Indices autem sunt eius rei venti, ex quibus qui a frigidissimis partibus veniunt procreati, septentrio et aquilo, extenuatos siccitatibus in aere flatus spirant; auster vero et reliqui, qui a solis cursu impetum faciunt, sunt umidissimi et semper adportant imbres, quod percalefacti ab regionibus fervidis adveniunt, ex omnibus terris labentes eripiunt umores et ita eos profundunt ad septentrionales regiones.
This is proved by the winds. For those which originate and blow from the coldest quarters, the north and north-east, bring currents of air which are rarefied by their dryness; but the south wind and the rest, which attack us from the south, are very moist and always bring rains, because they come warmed from the hot regions; and as they fall, they take up the moisture everywhere and so pour it forth towards the north.
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