<s>SIMP. </s><s>In my opinion, it cannot be denied, but that your di&longs; <lb/>
cour&longs;e carrieth with it much of probability, arguing, as we &longs;ay, <lb/>
<emph type="italics"/>ex &longs;uppo&longs;itione,<emph.end type="italics"/> namely, granting that the Earth moveth with <lb/>
the two motions a&longs;&longs;igned it by <emph type="italics"/>Copernicus<emph.end type="italics"/>: but if that motion <lb/>
<arrow.to.target n="marg773"></arrow.to.target> <lb/>
be di&longs;proved, all that you have &longs;aid is vain, and in&longs;ignificant: <lb/>
and for the di&longs;proval of that <emph type="italics"/>Hypothe&longs;is,<emph.end type="italics"/> it is very manife&longs;tly <lb/>
hinted by your Di&longs;cour&longs;e it &longs;elf. </s><s>You, with the &longs;uppo&longs;ition of <lb/>
the two Terre&longs;trial motions, give a rea&longs;on of the ebbing and <lb/>
flowing; and then again, arguing circularly, from the ebbing <lb/>
and flowing, draw the rea&longs;on and confirmation of tho&longs;e very <lb/>
motions; aud &longs;o proceeding to a more &longs;pecious Di&longs;cour&longs;e, you <lb/>
&longs;ay that the Water, as being a fluid body, and not tenaciou&longs;ly <lb/>
annexed to the Earth, is not con&longs;trained punctually to obey eve <lb/>
ry of its motions, from which you afterwards infer its ebbing <lb/>
and flowing, Now I, according to your own method, argue <lb/>
the quite contrary, and &longs;ay; the Air is much more tenuous, and <lb/>
fluid than the Water, and le&longs;&longs;e annexed to the Earths &longs;uperfici <lb/>
es, to which the Water, if it be for nothing el&longs;e, yet by rea&longs;on <lb/>
of its gravity that pre&longs;&longs;eth down upon the &longs;ame more than the <lb/>
light Air, adhereth; therefore the Air is much obliged to fol <lb/>
low the motions of the Earth: and therefore were it &longs;o, that the <lb/>
Earth did move in that manner, we the inhabitants of it, and <lb/>
carried round with like velocity by it, ought perpetually to feel <lb/>
a Winde from the Ea&longs;t that beateth upon us with intolerable <lb/>
force. </s><s>And that &longs;o it ought to fall out, quotidian experience a&longs; <lb/>
&longs;ureth us: for if with onely riding po&longs;t, at the &longs;peed of eight or <lb/>
ten miles an hour in the tranquil Air, the incountering of it with <lb/>
our face &longs;eemeth to us a Winde that doth not lightly blow upon <lb/>
us, what &longs;hould we expect from our rapid cour&longs;e of 800. or a <lb/>
thou&longs;and miles an hour, again&longs;t the Air, that is, free from that <lb/>
motion? </s><s>And yet, notwith&longs;tanding we cannot perceive any <lb/>
thing of that nature.</s>

<s><margin.target id="marg773"></margin.target><emph type="italics"/>The Hypothe&longs;ir <lb/>
of the Earths mo <lb/>
bility taken in fa <lb/>
vour of the Tide, <lb/>
oppo&longs;ed.<emph.end type="italics"/></s>

<s>SALV. </s><s>To this objection that hath much of likelihood in it, I <lb/>
<arrow.to.target n="marg774"></arrow.to.target> <lb/>
reply, that its true, the Air is of greater tenuity and levity; and, <lb/>
by rea&longs;on of its levity, le&longs;&longs;e adherent to the Earth than Water &longs;o <lb/>
much more grave and ^{*}bulky; but yet the con&longs;equence is fal&longs;e <lb/>
that you infer from the&longs;e qualities; namely, that upon account <lb/>
<arrow.to.target n="marg775"></arrow.to.target> <lb/>
of that its levity, tenuity, and le&longs;&longs;e adherence to the Earth, it <lb/>
&longs;hould be more exempt than the Water from following the <lb/>
Terre&longs;trial Motions; &longs;o as that to us, who ab&longs;olutely pertake of <lb/>
of them, the &longs;aid exemption &longs;hould be &longs;en&longs;ible and manife&longs;t; <lb/>
nay, it happeneth quite contrary; for, if you well remember, the <lb/>
cau&longs;e of the ebbing and flowing of the Water a&longs;&longs;igned by us, <lb/>
con&longs;i&longs;teth in the Waters not following the unevenne&longs;&longs;e of the <lb/>
motion of its Ve&longs;&longs;el, but retaining the <emph type="italics"/>impetus<emph.end type="italics"/> conceived before,