The workes of Lucius Annæus Seneca, both morrall and naturall Containing, 1. His bookes of benefites. 2. His epistles. 3. His booke of prouidence. 4. Three bookes of anger. 5. Two bookes of clemencie. 6. His booke of a blessed life. 7. His booke of the tranquilitie of the minde. 8. His booke of the constancie of a wiseman. 9. His booke of the shortnesse of life. 10. Two bookes of consolation to Martia. 11. Three bookes of consolation to Heluia. 12. His booke of consolation to Polibius. 13. His seuen bookes of naturall questions. Translated by Tho. Lodge, D. in Physicke.
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The workes of Lucius Annæus Seneca, both morrall and naturall Containing, 1. His bookes of benefites. 2. His epistles. 3. His booke of prouidence. 4. Three bookes of anger. 5. Two bookes of clemencie. 6. His booke of a blessed life. 7. His booke of the tranquilitie of the minde. 8. His booke of the constancie of a wiseman. 9. His booke of the shortnesse of life. 10. Two bookes of consolation to Martia. 11. Three bookes of consolation to Heluia. 12. His booke of consolation to Polibius. 13. His seuen bookes of naturall questions. Translated by Tho. Lodge, D. in Physicke.
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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
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1614.
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"The workes of Lucius Annæus Seneca, both morrall and naturall Containing, 1. His bookes of benefites. 2. His epistles. 3. His booke of prouidence. 4. Three bookes of anger. 5. Two bookes of clemencie. 6. His booke of a blessed life. 7. His booke of the tranquilitie of the minde. 8. His booke of the constancie of a wiseman. 9. His booke of the shortnesse of life. 10. Two bookes of consolation to Martia. 11. Three bookes of consolation to Heluia. 12. His booke of consolation to Polibius. 13. His seuen bookes of naturall questions. Translated by Tho. Lodge, D. in Physicke." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A11899.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 25, 2025.
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CHAP. I.
BVt to the end I may wholly draw thee from thy selfe,* 1.1 although Sicily hath in it and about it ma∣ny wonders, yet will I not for the present enter∣meddle with any questions concerning thy Pro∣uince, but will draw thy thoughts another way. For wee will now deuise together vpon that which we haue touched in the former Booke, whence it is that Nilus floweth and encreaseth in the Summer monethes. The Philosophers haue left in writing, that Nilus and Danubius resemble one another, alledging that the source of Danubius is vnknowne, and that it is more great in Summer then in Winter.
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Both the one and the other appeared to be false: for wee finde that the head-spring thereof is in ••ermany, and it beginneth likewise to increase in Summer, (yet Nilus alwayes remaineth in his accustomed measure) that is to say, about the first heates, at such time as the Sunne growing more hot about the end of the spring time, causeth the snowes to melt, which Danubius hath consumed, before that Nilus beginneth to increase: Danubius decreaseth during the rest of the Summer, and returneth to his greatnesse in Winter, according to which it is measured.
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* 1.1
He entereth into discourse of the encrease of Ni∣lus in Summer.