do for the mo&longs;t part clo&longs;e with tho&longs;e produced by the grave Au <lb/>
thours fir&longs;t above mentioned. </s><s>But albeit that the <emph type="italics"/>Peripatetick Hy <lb/>
pothe&longs;is,<emph.end type="italics"/> by rea&longs;on of its antiquity, hath had many followers and <lb/>
fautors, and the other very few; fir&longs;t, for its ob&longs;curity, and next, <lb/>
for its novelty, yet methinks I di&longs;cover among&longs;t tho&longs;e many, <lb/>
and particularly among&longs;t the modernes &longs;ome, who for the &longs;up <lb/>
port of the opinion by them e&longs;teemed true, have introduced <lb/>
other rea&longs;ons &longs;ufficiently childi&longs;h, I could &longs;ay ridiculous.</s>

<s>SALV. </s><s>I have met with the like, and &longs;o much wor&longs;e than <lb/>
<arrow.to.target n="marg504"></arrow.to.target> <lb/>
yours, that I blu&longs;h to rehear&longs;e them, not &longs;o much to &longs;pare the fame <lb/>
of their Authours, the names of whom might be perpetually con <lb/>
cealed, as becau&longs;e I am a&longs;hamed &longs;o much to &longs;tain the honour of <lb/>
mankinde. </s><s>In ob&longs;erving of the&longs;e men, I have found that &longs;ome <lb/>
there are who prepo&longs;terou&longs;ly rea&longs;oning, fir&longs;t &longs;tabli&longs;h the conclu <lb/>
&longs;ion in their fancy, and (either becau&longs;e it is their own, or el&longs;e be <lb/>
longs to a per&longs;on whom they much confide in) &longs;o firmly imprint <lb/>
it in their opinions, that it is altogether impo&longs;&longs;ible ever wholly to <lb/>
efface it: and tho&longs;e rea&longs;ons which they them&longs;elves &longs;tumble upon, <lb/>
or which they hear others to alledge in confirmation of the con <lb/>
ceit entertained, though never &longs;o &longs;imple and in&longs;ipid, in&longs;tantly find <lb/>
credit and applau&longs;e with them: but on the contrary, tho&longs;e which <lb/>
are brought again&longs;t their opinion, though ingenuous and conclu <lb/>
ding, they receive not only with nau&longs;eating, but with di&longs;dain and <lb/>
bitter indignation, yea, you &longs;hall have one of the&longs;e &longs;o inraged, as <lb/>
that he will not be backward to try all wayes to &longs;uppre&longs;s and &longs;ilence <lb/>
their adver&longs;aries: and of this I my &longs;elf have had &longs;ome experience.</s>

<s><margin.target id="marg504"></margin.target><emph type="italics"/>Some in arguing <lb/>
fir&longs;t fix in their <lb/>
minds the conclu <lb/>
&longs;ion beleeved by <lb/>
them, and then a <lb/>
dapt their rea&longs;ons <lb/>
to that.<emph.end type="italics"/></s>

<s>SAGR. </s><s>Indeed the&longs;e men deduce not the conclu&longs;ion from the <lb/>
premi&longs;es, nor confirme them with rea&longs;ons, but accomodate, or to <lb/>
&longs;ay better, di&longs;commodate and di&longs;tort the premi&longs;es and arguments <lb/>
to make them &longs;peak in favour of their pre-a&longs;&longs;umed and pertinaci <lb/>
ous conclu&longs;ions. </s><s>It is not good therefore to contract familiarity <lb/>
with the&longs;e men; and the rather, for that their conver&longs;ation is not <lb/>
only unplea&longs;ant, but al&longs;o dangerous. </s><s>Yet let us continue our con <lb/>
ference with <emph type="italics"/>Simplicius<emph.end type="italics"/> however, whom I have known this long <lb/>
while for a man of great ingenuity, and altogether void of malice: <lb/>
be&longs;ides he is well ver&longs;t in the Peripatetick Doctrine; &longs;o that I may <lb/>
a&longs;&longs;ure my &longs;elf, that what &longs;hall not fall within the reach of his rea <lb/>
&longs;on for the &longs;upport of the <emph type="italics"/>Ari&longs;totelian<emph.end type="italics"/> Hypothe&longs;is, will not ea&longs;ily <lb/>
be found out by others. </s><s>But &longs;ee yonder he comes, quite out of <lb/>
winde, who&longs;e company we have &longs;o long de&longs;ired: we were ju&longs;t now <lb/>
&longs;peaking again&longs;t the &longs;mall ha&longs;t you made to come to us.</s>

<s>SIMP. </s><s>You mu&longs;t not blame me, but <emph type="italics"/>Neptune,<emph.end type="italics"/> for this my long <lb/>
&longs;tay; which in the ebbe of this mornings tide hath in a manner <lb/>
drain'd away the waters, for the <emph type="italics"/>Gondola<emph.end type="italics"/> that brought me, being <lb/>
entered not far from hence into a certain Channel, wanting depth,