1ponent himſelf, whilſt he will make the Firſt Mover to hurry
along with it all the inferiour Spheres, contrary to the motion
which they themſelves at the ſame time exerciſe. It belongs
fore to the Primum Mobile to grow weary, which beſides the
moving of its ſelf is made to carry ſo many other Spheres, and
which alſo ſtrive againſt it with a contrary motion. So that
the ultimate concluſion that the Authour inferred, ſaying, that
diſcourſing of the effects of Nature, a man alwayes meets with
things that favour the opinion of Ariſtoile and Ptolomy, and
ver any one that doth not interfer with Copernicus, ſtands in need
of great conſideration; and it is better to ſay, that one of theſe
two Hypotheſes being true, and the other neceſſarily falſe, it is
impoſſible that a man ſhould ever be able to finde any
ment, experience, or right reaſon, in favour of that which is
falſe, like as to the truth none of theſe things can be repugnant.
Vaſt difference, therefore, muſt needs be found between the
ſons and arguments produced by the one and other party, for and
againſt theſe two opinions, the force of which I leave you your
ſelf to judge of, Simplicius.
along with it all the inferiour Spheres, contrary to the motion
which they themſelves at the ſame time exerciſe. It belongs
fore to the Primum Mobile to grow weary, which beſides the
moving of its ſelf is made to carry ſo many other Spheres, and
which alſo ſtrive againſt it with a contrary motion. So that
the ultimate concluſion that the Authour inferred, ſaying, that
diſcourſing of the effects of Nature, a man alwayes meets with
things that favour the opinion of Ariſtoile and Ptolomy, and
ver any one that doth not interfer with Copernicus, ſtands in need
of great conſideration; and it is better to ſay, that one of theſe
two Hypotheſes being true, and the other neceſſarily falſe, it is
impoſſible that a man ſhould ever be able to finde any
ment, experience, or right reaſon, in favour of that which is
falſe, like as to the truth none of theſe things can be repugnant.
Vaſt difference, therefore, muſt needs be found between the
ſons and arguments produced by the one and other party, for and
againſt theſe two opinions, the force of which I leave you your
ſelf to judge of, Simplicius.
SALV. But you, Sagredus, being tranſported by the velocity
of your wit, have taken my words out of my mouth, whilſt I was
about to ſay ſomething, touching this laſt argument of the Author;
and although you have more then ſufficiently refuted him, yet
nevertheleſſe I will adde ſomewhat, which then ran in my minde.
He propoſeth it as a thing very unlikely, that a body diſſipable
and corruptible, as the Earth, ſhould perpetually move with a
gular motion, cſpecially for that we ſee living creatures in the end
to grow weary, and to ſtand in need of reſt: and the improbability
is increaſed, in that the ſaid motion is required to be of velocity
incomparable and immenſe, in reſpect to that of animals. Now, I
cannot ſee why the velocity of the Earth ſhould, at preſent,
ble it; ſo long as that of the ſtarry Sphere ſo very much bigger
doth not occaſion in it any diſturbance more conſiderable, than that
which the velocity of a machine, that in 24 hours maketh but one
ſole revolution, produceth in the ſame. If the being of the
city of the Earths converſion, according to the model of that
chine, inferreth things of no greater moment than that, let the
thor ceaſe to fear the Earths growing weary; for that not one of
the moſt feeble and ſlow-pac't animals, no not a Chamæleon would
tire in moving no more than ^{*} four or five yards in 24 hours; but
if he pleaſe to conſider the velocity to be no longer, in relation to
the model of the machine, but abſolutely, and inaſmuch as the
moveable in 24 hours is to paſs a very great ſpace, he ought to ſhew
himſelf ſo much more reſerved in granting it to the ſtarry Sphere,
which with a velocity incomparably greater than that of the
of your wit, have taken my words out of my mouth, whilſt I was
about to ſay ſomething, touching this laſt argument of the Author;
and although you have more then ſufficiently refuted him, yet
nevertheleſſe I will adde ſomewhat, which then ran in my minde.
He propoſeth it as a thing very unlikely, that a body diſſipable
and corruptible, as the Earth, ſhould perpetually move with a
gular motion, cſpecially for that we ſee living creatures in the end
to grow weary, and to ſtand in need of reſt: and the improbability
is increaſed, in that the ſaid motion is required to be of velocity
incomparable and immenſe, in reſpect to that of animals. Now, I
cannot ſee why the velocity of the Earth ſhould, at preſent,
ble it; ſo long as that of the ſtarry Sphere ſo very much bigger
doth not occaſion in it any diſturbance more conſiderable, than that
which the velocity of a machine, that in 24 hours maketh but one
ſole revolution, produceth in the ſame. If the being of the
city of the Earths converſion, according to the model of that
chine, inferreth things of no greater moment than that, let the
thor ceaſe to fear the Earths growing weary; for that not one of
the moſt feeble and ſlow-pac't animals, no not a Chamæleon would
tire in moving no more than ^{*} four or five yards in 24 hours; but
if he pleaſe to conſider the velocity to be no longer, in relation to
the model of the machine, but abſolutely, and inaſmuch as the
moveable in 24 hours is to paſs a very great ſpace, he ought to ſhew
himſelf ſo much more reſerved in granting it to the ſtarry Sphere,
which with a velocity incomparably greater than that of the