The INTERPRETER.
1. BY Phaeton may be meant some fierle exhalation or comet, which being near the earth, caused a great heat siccitie, or conflagration for 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 sig∣nif••eth burning, and 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 to manifest or make cleare 2. Phaeton was an Astronomer, who spent much time in observing the course and motion of the Sun, therefore was called his Sonne, but dying before he could bring his ob∣servations to perfection, was said to be killed by Jupiters thunder, for even the naturall death of a young man seemes to be violent. 3. Sol begot Phaeton of the Nymph Clymene, which is from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 to overflow; by this is intimated, that of the heat of the Sun and of moysture, fruits are ingendred, which from their appearance or shooting out of the earth and tree, are called Phaeton from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 appearing; at which time when the sun is very hot, the trees also send out amber or gumm; which is ex∣pressed by Phaetons sisters converted into trees, whose teares are turned into amber. 4. He is said to be drow∣ned in the river Eridanus, because commonly after great heat and siccitie, follow great floods and inundations of water; or else because when the constellation Eridanus