con&longs;i&longs;teth the original cau&longs;e of the irregular motion of the Ve&longs; <lb/>
&longs;els, and con&longs;equently of the Ebbing and Flowing: in&longs;omuch <lb/>
<arrow.to.target n="marg797"></arrow.to.target> <lb/>
that if the&longs;e additions and &longs;ub&longs;tractions &longs;hould alwayes proceed <lb/>
in the &longs;ame proportion, in re&longs;pect of the Annual motion, the <lb/>
cau&longs;e of the Ebbing and Flowing would indeed continue, but <lb/>
yet &longs;o as that they would perpetually return in the &longs;elf &longs;ame man <lb/>
ner: But we are to finde out the cau&longs;e of making the &longs;ame Eb <lb/>
bings and Flowings in divers times greater and le&longs;&longs;er: There <lb/>
fore we mu&longs;t (if we will retain the identity of the cau&longs;e) find the <lb/>
alteration in the&longs;e additions and &longs;ub&longs;tractions, that make them <lb/>
more & le&longs;s potent, in producing tho&longs;e effects which depend there <lb/>
upon. </s><s>But I &longs;ee not how that potency and impotence can be intro <lb/>
duced, unle&longs;&longs;e by making the &longs;ame additions and &longs;ub&longs;tractions, <lb/>
one while greater, and another while le&longs;&longs;er; &longs;o that the accelera <lb/>
tion and the retardment of the compound motion, may be made, <lb/>
&longs;ometimes in greater, and &longs;ometimes in le&longs;&longs;er proportion.</s>

<s><margin.target id="marg795"></margin.target><emph type="italics"/>The alterations <lb/>
in the effects argue <lb/>
alteration in the <lb/>
cau&longs;e.<emph.end type="italics"/></s>

<s><margin.target id="marg796"></margin.target><emph type="italics"/>The cau&longs;es at <lb/>
large a&longs;&longs;igned of <lb/>
the Periods Mo <lb/>
nethly and Annu <lb/>
al of the ebbing <lb/>
and flowing.<emph.end type="italics"/></s>

<s><margin.target id="marg797"></margin.target><emph type="italics"/>The monethly <lb/>
and annual altera <lb/>
tions of the tide can <lb/>
depend upon no <lb/>
thing, &longs;ave on the <lb/>
alteration of the <lb/>
additions & &longs;ub <lb/>
&longs;tractions of the <lb/>
diurnal period from <lb/>
the annual.<emph.end type="italics"/></s>

<s>SAGR. </s><s>I feel my &longs;elf very gently led, as it were, by the hand, <lb/>
and though I finde no rubs in the way, yet neverthele&longs;&longs;e, like a <lb/>
blind man, I &longs;ee not whether your Clue leadeth me, nor can I <lb/>
imagine where &longs;uch a Journey will end.</s>

<s>SALV. </s><s>Though there be a great difference between my &longs;low <lb/>
pac't Philo&longs;ophy, and your more nimble Rea&longs;on, yet neverthe <lb/>
le&longs;&longs;e, in this particular which we are now upon, I do not much <lb/>
wonder, if the apprehen&longs;ivene&longs;&longs;e of your wit be a little ob&longs;cu <lb/>
red by the dark and thick mi&longs;t that hides the mark, at which we <lb/>
aime: and that which le&longs;&longs;eneth my admiration is, the remem <lb/>
brance of the many hours, many dayes, yea more, many nights <lb/>
that I have con&longs;umed in this contemplation, and of the many <lb/>
times that, de&longs;pairing to bring it to a period, I have, for an in <lb/>
couragement of my &longs;elf, indeavoured to believe, by the exam <lb/>
ple of the unfortunate <emph type="italics"/>Orlando,<emph.end type="italics"/> that that might not po&longs;&longs;ibly be <lb/>
true, which yet the te&longs;timony of &longs;o many credible men &longs;et be <lb/>
fore my eyes: wonder not, therefore, if this once, contrary to <lb/>
your cu&longs;tome, you do not fore&longs;ee what I intend: and if you will <lb/>
needs admire, I believe that the event, as far as I can judge un <lb/>
expected, will make you cea&longs;e your wonderment.</s>

<s>SAGR. </s><s>I thank God, that he did not permit that de&longs;peration <lb/>
of yours to end in the <emph type="italics"/>Exit<emph.end type="italics"/> that is fabled of the mi&longs;erable <emph type="italics"/>Or <lb/>
lando,<emph.end type="italics"/> nor in that which haply is no le&longs;&longs;e fabulou&longs;ly related of <lb/>
<emph type="italics"/>Ari&longs;totle,,<emph.end type="italics"/> that &longs;o neither my &longs;elf nor others &longs;hould be deprived <lb/>
of the di&longs;covery of a thing, as ab&longs;tru&longs;e as it was de&longs;irable: I <lb/>
be&longs;eech you, therefore, to &longs;atisfie my eager appetite as &longs;oon as <lb/>
you can.</s>

<s>SALV. </s><s>I am ready to &longs;erve you: We were upon an inquiry <lb/>
in what manner the additions and &longs;ub&longs;tractions of the Terre&longs;tri