<s>SIMP. </s><s>Becau&longs;e that the air it &longs;elf is not moved</s>

<s>SALV. </s><s>It is requi&longs;ite then, that the projicient do confer mo <lb/>
tion on the Air, with which it afterward moveth the project. </s><s>But <lb/>
if &longs;uch a motion cannot be impre&longs;&longs;ed [<emph type="italics"/>i. </s><s>e. </s><s>imparted<emph.end type="italics"/>] it being im <lb/>
po&longs;&longs;ible to make an accident pa&longs;&longs;e out of one &longs;ubject into another, <lb/>
how can it pa&longs;&longs;e from the arm into the Air? </s><s>Will you &longs;ay that the <lb/>
Air is not a &longs;ubject different from the arm?</s>

<s>SIMP. </s><s>To this it is an&longs;wered that the Air, in regard it is nei <lb/>
ther heavy nor light in its own Region, is di&longs;po&longs;ed with facility to <lb/>
receive every impul&longs;e, and al&longs;o to retain the &longs;ame.</s>

<s>SALV. </s><s>But if tho&longs;e <emph type="italics"/>penduli<emph.end type="italics"/> even now named, did prove <lb/>
unto us, that the moveable, the le&longs;&longs;e it had of gravity, the le&longs;&longs;e <lb/>
apt it was to con&longs;erve its motion, how can it be that the Air <lb/>
which in the Air hath no gravity at all, doth of it &longs;elf alone re <lb/>
tain the motion acquired? </s><s>I believe, and know that you by this <lb/>
time are of the &longs;ame opinion, that the arm doth not &longs;ooner re <lb/>
turn to re&longs;t, than doth the circumambient Air. </s><s>Let's go into the <lb/>
Chamber, and with a towel let us agitate the Air as much as we <lb/>
can, and then holding the cloth &longs;till, let a little candle be <lb/>
brought, that was lighted in the next room, or in the &longs;ame place <lb/>
let a leaf of beaten Gold be left at liberty to flie any wav, and you <lb/>
&longs;hall by the calm vagation of them be a&longs;&longs;ured that the Air is imme <lb/>
diately reduced to tranquilty. </s><s>I could alledg many other experi <lb/>
ments to the &longs;ame purpo&longs;e, but if one of the&longs;e &longs;hould not &longs;uf <lb/>
fice, I &longs;hould think your folly altogether incurable.</s>

<s>SAGR. </s><s>When an arrow is &longs;hot again&longs;t the Wind, how incredi <lb/>
ble a thing is it, that that &longs;ame &longs;mall filament of air, impelled by <lb/>
the bow-&longs;tring, &longs;hould in de&longs;pite of fate go along with the arrow? <lb/>
</s><s>But I would willingly know another particular of <emph type="italics"/>Ari&longs;totle,<emph.end type="italics"/> to <lb/>
which I intreat <emph type="italics"/>Simplicius<emph.end type="italics"/> would vouch&longs;afe me an an&longs;wer. </s><s>Sup <lb/>
po&longs;ing that with the &longs;ame Bow there were &longs;hot two arrows, one <lb/>
ju&longs;t after the u&longs;ual manner, and the other &longs;ide-wayes, placing it <lb/>
long-wayes upon the Bow-&longs;tring, and then letting it flie, I would <lb/>
know which of them would go farthe&longs;t. </s><s>Favour me, I pray you <lb/>
with an an&longs;wer, though the que&longs;tion may &longs;eem to you rather <lb/>
ridiculous than otherwi&longs;e; and excu&longs;e me, for that I, who am, as <lb/>
you &longs;ee, rather blocki&longs;h, than not, can reach no higher with my <lb/>
&longs;peculative faculty.</s>

<s>SIMPL. </s><s>I have never &longs;een an arrow &longs;hot in that manner, yet <lb/>
neverthele&longs;&longs;e I believe, that it would not flie &longs;ide-long, the <lb/>
twentieth part of the &longs;pace that it goeth end-wayes.</s>

<s>SAGR. </s><s>And for that I am of the &longs;ame opinion, hence it is, that <lb/>
I have a doubt ri&longs;en in me, whether <emph type="italics"/>Aristotle<emph.end type="italics"/> doth not contradict <lb/>
experience. </s><s>For as to experience, if I lay two arrows upon this <lb/>
Table, in a time when a &longs;trong Wind bloweth, one towards