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In continuall proportions there is understood a
first terme & second whatsoever
If the first terme be a poynt & the second a line the third
is a square or an infnitie forme æquall & as
first terme & second whatsoever
If the first terme be a poynt & the second a line the third
is a square or an infnitie forme æquall & as
The next
forme is a line
of cubes as the
line is to the poynt
which is a determi-
nate
forme is a line
of cubes as the
line is to the poynt
which is a determi-
nate
Whereas Euclide & all that follow him in his 10th booke [???] of a posita
linea to compare other lines unto it it to find & iudge whether they be rationall
or no. that posita is no quantity except it hath other explicite or implicite
a respect unto some other, then that which I would find or iudge to be rationall
or
For them to be
The posita linea hath either an other line understood to be referred unto, or a poynt
which is his negation yet positively understoode. So every negation is positive
in understanding & not become but by comparison of an other positive
linea to compare other lines unto it it to find & iudge whether they be rationall
or no. that posita is no quantity except it hath other explicite or implicite
a respect unto some other, then that which I would find or iudge to be rationall
or
For them to be
The posita linea hath either an other line understood to be referred unto, or a poynt
which is his negation yet positively understoode. So every negation is positive
in understanding & not become but by comparison of an other positive