Salusbury, Thomas, Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I), 1667

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