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JEROME CARDAN .

CHAPTER V.

CABDAN IN EDINBURGH .

After a rest in London of about three days, Cardan and his companions were conducted northward hy Cassa-nate. The philosopher, journeying then in summerweather through the provinces of England, had an oppor-tunity of acquiring a more accurate notion of this remoteland than he before possessed. He did not, as he thoughthe should, see our sheep watered upon morning dew, nordid he find our sky very much darkened with crows 1 2 ;what he did see, however, and think worth rememberingconcerning Britain , it will be more proper to relate whenwe approach the close of his experience among us. FromLondon to Edinburgh was a journey of twenty-threedays 3 , and on the 29th of June the Milanese physiciangreeted personally his Scotch patient.

Cardan remained with the archbishop until nearly the

1 Ante , toI. ii. p. 66.

2 Geniturarum Exemplar, p. 131.