heauens. These two great orna∣ments in the heauens doe distin∣guish betwixt day and night, the moneth from the yeare, one mo∣neth from another, and summer from winter.
The first day and night, hée created in the night fishes, in the day, birds.
Fishes were compounded of the foure elements, especially of the element of water: whence it commeth that they liue in the wa∣ters.
Birds were made of all foure elements, but especially of the ayre: whence it comes that they take pleasure in the ayre.
The sixt day and night he made all sorts of beasts, some to goe, and some to créepe, some wilde, some tame: God then made man in both kindes plurally, to wit, male and female, and yet of sin∣gle bodies, the better to helpe one another, and therefore said, It is not good for man to be alone, I will make him an helper like vnto himselfe. He was made after all