other craggy places, the people neither of Cataia or Tartarie could enter
the countrey of America, or they of America haue entred Asia, if it were so
ioyned: yet some one sauage or wandring beast would in so many yeres haue
passed into it: but there hath not any time bene found any of the beasts
proper to Cataia, or Tartarie &c. in America: nor of those proper to
America, in Tartarie, Cataia, &c. or any part of Asia. Which thing proueth
America, not onely to be one Island, and in no part adioyning to Asia: But
also that the people of those Countreys, haue not had any traffique with
each other.

5 Moreouer at the least some one of those paineful trauellers, which of
purpose haue passed the confines of both countreys, with intent only to
discouer, would as it is most likely haue gone from the one to the other:
if there had bene any piece of land, or Isthmos, to haue ioyned them
together, or els haue declared some cause to the contrary.

6 But neither Paulus Venetus,[35] who liued and dwelt a long time in
Cataia, euer came into America, and yet was at the sea coastes of Mangia,
ouer against it where he was embarked, and performed a great Nauigation
along those seas: Neither yet Verarzanus,[36] or Franciscus Vasques de
Coronado, who trauelled the North part of America by land, euer found entry
from thence by land to Cataia, or any part of Asia.

7 Also it appeareth to be an Island, insomuch as the Sea [Marginal note:
The Sea hath three motions. 1 Motum ab oriente in occidentem. 2 Motum
fluxus et refluxus. 3 Motum circularem. Ad cæli motum elementa omnia
(excepta terra) mouentur.] runneth by nature circularly from the East to
the West, following the diurnal motion of Primum Mobile, which carieth with
it all inferiour bodies moueable, aswel celestiall as elemental; which
motion of the waters is most euidently seene in the Sea, which lieth on the