The Eclipses.
Eclipses.
| The Sun is the fountain of light, inlightning all things, but the Earth, 1. and the Moon, 2. being shady bodies, are not pierced with its rays, for they cast a shadow upon the place just over against them. | Sol est fons Lucis, illuminans omnia; sed Terra, 1. & Luna, 2. Corpora opaca, non penetrantur ejus radiis, nam jaciunt umbram in locum oppositum. |
| Therefore, when the Moon lighteth into the shadow of the Earth, 2. it is darkened, which we call an Eclipse, or defect. | Ideo cum Luna incidit in umbram Terræ, 2. obscuratur quod vocamus Eclipsin (deliquium) Lunæ. |
| But when the Moon runneth betwixt the Sun and the Earth, 3. it covereth it with its shadow; and this we call the Eclipse of the Sun, because it taketh from us the sight of the Sun, and its light; neither doth the Sun for all that suffer any thing, but the Earth. | Cum vero Luna currit inter Solem & Terram, 3. obtegit illum umbrâ suâ; & hoc vocamus Eclipsin Solis, quia adimit nobis prospectum Solis, & lucem ejus; nec tamen Sol patitur aliquid, sed Terra. |
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The terrestial Sphere.
Sphera terrestris.
| The Earth is round, and therefore to be represented by two Hemispheres, a..b. | Terra est rotunda, fingenda igitur duobus Hemispheriis, a..b. |
| The Circuit of it is 360 degrees (whereof every one maketh 60 English Miles or 21600 Miles,) and yet it is but a prick, compared with the World, whereof it is the Centre. | Ambitus ejus est graduum CCCLX. (quorum quisque facit LX. Milliaria Anglica vel 21600 Milliarium) & tamen est punctum, collata cum orbe, cujus Centrum est. |
| They measure Longitude of it by Climates, 1. and the Latitude by Parallels, 2. | Longitudinem ejus dimetiuntur Climatibus, 1. Latitudinem, lineis Parallelis, 2. |
| The Ocean, 3. compasseth it about, and five Seas wash it, the Mediterranean Sea, 4. the Baltick Sea, 5. the Red Sea, 6. the Persian Sea, 7. and the Caspian Sea, 8. | Oceanus, 3. ambit eam & Maria V. perfundunt Mediterraneum, 4. Balticum, 5. Erythræum, 6. Persicum, 7. Caspium, 8. |