296116That the Earth may be a Planet.
the Earth with a motive Faculty anſwerable
to its greatneſs. Or if this may make the
Earth incapable of ſo ſwift a motion as is
ſuppoſed, much more then will the Heavens
be diſabled for that greater ſwiftneſs which
is imagined in them. I might add, the Globe
of the Sun, and Jupiter, are obſerved to
move about their own Centres; and there-
fore the Earth, which is far leſs than either
of them, is not, by reaſon of its too great
magnitude, made unfit for ſuch a Revoluti-
on. Thirdly, As for the ſwiftneſs of the
Earth's Courſe, it does not exceed (all
Circumſtances well conſidered) the celeri-
ty of ſome other Motions, with which we
are acquainted; as that of the Clouds,
when driven by a tempeſtuous Wind; that
of a Bullet ſhot from a Canon, which in the
11Meſlin
prafat. ad
Narrat.
Rhet. ſpace of a minute flies four miles. Or, as
another hath obſerved, in the ſecond ſcru-
ple of an hour, it may paſs the fifteenth
22Fromond.
Veſta.
tract. 1.
cap. 3. part of a German mile: Than which, there
is not any Point in the Earth's Equinoctial
that moves faſter; and though a Bullet be
much ſlower in moving a greater diſtance,
yet for ſo little a ſpace, while the force of
the Powder is moſt freſh and powerful, it
does equal the ſwiftneſs of the Earth. And
yet,
to its greatneſs. Or if this may make the
Earth incapable of ſo ſwift a motion as is
ſuppoſed, much more then will the Heavens
be diſabled for that greater ſwiftneſs which
is imagined in them. I might add, the Globe
of the Sun, and Jupiter, are obſerved to
move about their own Centres; and there-
fore the Earth, which is far leſs than either
of them, is not, by reaſon of its too great
magnitude, made unfit for ſuch a Revoluti-
on. Thirdly, As for the ſwiftneſs of the
Earth's Courſe, it does not exceed (all
Circumſtances well conſidered) the celeri-
ty of ſome other Motions, with which we
are acquainted; as that of the Clouds,
when driven by a tempeſtuous Wind; that
of a Bullet ſhot from a Canon, which in the
11Meſlin
prafat. ad
Narrat.
Rhet. ſpace of a minute flies four miles. Or, as
another hath obſerved, in the ſecond ſcru-
ple of an hour, it may paſs the fifteenth
22Fromond.
Veſta.
tract. 1.
cap. 3. part of a German mile: Than which, there
is not any Point in the Earth's Equinoctial
that moves faſter; and though a Bullet be
much ſlower in moving a greater diſtance,
yet for ſo little a ſpace, while the force of
the Powder is moſt freſh and powerful, it
does equal the ſwiftneſs of the Earth. And
yet,
1.
A Bullet, or Cloud, is carried in its
whole Body, being fain to break its way
through the Air round about it: but
now the Earth (in reſpect of this firſt Mo-
tion) does remain ſtill in the ſame
whole Body, being fain to break its way
through the Air round about it: but
now the Earth (in reſpect of this firſt Mo-
tion) does remain ſtill in the ſame