Salusbury, Thomas, Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I), 1667
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Candore ping is igneo,
Augens decoro lumine,
Quarto die, qui flammeam
Solis rotam conſtituens
Lunœ miniſtras ordinem,
Vagoſque curſus Syderum.
They might ſay, that the Name of Firmament very well a­
greeth, ad literam, to the Starry Sphere, and to all that which
is above the Planetary Converſions; which according to this Hy­
potheſis is altogether firme and immoveable. Ad litteram (the
Earth moving circularly) they might underſtand its Poles,
where it's ſaid, Nec dum Terram fecerat, & flumina, & Cardi­
nes Orbis Terrœ, Which Cardines or ^{*} liinges ſeem to be aſcribed

to the Earth in vain, if it be not to turn upon them.
* Or Poles.
FINIS.

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