Salusbury, Thomas, Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I), 1667
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              from the impure, the mortal from the immortal, as other Schools
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              teach; which tell us that theſe impure and frail matters are
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              teined within the anguſt concave of the Lunar Orb, above which
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              with uninterrupted Series the things Celeſtial diſtend themſelves.</s>
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              <s>SALV. It's true that the Copernican Syſteme introduceth
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              ſtraction in the univerſe of
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              Aristotle
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              ; but we ſpeak of our own
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              Univerſe, that is true and real. </s>
              <s>Again if this Author will infer
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              the diſparity of eſſence between the Earth and Celeſtial bodies
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              from the incorruptibility of them, and the corruptibility of it in
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              the method of
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              Ariſtotle,
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              from which diſparity he concludeth
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              tion to belong to the Sun and fixed Stars, and the immobility of
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              the Earth, he will flatter himſelf with a Paralogiſme, ſuppoſing
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              that which is in queſtion; for
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              Ariſtotle
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              inferreth the
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              lity of Celeſtial bodies from motion, which is in diſpute,
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              ther it belongeth to them or to the Earth. </s>
              <s>Of the vanity of theſe
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              Rhetorical Illations enough hath been ſpoken. </s>
              <s>And what can be
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              more fond, than to ſay, that the Earth and Elements are
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              ſhed and ſequeſtred from the Celeſtial Spheres, and confined
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              within the Lunar Orb? </s>
              <s>Is, not then the Moons Orb one of the
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              Celeſtial Spheres, and according to conſent compriſed in the
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              middle of all the reſt? </s>
              <s>Its a new way to ſeparate the pure from
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              the impure, and the ſick from the ſound, to aſſigne the infected
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              quarters in the heart of the City: I had thought that the ^{*}
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              houſe ought to have been removed as far off as was poſſible.
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              Copernicus
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              admireth the diſpoſition of the parts of the Univerſe,
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              for that God hath conſtituted the grand Lamp, which is to give
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              light all over his Temple in the centre of it, and not on one
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              ſide. </s>
              <s>And as to the Earths being betwixt
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              Venus
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              and
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              Mars,
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              we will but hint the ſame; and do you, in favour of this Author,
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              trie to remove it thence. </s>
              <s>But let us not ^{*} mix theſe Rhetorical
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              Flowers with ſolid Demonſtrations, rather let us leave them to
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              the Orators, or if you will to the Poets, who know how in their
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              drolling way to exalt by their prayſes things moſt ſordid, yea and
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              ſometimes moſt pernicious. </s>
              <s>And if any thing elſe remain, let us
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              diſpatch it, as we have done the reſt.</s>
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              Copernicus
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              in
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              troduceth confuſion
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              in the Univerſe of
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              Ariſtotle.</s>
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              The Paralogiſme
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              of the Author of
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              Anti-Tycho.
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              It ſeemeth a
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              folly to affirm the
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              Earth to be
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              out the Heavens.
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              * Lazeretto</s>
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              *
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              Intrecciare,
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              to
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              twine flowers in a
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              garland.</s>
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              <s>SIMP. </s>
              <s>There is the ſixth and laſt argument, wherein he
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              keth it a very improbale thing. [
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              That a corruptible and diſſipable
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              body ſhould move with a perpetual and regular motion; and this
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              he confirmeth with the example of living creatures, which moving
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              with a motion natural to them, yet grow weary, and have need of
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              repoſe to reſtore their ſtrength.
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              ] But what hath this motion to do
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              with that of the Earth, that in compariſon to theirs is immenſe?
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              <s>Beſides, to make it move with three motions that run and draw
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              ſeveral wayes: Who would ever aſſert ſuch Paradoxes, unleſſe
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              he had ſworn to be their defender? </s>
              <s>Nor doth that avail in this </s>
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