1I hope he will communicate Copies to all thoſe that are Students
of Natures Wonders.
of Natures Wonders.
Sig. Cæſare
ſilius obſerveth the
Meridian to be
moveable.
ſilius obſerveth the
Meridian to be
moveable.
SAGR. This is not the firſt time that I have heard ſpeak of
the exquiſite Learning of this Gentleman, and of his ſhewing
himſelf a zealous Patron of all the Learned, and if this, or any
other of his Works ſhall come to appear in publique, we may be
aforehand aſſured, that they will be received, as things of great
value.
the exquiſite Learning of this Gentleman, and of his ſhewing
himſelf a zealous Patron of all the Learned, and if this, or any
other of his Works ſhall come to appear in publique, we may be
aforehand aſſured, that they will be received, as things of great
value.
SALV. Now becauſe it is time to put an end to our
ſes, it remaineth, that I intreat you, that if, at more leaſure
ing over the things again that have been alledged you meet
with any doubts, or ſcruples not well reſolved, you will excuſe
my overſight, as well for the novelty of the Notion, as for the
weakneſſe of my wit, as alſo for the grandure of the Subject,
as alſo finally, becauſe I do not, nor have pretended to that
ſent from others, which I my ſelf do not give to this conceit,
which I could very eaſily grant to be a Chymæra, and a meer
paradox; and you Sagredus, although in the Diſcourſes paſt
you have many times, with great applauſe, declared, that you
were pleaſed with ſome of my conjectures, yet do I believe, that
that was in part more occaſioned by the novelty than by the
tainty of them, but much more by your courteſie, which did
think and deſire, by its aſſent, to procure me that content which
we naturally uſe to take in the approbation and applauſe of our
own matters: and as your civility hath obliged me to you; ſo
am I alſo pleaſed with the ingenuity of Simplicius. Nay, his
conſtancy in maintaining the Doctrine of his Maſter, with ſo
much ſtrength & undauntedneſs, hath made me much to love him.
And as I am to give you thanks, Sagredus, for your courteous
fection; ſo of Simplicius, I ask pardon, if I have ſometimes
moved him with my too bold and reſolute ſpeaking: and let him
be aſſured that I have not done the ſame out of any inducement
of ſiniſter affection, but onely to give him occaſion to ſet before
us more lofty fancies that might make me the more knowing.
ſes, it remaineth, that I intreat you, that if, at more leaſure
ing over the things again that have been alledged you meet
with any doubts, or ſcruples not well reſolved, you will excuſe
my overſight, as well for the novelty of the Notion, as for the
weakneſſe of my wit, as alſo for the grandure of the Subject,
as alſo finally, becauſe I do not, nor have pretended to that
ſent from others, which I my ſelf do not give to this conceit,
which I could very eaſily grant to be a Chymæra, and a meer
paradox; and you Sagredus, although in the Diſcourſes paſt
you have many times, with great applauſe, declared, that you
were pleaſed with ſome of my conjectures, yet do I believe, that
that was in part more occaſioned by the novelty than by the
tainty of them, but much more by your courteſie, which did
think and deſire, by its aſſent, to procure me that content which
we naturally uſe to take in the approbation and applauſe of our
own matters: and as your civility hath obliged me to you; ſo
am I alſo pleaſed with the ingenuity of Simplicius. Nay, his
conſtancy in maintaining the Doctrine of his Maſter, with ſo
much ſtrength & undauntedneſs, hath made me much to love him.
And as I am to give you thanks, Sagredus, for your courteous
fection; ſo of Simplicius, I ask pardon, if I have ſometimes
moved him with my too bold and reſolute ſpeaking: and let him
be aſſured that I have not done the ſame out of any inducement
of ſiniſter affection, but onely to give him occaſion to ſet before
us more lofty fancies that might make me the more knowing.
SIMP. There is no reaſon why you ſhould make all theſe
cuſes, that are needleſſe, and eſpecially to me, that being
ſtomed to be at Conferences and publique Diſputes, have an
hundred times ſeen the Diſputants not onely to grow hot and
gry at one another, but likewiſe to break forth into injurious
words, and ſometimes to come very neer to blows. As for the
paſt Diſcourſes, and particulatly in this laſt, of the reaſon of
the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea, I do not, to ſpeak the truth,
very well apprehend the ſame, but by that ſlight Idea, what
ver it be, that I have formed thereof to my ſelf, I confeſſe that
your conceit ſeemeth to me far more ingenuous than any of all
cuſes, that are needleſſe, and eſpecially to me, that being
ſtomed to be at Conferences and publique Diſputes, have an
hundred times ſeen the Diſputants not onely to grow hot and
gry at one another, but likewiſe to break forth into injurious
words, and ſometimes to come very neer to blows. As for the
paſt Diſcourſes, and particulatly in this laſt, of the reaſon of
the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea, I do not, to ſpeak the truth,
very well apprehend the ſame, but by that ſlight Idea, what
ver it be, that I have formed thereof to my ſelf, I confeſſe that
your conceit ſeemeth to me far more ingenuous than any of all