vs sooner by one houre a halfe then with them and is daye with them after the Sonne is set with vs in like sort one houre xxx minutes Philo. And all this cometh because th' Earth is round causing vs them not to haue one generall Horizont The like reason is to be said of the diuersities of times in the beginning of an Eclipse either of Sonne or Mone As for exāple th' Eclipse of the Mone which was 1556. the 17. day of Nouēber at one of the clocke in the morning with vs at Norwiche for the moste parte of Englande which in the Horizont of Calicut began at vij of the clock In like sort ther shall happē an Eclipse of the Mone in the yeare of Christ our sauior 1562. the 16. daye of Iuly at two of the clocke iiij minutes in the morning at which time she shal be totallie darkened continew from the beginning to th' ende iij. houres and yet th'inhabitauntes at Calicut shall not see anye parte therof whiche moste euidently sheweth the roundnes of th' Earth to be the cause as this Figure here folowing do more plainely set out in which E. signifieth th' Earth A. the East C. the West D. the verticall pointe for Norwich B. in like maner the Zenit of Calicut Wherby it is manifest that the Mone shal be perfitly seperated from the Sonne or she shall appeare in the Horizōt of Calicut And yet we in England diuers other places East shall se bothe beginning ende of her Eclypsing Spoud These are sufficiēt probatiōs to declare th' Earth roūd frō th' East to the West but by what argument can you shewe it to be also rounde from the South to the North Philo. That is very easie to proue For if th' Earth were flat from the South to the North then we should se the south Sterres vnder th' Earth as well as those that be North alway in our sight And againe the Sonne Mone Sterres at midde day through the vniuersal yere should be euer in one height which also is false Spoud Yea for I haue had practise of that thinge saylinge in à shippe for we goynge from th'Equinoctiall Line northwarde did see the North south Poles equall with the Water But directing our course more to the north coast leauing th'Equinoctial we reared the north starre in short space xij degr at lēgth 30. deg loking south we could not se the southe Pole nor yet many other sterres which in th'Equinoctial were visible to vs. Phi. Yea wher your north starre was eleuated xxx degrees your south Pole was xxx degrees depressed in like maner But for the firmer fixynge it in your memory behould this Figure in the which C. signifieth both th' Earth and water A. the north Pole B. the south therefore if one go from B. to A the earth being roūd he must haue B. so muche vnder him as A is aboue his Horizōt There are besides these many sūdry reasons to proue this thing which I may omit as I suppose to you which nede no lenger probatiō in that whiche is most manifest Spo. Yet theis argumēts shall not onely stay my mind in à trueth but also with the same I shal cō fute th'errors of other if any shal spring about this matter Phil. Then I wyll exhort you wher these shall not seme sufficient you will gather more stronger out of Ptolomaeus Almegiste Cleomedes de mundo Philo de mundo Aristotle Erasmus Reignholt Orontius Hic canet errantē Lunam Solisque labores Arcturūque pluuiasque hyad gēinosque triōes Iohn de Sacrobosco oure countreyman master Recorde which doeth almost repete all their argumentes in the Castell of knowledge And nowe behold the Type of the world conteinyng in it as well the heauenly Regiō with suche Spheres Circles as haue bene in sundry partes before set forth in this treatise as also th'Elementarie region comprehendyng the Fier Aëre Water Earth in suche order forme as is cōsonant agreyng both with Reason Practise and Authoritie of most approued authors And for this time we will depart for beholde the Sonne is gone to rest Hesperus do shewe in the West verie brighte all other liuynge thinges also do apply them to take rest therfore let vs go downe this Hill into the Citie refreshyng our selues quickening memorie to morow I wil mete you in this same place agayne Spoud I thanke you hertly Philoni Let me here you can repete the summe of such thinges as we haue taken in hande this day as we walke downeward Spoud With à right good wyll 1 Firste you shewed me what Cosmographie was what Geographie and what Chorographie yea and wherein euery of them differeth from other 2 Next what the world was with his partes that is to saye the Heauenly Region Elementary with à briefe Discourse touchinge the Partes and order of the Heauenly Region 3 Thyrdly what a Sphere is howe it is deuided into a Right and Croked Sphere And howe it differeth from a Cirle 4 Forthly what a Center was what an Axe tree what a Diameter and of theyr difference 5 Fiftlye of the Principall Circles whiche are saide to be in this Sphere As the Horizont Meridian Aequinoctiall Zodiake two Colures the two Tropickes the Circles Arcticke and Antarctick Also that the Horizont and Meridian Circles be stable and without motiō with diuers other thinges herto belonging 6 Last you proceded to the second part of the world which is th' Elementarie Region In which you refuted sundry opinions touching the forme of th' Earth Philo. Nowe I perceiue bothe your apte nature in conceiuing such thinges as are spoken also your firme memory in reteining the same Wherefore you shall encourage me to geue you further instructions But for this time I must bid you fare well Spou. God preserue you graunt you life to accomplishe your desire in profiting your countrey as you do entende Amen THE SECONDE BOOKE OF the Cosmographicall Glasse in which is plainly expressed the Order and Number of Zones Paralleles and Climates Also sundry waies for th'exacte findyng out of the Meridiane Line The Longitude Latitude of places with many other preceptes belongyng to the making of a Carte or Mappe Spoudaeus MORPHEVS THE God of dreames with his slepie rodde so much this last night frequented my companie that my bodye taking rest my mind was much more busilie traueling in such conclusions as I had learnid of Philonicus thē it was in the time of his teaching For some time Morphêus shewed me the Sonne in the tropicke of Capricorne farre in the South among the cloudye skies as he comenly is the. 13. day of December And next he appered in th' Equinoctiall pointes as it is the tenth daye of March and the. 14. of Septēb willing me with great di ligēs to note that parallele circle Shortly after the sōne appeared in the tropicke of
Cancer in whiche place he is the. 12. daye of Iune causing in our region the lōgest day in the yere imediatly the time semed as it were midnight Charles Wayne with Bootes diuers other sterres turned about the Pole But as he wold haue caried me about the heauēs to haue shewid me the North Crowne stronge Hercules Cassiopeia th' Egle the flieng Horse mightie Orion the two Dogges the famous great shippe Argo c. Mercury the messenger of the Godes came to my bedde side saide Aurora did appeare Phebus with his goldē beames was entred his chariot minding to finishe his diurnall Arcke so that it was à reproche for me any lōger to play the sluggard declaringe more ouer that Philonicus was in the fildes And surely I suppose no lesse but I shall not from him be longe absent I am iustly reprehended of Mercury because the time that is cōsumed with slepe more then nature requireth is all lost for ther spring no profit therof but sicknes disquietnes both of body minde But what is he that calleth Spoudaeus beckneth with his hand It is Philonicus I will make spede to mete him Philon. God saue you Spoudaeus Spoud And you also moste hertilie I require the Gods you know th' occasiō I trust of my resorting into this place Philo. For to be further instructed in the knowledge of Cosmographie Spoud It is verely my desire specially to know the Longitude Latitude circuit of th' Earth and of the diuisiō of it into Climates to know the meanyng of Zones paralleles to finde out the Meridiane line the longitude latitude of any place because they haue à singular vse in this Arte. Philo. You haue repeted matter ynough to cōsume this day in I wyll if tyme permitte willingly satisfie your request But seynge this thinge doeth depende chiefly of dimention measuringe it is requisite to knowe that first yea the principall partes of it Spou. Dimention is no other thing then à lōgitude knowen practised by which we maye in like maner measure th'vnknowē distaunce of places by the same experience Philo. Trew it is And there are thre thinges only which may be measured For either it is à line as Longitude or els à Plat forme as Latitude or last à body as thicknes or profunditie Spoud Glarianus hath the like saying Campanus sheweth wherof these three do spring in this maner A point saith he is that which haue no partes yet by the mouyng of it à lyne is described And a lyne moued because it hath length beynge voide of breadth depenes cā but describe a plat forme This plat forme is both a rounde plat forme also a flatte as in these figures And a plat forme moued because it hathe lēgth breadth describeth a Body hauing both length breadth depenes Philo. A rounde plat forme A plaine plat forme A Barly corne is the least mea sure yet from it do all other mea sures procede as A Finger breadth An Vnche A Hande breadth A Spanne A Fote A Geomtricall Pase An Englishe Pearche A Furlonge An Englishe Furlonge A Leque An Italian mile A comon Germaine mile An Englishe mile Conteyninge in it 4 Barly cornes in thicknes 3 Fingers 4 Fingers 3 Hande breadth 4 Hande breadth 5 Fiue fote 16 Fote a halfe 125 Pase 660 Fote or 132. Pase 1500 Pase 1000 pase or 8. furlōgs 32 Furlonges 8 Furlonges There is also diuersitie what a Furlong should conteine in length it should appeare that Ptolomaeus Strabo Plinius do not agree herin Spou. What call you this worde Furlong Philon. That which the Grecians call 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Plinie name it stadium 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 That is à statione And it is vsurped for a place where men exercise ther horse ronnyng a rase which length Plinie determineth to be 125. pases or 625. fote by which reason 8. of these furlonges do make an Italian or Englishe mile which beyng multiplied by 4. makes 32. furlonges the length of a comon Germanie mile I call it à common Germaine mile for that in Heluetia not obseruing any true distāce in theyr iorneis they vse 40. or 50. furlōges for a mile Spou. Those are Robin Hodes miles as the prouerbe is Phi. There is also a diuers order in measure obserued as th' Aegiptians by signes the Gretians by furlonges the Spaniardes French men by leques the Italiās Germaines Englishmen by miles which I thought mete to declare more for that it may further you in reading theyr workes then that I entende to introduce in place any of ther waies but wil vse only th' English mile writing to Englishe men the quantitie wherof as I said is 8. furlonges euery furlonge conteining 132. pases euery pase 5. fote euery fote 4. handbreadthes euery hand breadth 4. fingers in thicknes euery finger 4. Barly cornes rounde dried So that an Englishe mile conteineth in length 253440. Barly cornes as by the rules of Arithmetike is manifest plaine Spoud This semeth very straunge yea rather incredible yet surely to be trew I am assured Philon. You shall vnderstande matters both more straunge pleasaunt then this which is founde out by th' infalible rules of Arithmetik Geometrie now procede we to our purpose beginning with this word Lōgitude Spoud I take it for no other thinge then the distaunce of à Starre or part of à signe from the beginning of Aries the first signe in the Zodiake As the Virgines spike in the xvij degree xlij minutes of Libra is vj. signes xvij degrees xlij minu or 197. degrees xlij minu from the head of Aries Philo. That signification of Lōgitude is vsed among th' Astronomers but in Cosmographie it is otherwise For they call the Longitude of any Region the portion of th' Equinoctiall Circle which is included betwixte the Canarian Ilandes in the West beyng the first degre of Longitude the Meridiane of the Regiō that thou wilt describe Such portiō of th' Equinoctiall in the middes of Englande from the fornamed Ilandes is about xxij degrees Spoud Then in describinge the face of th' Earth Cosmographers do place the first degre of Lōgitude in the West fortunate Ilandes so proced thorow the whole face of the same vntill they come to that place agayne Philo. It is so as you say So that the myddes of th' Earth is 180. degrees from the West Such are th' East Indians 360. is the furdest that one can be from the West Spou. But could not the degrees of Longitude be accompted from some other parte of th' Earth as well as from th' Iandes afore said Philo. Yes verely but Ptolomaeus the restorer of this Art placed the first degree of Longitude in them as the furdest point of the confines boundes of Afrike Europe as the famous excellent pillers of
subita percussa expalluit vmbra VVhan as the mone vnto the world her brother Titan bright In forme wold represent shining with face both full and round She sodenly was sore wounded and ther with left her light Titan causing th'earthes shadow her beauty to confound Spou. These verses are short very full of eloquēce Phil. Yea they are also easy to be vndarstand for she neuer resembleth the figure of the sonne whō Poëts call her brother but only whā she is at the ful at which time beinge in th' opposite place to him th'earthe as I saide shadoweth her from oure sightes But let that passe and beholde to serue thy vse in this behalf I haue calculated such Eclipses of the mone as shall happē frō the yeare of oure Lorde 1560. vntill the yere 1605 Applying the time of ther beginning in yeares daies houres minuts vnto the meridiā of Norwich exactly whiche is 22. degrees and. 30. minuts from the Canarian or West fortunate Ilandes 1560. ¶ March. Daye 11 Houre 16 Minute 6 1562. ¶ Iuly Daye 15 Houre 14 Minute 4 1563. ¶ Iuly Daye 5 Houre 7 Minute 34 1565. ¶ Nouember Daye 7 Houre 11 Minute 36 1566 ¶ October Day 28 Houre 2 Minute 44 1567 ¶ October Daye 17 Houre 13 Minute 53 1569 ¶ Marche Day 2 Houre 14 Minute 57 1570 ¶ February Day 20 Houre 5 Minute 20 1570 ¶ August Daye 15 Houre 9 Minute 5 1572 ¶ Iune Day 25 Houre 9 Minute 10 1573. ¶ December Daye 8 Houre 7 Minute 25. 1576. ¶ October Day 7 Houre 9 Minute 12 1577. ¶ Aprill Day 2 Houre 6 Minute 29 1577. ¶ September Daye 26 Houre 10 Minute 37. 1578. ¶ September Daye 16 Houre 12 Minute 24 1580. ¶ Ianuary Daye 31 Houre 8 Minute 36 1581. ¶ Ianuary Daye 19 Houre 8 Minute 38 1581. ¶ Iuly Daye 15 Houre 15 Minute 0 1584 ¶ Nouember Daye 8 Houre 11 Minute 18 1587. ¶ September Daye 6 Houre 8 Minute 54 1588 ¶ Marche Daye 2 Houre 13 Minute 22 1588. ¶ August Day 25 Houre 14 Minute 47 1589 ¶ August Day 15 Houre 6 Minute 8 1590 ¶ December Day 30 Houre 7 Minute 15 1591. ¶ December Day 19 Houre 14 Minute 48 1592 ¶ Iune Day 14 Houre 8 Minute 7 1592 ¶ December Day 8 Houre 6 Minute 31. 1594 ¶ October Day 18 Houre 17 Minute 8 1595 ¶ Aprill Day 13 Houre 14 Minute 15 1596 ¶ Aprill Day 2 Houre 7 Minutes 57 1598 ¶ February Day 10 Houre 16 Minute 31 1598 August Day 6 Houre 5 Minute 28. 1599 ¶ Ianuary Day 30 Houre 16 Minute 30 1601 ¶ Nouembre Day 29 Houre 5 Minutes 9 1602 ¶ May. Day 25 Houre 4 Minute 56 1603 ¶ May. Day 14 Houre 10 Minute 39 1603 ¶ Nouember Day 8 Houre 7 Minute 7 1605. ¶ Marche Day 24 Houre 7 Minute 15 1605. ¶ September Day 16 Houre 14 Minute 49 Whan as thou wilt finde the longitude of any Region Country or Uillage by an Eclipse do in this manner Obserue diligently the perfaite time whan as she beginneth to be eclipsed either by some perfait Dial or clock or els by the heighte of some fixed sterre and if the time of hyr beginninge do agree with that whiche thou shalt find here calculated know certainly that thy Meridian and longitud is all one with Norwich but if they differ do in this order Subtract the lesser time from oute of the greater the differēce turn into degrees mi. of the Equinoctial Thē if the time in the beginning of her obscuration be more then that which I haue heare placed adde this difference in degrees and minuts vnto the lōgitude of Norwiche because the place is East from it and you shall haue the perfait lōgitude But and she begin soner with the to be Eclipsed then is here mētioned subtract the difference aforesaid in digrees minuts from the Longitude of Norwiche because thou arte West from it you shal haue the Longitude desired Spou. Howe shall I torne the houres minutes of the day into digrees minutes of th' Equinoctiall Philo. You must giue to euery houre 15. digrees to euery 4. minu of an houre one digr of th' Equinoctial euery minu of an houre 15. minu of th' Equinoctiall as this Table folowyng shall alway declare And nowe I wyll giue you à twofould example Anno. Christi 1558. the second day of Aprill there was à great Eclipse of the Mone so that she was darkened x. pointes well nere began to come vnder the shadowe of th' Earth at Norwich at x. a clock 37. minutes at night as by taking the height of à fixed sterre called the virgins spike did euidently appeare now willing to note mens obseruations in other places I finde that Leouitius Cyprianus in hys boke of Eclipses apoynteth it to begin at Augusta in Ger many 23. min. after xi a clock at night Then to find the longitude of Augusta frō Norwich I subtract x. houres 37. min. frō xi houres 23 min ther remaine 49 minuts A TABLE SERVING TO THE CONuerting the houres and minutes of the day into digrees and minutes of th' Equinoctiall  Th' ark of th' equinoctiall in   Th' arke of th' Equinoctiall in Hou of the day Digre Mi Second  Mi. of hou Digrees Min. Secō Third 1 15 2 30  1 0 15 2 3 2 30 5 0  2 0 30 5 0 3 45 7 30  3 0 45 7 30 4 60 10 0  4 0 0 10 0 5 75 12 30  5 1 15 12 30 6 90 15 0  6 1 30 15 0 7 105 17 30  7 1 45 17 30 8 120 20 0  8 2 0 20 0 9 135 22 30  9 2 15 22 30 10 150 25 0  10 2 30 25 0 11 165 27 30  15 3 45 37 30 12 180 30 0  20 3 0 50 0 13 195 32 30  25 6 16 12 30 14 201 35 0  30 7 31 15 0 15 225 37 30  35 8 46 27 30 16 240 40 0  40 10 1 49 0 17 255 42 30  45 11 17 1 30 18 270 45 0  50 12 32 5 0 19 285 47 30  55 13 48 2 30 20 300 50 0  60 15 2 30 0 21 315 52 30       22 330 55 0       23 345 57 30       24 361 0 0       with which I enter into this tahle finde answeringe to 46. minutes of time 11. degrees 30. minu of th' equinoctiall because that the beginning of the Eclipse is later at Augusta ▪ then at Norwich it sheweth the situation to be East from it Wherfore I adde the difference of time tourned into degrees vnto 22. degrees 30. minu the longitud of Norwich ther ariseth 34. degrees the longitude of Augusta In like manner 1559. the. xvi day of September at 3. of
necessary for thē which either sayle or trauell Spou. But you do then obserue the distaunce of the places in miles Phil. No verely for if I were caried by lande into places vnknowē blindfilded as they terme it or by the violence of troublesome wether on the sea driuen from my course I can declare how many miles I am from my countrey how many leaques from my proper course Spoud Then surely it must haue in it muche difficultie seyng that there springeth of it so muche vtilitie and profite Philo. The waye is very facile without great laboure I will no lenger make you muse theron You shall prepare à parfait clocke artificially made such as are brought from Flaūders we haue thē as excellently without Temple barre made of our countrymen Spoud Do you not meane such as we vse to weare in the facion of à Tablet Phi. Yea truely when as you trauell you shall set the nedle of youre Diall exactlye on the hour found out by the sonne on the daye by some starre in the night thē traueling withoute intermission whan as you haue traueled .xx. yea .xl. miles or more if your next place whose longitude you desire be so far distant then marke in your Diall the houre that it sheweth after with an Astrolabe or Quadrant finde out the hour of the day in that place if it agre with the same which your clock sheweth be assured your place is north or South frō the place you came from therfore haue the same lōgitude meridiā line But the time dif fer subtract th' one out of th' other the differēce turn into degrees minut of th'equinoctiall as before then adde or subtract as in th' other .ij. precepts going before But now behold the skie is ouer cast with cloudes wherfore let vs haste to our lodgings ende our talke for this presente Spoud With a righte good will THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE Cosmographicall Glasse in which is vttered the making and protracture of the Face of th' Earth both in Cartes Perticuler and also vniuersall with diuers necessarye thinges incidente hereto Philonicus SEINGE THAT in oure laste daies talke it was made euidente vnto you what the Longitude Latitude Circuite of th' Earth was how you also might find the same by diuers sondrye waies moreouer the deuision of th' Earth into zones by the helpe of Paralleles it shuld seme nowe conueniente to shewe you the cause wherefore all these are learned to what finall end they are desired Therfore leaste you shulde be lefte destitute of the principal tresure of Cosmography that is to delineat protract or set forth the platforme of th' vniuersall face of th' earth or els perticulerli any one portiō of the same I will this day also do my endeuor to shewe you the waye how to attain hereunto Spo. Wold to god that fortune had vnto me geuē of her tresure that I might sōwhat al though not recōpēce yet shew forth my good wil for this your great pains trauell For in dede siluer gold is to base to recōpence knowledge with that did the famous kinges princes in th' old time well perpende Whan they did not only geue th'inuentors of any new Science Art or profitable thing for à publike weale aboundaunce of treasure but also for perpetuall memorye made an Image to represente suche à persone and called him à God for his inuention So was Neptunus called God of the seas for that he founde the Arte of sayling Aeolus the God of windes because he inuented the true vse of them Ceres à Goddesse for finedinge out tillage But what make I discourse in these thinges to you whiche knowe them muche better then I. Ph. Heare by I gather your good will to th'aduancemente of learning But it is not treasure which at youre handes I craue but only that you shew your selfe enemy vnto ignoraunce thorowe your industrious labour both in profitinge your selfe also your natiue country But or we procede further in thys oure busynesse I wyll brieflye open vnto you certaine names whiche we vse in Geographie with th'interpretation of the same and histories with Poëtes abound also with them And firste you muste consider that th'Earthe beinge inuironed compassed aboute with the greate Ocian seas semeth as it were an Ilande after Strabo his minde notwithstandinge there is à greate difference betwixt an Iland and th'Earthe for an Ilande is a portion of th'Earthe seperated from the hole by waters whiche do circuite it on euerye side so that you can not iourney by lande either from Europe Asia or Afrike vnto your coūtry but muste vse herein Nauigation Spoud Unto your description do agree America Sicilia Iaua the Rodes Candie Delos Therasia and England in which we inhabite Philon. It it true now you shall furder note that the seas deuide th' Earth 4. sundry waies for either it is an Iland or little differing there from and therfore called Peninsula or Isthmus or Continēs Spoud So that Peninsula differeth from an Ilande because in some parte it is ioyned to à greater portion of th' Earth wythoute seperation as Tauricà Thrasia Cherronesus also Cymbrica Aurea in India Philo. Isthmus doeth differ from them bothe signifieth à portion of th'Earthe hauynge of eyther sydes the raginge Seas suche are founde agreable to this description properly Corinthiacus and Thrasius Spou. But howe doeth Continens differ from these three Ph. I will shew you it is à portiō of th' Earth which is not parted by the Seas à sounder but is continually in length so that you may go from one parte vnto another without nauigation as Saxonie Bohemie Sueuelande c. Spod By these I gather there is no portion of th' Earth but it is either an Ilande or that whiche you call Peninsula Isthmus or Continens Philon. No verely but nowe beholde the figure Yet ther remaineth to shew you what this worde Oceā Sea meaneth what we call Promontorium Fretum Lacus Stagnum Fluuius Palus c. which I reserue vntill we speake of Nauigation And nowe we will tourne to our scope You shall cōsider that the face of th' Earth is protraste drawne two sundry waies either on à roūd plate forme for which inuention the Globe moste aptlye serueth or els on à plaine plat forme as à Card in which we drawe th'vniuer sall Earth or els but the half or the one part yea you please but one particuler Region which is proper to Chorographie as I said to you in the first booke Spo. Th' inuention should seme much better to drawe th' Earth in à playne plate fourme theron à Globe for in it we maye behoulde the whole face of th'Earthe wythout anye remouynge or tournynge of the Carde on the Globe you shall be compelled to turne firste one parte then another or you can vew any great portion of
it Phil. Yet because it doeth most euidently in figure represent the forme of th' Earth it should seme more apt for this institution But I will leaue his composition vntill I shewe you the making of it among other instrumeÌ„tes And your cause alleaged against this forme as I suppose did minister occation to Ptolomaeus to delineat describe th' Earth in à plaine forme And bicause that right lines onely vsed in this busines did cary errour with them as the fornamed Ptolomaeus noted in Marinus the Geographers inuention therefore he vsed in this protraction suche lines as might answere proportionallye the lines discribed in a Globe But nowe I will leaue to vse more wordes herein will begin the work it self And least that the difficultie of the thing mighte somwhat discouragie you I will first nosel traine you vp in making a cart for à Region But here note that à perticuler card is made by knowing the distance of places without Longitude Latitude of Regions which forme of working I wyll here after open or by Longitudes with which firste we will begin And then shewe you the making of à Carde for the eight part of th' Earth after for halfe th' Earth last for the hole vniuersal face of th' Earth Spoud I thanke you sir nowe I perceiue your great care in obseruing à methode order in teaching with the manifolde vtilitie springing of the same But seing you wil begin first with the descripsion of à RegioÌ„ I pray you let your diligence that waye bende to the settyng out of our countrey So shall the example be the more familier your paines nothing the greater Phil. I wyll accoÌ„plish your desire in describinge à perticuler RegioÌ„ Countrey or Prouince Firste you shall drawe à right line in such length in the middes of your parchement or paper as it will aptly receiue This line shall represent the meridiaÌ„ Line for the middes of that RegioÌ„ Then diuide this line into so many equal portioÌ„s as the latitude of the regioÌ„ is drawynge right Lines or paralleles in euery of the same diuisioÌ„s according to the capacitie â—…f the plat forme of thy paper or parchement write on th'endes of these paralleles 32. 33. 34. or 40. 41. 42. according to their distaunce froÌ„ th'Equinoctall after you shall coÌ„sider howe many digrees the north part of your regioÌ„ is froÌ„ th'equinoctiall entringe into this Table folowing which is intituled the quaÌ„titie proportioÌ„ of th'Equinoctall or any great Circle vnto euerye parallele both North and Southe from them searche how many minutes and secondes answereth to the furdest of these degrees in latitude with thy compasse take the like space in anye of the diuisions of latitude and then beginninge at the hier parte of the Carte for that shall represente the Northe parte make prickes with thys compasse from the Meridiane line on bothe A PROFITABLE TABLE SHOVVING THE quantitie and proportion of th'Equinoctiall vnto euerye Parallele both towarde the Pole Arctick Antarctick making euery digree 60. minutes Latitude of Paralleles   Latitude of Paral.   Latitude of pural  Dig.  Mi. Se. Thir  Dig  M S. T.  De.  Mi. Sec. Th. 0  60 0 0  31  51 25 48  62  28 10 6 1  59 59 27  32  50 52 58  63  27 14 22 2  59 57 18  33  50 19 13  64  26 18 8 3  59 â—…5 4  34  49 44 32  65  25 21 26 4  59 51 14  35  49 8 57  66  24 24 15 5  59 46 18  36  48 32 28  67  23 26 38 6  59 40 17  37  47 55 5  68  22 28 35 7  59 33 10  38  47 16 50  69  21 30 7 8  59 24 58  39  46 37 44  70  20 31 16 9  59 15 41  40  45 57 46  71  19 32 3 10  59 5 18  41  45 16 57  72  18 32 28 11  58 53 51  42  44 35 19  73  17 â—…2 23 12  58 41 20  43  43 52 52  74  16 32 18 13  58 27 20  44  43 9 37  75  15 31 45 14  58 13 4  45  42 25 35  76  14 30 55 15  57 57 20  46  41 40 46  77  13 29 49 16  57 40 33  47  40 55 12  78  12 28 29 17  57 22 42  48  40 8 52  79  11 26 55 18  57 3 48  49  39 21 49  80  10 25 8 19  56 43 52  50  38 34 2  81  9 23 10 20  56 22 54  51  37 45 33  82  8 21 1 21  56 0 53  52  36 56 23  83  7 18 44 22  55 37 52  53  36 0 32  84  6 16 18 23  55 â—…3 49  54  35 16 2  85  5 13 46 24  54 48 46  55  34 24 53  86  4 11 7 25  54 22 42  56  33 33 6  87  3 8 25 26  53 55 40  57  32 40 42  88  2 5 38 27  53 27 37  58  31 47 43  89  1 2 50 28  52 58 37  59  30 54 8  90  0 0 0 29  52 28 38  60  30 0 0       30  51 57 4  61  29 5 19     both sides then accompte howe farre distaunte the south parte of thy Region is from th'Equinoctiall by the helpe of the Table you shall knowe howe many minutes answereth to one digree then with your coÌ„passe take the like proportion of the digrees of Latitude your compasse not opened wider make prickes from either syde of the meridian line in the lower part of the Carde for that signifieth the south coast of that regioÌ„ After draw right lines from the prickes in the hier part of the Table vnto the Prickes in the lower part And write in them the degrees of Longitude as 10. 11. 12. or 20. 21. 22. then is thy carde made ready to serue thy necessary vse Spou. This beinge ended what is then requisite to be obserued to the perfait finishing of this carde Phil. Only to seeke oute of Ptolomaeus Geographie or my fifth booke the latitudes of Cities Townes Villages Hilles Riuers or other notable thinges in that Region conteined accordinge to those noÌ„bres to place theÌ„ in your card or mappe Spou.