III. Of the Poetical rising and setting of the Stars.
Cosmical, Acronical, and Heliacal rising and setting.
The ancient Poets make frequent mention of the Stars rising and setting, either Cosmically, Acronically, or Heliacally; whence these distinctions are called Poetical.
A Star is said to rise or set Cosmically, when it rises or sets at Sun-rising; and when it rises or sets at Sun-setting, it is said to rise or set Acronically. A Star rises Heliacally, when first it becomes visible, after it had been so near the Sun as to be hid by the splendor of his rays: And a Star is said to set Heliacally, when it is first immersed, or hid by the Sun’s rays.
The Fixed Stars, and the three superior Planets, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, rise Heliacally in the morning; but the Moon rises Heliacally in the evening, because the Sun is swifter than the superior Planets, and slower than the Moon.
IV. Of the surface of the Earth, considered as it is composed of Land and Water.
The Earth consists naturally of two parts, Land and Water, and therefore it is called the Terraqueous Globe. Each of these elements is subdivided into various forms and parts, which accordingly are distinguished by different names.
I. Of the Land.
The land is distinguished into Continents, Islands, Peninsula’s, Isthmus’s, Promontories, Mountains, or Coasts.