1the motions of the Solar ſpots, it ſeemeth really that ſuch an
Hypotheſis ought not to be rejected.
Hypotheſis ought not to be rejected.
If the Earth be
immoveable in the
centre of the
ack, there muſt be
aſcribed to the Sun
four ſeveral
ons, as is declared
at length.
immoveable in the
centre of the
ack, there muſt be
aſcribed to the Sun
four ſeveral
ons, as is declared
at length.
This, Simplicius, is all that came into the minds of our friend,
and my ſelf, that could be alledged in explanation of this
menon by the Copernicans, and by the Ptolomæans, in defence
of their opinions. Do you inferre from thence what your
ment perſwades you.
and my ſelf, that could be alledged in explanation of this
menon by the Copernicans, and by the Ptolomæans, in defence
of their opinions. Do you inferre from thence what your
ment perſwades you.
SIMP. I acknowledge my ſelf unable to interpoſe in ſo
portant a deciſion: And, as to my particular thoughts, I will
ſtand neutral; and yet nevertheleſſe I hope that a time will
come, when our minds being illumin'd by more lofty
tions than theſe our humane reaſonings, we ſhall be awakened
and freed from that miſt which now is ſo great an hinderance to
our ſight.
portant a deciſion: And, as to my particular thoughts, I will
ſtand neutral; and yet nevertheleſſe I hope that a time will
come, when our minds being illumin'd by more lofty
tions than theſe our humane reaſonings, we ſhall be awakened
and freed from that miſt which now is ſo great an hinderance to
our ſight.
SAGR. Excellent and pious is the counſel taken by
cius, and worthy to be entertained and followed by all, as that
which being derived from the higheſt wiſdome and ſupreameſt
authority, may onely, with ſecurity be received. But yet ſo far
as humane reaſon is permitted to penetrate, confining my ſelf
within the bounds of conjectures, and probable reaſons, I will
ſay a little more reſolutely than Simplicius doth, that amongſt
all the ingenuous ſubtilties I ever heard, I have never met with
any thing of greater admiration to my intellect, nor that hath
more abſolutely captivated my judgment, (alwayes excepting
pure Geometrical and Arithmetical Demonſtrations) than theſe
two conjectures taken, the one from the ſtations and
tions of the five Planets, and the other from theſe irregularities of
the motions of the Solar ſpots: and becauſe they ſeem to me ſo
eaſily and clearly to aſſign the true reaſon of ſo extravagant
pearances, ſhewing as if they were but one ſole ſimple motion,
mixed with ſo many others, ſimple likewiſe, but different from
each other, without introducing any difficulty, rather with
ating thoſe that accompany the other Hypotheſis; I am
ing that I may rationally conclude, that thoſe who
ouſly withſtand this Doctrine, either never heard, or never
derſtood, theſe ſo convincing arguments.
cius, and worthy to be entertained and followed by all, as that
which being derived from the higheſt wiſdome and ſupreameſt
authority, may onely, with ſecurity be received. But yet ſo far
as humane reaſon is permitted to penetrate, confining my ſelf
within the bounds of conjectures, and probable reaſons, I will
ſay a little more reſolutely than Simplicius doth, that amongſt
all the ingenuous ſubtilties I ever heard, I have never met with
any thing of greater admiration to my intellect, nor that hath
more abſolutely captivated my judgment, (alwayes excepting
pure Geometrical and Arithmetical Demonſtrations) than theſe
two conjectures taken, the one from the ſtations and
tions of the five Planets, and the other from theſe irregularities of
the motions of the Solar ſpots: and becauſe they ſeem to me ſo
eaſily and clearly to aſſign the true reaſon of ſo extravagant
pearances, ſhewing as if they were but one ſole ſimple motion,
mixed with ſo many others, ſimple likewiſe, but different from
each other, without introducing any difficulty, rather with
ating thoſe that accompany the other Hypotheſis; I am
ing that I may rationally conclude, that thoſe who
ouſly withſtand this Doctrine, either never heard, or never
derſtood, theſe ſo convincing arguments.
SALV. I will not aſcribe unto them the title either of
vincing, or non-convincing; in regard my intention is not, as I
have ſeveral times told you, to reſolve any thing upon ſo high a
queſtion, but onely to propoſe thoſe natural and Aſtronomicall
reaſons, which, for the one and other Syſteme, may be produced
by me, leaving the determination to others; which
on cannot at laſt, but be very manifeſt: for one of the two
tions being of neceſſity to be true, and the other of neceſſity to
be falſe, it is a thing impoſſible that (alwayes confining our ſelves
vincing, or non-convincing; in regard my intention is not, as I
have ſeveral times told you, to reſolve any thing upon ſo high a
queſtion, but onely to propoſe thoſe natural and Aſtronomicall
reaſons, which, for the one and other Syſteme, may be produced
by me, leaving the determination to others; which
on cannot at laſt, but be very manifeſt: for one of the two
tions being of neceſſity to be true, and the other of neceſſity to
be falſe, it is a thing impoſſible that (alwayes confining our ſelves