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A Goodly Gallery

Published: 1563
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A goodly gallerye with a most pleasaunt prospect, into the garden of naturall contemplation, to behold the naturall causes of all kynde of meteors, as wel fyery and ayery, as watry and earthly, of whiche sort be blasing sterres, shooting starres, flames in the ayre &c. tho[n]der, lightning, earthquakes, &c. rayne dewe, snowe, cloudes, springes &c. stones, metalles, earthes &c. to the glory of God, and the profit of his creaturs.

Londini [Printed by William Griffith] Anno. 1563.

Original spelling, as transcribed by the Text Creation Partnership.

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Dedication❧ TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE LORDE Robert Dudley, Maister of the Quenes maiesties horse, Knight of the most…
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Book 1A GOODLY GALLERY ¶ The first Booke.
Part¶ Why they be called vnperfectly mixed.
Part¶ Why they be called perfectly mixed.
Part¶ Of the general cause of al Meteores and first of the materiall cause.

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Part¶Of the generation of the impression, called burned stoble or sparcles of fire.
Part¶ Of Torches.
Part¶ Of dansyng or leaping Goates.
Part¶ Of shotyng and falling Starres.
Part¶ Of burnyng Candels.
Part¶ Of burning Beames and round Pillers.
Part¶ Of burning Speares.
Part¶ Of shieldes▪ Globes or Bowles.
Part¶ Of Lampes.
Part¶ Of flying Dragons or fyre Drakes.
Part¶ Of the Pyramidall pyller lyke a spire or broched steeple.
Part¶ Of Fyre scattered in the ayre.
Part¶ Of lights that goeth before men, and followeth thē abrode in the fields by the night season.
Part¶ Of Helena, Castor and Pollux.
Part¶ Of flames that apeare vpon the heares of men or beastes.
Part¶ Of Comets or blasing Starres.
Part¶ Of Aparitions.
Part¶ Of collours.
Part¶ Of wyde gaping.
Part¶ Of round opening Hiatus.
Book 3❧ The thirde Booke of aery impressions.
Part¶ Of Wyndes.
Part¶ Of earthquakes.
Part¶ Of diuerse kindes of earthquakes.
Part¶ How so great wyndes come to be vnder the earth.
Part¶ Of the signes and tokens that goe before an earthquake most commonly.
Part¶ Of thonder.
Part¶ Of Lyghtninge.
Part¶ Of Fulgetrum.
Part¶ Of Coruscation.
Part¶ Of Fulgur.
Part¶ Of the fourth kynde called Fulmen
Part¶ Of the fyrst.
Part¶ Of the seconde kinde.
Part¶ Of the thirde kinde.
Part¶ Of the maruayls of Lightening and their causes.
Part¶ Of storme wyndes.
Part¶ Of whyrle wyndes.
Part¶ Of the fyred whirle wynde.
Part¶ Of Circles.
Part¶ Of the Raynbowe.
Part¶ The mylke waye called of some the waye to saint Iames and Watlyng streate.
Part¶ Of beames or streames of light appearing through a cloude.
Part¶ Of many Sonnes.
Part¶ Of many Moones.
Part¶ Of wonderfull apparitions.
Book 4❧The fourth booke of watry impressions.
Part¶ Of cloudes.
Part¶ Of Mystes.
PartOf empty cloudes.
Part¶ Of Rayne.
Part¶ Of the signes of Rayne.
Part¶ Of monstruous or prodigious rayne.
Part¶ Of Dewe.
Part¶ Of hore froste.
Part¶ Of Hayle.
Part¶ Of Snowe.
Part¶ Of Springes and Riuers.
Part¶ Of Fountaines.
Part¶ Of Brookes.
Part¶ Of Ryuers.
Part¶ Of Lakes.
Part¶ Of whote bathes.
Part¶ Of the diuerse tastes that are perceiued in wells.
Part¶ A recitall of such ryuers and springes, as haue maruelous effectes wherof no naturall cause can be…
Part¶ Of the Sea.
Part¶ Of the saltnes.
Part¶ Of the ebbing and flowyng.
Book 5❧ The fift booke of earthly Meteores or bodies perfectly mixed.
Part¶ Of earthes.
Part¶ Of liquors concreat.
Part¶ Of Metalles.
Part¶ Of Golde.
Part¶ Of Syluer.
Part¶ Of Copper.
Part¶ Of Tinne.
Part¶ Of Lead.
Part¶ Of Iron.
Part¶ Of Quick siluer.
Part¶ Of Stones.
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ColophonTHINKE AND THANKE, LIVE IN FERE, KNOWE THY SELFE, FAR AND NERE.

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