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

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              they cannot be diſſipated by one ſole converſion about the Sun,
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              which is accompliſhed in leſs than a moneth.</s>
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              In natural
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              ences, the art of
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              Oratory is of no
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              force.
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              <s>
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              An Argument
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              that neceſſarily
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              proveth the Solar
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              ſpots to generate
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              and diſſolwe.
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              <s>
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              A concluſive
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              monſtration, that
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              the ſpots are
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              guous to the body
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              of the Sun.
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              <s>
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              The motion of the
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              spots towards the
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              circumference of
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              the Sun appears
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              ſlow.
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              <s>
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              The figure of the
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              spots appears
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              row towards the
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              circumference of
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              the Suns
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              diſcus,
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              &
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              why.
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              * Under this word
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              Friend,
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              as alſo that
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              of
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              Academick, &
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              Common Friend,
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              Galilœus
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              modeſtly
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              conceals himſelf
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              throughout theſe
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              Dialogues.</s>
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            <p type="margin">
              <s>
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              The Solar spots
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              are not ſpherical,
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              but flat like thin
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              plates.
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              <s>SIMPL. I, for my part, have not made either ſo long, or ſo
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              exact obſervations, as to enable me to boaſt my ſelf Maſter of the
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              Quod ect
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              of this matter: but I will more accurately conſider the
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              ſame, and make tryal my ſelf for my own ſatisfaction, whether I
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              can reconcile that which experience ſhews us, with that which
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              Ariſtotle
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              teacheth us; for it's a certain Maxim, that two Truths
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              cannot be contrary to one another.</s>
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>If you would reconcile that which ſenſe ſheweth you,
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              with the ſolider Doctrines of
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              Ariſtotle,
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              you will find no great
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              ficulty in the undertaking; and that ſo it is, doth not
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              Ariſtotle
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              ſay, that one cannot treat confidently of the things of Heaven,
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              by reaſon of their great remoteneſs?</s>
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            <p type="margin">
              <s>
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              One cannot
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              (
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              ſaith
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              Ariſtotle)
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              ſpeak
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              confidently of
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              ven, by reaſon of
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              its great diſtance.
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              </s>
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              <s>SIMPL. </s>
              <s>He expreſly ſaith
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              </s>
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              <s>
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              Ariſtotle
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              prefers
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              ſenſe before
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              cination.
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>And doth he not likewiſe affirm, that we ought to
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              fer that which ſenſe demonſtrates, before all Arguments, though
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              in appearance never ſo well grounded? </s>
              <s>and ſaith he not this
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              without the leaſt doubt or hæſitation?</s>
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              <s>SIMPL. </s>
              <s>He doth ſo.</s>
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>Why then, the ſecond of theſe propoſitions, which are
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              both the doctrine of
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              Ariſtotle,
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              that ſaith, that ſenſe is to take </s>
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              <s>
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              place of Logick, is a doctrine much more ſolid and undoubted,
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              than that other which holdeth the Heavens to be unalterable; and
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              therefore you ſhall argue more
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              Ariſtotelically,
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              ſaying, the
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              vens are alterable, for that ſo my ſenſe telleth me, than if you
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              ſhould ſay, the Heavens are u alterable, for that Logick ſo
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              ded
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              Aristotle.
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              Furthermore, we may diſcourſe of Cœleſtial
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              ters much better than
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              Ariſtotle
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              ; becauſe, he confeſſing the
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              ledg thereof to be difficult to him, by reaſon of their remoteneſs
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              from the ſenſes, he thereby acknowledgeth, that one to whom
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              the ſenſes can better repreſent the ſame, may philoſophate upon
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              them with more certainty. </s>
              <s>Now we by help of the Teleſcope,
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              are brought thirty or forty times nearer to the Heavens, than ever
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              Ariſtotle
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              came; ſo that we may diſcover in them an hundred
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              things, which he could not ſee, and amongſt the reſt, theſe ſpots
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              in the Sun, which were to him abſolutely inviſible; therefore
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              we may diſcourſe of the Heavens and Sun, with more certainty
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              than
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              Ariſtolte.
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            <p type="margin">
              <s>
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              Its a doctrine more
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              agreeing with
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              riſtotle,
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              to ſay the
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              Heavens are
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              able, than that
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              which affirms
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              them inalterable.
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              </s>
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            <p type="margin">
              <s>
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              We may by help of
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              the
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              Teleſcope
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              courſe better of
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              leſtial matters,
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              than
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              Ariſtot.
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              ſelf.
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              </s>
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              <s>SAGR. </s>
              <s>I ſee into the heart of
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              Simplicius,
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              and know that he is
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              much moved at the ſtrength of theſe ſo convincing Arguments;
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              but on the other ſide, when he conſidereth the great authority
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              which
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              Ariſtotle
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              hath won with all men, and remembreth the great
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              number of famous Interpreters, which have made it their buſineſs
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              to explain his ſenſe; and ſeeth other Sciences, ſo neceſſary and </s>
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