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.

CHAP. IX.

BVt why are these winds more violent in the spring-time, and in the summer? for in the two other seasons they are very milde and scarsely fill the sayles of shippes; because the spring is moister, and a greater euaporation is made from diuers waters and places, that by reason of the moist nature of the heauens are full and o∣uer charged. But why is it that these vapours are so great in the summer time? because such dayly heat continueth after the setting of the sunne, and conti∣nueth for the greater part of the night, and draweth to it selfe that which is without, and attracteth with violence all that which the earth is accustomed to render of it selfe, but it hath not sufficient force to consume and dissipate that which it hath drawne: for this cause, the earth and water push out these little Atomes which are accustomed almost ordinarily to issue out, not onely by heate, but also by the reuerberation of his beames, the Sunne is the efficient cause of the winds: for the light that forgoeth the rising of the Sunne doth not as yet warme the ayre, but onely reflecteth vpon it, which being strucken vp∣on, retireth it selfe on the one side; although I auerre not that this light is with∣out heate, considering that it is made of heate. It may bee it hath not so much heate, that it may actually apppeare, yet notwithstanding it performeth his dew∣ty by deducing and attenuating these things that are thicke. Besides those places, which by some iniquity of nature are so closed, that they cannot enter∣taine the sunne, are notwithstanding lightned by a drie and heauie light, and are lesse colde by day then by night. By nature likewise euery heate drieth and disperseth away from it all cloudes. It followeth therefore, that the sunne doth the like. For which cause some are of the opinion, that the winde bloweth from thence whence the sunne parteth. But that this is false, it appeareth hereby be∣cause the wind driueth shippes into diuers climates, and such as trauell by sea with full sayle, sayle against the sunne rise, which should not come to passe, if the winde were alwayes carried by the sunne.

Notes

• Whence it com∣meth that such a wind is more violent in the Spring and Sum¦mer.
• If the winde bloweth from the place whence the Sun depar∣teth.