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

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              do for the moſt part cloſe with thoſe produced by the grave
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              thours firſt above mentioned. </s>
              <s>But albeit that the
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              Peripatetick
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              potheſis,
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              by reaſon of its antiquity, hath had many followers and
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              fautors, and the other very few; firſt, for its obſcurity, and next,
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              for its novelty, yet methinks I diſcover amongſt thoſe many,
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              and particularly amongſt the modernes ſome, who for the
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              port of the opinion by them eſteemed true, have introduced
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              other reaſons ſufficiently childiſh, I could ſay ridiculous.</s>
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>I have met with the like, and ſo much worſe than
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              yours, that I bluſh to rehearſe them, not ſo much to ſpare the fame
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              of their Authours, the names of whom might be perpetually
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              cealed, as becauſe I am aſhamed ſo much to ſtain the honour of
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              mankinde. </s>
              <s>In obſerving of theſe men, I have found that ſome
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              there are who prepoſterouſly reaſoning, firſt ſtabliſh the
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              ſion in their fancy, and (either becauſe it is their own, or elſe
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              longs to a perſon whom they much confide in) ſo firmly imprint
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              it in their opinions, that it is altogether impoſſible ever wholly to
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              efface it: and thoſe reaſons which they themſelves ſtumble upon,
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              or which they hear others to alledge in confirmation of the
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              ceit entertained, though never ſo ſimple and inſipid, inſtantly find
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              credit and applauſe with them: but on the contrary, thoſe which
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              are brought againſt their opinion, though ingenuous and
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              ding, they receive not only with nauſeating, but with diſdain and
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              bitter indignation, yea, you ſhall have one of theſe ſo inraged, as
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              that he will not be backward to try all wayes to ſuppreſs and ſilence
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              their adverſaries: and of this I my ſelf have had ſome experience.</s>
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              Some in arguing
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              firſt fix in their
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              minds the
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              ſion beleeved by
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              them, and then
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              dapt their reaſons
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              to that.
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              <s>SAGR. </s>
              <s>Indeed theſe men deduce not the concluſion from the
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              premiſes, nor confirme them with reaſons, but accomodate, or to
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              ſay better, diſcommodate and diſtort the premiſes and arguments
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              to make them ſpeak in favour of their pre-aſſumed and
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              ous concluſions. </s>
              <s>It is not good therefore to contract familiarity
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              with theſe men; and the rather, for that their converſation is not
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              only unpleaſant, but alſo dangerous. </s>
              <s>Yet let us continue our
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              ference with
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              Simplicius
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              however, whom I have known this long
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              while for a man of great ingenuity, and altogether void of malice:
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              beſides he is well verſt in the Peripatetick Doctrine; ſo that I may
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              aſſure my ſelf, that what ſhall not fall within the reach of his
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              ſon for the ſupport of the
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              Ariſtotelian
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              Hypotheſis, will not eaſily
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              be found out by others. </s>
              <s>But ſee yonder he comes, quite out of
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              winde, whoſe company we have ſo long deſired: we were juſt now
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              ſpeaking againſt the ſmall haſt you made to come to us.</s>
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              <s>SIMP. </s>
              <s>You muſt not blame me, but
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              Neptune,
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              for this my long
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              ſtay; which in the ebbe of this mornings tide hath in a manner
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              drain'd away the waters, for the
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              Gondola
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              that brought me, being
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              entered not far from hence into a certain Channel, wanting depth, </s>
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