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and_o again_o hereafter_o seed_n time_n and_o harvest_n and_o cold_a and_o heat_n and_o 22._o summer_n and_o winter_n and_o day_n and_o night_n shall_v not_o cease_v so_o long_o as_o the_o earth_n remain_v and_o be_v there_o not_o a_o certainty_n in_o these_o revolution_n so_o that_o in_o se_fw-la sua_fw-la per_fw-la vestigia_fw-la voluitur_fw-la annus_fw-la virgil_n the_o year_n in_o its_o own_o step_n into_o in_o self_n return_n it_o can_v not_o well_o be_v that_o the_o stork_n and_o the_o turtle_n the_o crane_n and_o the_o swallow_n and_o other_o fowl_n shall_v observe_v so_o precise_o as_o they_o do_v the_o 7._o appoint_a time_n of_o their_o come_n and_o go_v and_o whereas_o it_o be_v common_o think_v and_o believe_v that_o the_o time_n of_o the_o year_n be_v now_o more_o unseasonable_a than_o heretofore_o and_o thereby_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n neither_o so_o fair_a nor_o kind_o as_o they_o have_v be_v to_o the_o first_o i_o answer_v that_o the_o same_o complaint_n have_v be_v ever_o since_o salomon_n time_n he_o that_o observe_v the_o wind_n shall_v not_o sow_v and_o he_o that_o regard_v the_o cloud_n 4._o shall_v not_o reap_v by_o which_o it_o seem_v the_o weather_n be_v even_o then_o as_o uncertain_a as_o now_o and_o so_o be_v likewise_o the_o uncertain_a and_o unkind_o ripe_n of_o fruit_n as_o may_v appear_v by_o the_o word_n follow_v in_o the_o same_o place_n in_o the_o morning_n sow_v thy_o seed_n and_o in_o the_o evening_n let_v not_o thy_o hand_n rest_n 6._o for_o thou_o know_v not_o whether_o shall_v prosper_v this_o or_o that_o or_o whether_o both_o shall_v be_v alike_o good_a and_o if_o sometime_o we_o have_v unseasonable_a year_n by_o reason_n of_o excessive_a wet_a and_o cold_a they_o be_v again_o pay_v home_o by_o immoderate_a drought_n and_o heat_n if_o not_o with_o we_o yet_o in_o our_o neighbour_n country_n and_o with_o us._n i_o think_v no_o man_n will_v be_v so_o unwise_a or_o partial_a as_o to_o affirm_v that_o there_o be_v a_o 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another_o obiectiòn_n to_o uch_v the_o decay_n of_o the_o fruitfulness_n of_o the_o holy_a land_n full_o answer_v when_o i_o consider_v the_o narrow_a bound_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n it_o be_v by_o s._n hieromes_n account_n who_o live_v long_o there_o but_o 160_o dardanum_n mile_n in_o length_n from_o dan_n to_o bersheba_n and_o in_o breadth_n but_o 40_o from_o joppa_n to_o bethleem_n and_o withal_o the_o multitude_n incredible_a be_v it_o not_o record_v in_o holy_a scripture_n both_o of_o man_n &_o cattle_n which_o it_o feed_v there_o meet_v in_o one_o battle_n between_o judah_n &_o israel_n twelve_o hundred_o 3._o thousand_o choose_a man_n nay_o the_o very_a swordman_n beside_o the_o levite_n and_o benjamite_n be_v upon_o strict_a inquiry_n find_v to_o be_v fifteen_o hundred_o and_o 5._o seventie_o thousand_o whereof_o the_o young_a be_v twenty_o year_n old_a there_o be_v none_o
a_o ox_n or_o a_o horse_n or_o a_o sheep_n in_o their_o time_n be_v now_o likewise_o think_v to_o be_v but_o competent_a and_o the_o same_o proportion_n of_o body_n which_o the_o ancient_a painter_n &_o carver_n allow_v to_o horse_n and_o dog_n be_v now_o likewise_o by_o the_o skilful_a in_o those_o art_n find_v to_o be_v most_o convenient_a indeed_o in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o macchabee_n &_o six_o chapter_n be_v somewhat_o a_o strange_a relation_n 37._o make_v of_o elephant_n which_o be_v there_o describe_v to_o be_v so_o big_a that_o each_o of_o they_o carry_v a_o wooden_a tower_n on_o his_o back_n out_o of_o which_o fight_v thirty_o two_o arm_a man_n beside_o the_o indian_a which_o rule_v the_o beast_n whence_o some_o have_v conceit_v that_o the_o elephant_n of_o those_o time_n be_v far_o great_a than_o those_o of_o the_o present_a age_n but_o doubtless_o the_o author_n of_o that_o book_n speak_v of_o the_o indian_a race_n which_o be_v far_o beyond_o the_o ethiopian_a as_o 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of_o former_a age_n yet_o most_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o in_o the_o west_n indies_n that_o suppose_a defect_n be_v abundant_o recompense_v sect_n 6._o a_o objection_n take_v from_o the_o eclipse_n of_o the_o planet_n answer_v before_o we_o conclude_v this_o chapter_n there_o remain_v yet_o one_o rub_n to_o be_v remove_v touch_v the_o eclipse_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n for_o as_o some_o have_v be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o body_n of_o those_o planet_n suffer_v by_o they_o so_o many_o have_v think_v that_o these_o inferior_a body_n suffer_v from_o they_o &_o consequent_o that_o the_o more_o eclipse_n there_o be_v which_o by_o tract_n of_o time_n must_v needs_o increase_v in_o number_n the_o more_o do_v all_o thing_n depend_v upon_o those_o planet_n decay_n and_o degenerate_v in_o their_o virtue_n &_o operation_n but_o as_o the_o former_a of_o these_o opinion_n be_v already_o prove_v to_o be_v certain_o false_a so_o be_v this_o latter_a altogether_o uncertain_a what_o effect_n 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presume_v in_o their_o strength_n and_o stature_n videtur_fw-la similis_fw-la esse_fw-la ratio_fw-la in_o magnitudine_fw-la corporum_fw-la sive_fw-la statura_fw-la quae_fw-la nec_fw-la ipsa_fw-la per_fw-la successionem_fw-la propaginis_fw-la defluit_fw-la there_o seem_v 158._o to_o be_v the_o like_a reason_n in_o the_o grow_v &_o bigness_n of_o man_n body_n which_o decrease_v not_o by_o succession_n of_o offspring_n but_o man_n be_v sometime_o in_o the_o same_o nation_n tall_a sometime_o of_o a_o short_a stature_n sometime_o strong_a and_o sometime_o weak_a as_o the_o time_n wherein_o they_o live_v be_v more_o temperate_a or_o luxurious_a more_o give_v to_o labour_n or_o exercise_n or_o to_o ease_v and_o idleness_n and_o for_o those_o narration_n which_o be_v make_v of_o the_o giantlike_a stature_n of_o man_n in_o former_a age_n many_o of_o they_o be_v doubtless_o mere_o poetical_a and_o fabulous_a i_o deny_v not_o but_o such_o man_n have_v be_v who_o for_o their_o strength_n and_o 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