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Duke returnyng shortly after, afflicted them sore, and assigned them a newe byshop.

It was then an opinion that all ryuers sprong out of mountaynes.

It is here also to be noted, that the olde Cosmographers fayned, that in these regions towarde the North pole, there should be certayne great mountaynes, which they called Ripheos and Hyperboreos, which neuerthelesse are not founde in nature. It is also a fable, that the ryuers of Tanais & Volham doe spring out of hygh mountaynes, whereas it is apparent that both these ryuers, and many other, haue theyr theyr originall in the playnes.

The fruitful region of Colmogora.

The great ryuer Diuidna.

Wheate without plowing.

Next to Moscouia, is the fruitful region of Colmogora, through the whiche runneth the ryuer of Diuidna, beyng the greatest that is knowen in the North partes of the worlde. This ryuer increaseth at certayne tymes of the yeere, as the ryuer of Nilus in Egypt ouerfloweth the fieldes rounde about, and with abundaunce of fatte moysture resisteth the coldnesse of the avre. Wheate sowen in the grounde, grow- eth abundauntly without ploughyng: and fearyng the newe iniurie of the proude ryuer, springeth, groweth, and rypeth, with wonderfull celeritie of hastyng nature.

The ryuer of Juga.

Vstiuga.

Furres.

Into the ryuer of Diuidna runneth the ryuer of Juga: And in the very angle or corner where they meete, is a famous marte towne named Vstiviga, beyng a hundred and fyftie myles distant from the chiefe citie of Mosca. To this marte towne, from the higher countreis, are sent the precious furres of Marternes, Sables, Woolues, & such other, which are ex- chaunged for dyuers other kyndes of wares & merchandies. Hytherto Munsterus.

The natrall cause of much hony in colde regions.

Gummes and spyces in hotte countreys.

And forasmuche as many doe marueyle that such plentie of hony should bee in so coole a countrey, I haue thought good to declare the reason and naturall cause hereof. It is therefore to be considered, that lyke as spices, gums, and odoriferous fruites are engendred in hotte regions, by con- tinuall heate duryng all the whole yeere, without impression of the mortifying qualitie of colde, whereby all thynges are