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[Commentary:
The book discussed on the first page of this letter was the Trigonometria
of Bartholomaeus ]
Sr I never loved huntinge till you furnished mee
with dogs. I will henceforward prove myself another [???]
inded I soughte both arkes and tangents in the tables by pro-
portion onlie. so in a worde you have made me see
my faulte. or, 2. or, 3. more you have taught me to
amende it. onlie your sure dog Pitiscus will not
come into my sighte: but after a weekes vaine anger
and paines in seeking for him I found at last it
was not the poor Currs faulte but Mr Bills that
sending me the * * printed, 1608 second edition of the Trigonometria
sent me onlie the tables; so as turning the pages
75. 76. 78. 79. of the * * printed, 1600 first edition which is all I have
I found no such thinge as you cited nor no such
examples as you added. This is not the first time that
Bill hath sent me imperfect copies. I pray let him
understand so much. so, you see I am defeated of the
Curre dog; such indeed is not enough to give me satisfaction saving what I pick out of your letter.
let Kitt: when he goes next to London speake to
Bill or at the Blackfriers for a perfect copy of Pitiscus.
my brother the capitaine will sende it to mee
with dogs. I will henceforward prove myself another [???]
inded I soughte both arkes and tangents in the tables by pro-
portion onlie. so in a worde you have made me see
my faulte. or, 2. or, 3. more you have taught me to
amende it. onlie your sure dog Pitiscus will not
come into my sighte: but after a weekes vaine anger
and paines in seeking for him I found at last it
was not the poor Currs faulte but Mr Bills that
sending me the * * printed, 1608 second edition of the Trigonometria
sent me onlie the tables; so as turning the pages
75. 76. 78. 79. of the * * printed, 1600 first edition which is all I have
I found no such thinge as you cited nor no such
examples as you added. This is not the first time that
Bill hath sent me imperfect copies. I pray let him
understand so much. so, you see I am defeated of the
Curre dog; such indeed is not enough to give me satisfaction saving what I pick out of your letter.
let Kitt: when he goes next to London speake to
Bill or at the Blackfriers for a perfect copy of Pitiscus.
my brother the capitaine will sende it to mee
the touch that you give of your doctrine of
differences of differences or triangular nombers en-
amours me of them. wherein to understand somethinge
I will one day be a beggar unto
differences of differences or triangular nombers en-
amours me of them. wherein to understand somethinge
I will one day be a beggar unto
Your dog that hunts by the sines onlie and I, am
growen familiare and he is an excellent dog: but
your shee bitch hath no fellow for [???], onlie
she is slow. I had not lost hir, but knew hir
goodnesse wel enough. the reason why I did not
use hir in the former workes, was because beinge in
way of calculation by the tables onlie, in that practise
I indevored to cleare that way of all rules, also be
cause of conceaving it to be the shortest I hastened
(so greedie was my desire) to see the issue of my
worke. so that by the assistance of thes dogs of yours
I grow so confident as to undertake to pursue in
chace anie game; but then onlie I shalbe sure that
nothinge do escape me, when you shall please
to imparte unto me a brach of your triangular
growen familiare and he is an excellent dog: but
your shee bitch hath no fellow for [???], onlie
she is slow. I had not lost hir, but knew hir
goodnesse wel enough. the reason why I did not
use hir in the former workes, was because beinge in
way of calculation by the tables onlie, in that practise
I indevored to cleare that way of all rules, also be
cause of conceaving it to be the shortest I hastened
(so greedie was my desire) to see the issue of my
worke. so that by the assistance of thes dogs of yours
I grow so confident as to undertake to pursue in
chace anie game; but then onlie I shalbe sure that
nothinge do escape me, when you shall please
to imparte unto me a brach of your triangular