and &longs;port with our Fancies) hath, I &longs;ay, hath permitted that the
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<lb/> motions for every other re&longs;pect, except to re&longs;olve the ebbing and
<lb/> flowing of the Sea, a&longs;&longs;igned long &longs;ince to the earth, &longs;hould be found
<lb/> now at la&longs;t to an&longs;wer exactly to the cau&longs;e thereof; and, as it
<lb/> <arrow.to.target n="marg727"></arrow.to.target>
<lb/> were, with mutual a emulation, the &longs;aid ebbing and flowing
<lb/> to appear in confirmation of the Terre&longs;trial motion: the <emph type="italics"/>judices<emph.end type="italics"/>
<lb/> whereof have hitherto been taken from the cœle&longs;tial Phænomena,
<lb/> in regard that of tho&longs;e things that happen on Earth, not any one
<lb/> was of force to prove one opinion more than another, as we al­
<lb/> ready have at large proved, by &longs;hewing that all the terrene occur­
<lb/> rences upon which the &longs;tability of the Earth and mobility of the
<lb/> Sun and Firmament is commonly inferred, are to &longs;eem to us per­
<lb/> formed in the &longs;ame manner, though we &longs;uppo&longs;ed the mobility of
<lb/> the Earth, and the immobility of them. </s><s>The Element of Wa­
<lb/> ter onely, as being mo&longs;t va&longs;t, and which is not annexed and con­
<lb/> catenated to the Terre&longs;trial Globe as all its other &longs;olid parts are;
<lb/> yea, rather which by rea&longs;on of its fluidity remaineth apart <emph type="italics"/>&longs;ui
<lb/> juris,<emph.end type="italics"/> and free, is to be ranked among&longs;t tho&longs;e &longs;ublunary things,
<lb/> from which we may collect &longs;ome hinte and intimation of what the
<lb/> Earth doth in relation to motion and re&longs;t. </s><s>After I had many
<lb/> and many a time examined with my &longs;elf the effects and accidents,
<lb/> partly &longs;een and partly under&longs;tood from others, thar are to be ob­
<lb/> &longs;erved in the motions of waters: and moreover read and heard
<lb/> the great vanities produced by many, as the cau&longs;es of tho&longs;e acci­
<lb/> dents, I have been induced upon no &longs;light rea&longs;ons to omit the&longs;e
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<lb/> two conclu&longs;ions (having made withal the nece&longs;&longs;ary pre&longs;uppo­
<lb/> &longs;als) that in ca&longs;e the terre&longs;trial Globe be immoveable, the flux
<lb/> and reflux of the Sea cannot be natural; and that, in ca&longs;e tho&longs;e
<lb/> motions be conferred upon the &longs;aid Globe, which have been long
<lb/> &longs;ince a&longs;&longs;igned to it, it is nece&longs;&longs;ary that the Sea be &longs;ubject to eb­
<lb/> bing and flowing, according to all that which we ob&longs;erve to hap­
<lb/> pen in the &longs;ame.</s></p>
<p type="margin"><s><margin.target id="marg725"></margin.target><emph type="italics"/>Nature in &longs;port
<lb/> maketh the ebbing
<lb/> and flowing of the
<lb/> Sea, to approve the
<lb/> Earths mobility.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p>
<p type="margin"><s><margin.target id="marg726"></margin.target><emph type="italics"/>The tide, and
<lb/> mobility of the
<lb/> Earth mutually
<lb/> confirm each other<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p>
<p type="margin"><s><margin.target id="marg727"></margin.target><emph type="italics"/>All terrene ef­
<lb/> fects, indifferently
<lb/> confirm the motion
<lb/> or re&longs;t of the
<lb/> Earth, except the
<lb/> ebbing and flowing
<lb/> of the Sea.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p>
<p type="margin"><s><margin.target id="marg728"></margin.target><emph type="italics"/>The fir&longs;t gene­
<lb/> ral conclu&longs;ion of
<lb/> the impo&longs;&longs;ibility of
<lb/> the ebbing and
<lb/> flowing the immo­
<lb/> bility of the terre­
<lb/> &longs;trial Globe being
<lb/> granted.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p>
<p type="main"><s>SAGR. </s><s>The Propo&longs;ition is very con&longs;iderable, as well for it
<lb/> &longs;elf as for what followeth upon the &longs;ame by way of con&longs;equence,
<lb/> &longs;o that I &longs;hall the more inten&longs;ly hearken to the explanation and
<lb/> confirmation of it.
<lb/> <arrow.to.target n="marg729"></arrow.to.target></s></p>
<p type="margin"><s><margin.target id="marg729"></margin.target><emph type="italics"/>The knowledge
<lb/> of the offests con­
<lb/> tributes to the in­
<lb/> ve&longs;tigation of the
<lb/> cau&longs;es.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p>
<p type="main"><s>SALV. </s><s>Becau&longs;e in natural que&longs;tions, of which number this
<lb/> which we have in hand is one, the knowledge of the effects is a
<lb/> means to guide us to the inve&longs;tigation and di&longs;covery of the cau­
<lb/> &longs;es, and without which we &longs;hould walk in the dark, nay with
<lb/> more uncertainty, for that we know not whither we would go,
<lb/> whereas the blind, at lea&longs;t, know where they de&longs;ire to arrive; there­
<lb/> fore fir&longs;t of all it is nece&longs;&longs;ary to know the effects whereof we en­
<lb/> quire the cau&longs;es: of which effects you, <emph type="italics"/>Sagredus,<emph.end type="italics"/> ought more
<lb/> abundantly and more certainly to be informed than I am,
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