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

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              miſcarriage of the unfortunate
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              Mathias Berneggeius
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              who firſt attempted to turn them into Latine for the benefit
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              of the Learned World.
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              I ſhall not preſume to Cenſure the Cenſure which the Church of Rome paſt upon this Doctrine and its Aſſectors.
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              <s>But, on the contrary, my Author having bin indefinite in his diſcourſe, I ſhall forbear to exaſperate, and attempt
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              to reconcile ſuch perſons to this Hypotheſis as devout eſteem for Holy Scripture, and dutifull Reſpect to Canonical
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              Injunctions hath made to ſtand off from this Opinion: and therefore for their ſakes I have at the end of the Dia­
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              logues by way of ſupplement added an Epiſtle of
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              Galilco
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              to Her Most Serene Highneſs
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              Chriſtina Lotharinga
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              the
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              Grand Dutcheſſe Mother of
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              Tuſcany;
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              as alſo certain Abſtracts of
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              John Kepler,
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              Mathematician to two Empe­
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              rours, and
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              Didacus à Stunica
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              a famous Divine of Salamanca, with an Epiſtle of
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              Paulo Antonio Foſcarini
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              a learn­
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              ed Carmelite of Naples, that ſhew the Authority of Sacred Scripture in determining of Philoſophical and Natu­
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              ral Controverſies: hoping that the ingenious & impartial Reader will meet with full ſatisfaction in the ſame.
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              <s>And leaſt what I have ſpoken of the prohibiting of theſe Pieces by the Inquiſition may deterre any ſcrupulous
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              perſon from reading of them, I have purpoſely inſerted the Imprimatur by which that Office licenced them. </s>
              <s>And
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              for a larger account of the Book or Author, I refer you to the Relation of his Life, which ſhall bring up the Reare
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              in the Second Tome.
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              What remains of this, is that Excellent Diſcourſe of D.
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              Benedetto Caſtelli Abbate di San Benedetto Aloyſio,
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              concerning the Menſuration of Running waters, with other Treatiſes of that Learned Prelate, & of the Superin­
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              tendent
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              Corſini.
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              Some may alledge, and I doe confeſs that I promiſed to publiſh the Life of
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              Galilco
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              in this place:
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              But the great miſcarriages of Letters from ſome Friends in Italy and elſe where, to whom I am a Debtor for ſe­
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              veral Remarques, & from whom I daily expect yet greater Helps concerning the Hiſtory of that famous Perſonage:
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              theſe diſappointments, I ſay, joyned with the undeniable Requeſt of ſome Friends, who were impatient to ſee
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              Caſtelli
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              in Engliſh, together with a conſideration of the diſproportionate Bulk that would otherwiſe have bin betwixt the
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              two Volumes, perſwaded me to this exchange. </s>
              <s>This deviation from my Promiſe I hope is Venial, and for the ex­
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              plating of it I plead Supererrogation: having in each Tome made ſo large Aditions (though to my great ex­
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              penſe) that they make neer a third part more than I ſtood by promiſe bound to Publiſh. </s>
              <s>That this is ſo will appearby
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              comparing the Contents I here prefix with the Advertiſment I formerly Printed. </s>
              <s>For not to mention thoſe Epitomes
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              of
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              Kepler
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              and
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              à Stunica,
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              the whole ſecond and following Books of
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              Caſtclli,
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              were not come to my hands at the time of
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              my penning that Paper; yet knowing how imperfect the Volume would be without them, they being partly a ſup­
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              plement to the Theoremes and Problemes which the Abbot had formerly Printed, and partly experiments that
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              had procured him and his Doctrine a very great Reputation, knowing this I ſay, I apprehended a neceſſity of pu­
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              bliſhing them with the reſt: and hope that if you think not the ſervice I have done therein worth your acknowledge­
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              ment, you will yet at leaſt account the encreaſe of my expence a ſufficient extenuation of the Treſpaſs that thoſe
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              Additions have forced me to commit upon your Patience in point of Time.
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              As for the ſecond Tome, I have only this to aſſure the Generous Readers; 1 that I am very confident I ſhall
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              be much more punctual in publiſhing that, than (for the reaſons above related.) I was able to be in ſetting forth
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              this: 2 that they ſhall not be abuſed in advancing of their moneys, (as hath bin uſed in the like caſe) by ſelling
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              the remaining Copyes at an under rate; and 2 that I have a very great care that no diſeſteem may by my means a­
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              riſe unto this way of publiſhing Books, for that it is of excellent uſe in uſhering Great and Coſtly Volumes into
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              the World.
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              To ſay nothing of the diſadvantages of Tranſlations in general, this of mine doubtleſs is not without it's Er­
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              rours, and overſights: but thoſe of the Printer diſcounted, I hope the reſt may be allowed me upon the ſcore of
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              Hu­
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              man Imbecilitic.
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              The truth is, I have aſſumed the Liberty to note the Miſtakes in the Florid Verſion of
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              Bernegge­
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              rus
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              in the Margent, not ſo much to reproach him, as to convince thoſe who told me that they accounted my pains
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              needleſs, having his Latine Tranſlation by them. </s>
              <s>The like they ſaid of the whole two Tomes: but they thereby cauſed
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              me to question their Underſtanding or Veracity. </s>
              <s>For ſome of the Books were yet never extant: As for inſtance;
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              the Mcchanicks of Monſieur
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              Des Cartes,
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              a Manuſcript which I found amongſt the many other Rarities that en­
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              rich the well-choſen Library of my Learned and Worthy Friend Dr.
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              Charles Scarburgh;
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              the Experiments of Gra­
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              vity, and the Life of
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              Galileo,
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              both my own: Others were included in Volumes of great price, or ſo diſperſed that
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              they were not to be purchaſed for any money; as thoſe of
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              Kepler, à Stunica, Archimedes, Tartaglia,
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              and the Mecha­
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              nicks of
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              Galileo:
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              And the remainder, though eaſyer to procure, were harder to be underſtood; as
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              Tartaglia
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              his notes
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              on
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              Archimedes, Torricellio
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              his Doctrine of Projects,
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              Galileo
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              his Epiſtle to the Dutcheſſe of
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              Tuſcany,
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              and above all
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              his Dialogues
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              de Motu;
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              (never till now done into any Language) which were ſo intermixt of Latine and Italian,
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              that the difficulty of the Stile, joyned with the intricatneſſe of the Subject rendered them Unpleaſant, if not wholly
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              Vnintelligible, to ſuch as were not abſolute Maſters of both the Tongues.
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              To conclude; according to the entertainment that you pleaſe to afford theſe Collections, I ſhall be encouraged to
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              proceed with the Publication of a large Body of Hydrography; declaring the Hiſtory, Art, Lawes, and Apendages
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              of that Princely Study of Navigation, wherein I have omitted nothing of note that can be found either in
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              Dud­
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              ley, Fournier, Aurigarius, Nonius, Snellus, Marſennus, Bayſius, Moriſetus, Blondus, Wagoner,
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              abroad, or learnt
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              amongst our Mariners at home, touching the Office of an Admiral, Commander, Pilot, Modelliſt, Shipwright,
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              Gunner, &c.
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              But order requiring that I ſhould diſcharge my firſt Obligation before I contract a ſecond; I ſhall detein you no
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              longer in the Portall, but put you into poſſeſſion of the Premiſes,
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              <s>Novemb. </s>
              <s>20, 1661.</s>
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              T. S.
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