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<s id="s.000040">Secundo loco &longs;uppono vim, &longs;eù conatum, quo flui­<lb/> da nituntur &longs;e&longs;e vnire &longs;phæræ terraqueæ, effici per <lb/> lineas perpendiculares ad &longs;uperficiem horizontis. </s>
<s id="s.000041">& <lb/> hoc patet quia quodlibet graue naturali in&longs;tinctu co­<lb/> natur ad centrum terræ accedere via breui&longs;&longs;ima, igi­<lb/> tur directio prædicti motus, &longs;eù conatus compre&longs;&longs;iuus <lb/> efficietur per &longs;emidiametros eiu&longs;dem terræ, hæ verò <lb/> perpendiculares &longs;unt ad &longs;uperficiem horizontalem, <lb/> quæ &longs;phæricè ip&longs;am terram comprehendit, igitur ma­<lb/> nife&longs;tum e&longs;t quòd motus &longs;eù conatus compre&longs;&longs;iuus <lb/> omnium partium fluidi per lineas ad horizontem per­<lb/> pendiculares efficitur. </s>
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<s id="s.000043">Tertiò quod libet corpus graue e&longs;t impo&longs;&longs;ibile vt <lb/> moueatur motu &longs;pontaneo, & naturali, quando ad <expan abbr="c&etilde;-trum">cen­<lb/> trum</expan> telluris minimè approximari pote&longs;t. </s>
<s id="s.000044">hoc mani­<lb/> fe&longs;tum e&longs;t quia cùm omnes partes terrenæ vt graues <lb/> naturali in&longs;tinctu ad terræ centrum accedere conen-