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"§.9 CHinySigi rn without the helpe of a Compatfleyor the North tar The Pitch which Noahvied, is by fome fippoféd to haue beene a kind of Bitumen whereof there is great quantitie about the Valley of Sedome and Gomerrbssnow the dead'Sea,or A/phaltes,and in the Regionof \ and the Ownce ofIndety & eden thofe Dogres' which arebecome swilde,in Hifpagnix ola, with which thé Spiniatds vfedto deuoute thonaked In diansjiarenow changed. to Woliteslatid begin'to deftroy the biced ofthat Catrelifantd doe alld oftentimes teare stander therowne Children.' °ThecommorCrow andiRbake bf-India is full of red,cofbifandig Feathers in the drowndandlow Mlatids of Garibana!; andthe: Black-bisd)and Thrufh hath higfeachers ii&e with blacked" carnaeionyin the Nogth parts of Virginia, The ofwhich S.AvovsTiNE: Procildubiofigura eft peregrinantis in bec fecule Cinitatis Déi, (hoc eft ) Ecelefiasquafitfala per lignum,in quo pepenait Mediator Der > homsinum, bom Dée.fith of Enolahdisthe Sharke of the South Ocean: defuse Chrifius i ma menfuraipf{alomgitudinis, altitudinis, latitudinifg, cims fignifcst nonunimaliérationalias hot Meh, but fome kind oftrange Beatts': ahd fothe Gyants a figare ofthe Citie of God trauailing in thisworld ms ofthe South' America fhould be ofanother ‘kind, than theipeople ofchis:part of. the frranger ( that is) ofthe Church, faned by the Tree,wherenpon the Mediator betweene Gi atid Man,the Man Iefus Chrift did hang :for ewen the very meafure of the length, height, and bredth,anfwereth thefhape of Mans body, ia the truth whereof the comming of Chrift a 5 was fore-told andperformed, World: wealfofeeit daily, that thienatures ofFruits arechanged thy-tranfplantation, (ine td bertersfome to worlesefpecially with the change of Clymiate: sCrabs may. be midéood Fruit byoften grafting, andthe beft Melons will. chafige-in-alyeere ior twoto common Cowcummers, by being fet ina barren! Soyles By what kind ofCubite the 4rke was meafured, ithath beene a difputed queftion % gong the Fathers,and others; andthedifferencesarein effect thefe : The firft kind of Therefore taking the kindes precifely ofall Cteatinres,as they wetelby God created, orout offhe Earth' by his Ordinanceproduced', the Arke,: after the meafure ofthecommori‘Cubit; was fut. ficiently capaciousto containé of all; according to the number by'God appointed + Forif weadde but halfez foot ofmeafire to "the! commion' Gubit; which had, afoot Cubit(called the Common)containeth one foot and a halfe,meafured from the fharpe ofthe elbow tothepoint ofthe middle finger. The fecond ( the Palme-Cubit) which taketh one handfall; more. than the common, Thethirdis called Regiws Cubitus,orthe Perfiaw Gubit, which exceedeth the common Cubit three ynches.Thefourth is thef cred Cubit,which containeththe commonorvulgar Cubit double,wanting but aqua and a'halfé of Giantly Mature (andlelle allowarice we cannot giuc to thedifference be+ ter or fourth part. Laftly,thereds afift Cubit, called Geometrical;which containeth ft common Cubits: But ofall thefe forts,which wete commonly meafured by the vulgaty Cubit,thealteration and diminution ofmens ftatures hath made the difference. Fora there is nowa leffe proportion ofbodies,{o is the common Cubir, from the fharpeof the elbow tothe point ofthe middle finger,ofleffe length thanit wasin eldertizacs, S.Augafline confidering the manyforts of Beafts and Birds which the Arke held,with their food and water,was fometimesofopinion,that the Arke had proportion aftertht Geometricall Cubit,whichcontaineth almoft fixe ofthe Common : For,meafuring Avie.sjanapit Arke by the vulgar Cubit,it did not exceed the capacitic of that Veflell builtby fb Hiero of Spracufe,ox the Ship of Prelomie Philo-pater. But S, Augustine (who atthe fil Escscbioied was led by Origen) changed his iudgement astouching the Geometrical! Cubit ; a0 found,vpon better confideration,that there needed not fo hugea Body to preferie ally forts of Creatures,by God appointed to be referued. Forit was not eedfull to cae any kindes ofFifhes into the arke, becaufe they were kept lining (faith S. Ageia) in their owne element. Nowfuit necelfe conferuare in Arca que poffent ix a wis,vinets #0nfolum merfaficut Pifces, veriimfuper-watantia, ficut multe alites: It Cenc to conferue thofe Creatures in the Arke, which could lige inthe waters « and net _onel) Pip which can line under water,but alfathofe Fovoles which fit and /vim te them. Fotéfcolour of magnitude ihade'a difference of species; then were the Negro's, which wecall the Blacke-Mores, corpus hursianum, incuins veritate ad homines pranunciatus eff venturus, O venit, On Bika . and weateplaine reffet ot blatké : they are' miucli miftaken that fo, thinkes And formy Ve Arke, according to Gods commandement, had of length three hundred! Cubites,fiftie ofbredth,andthirtie deepe or high: by which proportion, it had fixe parts oflength to one ofbredth, and ten tumes in length to one of depth, i i own Opiiionyl find ho difference,butonly in magnitude; befweene the Cat of Europe; That the Arke was ofSufficient capacitie. without doubt (faith he ) it NaS Weire edund pyéd Skinnes,of Feathers are differing frorathofe-that arcleffe painted, §. 1X. bry6.265 * i sire fouttd diters Bealts &¢ Birds,differing thewlowPorftatute trom thefe ofthefe Nor: therePAtsy icmay Befuippofed by-afiperficiall confideration, thatallthofe which with the Sunne,but by thefire onely;after the mannerof hard Waxe. De CuirDei; ofthe Fiftory of the World. by Foxes‘and Wiolues/And whereas by difcouering of! ftrangeLands,: whiercin there Babylon, and inthe Welt india: and heteinit exceedeth other Pitch, that icmelts not oo » And again' tweenethemandve} then did'the Aike containe 6oo0.foorimlength, and 160.foot-ia bredth,and €0.footdeepe. Butfirft ofall,to make it manifeft thatthe Geometricall Cubit is not vied in the pewe.3.11; Scripture;theftatire of the Giants therein named mayfuflice. Forif tlie BedofOg, 3¢ King of Bafan, had beenenine GeometricalhCubites longyithad taken 54. Cubites of the common,which make 80.foot:and Goliah.who had the length of fix Cubites ands,samyrqgi a handfull,which makes nine foot anda handfull ( a proportion credible )ifthefe Cu- bites bad beene Geometricahly thenhad beene 5.4efoot in height,and ypwyards,., which were monftrous and moft incredible'nfox (accordingto this proportion) had the head ofGoliah beene nine foot long, and-farreweightier and bigger than all Davids. bodie, ; , ; % ied itaway. who yas Scriptare the urein. for.aMeaf d beenevfe it had Againe,ifthe Geometricall Cubit many Commenters hate obferued,then h hadthe Adtar(appointed to containe flue Cu, bites oflength, fiue of bredthyand three ofheight) haue reachedthelength of 27~ foot . p Vpright,andfo muft their Priefts haneafcended,by-fteps or Ladders to haue performed their Sacrific 's thereon,which was,contrarietg, Gods Commandement,giuen inthele words: .Thoufbalenotyoe vp with fleppes.umto mine Altar, that thy[bame be uot at[coue- nxod,20.26, redthereon and therefore was the Altarbut three common Cuhits high, which make foure foot,that their Priefts ftanding thereby might.execute their Office: Wherefore [may conclude,thatthe Cubit mentioned in theScriptures was not the Geometrical], Seena aquagnaledicla, quia A Dam Hon huins,fedillinsfrudlum Ccksbaie comedst :itwal but theordinarie Cubjtof one foot andahalfe, according tothe meafure ofGiantly, the Earthaud not the waters,which God curfed ; for oftheforbiddenfraite ofthe Earth, an ftature Beak be daw nob ofthe Sea, 2 did Ap aM eat.Soas at.SO as S$.§. Auguftijne sathereth aid )¢hat fo huge a Framencedednot. eines Heteanon asafore a) i Andifwe looke with the eyes ofiudgementher cunto, wee fhall finde nothing mor fewae saltbough theimaginations ofmen,who (for the moft part) have mol s! milametaAr ssi geerance, Han oh any reuerend reafon,found many impofiibilitie ke ofGod. Butit is manifeft.and vn of Spt ies,which nowfeeme differing and fife erall ponbiedly Fee man ee air rerum thenia not were kindes, otieuera rae ll whicha Forthofe r of mixt natures,either fe Beafts Beaits which are they wer i se, or cliel Was not Neeaty needfull to.pref erue them,feei the ine ng they tt might abebe gs Peay preterue nerated ee againe Rea by other 4s theMiles,the Hyenas,&thelikesthe on chegotten by Affts and Mares,and the ou 4 vF 2 ae rm of hich meafure( doubtleffe), might gine much the morecapacitic to the Ake; they although it be alfo probable, that. as, the Men were, fo were the Hoxfes whereon by though. Itakeit,) (as yet And fize. dent correfpon rode,andall other creatures ofa 50 thism ni cs there werenot any. W hitthe moreroome inthe Arke, it were not hard to how all the diftinét Species of Animals, whofelines. cannot be preferuedin the taccording to their prefent quantities be containedin a Vellell of thofe which the Arke had- allowingtothe Cubit one foot anda halfe of out whenccit followeth of necefiitic, that thofe large Bodies which -afure in the Arke, which was meaty of Noah n thaue Ce asroomefufficient ' proportionable. it of length of the cleane, two 1¢ appointed number ofcreatures to be faued,(tliatisyfeuen hathrvery neceflarie foode) might hauéplace in the Arhe'; Batao lear: |