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IT is reported of the River Nilus,* 1.1 that it makes the Land barren, if in ordi∣nary places, it either flow under fifteen cubits, or above seventeen; And therefore that Prester-Iohn (through whose Country it runneth, and in which
it ariseth from the Hills called, The Mountains of the Moon) can at his pleasure drown a gre••t part of Egypt, by letting out into the River certain vast Ponds and Sluces, the receptacles of the melted snow from the Mountains; Which that he may not do,* 1.2 The Turks, who are now the Lords of Egypt, pay a great tri∣bute unto him, as the Princes of that Land have done time out of mind; which tribute when the great Turk denyed to pay, till by experience he found this to be true, he was afterwards forced with a greater summe of Money to renew his peace with that Governour of the Abussines, and to continue his ancient pay. The truth of this Relation may be questionable; but this we are all bound to believe, That the great Emperour of Heaven and Earth, who sits above us,* 1.3 can at his pleasure make our Land, and all the Regions of the Earth fruitful or barren, by restraining or letting loose the influences of his blessings from above; At his Command the winds blow, and again are husht, the Ayr pours down rain,* 1.4 or sends Mildews upon the Earth, and it rests in his power to make our Land barren, if we continue disobedient, or to fructifie it more and more if we repent; He hath dams and ponds, yea, an Ocean of Judgments in store, which he can (when it seems him good) let down upon us to make both the Land fruitlesse, and the Soul it self accursed that rebelleth; Not onely Fire, or hail, or lightning, or Thunder, or Vapours, or Snow, or stormy winds, blasting or Mildews, but even whole Volleys, or Volumes of Curses more then can be numbred, are prest to do his Will to af••lict and vex them that grieve his holy Spirit by their sins, and daily pr••vocations.
Loys de ••r∣retta hist. de Ethi••pia. lib. 1. cap. 20.
G. Sandy's Travels.
J. Rowland∣son ut anteà.
Cui cuncta assis••unt acta et agenda simul. Prosper in sentent.