SAGR. You have done very well; but if we would re-aſſume
our Diſputations according to yeſterdayes appointment, it is
quiſite that we firſt hear what account Salviatus hath to give us
of the Book, De ſtellis novis, and then without interruption we
may proceed to the Annual motion. Now what ſay you,
tus touching thoſe ſtars? Are they really pull'd down from
ven to theſe lower regions, by vertue of that Authours
ons, whom Simplicius mentioneth?
our Diſputations according to yeſterdayes appointment, it is
quiſite that we firſt hear what account Salviatus hath to give us
of the Book, De ſtellis novis, and then without interruption we
may proceed to the Annual motion. Now what ſay you,
tus touching thoſe ſtars? Are they really pull'd down from
ven to theſe lower regions, by vertue of that Authours
ons, whom Simplicius mentioneth?
SALV. I ſet my ſelf laſt night to peruſe his proceedings, and I
have this morning had another view of him, to ſee whether that
which he ſeemed over night to affirm, were really his ſenſe, or my
dreams and phantaſtical nocturnal imaginations; and in the cloſe
found to my great grief that thoſe things were really written and
printed, which for the reputation-ſake of this Philoſopher I was
unwilling to believe. It is in my judgment impoſſible, but that he
ſhould perceive the vanity of his undertaking, aſwell becauſe it is
too apert, as becauſe I remember, that I have heard him
ned with applauſe by the Academick our Friend: it ſeemeth to
me alſo to be a thing very unlikely, that in complacency to others,
he ſhould be induced to ſet ſo low a value upon his reputation, as
to give conſent to the publication of a work, for which he could
expect no other than the cenſure of the Learned.
have this morning had another view of him, to ſee whether that
which he ſeemed over night to affirm, were really his ſenſe, or my
dreams and phantaſtical nocturnal imaginations; and in the cloſe
found to my great grief that thoſe things were really written and
printed, which for the reputation-ſake of this Philoſopher I was
unwilling to believe. It is in my judgment impoſſible, but that he
ſhould perceive the vanity of his undertaking, aſwell becauſe it is
too apert, as becauſe I remember, that I have heard him
ned with applauſe by the Academick our Friend: it ſeemeth to
me alſo to be a thing very unlikely, that in complacency to others,
he ſhould be induced to ſet ſo low a value upon his reputation, as
to give conſent to the publication of a work, for which he could
expect no other than the cenſure of the Learned.
SAGR. Yea, but you know, that thoſe will be much fewer
than one for an hundred, compared to thoſe that ſhall celebrate
and extoll him above the greateſt wits that are, or ever have been
in the world: He is one that hath mentioned the
tick inalterability of Heaven againſt a troop of Aſtronomers, and
that to their greater diſgrace hath foiled them at their own
pons; and what do you think four or five in a Countrey that
cern his triflings, can do againſt the innumerable multitude, that,
not being able to diſcover or comprehend them, ſuffer themſelves
to be taken with words, and ſo much more applaud him, by how
much the leſſe they underſtand him? You may adde alſo, that
thoſe few who underſtand, ſcorn to give an anſwer to papers ſo
trivial and unconcludent; and that upon very good reaſons,
cauſe to the intelligent there is no need thereof, and to thoſe that
do not underſtand, it is but labour loſt.
than one for an hundred, compared to thoſe that ſhall celebrate
and extoll him above the greateſt wits that are, or ever have been
in the world: He is one that hath mentioned the
tick inalterability of Heaven againſt a troop of Aſtronomers, and
that to their greater diſgrace hath foiled them at their own
pons; and what do you think four or five in a Countrey that
cern his triflings, can do againſt the innumerable multitude, that,
not being able to diſcover or comprehend them, ſuffer themſelves
to be taken with words, and ſo much more applaud him, by how
much the leſſe they underſtand him? You may adde alſo, that
thoſe few who underſtand, ſcorn to give an anſwer to papers ſo
trivial and unconcludent; and that upon very good reaſons,
cauſe to the intelligent there is no need thereof, and to thoſe that
do not underſtand, it is but labour loſt.
SALV. The moſt deſerved puniſhment of their demerits would
certainly be ſilence, if there were not other reaſons, for which it
is haply no leſſe than neceſſary to reſent their timerity: one of
which is, that we Italians thereby incur the cenſure of Illiterates,
and attract the laughter of Forreigners; and eſpecially to ſuch
who are ſeparated from our Religion; and I could ſhew you
ny of thoſe of no ſmall eminency, who ſcoff at our Academick,
and the many Mathematicians that are in Italie, for ſuffering the
certainly be ſilence, if there were not other reaſons, for which it
is haply no leſſe than neceſſary to reſent their timerity: one of
which is, that we Italians thereby incur the cenſure of Illiterates,
and attract the laughter of Forreigners; and eſpecially to ſuch
who are ſeparated from our Religion; and I could ſhew you
ny of thoſe of no ſmall eminency, who ſcoff at our Academick,
and the many Mathematicians that are in Italie, for ſuffering the
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