Salusbury, Thomas, Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I), 1667
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              be a Ghoſt, and ſtand in fear of that which hath nothing in it of
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              dreadfull, like as a little child doth fear the Hobgoblin, without
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              knowing any more of it, ſave the name; as that which beſides
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              the name is nothing.</s>
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              <s>SIMP. </s>
              <s>I ſhould be glad to be informed, and reclaimed from
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              an errour.</s>
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>Anſwer me then to the queſtions that I ſhall ask you.
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              <s>And firſt of all, Tell me whether you believe, that this our Globe,
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              which we inhabit and call Earth, conſiſteth of one ſole and
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              ple matter, or elſe that it is an aggregate of matters different
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              from each other.</s>
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              <s>SIMP. </s>
              <s>I ſee it to be compoſed of ſubſtances and bodies very
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              different; and firſt, for the greateſt parts of the compoſition,
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              I ſee the Water and the Earth, which extreamly differ from one
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              another.</s>
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              The
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              Terreſtrial
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              Globe
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              compoſed of
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              ſundry matters.
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              <s>SAIV. </s>
              <s>Let us, for this once, lay aſide the Seas and other
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              ters, and let us conſider the ſolid parts, and tell me, if you think
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              them one and the ſame thing, or elſe different.</s>
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              <s>SIMP. </s>
              <s>As to appearance, I ſee that they are different things,
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              there being very great heaps of unfruitful ſands, and others of
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              fruitful ſoiles; There are infinite ſharp and ſteril mountains, full
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              of hard ſtones and quarries of ſeveral kinds, as Porphyre,
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              blaſter, Jaſper, and a thouſand other kinds of Marbles: There
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              are vaſt Minerals of ſo many kinds of metals; and in a word,
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              ſuch varieties of matters, that a whole day would not ſuffice
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              ly to enumerate them.</s>
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              <s>Now of all theſe different matters, do you think,
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              that in the compoſition of this grand maſſe, there do concur
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              tions, or elſe that amongſt them all there is one part that far
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              ceeds the reſt, and is as it were the matter and ſubſtance of the
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              immenſe lump?</s>
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              <s>SIMP. </s>
              <s>I believe that the Stones, Marbles, Metals, Gems, and
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              the ſo many other ſeveral matters are as it were Jewels, and
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              teriour and ſuperficial Ornaments of the primary Globe, which
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              in groſſe, as I believe, doth without compare exceed all theſe
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              things put together.</s>
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>And this principal and vaſt maſſe, of which thoſe
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              things above named are as it were excreſſences and ornaments, of
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              what matter do you think that it is compoſed?</s>
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              <s>SIMP. </s>
              <s>I think that it is the ſimple, or leſſe impure element of
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              Earth.</s>
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>But what do you underſtand by Earth? </s>
              <s>Is it haply
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              that which is diſperſed all over the fields, which is broke up with
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              Mattocks and Ploughs, wherein we ſowe corne, and plant fruits,
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              and in which great boſcages grow up, without the help of </s>
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