Book II.

by them, next to them the Mattiaci, that live in the Iflands of Ze. land ^ next to them thofe of Brabant-, and fometimes thefc, fome- times thofe ports and good harbours for {hips to ride in, are en- dammaged by the force of the waters, as the Moon moves to one mth-Ve(l. country or to another. Alfo Weft and North-weft winds cxafpe- rate the rage of the Sea, that from the Sun-fetting do violently blow upon the earth , and drive the waves of the Sea far and wide into the continent, yet fo that the billows arc forced fometimes to one part, and fometimes to another part of the earth, and every country takes its turn, as the diftance of the places are,and the Sea hows up to them looncr or later for the fame caufe. And that every man may perfe&ly underftand this, I will fpcak more at large con- t heEafrUa- corning it. The day that the new Moon appears, which is al- gamd the reft. vvaies toward the Weft, becaufethe Sun inclines that way, by whofe light fhe begins to fhine, and whereby (he comes to be full, we fee that the fame day the fiouds begin to rife and flow forth, and the next ports are fill’d to a certain height, and thence for¬ ward they are carried to all places in the way Eaftward, fo that thedaiesfollowing,thefea moves one hour later than it did, be¬ caufethe moon is daily removed farther from it, and carried to¬ ward the Sou tli, and the Eaft departs farther from the Sun. For example, jf^/tf-rode, and th eSlucf that is feituate in the confines of Flanders , being a fmall City there, near to Bruges , a new and full Moon makes full water at them both, about eleven of the clock when (he is light on that fide, which is bent back toward the South. But at Zrnemufe and Middle hour gb-> attwoof the clock be it night or day j at JZmV£-Sea,.ac three of the Clock, the Moon be- • ing turned toward the Weft in Winter, when the South-Weft wind blows, and the Sun is in Capricorn : at Berg an hour and half or two hours later; at Antwerp and Dort, when the Moon in¬ clines to the Equino$jal Weftward, when the Weft-winds blow gently about fix of the Clock : at Mechlin about eight of the clock, yet fo that the Sea flows in fometimes fooner, fometimes later, when the weather is calm, or the wind blows ftrongly. And when * in the fpace of fix hours fhe moves toward the Weft, (he cauieth
the Sea to ebb and fink down as many hours, untill the Moon be¬ ing gone out of our fight rifeth to thofe that are Antipodes to us s for then the Sea flowes again : but when the Moon comes to mid¬ night and comes to our hemifphere, the flouds fall back again. Wherefore the feituation of places muft be obferved, and to whac part of the heavens they are inclined, andthecoaftsofthe Coun¬ tries muft be regarded, and we muft fit the courle of the Moon rifing and fetting thereunto. For thus it will be eafy to know the ebbing and flowing of the water at all places. But let no man think the horns of the Moon are to be taken notice of, for on that fide it hath no operation, but we muft regard the bunchy and convex Tbcaficfcof part ofit which isenlightned by the Sun. For that part of the the Moon caufe Moon that is againft the Sun and toward the earth draws the wa- thejoudinaU aiKj £jjs ti)0pe ports amj Havens wich a flowing water which *** . •: - - - " (he
Chap.42*
Of the force and nature of Lettice.
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(he dire&ly refpe&s wich her beams. For the Sea runs that way the light of me Moon drives them. Yet let them that are Sailers take notice of this, that when the Moon rifeth and thews her fdf firtt in our hemifphere, if the part of the Moon that is enlighrned by the Sun, fend her beams Eaft ward, that in thofe parts that are Eaft ward the waters have rifen to their height 5 again if the Moon look Southward or VVeftward,in thofc places the tiouds rife, and fall in the Eaftem parts. Wherefore if any man fail from the Eaft, or W inter aequino&ial from whence the South-Eaft, or Eaft winds blow, toward the Weft countries ; it will be the time to fail for that high water when the fiouds are greateft, to pafle into the Lower- Countries. As for example : From Mechlin , Antwerp, Dort , Berg, Breda , Bolduc , Delphi Gand , and other places that are feituate farmer off, it is good to fet forth when it is full Sea, and the waters begin to fall. Again if any man fail from the Weft Southward or Eaftward, he muft fet forth and Sail into the deep at low- water, when the Sea iscomming in, and the flouds begin to come back; So that he muft alwaies take notice of the Moons motion, and to what part of the Heaven fhe endines, and what Coafts and Ports (Be refpeifts.
CHAP. X LI I.
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Of the force and nature of Lettice , and whom it is good or
ill for .
Of"1 Hofe that eat Lettice in fallets often, unldle they cat Rocker,
JL or Crefles, or Tarragon, which is next kind to Snees-wort, it Ziff'S* c will hurttheir fight, and make them blind, for it thickneth and Lettice”^60* condcnfcih the vifive fpirits, and troubles the Cryftallinc hu¬ mour, unldle you drink wine to correct the force of it. The An¬ cients did not cat this at beginning oflupper or for the firftcourfe, but laft of all, as c Martial fhews.
Tell me why Lettice is our fir (t repafl 5 In our fore-fathers dayes it was the lafl.
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Which I think they did it not without good reafon : for fince it is of a cold and moift nature, taken after fupper it caufeth fleep more eff&ually, and reftrains the heat of Wine, and hinders drunkenneftc by moiftning the brain : But in our daies it is thought whether Lettice bdf to cat it fir ft at fupper. For fince after a long dinner, we have ft9?111 be eaten no great ftomach to our (upper, thccuftome is fo foon as we fit fjfpeu * down to fupper, to whet our ftomachs with Lettice feafoned with Oyleand Vinegar. Alfo Lettice is good, for that if it be carried intorhe veins before all ocher meat, it cools the heat of the bloud, and abates the hot difternperof the Liver and of the Heart, fo that the immoderate ufe of it will bridle veriercOUs actions, and extin-
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Of Tatience or the great Dock .