot drive back nor
hinder the en<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">rance of the thing which by nature ought to
be in her, &s;ince naturally the place ought to conforme it &s;elf
with that which it inclo&s;es, as the Sea which is capable to
receive in her all the Rivers, and neverthele&s;&s;e ought not to
overflow, nor augment, for their entrance, Al&s;o the Sea
doth not overflow, becau&s;e it is of &s;uch a va&s;t extent, that the
Rivers are as nothing in con&s;ideration to it, its al&s;o becau&s;e
the heat of the Sun and the Air of the Wind con&s;umes &s;uch a
quantity of water, that though the Sea continually eng<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">n|ders,
and that the Rivers ince&s;&s;antly enter into it, God hath
ordained that it &s;hould not le&s;&s;en nor augment, as it is writ|ten
in <HI>Job, Lord, thou ha&s;t &s;et a Limite the which it &s;hall not pa&s;&s;e.</HI>
The H<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ly Writ &s;ayes in <HI>Gene&s;is,</HI> that <HI>the water of the Deluge did
ri&s;e 15 cubits over the highe&s;t Hils under the Heavens, in &s;o much
that all the Earth was covered with water.</HI> But though this in|crea&s;ing
of water was &s;o great, yet neverthele&s;&s;e the Sea did
not overflow the earth, going out of its Limi<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">es, and
bounds.</P>
<P>The increa&s;ing of the water did proceed of two cau&s;es,
the one wa<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> that the Windowes of Heaven were opened, as
the Text &s;ayes, and it rained on the earth fourty dayes, and
fourty nights exceedingly, the Fountains, Rivers, and Cur|rents
did overflow, in &s;o much that the earth was covered
<PB N="11" REF="8">
therewith, as before&s;aid, every living &s;ub&s;tance was de&s;troy|ed
which was upon the face of the ground, except <HI>Noah,</HI> who
onely remained alive, and they that were with him in the
Ark, and afterwards the &s;ame Text &s;ayes, <HI>That God made a
winde to pa&s;&s;e over the earth, which abated the water, The raine
from Heaven was al&s;o re&s;trained, and the earth returned in its fir&s;t
being.</HI></P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Of the Antiquity of Navigation.</HEAD>
<P>GOD the Creator of the univer&s;all world, did ordain
<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">he making of the fir&s;t Ve&s;&s;ell, a<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> it is written in the &s;ix
chapter of <HI>Gene&s;iis,</HI> that God commanded <HI>Noah</HI> to make an
Ark of Gopher wood, and to pitch it within and without
with pitch, The length of the Ark was of three hundred
cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty
cubits.</P>
<P>Tho&s;e of <HI>Lydia</HI> were the fir&s;t inventors of making of ve&s;|&s;els,
but they had no other invention then to joyne one beam
to another well nailled, and well caulked.</P>
<P>Afterwards <HI>Epaminondas</HI> did &s;et forth the ve&s;&s;els in per|fection
to Navigate.</P>
<P>The famous Captain <HI>Bias,</HI> was in the war of <HI>Pelopone&s;&s;e,</HI>
with Ships, Carricks and Galleyes.</P>
<P><HI>S<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">lomon</HI> King of <HI>Jeru&s;alem,</HI> did &s;end Ve&s;&s;els into <HI>Thar&s;is</HI>
which went and came each third yeare, and brought Gold,
Silver, Ivory, and divers other things.</P>
<P><HI>Julus Solinus</HI> &s;ayes, that all the Meridien Sea which embra|ces
<HI>Africque,</HI> was navigated from the <HI>Indies</HI> to <HI>Spaine.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Plinie</HI> writes in the &s;econd Booke, three&s;core and &s;even
chapter, that in his time all the circuit of <HI>Spaine</HI> and <HI>France</HI> was
navigated and of all the Occident.</P>
<P><PB N="12" REF="9">
From the I&s;le of <HI>Cadiz</HI> which is at the entry of the <HI>Gi|braltar
&s;traet</HI> to the <HI>E&s;t Indian,</HI> was navigated before <HI>Plato</HI>'s
time.</P>
<P>When <HI>Tiberius Cae&s;ar</HI> did govern the Empire, there were
&s;een in the <HI>Arabian</HI> Sea En&s;ignes of Ve&s;&s;els which the <HI>Spani|ards</HI>
had lo&s;t.</P>
<P>In the time of <HI>Augu&s;tus Cae&s;ar</HI> the greate&s;t part of the
Ocean Sea was navigated.</P>
<P>When <HI>Selucus</HI> and <HI>Antiocl<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">us</HI> did reign all the coa&s;t of the
<HI>Ca&s;pien</HI> Sea was navigated and known by the <HI>Macedonian</HI> Ar|mies.</P>
<P>The King of <HI>Switzerland</HI> gave to <HI>Metellus</HI> &s;ome <HI>Indians,</HI>
which navigating with Marchandiz<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">s, were driven by a Tem|pe&s;t
from their Country to <HI>Germany.</HI></P>
<P>In the time of the <HI>Teutonickall</HI> Emperours, there were <HI>E&s;t-Indian</HI>
Amba&s;&s;adours, found on the <HI>Germaine</HI> coa&s;t, which
were driven thither by the force of the wind.</P>
<P>Some Authors write of great number and multitude of
Ships which were in the anc<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ent times, as tho&s;e of the <HI>A&s;siri|ans,
Per&s;ians, Grecians,</HI> &amp;c.</P>
<P><HI>Homer</HI> writes that the <HI>Grecian</HI> Navy which came to <HI>Troy,</HI>
had one thou&s;and, one hundred and four&s;core &s;hips.</P>
<P><HI>Xerces</HI> King of <HI>Per&s;ia,</HI> came with five thou&s;and five hun|derd
Ships, &s;even hunderd thou&s;and men, and three hunderd
thou&s;and of his Friends and Aliens to the <HI>Grecians</HI> de&s;tructi|on,
and when he came to the <HI>Ponticke</HI> Sea he made a Bridge
of Ships over it, on the which he pa&s;&s;ed with his Army.</P>
<P><PB N="13" REF="9">
The next Lecture concerning Navigation, will be of its u&s;e,
How to fore&s;ee &s;torms by the &s;ignes of the Sun, and the Moon,
of Fires which appear when there are &s;torms at Sea.</P>
<P>What the winde is, and its qualities, how it is engendered, what
the 32 points of the Compa&s;&s;e are, to know by the Moon, at
what houre it doth flow or is full Sea. And how to Saile by the
Globe, &amp;c.</P>
<P>Saturday next, God willing, there &s;hall be a Lecture of
Fortification.</P>
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