that had made the experiment: for whoever &longs;hall examine the <lb/>
&longs;ame, &longs;hall find the event &longs;ucceed quite contrary to what hath <lb/>
been written of it: that is, he &longs;hall &longs;ee the &longs;tone fall at all times <lb/>
in the &longs;ame place of the Ship, whether it &longs;tand &longs;till, or move with <lb/>
any what&longs;oever velocity. </s><s>So that the &longs;ame holding true in the <lb/>
<arrow.to.target n="marg316"></arrow.to.target> <lb/>
Earth, as in the Ship, one cannot from the &longs;tones falling perpen <lb/>
dicularly at the foot of the Tower, conclude any thing touching <lb/>
the motion or re&longs;t of the Earth.</s>

<s><margin.target id="marg316"></margin.target><emph type="italics"/>The stone falling <lb/>
from the Mast of <lb/>
a &longs;hip lights in the <lb/>
&longs;ame place, whe <lb/>
ther the &longs;hip doth <lb/>
move or ly still.<emph.end type="italics"/></s>

<s>SIMPL. </s><s>If you &longs;hould refer me to any other means than to <lb/>
experience, I verily believe our Di&longs;putations would not come to <lb/>
an end in ha&longs;te; for this &longs;eemeth to me a thing &longs;o remote from all <lb/>
humane rea&longs;on, as that it leaveth not the lea&longs;t place for credulity <lb/>
or probability.</s>

<s>SALV. </s><s>And yet it hath left place in me for both.</s>

<s>SIMPL. </s><s>How is this? </s><s>You have not made an hundred, no nor <lb/>
one proof thereof, and do you &longs;o confidently affirm it for true? <lb/>
</s><s>I for my part will return to my incredulity, and to the confidence <lb/>
I had that the Experiment hath been tried by the principal Au <lb/>
thors who made u&longs;e thereof, and that the event &longs;ucceeded as they <lb/>
affirm.</s>

<s>SALV. </s><s>I am a&longs;&longs;ured that the effect will en&longs;ue as I tell you; for &longs;o <lb/>
it is nece&longs;&longs;ary that it &longs;hould: and I farther add, that you know your <lb/>
&longs;elf that it cannot fall out otherwi&longs;e, however you feign or &longs;eem to <lb/>
feign that you know it not. </s><s>Yet I am &longs;o good at taming of wits, <lb/>
that I will make you confe&longs;s the &longs;ame whether you will or no. </s><s>But <lb/>
<emph type="italics"/>Sagredus<emph.end type="italics"/> &longs;tands very mute, and yet, if I mi&longs;take not, I &longs;aw him <lb/>
make an offer to &longs;peak &longs;omewhat.</s>

<s>SAGR. </s><s>I had an intent to &longs;ay &longs;omething, but to tell you true, I <lb/>
know not what it was; for the curio&longs;ity that you have moved in me, <lb/>
by promi&longs;ing that you would force <emph type="italics"/>Simplicius<emph.end type="italics"/> to di&longs;cover the <lb/>
knowledg which he would conceal from us, hath made me to de <lb/>
po&longs;e all other thoughts: therefore I pray you to make good your <lb/>
vaunt.</s>

<s>SALV. </s><s>Provided that <emph type="italics"/>Simplicius<emph.end type="italics"/> do con&longs;ent to reply to what I <lb/>
&longs;hall ask him, I will not fail to do it.</s>

<s>SIMPL. </s><s>I will an&longs;wer what I know, a&longs;&longs;ured that I &longs;hall not be <lb/>
much put to it, for that of tho&longs;e things which I hold to be fal&longs;e, <lb/>
I think nothing can be known, in regard that Science re&longs;pecteth <lb/>
truths and not fal&longs;hoods.</s>

<s>SALV. </s><s>I de&longs;ire not that you &longs;hould &longs;ay or reply, that you know <lb/>
any thing, &longs;ave that which you mo&longs;t a&longs;&longs;uredly know. </s><s>Therefore <lb/>
tell me; If you had here a flat &longs;uperficies as polite as a Looking <lb/>
gla&longs;s, and of a &longs;ub&longs;tance as hard as &longs;teel, and that it were not pa <lb/>
ralel to the Horizon, but &longs;omewhat inclining, and that upon it <lb/>
you did put a Ball perfectly &longs;pherical, and of a &longs;ub&longs;tance grave and