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Of going about the World.
IT is said, that Drake and Cavendish went round the World, and others, because they set out of one place, and went till they came to the same place again, without turning: But yet, in my conceit, it doth not prove they went round the whole World; for suppose there should be round Circle of a large Extent, and within this Circle many other Circles, and likewise without, so that if one of these inward or outward Circles be compass'd, shall we say it was the Circumference Circle, when it may be it was the Center Circle? But it may easily deceive the Under∣standing, since we can truly judge but according to what we sind, and not to what we know not. But surely the World is bigger than Mens Compass, of Embracing; and Man may make a Globe of what he knows, but he cannot make a Globe of what he knows not; so that the World may be bigger than Man can make Globes, for any thing he knoweth perfectly. This Globe Man makes for the whole World, is but an inward Circle; and that there may be many of them which we do not know, because not found out as yet, although Ships are good Scouts to bring Intelligence.