that to move towards this, is a moving towards that of the World,
<lb/> that he cannot affirm, unle&longs;s he &longs;uppo&longs;eth, That the Centre of the
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<lb/> Earth, from which we &longs;ee the&longs;e light a&longs;cendent bodies to depart,
<lb/> be the &longs;ame with the Centre of the World; which is as much as
<lb/> to &longs;ay, that the terre&longs;trial Globe is con&longs;tituted in the mid&longs;t of the
<lb/> World: which is yet that of which we were in doubt, and which
<lb/> <emph type="italics"/>Aristotle<emph.end type="italics"/> intended to prove. </s><s>And do you &longs;ay that this is not a
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<lb/> manife&longs;t <emph type="italics"/>Paralogi&longs;m<emph.end type="italics"/>?</s></p>
<p type="margin"><s><margin.target id="marg69"></margin.target>* A famous <emph type="italics"/>Italian<emph.end type="italics"/>
<lb/> Painter.</s></p>
<p type="margin"><s><margin.target id="marg70"></margin.target><emph type="italics"/>Paralogi&longs;m of<emph.end type="italics"/> A­
<lb/> ri&longs;totle, <emph type="italics"/>in proving
<lb/> the Earth to be in
<lb/> the Centre of the
<lb/> World.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p>
<p type="main"><s>SAGR. </s><s>This Argument of <emph type="italics"/>Ari&longs;totle<emph.end type="italics"/> appeared to me deficient
<lb/> al&longs;o, and <emph type="italics"/>non<emph.end type="italics"/>-concludent for another re&longs;pect; though it were
<lb/> granted, that that Circumference, to which the Fire directly mo­
<lb/> veth, be that which includeth the World: for that in a circle,
<lb/> not onely the centre, but any other point being taken, every move­
<lb/> able which departing thence, &longs;hall move in a right line, and to­
<lb/> wards any what&longs;oever part, &longs;hall without any doubt go towards
<lb/> the circumference, and continuing the motion, &longs;hall al&longs;o arrive
<lb/> thither; &longs;o that we may truly &longs;ay, that it moveth towards the
<lb/> circumference: but yet it doth not follow, that that which mo­
<lb/> veth by the &longs;ame line with a contrary motion, would go towards
<lb/> the centre, unle&longs;s when the point taken were the centre it &longs;elf,
<lb/> or that the motion were made by that onely line, which produced
<lb/> from the point a&longs;&longs;igned, pa&longs;&longs;eth thorow the centre. </s><s>So that to
<lb/> &longs;ay, that Fire moving in a right line, goeth towards the circumfe­
<lb/> rence of the World, therefore the parts of the Earth which by
<lb/> the &longs;ame lines move with a contrary motion, go towards the cen­
<lb/> tre of the World, concludeth not, unle&longs;s then when it is pre­
<lb/> &longs;uppo&longs;ed, that the lines of the Fire prolonged pa&longs;s by the centre
<lb/> of the World; and becau&longs;e we know certainly of them, that they
<lb/> pa&longs;s by the centre of the Terre&longs;trial Globe (being perpendicu­
<lb/> lar to its &longs;uperficies, and not inclined) therefore to conclude, it
<lb/> mu&longs;t be &longs;uppo&longs;ed, that the centre of the Earth is the &longs;ame with
<lb/> the centre of the World; or at lea&longs;t, that the parts of the Fire
<lb/> and Earth de&longs;cend not, &longs;ave onely by one &longs;ole line which pa&longs;&longs;eth
<lb/> by the centre of the World. </s><s>Which neverthele&longs;s is fal&longs;e, and re­
<lb/> pugnant to experience, which &longs;heweth us, that the parts of
<lb/> Fire, not by one line onely, but by infinite, produced from the
<lb/> centre of the Earth towards all the parts of the World, a&longs;cend
<lb/> always by lines perpendicular to the Superficies of the Terre&longs;tri­
<lb/> al Globe.</s></p>
<p type="main"><s>SALV. </s><s>You do very ingeniou&longs;ly lead <emph type="italics"/>Ari&longs;totle<emph.end type="italics"/> to the &longs;ame in­
<lb/> convenience, <emph type="italics"/>Sagredus,<emph.end type="italics"/> &longs;hewing his manife&longs;t equivoke; but
<lb/> withal you add another incon&longs;i&longs;tency. </s><s>We &longs;ee the Earth to be
<lb/> &longs;pherical, and therefore are certain that it hath its centre, to which
<lb/> we &longs;ee all its parts are moved; for &longs;o we mu&longs;t &longs;ay, whil&longs;t their
<lb/> motions are all perpendicular to the Superficies of the Earth; we
