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 Notus is the Southern Wind, cloudy, moit, warm, and ickly, which Hieronimus cals the butler of the rains. Ovid decribes it thus.

 Out flies South-wind, with dropping wings, who hrowds His fearful apect in the pitchie clouds, His white Haire tream's, his Beard big-woln with howres; Mits binde his Brows, rain from his Boome powres.

But Boreas is contrary to Notus, and is the Northern Wind, fierce, and roaring, and dicuing clouds, makes the Aire erene, and binds the Water with Frot. Him doth Ovid thus bring in peaking of himelf.

 Force me befits: with this thick clouds I drive; Tos the blew Billows, knotty Okes up-rive; Congeal oft Snow, and beat the Earth with haile: When I my brethren in the Aire aaile, (For thats our Field) we meet with uch a hock. That thundring Skies with our encounters rock And cloud-truck lightning flahes from on high, When through the Crannies of the Earth I flie, And force her in her hollow Caves, I make The Ghots to tremble, and the ground to quake.

And Zephyrus, which is the Wetern Wind, is mot oft, blowing from the Wet with a pleaant gale, it is cold and moit, removing the effects of Winter, bringing forth Branches, and Flowers. To this Eurus is contrary, which is the Eatern wind, and is called Apeliotes; it is waterih, cloudy, and ravenous. Of thee two Ovid ings thus:

 To Peris and Sabea, Eurus flies; Whoe gums perfume the bluhing Mornes up-rie: Next to the Evening, and the Coat that glows With etting Phoebus, flowry Zeph'rus blows: