1Earth is to carry along with it a thouſand bodies, each much
ger than the Terreſtrial Globe.
ger than the Terreſtrial Globe.
* Cinque ò ſei
braccia Fiorentini.
braccia Fiorentini.
Wearineß more
to be feared in the
ſtarry Sphere than
in the terreſtriall
Globe.
to be feared in the
ſtarry Sphere than
in the terreſtriall
Globe.
Here it remains for us to ſee the proofs, whereby the Authour
concludes the new ſtars Anno 1572. and Anno 1604. to be
nary, and not cœleſtial, as the Astronomers of thoſe times were
generally perſwaded; an enterprize very great certainly; but I
have conſidered, that it will be better, in regard the Book is new
and long, by reaſon of its many calculations, that between this
vening and to morrow morning I make them as plain as I can, and
ſo meeting you again to morrow to continue our wonted
rences, give you a brief of what I ſhall obſerve therein; and if we
have time left, we will ſay ſomething of the Annual motion
bed to the Earth. In the mean time, if either of you, and
cius in particular, hath any thing to ſay more, touching what relates
to the Diurnal motion, at large examined by me, we have a little
time ſtill left to treat thereof.
concludes the new ſtars Anno 1572. and Anno 1604. to be
nary, and not cœleſtial, as the Astronomers of thoſe times were
generally perſwaded; an enterprize very great certainly; but I
have conſidered, that it will be better, in regard the Book is new
and long, by reaſon of its many calculations, that between this
vening and to morrow morning I make them as plain as I can, and
ſo meeting you again to morrow to continue our wonted
rences, give you a brief of what I ſhall obſerve therein; and if we
have time left, we will ſay ſomething of the Annual motion
bed to the Earth. In the mean time, if either of you, and
cius in particular, hath any thing to ſay more, touching what relates
to the Diurnal motion, at large examined by me, we have a little
time ſtill left to treat thereof.
SIMP. I have no more to ſay, unleſſe it be this, that the
ſes that this day have falne under our debate, have appeared to me
fraught with very acute and ingenious notions, alledged on
nicus his ſide, in confirmation of the motion of the Earth, but yet
I find not my ſelf perſwaded to believe it; for in ſhort, the things
that have been ſaid conclude no more but this, that the reaſons
for the ſtability of the Earth are not neceſſary; but all the while
no demonſtration hath been produced on the other ſide, that doth
neceſſarily convince and prove its mobility.
ſes that this day have falne under our debate, have appeared to me
fraught with very acute and ingenious notions, alledged on
nicus his ſide, in confirmation of the motion of the Earth, but yet
I find not my ſelf perſwaded to believe it; for in ſhort, the things
that have been ſaid conclude no more but this, that the reaſons
for the ſtability of the Earth are not neceſſary; but all the while
no demonſtration hath been produced on the other ſide, that doth
neceſſarily convince and prove its mobility.
SALV. I never undertook, Simplicius, to remove you from that
your opinion; much leſs dare I preſume to determine definitively
in this controverſie: it onely was, and ſtill ſhall be in the enſuing
diſputations my intent, to make it appear to you, that thoſe who
have thought that moſt ſwift motion of 24 hours doth belong to
the Earth alone, and not to the Univerſe, the Earth onely
ded, were not induced to believe, that ſo it might and ought to do
out of any blind perſwaſion; but that they did very well ſee, try,
and examine the reaſons on the contrary ſide, and alſo not
ly anſwer them. With the ſame intention, if it ſtand with your
liking, and that of Sagredus, we may paſſe to the conſideration of
that other motion; firſt, by Aristarchus Samius, and afterwards
by Nicholaus Copernicus aſcribed to the ſaid Terreſtrial Globe,
which is, as, I believe, you have heretofore heard, made under the
Zodiack within the ſpace of a year about the Sun, immoveably
placed in the centre of the ſaid Zodiack.
your opinion; much leſs dare I preſume to determine definitively
in this controverſie: it onely was, and ſtill ſhall be in the enſuing
diſputations my intent, to make it appear to you, that thoſe who
have thought that moſt ſwift motion of 24 hours doth belong to
the Earth alone, and not to the Univerſe, the Earth onely
ded, were not induced to believe, that ſo it might and ought to do
out of any blind perſwaſion; but that they did very well ſee, try,
and examine the reaſons on the contrary ſide, and alſo not
ly anſwer them. With the ſame intention, if it ſtand with your
liking, and that of Sagredus, we may paſſe to the conſideration of
that other motion; firſt, by Aristarchus Samius, and afterwards
by Nicholaus Copernicus aſcribed to the ſaid Terreſtrial Globe,
which is, as, I believe, you have heretofore heard, made under the
Zodiack within the ſpace of a year about the Sun, immoveably
placed in the centre of the ſaid Zodiack.
SIMP. The diſquiſition is ſo great, and ſo noble, that I ſhall
gladly hearken to the diſcuſſion thereof, perſwading my ſelf that I
ſhall hear what ever can be ſaid of that matter. And I will
gladly hearken to the diſcuſſion thereof, perſwading my ſelf that I
ſhall hear what ever can be ſaid of that matter. And I will