Salusbury, Thomas
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Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I)
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1667
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and fixed Stars may ſtand immoveable, in caſe the Earth ſhould
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move: the matter of fact in diſpute is, to which of them we may
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with moſt convenience aſcribe motion, and to which reſt. </
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reaſon dictates, that motion ought to be aſſigned to the bodies,
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which in kind and eſſence moſt agree with thoſe bodies which do
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undoubtedly move, and reſt to thoſe which moſt diſſent from them;
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and in regard that an eternal reſt and perpetual motion are moſt
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different, it is manifeſt, that the nature of the body always
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able ought to be moſt different from the body alwayes ſtable.
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>Therefore, in regard that we are dubious of motion and reſt,
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let us enquire, whether by the help of ſome other eminent
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on, we may diſcover, which moſt agreeth with the bodies
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ly moveable, either the Earth, or the Sun and fixed Stars. </
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how Nature, in favour of our neceſſity and deſire, preſents us
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with two eminent qualities, and no leſs different than motion and
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reſt, and they are light and darkneſs, to wit, the being by nature
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moſt bright, and the being obſcure, and wholly deprived of light:
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the bodies therefore adorned with an internal and eternal
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dour, are moſt different in eſſence from thoſe deprived of light:
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The Earth is deprived of light, the Sun is moſt ſplendid in it ſelf,
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and ſo are the fixed Stars. </
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want light, as the Earth; therefore their eſſence agreeth with
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the Earth, and differeth from the Sun and fixed Stars. </
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fore is the Earth moveable, immoveable the Sunne and Starry
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From the Earths
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obſcurity, and the
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ſplendour of the
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Sun, and fixed
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Stars, is argued,
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that it is
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ble, and they
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moveable.
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tenebroſe, and by that negative will he abide. </
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the great conformity of nature between the ſix Planets, and the
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Sun, and Fixed Stars; and the diſparity between them and the
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Earth from other conditions than from tenebroſity and light; yea,
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now I remember in the fifth objection, which followeth, he layeth
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down the vaſt difference between the Earth and the Cœleſtial
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Bodies, in which he writeth,
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That the
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Copernican Hypotheſis
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would make great confuſion and perturbation in the Syſteme of the
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Vniverſe, and amongst its parts:
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As for inſtance, amongſt
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bodies that are immutable and incorruptible, according to
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tle, Tycho,
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and others; amongſt bodies, I ſay, of ſuch nobility, by
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the confeſſion of every one, and
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Copernicus
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himſelf, who affirmeth
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them to be ordinate, and diſpoſed in a perfect conſtitution, and
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removeth from them all inconſtancy of vertue amongſt, theſe
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dies, I ſay once more, ſo pure, that is to ſay, amongſt
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Venus, Mars,
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&c.
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to place the very ſink of all corruptible matters, to wit, the
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Earth, Water, Air, and all mixt bodies.</
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A fifih
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pernicus.</
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Another
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rence between the
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Earth and the
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leſtial bodies,
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ken from purity &
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impurity.
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yea with God himſelf, the Architect, is it, to ſequeſter the pure </
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