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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	cancer_n	degree_n	zone_n	17	3	13.5659	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16220	A briefe description of vniuersal mappes and cardes, and of their vse and also the vse of Ptholemey his tables. Necessarie for those that delight in reading of histories: and also for traueilers by land or sea. Newly set foorth by Thomas Blundeville, of Newton Flotman in the countie of Norffolke. Gent.	Blundeville, Thomas, fl. 1561.	1589 (1589)	STC 3145; ESTC S104621	24,638	45

their vse and also the vse of Ptholomey his Tables THis woord Mappa in latin signifieth a Table cloth of lynnen to couer a board of the shape and likenes whereof vniuersall tables contayning the description of the earth are commonly called Mappes And first you haue to vnderstande that euery such Mappe is chiefly traced with ij sortes of lynes or circles that is Meridians and paralels The Meridians are either right or circular lynes passing through both the Poles of the worlde and are imagined to be drawen right vp and downe from the head to the foote of the Mappe and are called Meridians of this Latin woord meridies which is as much to say as midday or noonetyde Because that when the Sunne commeth to touch any of those lynes it is mydday to those that dwel right vnder the same Againe Paralells are either right or circular lynes imagined to be equally distant one from another which doe crosse the foresaid Meridians with right angles Now in the verie midst of the Map is most commonly drawne from head to foote a ryght lyne which signifieth not onely the first Meridian but also the Axle tree of the world the vpper ende of which lyne is called the poole Artique that is to say the North Pole and the neather end the Pole Antartique that is the South Poole and this lyne is crossed in the verie midst betwixt the ij Pooles with another great circle or right lyne called the Equinoctiall because that when the Sunne commeth to touch this lyne or circle the day and nyght is equall throughout the world The one halfe of which lyne toward the right hand sheweth the east part and thother half towards the left hand sheweth the west part of the world so as these ij lynes the first Meridian and the Equinoctiall do point out the iiij quarters of the world North South East and West from whence the foure principall wyndes do blowe betwixt which wyndes are set downe in most Mappes together with their Latin or Italian names in the outermost skirt or border thereof viij other wyndes so as in all there be xij wyndes whereby the auncient Greekes and Romanes were wont to saile The names whereof both Greeke Latin and English are heretofore set downe in the latter end of our Sphere But now to returne to our first two lynes that is the first Meridian and the Equinoctiall you haue to note that both these lynes or circles are deuided each of them into 360. degrees so as euery quarter of them contayneth 90. degrees And in the Equinoctiall are set downe the degrées of longitude which is the length of the worlde round about from West to East and againe from East by West home againe The first degrée whereof beginneth whereas the first aforesaid Meridian crosseth the Equinoctiall in the verie middest of the Mappe and so procéedeth Eastward vnto the number of 90 degrées which is as farre as you can goe Eastward sith from thence by reason of the roundnesse of the Earth you must néedes turne backe againe by the backe side of the Sphere or ball Westward vntill you come to the 270 degrée which is the farther point westward you can goe from whence you must returne Eastward vntill you come to the 360 degrée which is the last degrée of longitude and endeth where the first degrée beginneth Moreouer in the said first Meridian or in some other Meridian hard by it are set downe the degrées of latitude that is to say the breadth of the worlde both Northerne and Southerne for from the Equinoctiall to the North Pole are contained in the foresaide Meridian 90. degrées and that is called the North latitude and from the Equinoctial to the South Pole are contained in y e said Meridian other 90 degrées which is called the South latitude and in most Mappes the Equinoctiall line is deuided and crossed with 18 Meridians on each side of the first Meridian deuiding the Equinoctiall into 36 seuerall spaces or distances euery space conteining 10 degrées and euerie degree containeth 60 Italian myles of length Moreouer betwixt the Equinoctiall and each of the Poles are drawen certaine Circles or lines called as I said before Paralels of which most commonly 4 are painted with red inke signifying the 4 lesser Circles before described in our Sphere whereof the highest towards the North Pole is called the Circle Artique béeing distant from the Pole 23 degrées and a halfe and the lowest towards the South Pole is called the Circle Antartique béeing also distant from the Pole 23 degrées and a halfe Now as touching the other two red Circles the one lying betwixt the Circle Artique and the Equinoctiall is called the Tropique of Cancer and the other lying betwixt the Equinoctiall and the Circle Antartique is called the Tropique of Capricorne and each of these two Tropiques is distant from the Equinoctiall 23 degrees and a halfe which is the greatest declination of the Sunne for betwixt these ij Tropiques the Sunne continuallie maketh his course and returne as this word Tropique signifyeth mounting neuer higher then the Tropique of Cancer nor discending lower then the Tropique of Capricorne for which cause some doe set downe in their Maps betwixt the sayde two Tropiques an ouerthwart line signifying the ecliptique line vnder which the Sun continually walketh Now by helpe of the foresaide 4 circles the earth is deuided into 5 zones that is one whotte 2 temperate and 2 cold The whotte is contained betwixt the 2 Tropiques in the midst of which whotte zone is the Equinoctiall line and of the 2 temperate zones the one lieth betwixt the Tropique of Cancer and the circle Artique and the other betwixt the Tropique of Capricorne and the circle Antartique Againe of the 2 colde zones the one lyeth betwixt the North Pole and the circle Artique and the other betwixt the South Pole and the circle Antartique Nowe besides these foure speciall Paralels there bee diuers other Paralels drawne on each side of the Equinoctiall both Northward and Southward which crossing in certaine points the first Meridian marked with degrees do shew the true latitude of euery place and vnder what Clime or Paralell it is and also how many howers the longest day of any place vnder euery Paralell is beginning to accompte the same eyther from the Equinoctiall vpward towardes the North Pole alongst the first Meridian marked with degrees of Northerne latitudes or els from the sayde Equinoctiall downe-warde towardes the South Pole marked with degrees of Southerne latitude Notwithstanding they vse most commonlye to set downe the number and iust distaunces of the Clymes Paralels and howers in the North latitude onely willing the like numbers of Clymes Paralels and howers to bee accompted in the South latitude euen as they are in the North latitude and with like distances And note that in procéeding towardes the Pole from the Paralell whereas the longest day is 24. howers they accompte the Paralell of the longest daye no longer by howers but by