SomesayhebidhisAurneasse

    ThePolesofEarthtwidegreesandmore

    FromtheSunsAxle;theywithlabourpushd[670]

    ObliquethetricGlobe:SomsaytheSun

    WasbidturnReinesfromthEquinoctialRode

    LikedistahtoTauruswiththeSeavn

    AtlantickSisters,andtheSpartanTwins

    UptotheTropicCrab;thenaine[675]

    ByLeoandtheVirginandtheScales,

    AsdeepasCaprie,tinge

    OfSeasonstoeachClime;elsehadtheSpring

    PerpetualsmildohwithvernantFlours,

    EqualinDaysandNights,excepttothose[680]

    BeyondthePolarCircles;tothemDay

    Hadunbenightedshon,whilethelowSun

    Torepencehisdistahirsight

    HadrouillthHorizon,andnotknown

    OrEastorWest,whichhadforbidtheSnow[685]

    FromcoldEstotiland,andSouthasfarr

    BehMagellan.AtthattastedFruit

    TheSun,asfromThyesteanBaurnd

    Hiscourseintended;elsehowhadtheWorld

    Inhabited,thoughsinless,morethennow,[690]

    Avoidedpingcoldandscorgheate?

    ThesegesintheHeavns,thoughslow,producd

    LikegeonSeaandLand,sideralblast,

    Vapour,andMist,andExhalationhot,

    Corruptailent:NowfromtheNorth[695]

    OfNorumbega,andtheSamoedshoar

    BurstingthirbrazenDungeon,armdwithice

    Andsnowandhaileandstustandflaw,

    BoreasandC?ciasandArgestesloud

    AndThrasciasrendtheWoodsandSeasupturn;[700]

    Withadverseblastup-turnsthemfromtheSouth

    NotusandAferblackwiththundrousClouds

    FromSerraliona;thwartoftheseasfierce

    ForthrushtheLev