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A51768	The sphere of Marcus Manilius made an English poem with annotations and an astronomical appendix / by Edward Sherburne, Esquire.; Astronomicon. Liber 1. English	Manilius, Marcus.; Sherburne, Edward, Sir, 1618-1702.	1675 (1675)	Wing M432; ESTC R8811	496,818	336

Head shaven on one side and long Hair on the other By the first intimating the time of the Winter Solstice cum velut abrasis Incrementis angustâ manente Exstantiâ ad Minimum Diei Sol pervenerit Spatium By the later the Summer Solstice or his full grown Splendour to which he arrives by Degrees emerging from those straits of Light in his abode in this Winter Tropick or to express it in Macrobius his own Words Ex quibus latebris vel Angustiis rursus emergens ad aestivum Hemisphaerium enascens in Augmenta porrigitur niggard Light By a short Course but long o're Those He stays Whose Lands are warm'd by his directer Rays The z Of this We have given the reason and explication in the Note upon the Tropick of Cancer and shall here only add that the Antient Aegyptians when they would express the Course of the Sun in his Solstice signified the same by the Hieroglyphick of two feet fasined together as represented by Pierius l. 5. c. 41. and Casalius de Veter Aegypt rit c. 20. Intimating thereby the slowness of his Motion or rather Stationary Condition to which I know not whether our Authour in this place may allude when he says Vixque dies transit As if the feet of the Day were fetter'd slow-pac'd Day there hardly passing round This from th' Aequator four Degrees is found One Circle more yet rests whose a The Antartick Polas Circle Site inclines Tow'rd the South Pole and Southern Bears confines Rang'd from the Winter Tropick five Degrees And near its Pole as the North's far from his Thus Heaven in two divided Pole from Pole Does by that double Summ measure the Whole f The Antartick or Southern Polar Circle which is describ'd a smaller Circle Parallel to the Aequator passing about the Axis of the World by the Southern Pole of the Ecliptick comprehending the frigid Southern Zone and terminating the temperate and is call'd the Antartick Polar Circle in opposition to the Artick before describ'd to which it is equal And by b The four Parallel lesser Circles before described that is to say the two Tropicks and two Polar Circles mark out the Heavens into five Zones which by the Latines are called Fasciae Cinguli Plagae and by Cicero Maculae and Orae That included between the two Tropicks is called the Torrid Zone which Polybius divided into two parted by the Aequator but he is not followed therein by any The two included between the Tropicks and the Polar Circles are called the temperate the other two included within the Polar Circles are call'd the Frigid Zones Of these Thales is said to have been the Inventor though Posidonius cited by Strabo without ground ascribes it to Parmenides five Bounds distinguish'd into c The Distinction of the Zones not sufficing the Antients to mark out the various Position and Situation of several Regions on either side of the Aequator They added divers other Parallel Circles which they called Climates A Climate being a little Zone included between two Circles parallel to the Aequator or between the Aequator and one Circle parallel thereunto mutually distant from one another by the Arch of a Meridian answerable to an half hours difference by which the longest day of the Year under one Parallel varies from the longest Day of the Year under another They are call'd Climata quasi Inclinamenta as it were deflexious from a right Position of Sphere or so many st●…ps and degrees mounting from the Aequator towards the Poles The Antients reckon'd only seven which they distinguish'd by the Names of the Places over o●… through which they passed Viz. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. i. e. Per Meroen●…per Syenen●…per Alexandriam per Rhodum per Romam per Pontum per Boristhenem But Modern Astronomers and Geographers reckon 48. that is to say from the Aequator on each side to either of the Polar Circles 24. At which the Climates end the longest day there exceeding the ordinary Horary Measure unless by a kind of Analogy We reckon Moneths and half Moneths for hours and half hours Those Climates are again by the Moderns subdivided by drawing in the Middle of each Climate another Parallel Line dividing the same into two smaller Zones which by a Peculiar name are term'd Parallels Of which the more remote from the Aequator hath the longest Day of the Year differing from that nearer to it by the space of ¼ of an hour These are in number double to the Climates Vide Weigel Method Sphaeric l. 1. Sect. 1. Cap. 3. Climes Marks out the Difference of Place and Times Which Parallels One Course with Heaven partake And equal Rise with that and Setting make Since in th' Aethereal Texture they observe Their stated Distance and thence never swerve Passing a-cross by either Pole d These are the Coluri which are two great Circles cutting each other at right Angles in the Poles of the World Whereof one passes by the Aequinoctial the other by the Solstitial Points of the Zodiack They are called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. Mutili because in our oblique Position of Sphere they never entirely appear above the Horizon either at once or by Successive Conversion two more There are which intersect all Those before And themselves too concurring in th' Extreams Of the Worlds Axis at right-angled Scheams Which mark the Seasons out and Heaven beside Into four Quarters equally divide Of these through highest Heaven its Course e The Colurus Aequinoctiorum is describ'd a great Circle of the Sphere passing by the Poles of the World and cutting the Aequator at right Angles in the two Equinoctial Points or first Degrees of Aries and Libra whose Poles are in the first Points of Cancer and Capricorn or otherwise whose Poles are 90 Degrees distant from the first Points of Aries and Libra one steers Colurus Aequinoctiorum Parting the Serpents Tayl and undrench'd Bears And Tips of Scorpio's Claws born through Mid-skies Of Hydra cutting the Extremities And Middle of the Southern Centaur then Concurring in the Adverse Pole agen Returns by the huge Whale whose Scaly Chine Bright Trigon and the Bounds the Ram confine It marks then by Cepheïs Waste doth run Her Mothers Head and ends where it begun By th' midst of this the Worlds Extremitie And the Fore-feet and Neck of Helice Colurus Solstitiocum Which first of all when Sol withdraws his Light With seven fair Stars illuminates the Night The f The Colurus 〈◊〉 is a great Circle passing by the Poles of the World and Poles of the Zodiack cutting both the Aequator and Ecliptick at right Angles in the So●…al Points or first Degrees of Cancer and Capricorn and hath its proper Poles in the first Degrees of Aries and Libra To these two Circles are to be applyed this Vulgar Dis●…ch Haec duo Solstitium faciunt Cancer Capricornus Sed N●…ies ae●…uant Aries Libra Diebus

the Lion when he hunts for his Prey We call it a Jack-call for by his barking he calls the Lion to the Place where his Prey lies It comes to the Meridian at Midnight about the middle of October As to the Fable of Andromeda see after in the Notes upon the Whale and in the Appendix or Comment Andromeda a Was the Grand-child of Acrisius King of the Argives begotten by Iupiter on his Daughter Danae plac'd in the Heavens by favour of Minerva for having slain Medusa or the Gorgon and freed Andromeda from the devouring Sea Monster This Constellation is by the Arabs call'd Cheleub or Chelùb i. e. Deceptor or happily Kellùb i. e. H●…rpago seu aduncum quodvis says Mr. Hyde and from the Greek Name Perseus Bershâush and Bersheush It is likewise call'd by them H●…mil Ras Al Ghùl i. e. Portans caput Larvae It consists of twenty nine Stars according to Ptolomy whereof three inform Bayerus reckons thirty eight Kepler thirty three whereof the first is call'd Misam Al Thuraiyâ i. e. Carpus Plei●…dum and Al Gjemb Bershâush i. e. Latus Persei The twelfth is call'd Ras Al Ghùl i. e. Caput Larvae By the Iews R●…sh ha Sathan i. e. Caput Diaboli The twenty fourth Star is in Arabick call'd Menkib Al Thuraiyâ i. e. Interscapilium Pleiadum This Constellation is seen in the Meridian at Midnight in the Moneth of November Perseus Deltoton or the Triang●… b Call'd likewise Trigones and Delta by the Latines Triangulum and Nili Donum by the Arabs Mothallath i. e. Triangulum In Hebrew Hammosciush i. e. Tripartitus It consists of four Stars according to Ptolomy and Kepler Bayerus reckons five whereof that in the top of the Triangle is call'd in Arabick Ras Almothallath i. e. Caput Trianguli This is said to have been plac'd in Heaven by Mercury in Memorial of the first Letter of Iupiters Name 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of which Grotius in N●…t ad Arat. Bassus in Germanicum and Hyginus write that Mercury at the Command of Iupiter plac'd it over the Head of Aries as a Mark the better to discern that sign of it self Obscuro lumine labens As Ci●…ro in Arataeis Others will have it to be the Figure of that part of Aegypt constellated which Nilus after that manner encompasses Vide Bassum in Germ●…nic This at Midnight comes to the Meridian in the Moneth of 〈◊〉 c The Name of this Ast●…rism by the Arabs to use Scaliger's Words ridiculè exearnificatum est For sometimes they call it Kikaus or Kekeus sometimes Cancaus and often Phicares Which Erroneous Names proceed from the mistake of the Letter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Kaph for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Phe. Whence instead of Keiphus which is the true Arabick Name deriv'd from the Greek it is commonly written Keikaus or Kekeus In Hebrew it is call'd Baalath Halab i. e. Domina Flammae and in Arabick Múltahab i. e. Inflammatus It consists of 13 Stars according to Ptolomy whereof two inform Bayerus reckons 17. Among which there is one in his Foot call'd Al Rai i. e. Pastor and between his Feet another call'd AlKelb i. e. Canis and upon his Hands certain others called Al Agh'nâm i. e. Pecudes The 3d 4th and 5th Stars in this Constellation are by Ulugh Beigh call'd Cawâkib Al Phirk i. e. Stella Gregis This Cepheus was Son of Belus by Anchinoe the Daughter of Nilus from whom the Persians were heretofore call'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 over whom he was King as likewise of Phoenieia and reign'd both in Babylon and Ioppa reckon'd among the Royal Fautors of Astronomy It is beheld in the Meridian at Midnight about the end of August and beginning of September Cepheus d It is likewise by the Greeks call'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. Mulier sedis sive Throni By the Arabs Dât Al Cúrsa i. e. Inthronata It is also known by the Latine Names of Cathedra Thronus Sedes Regia It consists of 13 Stars according to Ptolomy Bayerus counts therein 25. And Tycho Brahe hath observed therein no less than 45 besides the New Star which appear'd in the Year 1573. and vanished the Year following It is resembled by Aratus to the form of a Laconian or a Carian Key as his Paraphrast Avienus expresses it Sic qualem Caria quondam Noveratintrantem per Claustra Tena●…ia Clavens Formatur Stellis distantibus The first Star in this Constellation is by the Arabs call'd Caph Al Chadib i. e. Manus tincta Whence in Chrysoc●…cea's Tables 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. Manus tincta in the same sence with the Arabick The 2d Star is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 call'd by the Name of the whole Constellation Dât Al Cursa The 5th is call'd Rueba Dât Al Cursa i. e. Genu Inthronatae The Bright one in its Breast is call'd Sad'r i. e. Pectus This Cassiopea was the Wife of Cepheus and Mother of Andromeda who contending for Beauty with the Neveides was as a Punishment and in Memorial of her Arrogance plac'd in Heaven with her heels upward But Tycho gives us a better ground of the Fable who writes That Cepheus was a great Astronomer or at least a Favourer of the Professours of that Science who in a grateful acknowledgment of his Encouragement of their Studies gave to several Constellations the Name of himself Wife Daughter and Son in Law which he received from Cicero where he says Nec Stellatus Cepheus cum uxore genero filiâ traderetur nisi Coelestium Divina cognitio Nomen eorum ad Errorem Fabulae traduxisset He likewise reports that in the time of Cepheus those Starrs which make the Constellation of Cassiopea did rise with the first Degrees of Aries And that under that Constellation the Aethiopians did solemnize the Inauguration of their succeeding Kings in Memorial of their first Mother Cassiopea whom he supposes more probably to have been called Cussiepea Vide Tychon Brahaeu●… in Progymnasm l. 1. p. 233. This Asterism is discovered in the Meridian partly in the end of March and beginning of May partly at the end of September and beginning of October Cassiopea Caput Algol or Medusa's head e The Latine Text of Scaliger's Edition hath Testemque videnti Testem being interpreted by Scaliger idem quod praesentem We have rather chosen according to the conjecture of Lannoius as noted by Iunius and with Gevartius Elector l. 2. e. 5. to read Pestemque videnti i. e. Exitium mortem expressing the sence of the Fable which makes all such as beheld the Gorgons Head to be thereby converted into Stone Gevartius confirms this reading by that Exclamation of the Gyant Pallas converted into Stone by Minerva as Claudian in Gigantomachia expresses it Quis Torpor inertem Marmoreá me Peste ligat Pestis being taken as Meursius in Auctar. Philolog c. 28. observes for any kind of Death as Febris for any kind of Disease Auriga or the Charrioteer f This by the Greeks