1within the limits of humane doctrine) the reaſons alledged for
the true Hypotheſis ſhould not manifeſt themſelves as concludent
as thoſe for the contrary vain and ineffectual.
the true Hypotheſis ſhould not manifeſt themſelves as concludent
as thoſe for the contrary vain and ineffectual.
SAGR. It will be time therefore, that we hear the objections
of the little Book of^{*} Concluſions, or Diſquiſitions which Simpli-
cius did bring with him.
of the little Book of^{*} Concluſions, or Diſquiſitions which Simpli-
cius did bring with him.
* I ſhould have
told you, that the
true name of this
concealed
thour is
pher Scheinerus,
and its title
quiſitiones
thematicæ.
told you, that the
true name of this
concealed
thour is
pher Scheinerus,
and its title
quiſitiones
thematicæ.
SIMP. Here is the Book, and this is the place where the
thor firſt briefly deſcribeth the Syſteme of the world, according
to the Hypotheſis of Copernicus, ſaying, Terram igitur unà cum
Luna, totoque hoc elementari mundo Copernicus, &c.
thor firſt briefly deſcribeth the Syſteme of the world, according
to the Hypotheſis of Copernicus, ſaying, Terram igitur unà cum
Luna, totoque hoc elementari mundo Copernicus, &c.
SALV. Forbear a little, Simplicius, for methinks that this
Authour, in this firſt entrance, ſhews himſelf to be but very ill
verſt in the Hypotheſis which he goeth about to confute, in
gard, he ſaith that Copernicus maketh the Earth, together with
the Moon, to deſcribe the ^{*} grand Orb in a year moving from
Eaſt to Weſt; a thing that as it is falſe and impoſſible, ſo was it
never affirmed by Copernicus, who rather maketh it to move the
contrary way, I mean from Weſt to Eaſt, that is, according to
the order of the Signes; whereupon we come to think the ſame
to be the annual motion of the Sun, conſtituted immoveable in
the centre of the Zodiack. See the too adventurous confidence
of this man; to undertake the confutation of anothers Doctrine,
and yet to be ignorant of the primary fundamentals; upon which
his adverſary layeth the greateſt and moſt important part of all
the Fabrick. This is a bad beginning to gain himſelf credit
with his Reader; but let us go on.
Authour, in this firſt entrance, ſhews himſelf to be but very ill
verſt in the Hypotheſis which he goeth about to confute, in
gard, he ſaith that Copernicus maketh the Earth, together with
the Moon, to deſcribe the ^{*} grand Orb in a year moving from
Eaſt to Weſt; a thing that as it is falſe and impoſſible, ſo was it
never affirmed by Copernicus, who rather maketh it to move the
contrary way, I mean from Weſt to Eaſt, that is, according to
the order of the Signes; whereupon we come to think the ſame
to be the annual motion of the Sun, conſtituted immoveable in
the centre of the Zodiack. See the too adventurous confidence
of this man; to undertake the confutation of anothers Doctrine,
and yet to be ignorant of the primary fundamentals; upon which
his adverſary layeth the greateſt and moſt important part of all
the Fabrick. This is a bad beginning to gain himſelf credit
with his Reader; but let us go on.
* I.e. the Ecliptick
SIMP. Having explained the Univerſal Syſteme, he beginneth
to propound his objections againſt this annual motion: and
the firſt are theſe, which he citeth Ironically, and in deriſion of
Copernicus, and of his followers, writing that in this phantaſtical
Hypotheſis of the World one muſt neceſſarily maintain very
groſſe abſurdities; namely, that the Sun, Venus, and Mercury
are below the Earth; and that grave matters go naturally
wards, and the light downwards; and that Chriſt, our Lord and
Redeemer, aſcended into Hell, and deſcended into Heaven, when
he approached towards the Sun, and that when Joſhuah
manded the Sun to ſtand ſtill, the Earth ſtood ſtill, or the Sun
moved a contrary way to that of the Earth; and that when the
Sun is in Cancer, the Earth runneth through Capricorn; and that
the Hyemal (or Winter) Signes make the Summer, and the
Æſtival Winter; and that the Stars do not riſe and ſet to
the Earth, but the Earth to the Stars; and that the Eaſt
neth in the Weſt, and the Weſt in the Eaſt; and, in a word,
that almoſt the whole courſe of the World is inverted.
to propound his objections againſt this annual motion: and
the firſt are theſe, which he citeth Ironically, and in deriſion of
Copernicus, and of his followers, writing that in this phantaſtical
Hypotheſis of the World one muſt neceſſarily maintain very
groſſe abſurdities; namely, that the Sun, Venus, and Mercury
are below the Earth; and that grave matters go naturally
wards, and the light downwards; and that Chriſt, our Lord and
Redeemer, aſcended into Hell, and deſcended into Heaven, when
he approached towards the Sun, and that when Joſhuah
manded the Sun to ſtand ſtill, the Earth ſtood ſtill, or the Sun
moved a contrary way to that of the Earth; and that when the
Sun is in Cancer, the Earth runneth through Capricorn; and that
the Hyemal (or Winter) Signes make the Summer, and the
Æſtival Winter; and that the Stars do not riſe and ſet to
the Earth, but the Earth to the Stars; and that the Eaſt
neth in the Weſt, and the Weſt in the Eaſt; and, in a word,
that almoſt the whole courſe of the World is inverted.
Inſtances of a
certain Book
nically propounded
againſt
cus.
certain Book
nically propounded
againſt
cus.
SALV. Every thing pleaſeth me, except it be his having
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