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 -  [Footnote: In the tenth and eleventh
centuries, corn and other crops seem to have been raised in considerable
quantities, but - Page 258
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[Footnote: In The Tenth And Eleventh Centuries, Corn And Other Crops Seem To Have Been Raised In Considerable Quantities, But At Present Only Small Crops Of Potatoes, Turnips, And Cabbages Are Grown.

The pastures are good, and many horses, cattle, and sheep are reared.]

SECTIO SEXTA.

[Sidenote: Munst. Frisius.] Sunt in hac Insula montes elati in coelum, quorum vertices perpetua niue candent, radices sempiterno igne astuant. Primus Occidentem versus est, qui vocatur Hecla, alter crucis, tertius Helga. Item Zieglerus. Rupes siue promontorium Hecla astuans perpetuis ignibus. Item Saxo. In hac itidem Insula mons est, qui rupem sideream perpetua flagrationis astibus imitatus, incendia sempiterna iugi flammarum eructatione continuat.

Miracula Islandia Munsterus & Frisius narraturi mox in vestibulo, magno suo cum incommodo impingunt. Nam quod hic de monte Hecla asserunt, etsi aliquam habet veritatis speciem, tamen quod idem de duobus alijs montibus perpetuo igne astuantibus dicunt, manifeste erroneum est. Illi enim in Islandia non extant, nec quicquam, quod huic tanto scriptorum errori occasionem dederit, imaginari possumus. Facta tamen est, sed nunc demum Anno 1581. ex monte quodam australis Islandia, maritimo, perpetuis niuibus & glacie obducto memorabilis fumi ac flamma eruptio, magna saxorum ac cineris copia eiecta. Caterum ille mons longe est ab his tribus, quos authores commemorant, diuersissimus. Porro etsi hac de montibus ignitis maxime vera narrarent, annon naturaliter ista contingerent? An ad extruendam illam, qua mox in Munstero, Zieglero & Frisio sequitur, de orco Islandico opinionem aliquid faciunt? Ego sane nefas esse duco, his vel similibus natura miraculis ab absurda asserenda abuti, vel hac tanquam impossibilia cum quadam impietate mirari.

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