<p type="main"><s>SALV. </s><s>Now I remember the re&longs;t, and to proceed, Methinks
<lb/> there are &longs;ome things in the an&longs;wer of <emph type="italics"/>Anti-Tycho,<emph.end type="italics"/> worthy of
<lb/> reprehen&longs;ion. </s><s>And fir&longs;t, if the two New Stars, which he can do
<lb/> no le&longs;s than place in the uppermo&longs;t parts of the Heavens, and
<lb/> which were of a long duration, but finally vani&longs;hed, give him no
<lb/> ob&longs;truction in maintaining the inalterability of Heaven, in that
<lb/> they were not certain parts thereof, nor mutations made in the
<lb/> antient Stars, why doth he &longs;et him&longs;elf &longs;o vigorou&longs;ly and earne&longs;tly
<lb/> again&longs;t the Comets, to bani&longs;h them by all ways from the Cœle­
<lb/> &longs;tial Regions? </s><s>Was it not enough that he could &longs;ay of them
<lb/> the &longs;ame which he &longs;poke of the New &longs;tars? </s><s>to wit, that in re­
<lb/> gard they were no certain parts of Heaven, nor mutations made
<lb/> in any of the Stars, they could no wi&longs;e prejudice either Heaven,
<lb/> or the Doctrine of <emph type="italics"/>Ari&longs;totle<emph.end type="italics"/>? </s><s>Secondly, I am not very well &longs;atis­
<lb/> fied of his meaning; when he &longs;aith that the alterations that &longs;hould
<lb/> be granted to be made in the Stars, would be de&longs;tructive to the
<lb/> prerogative of Heaven; namely, its incorruptibility, <emph type="italics"/>&c.<emph.end type="italics"/> and
<lb/> this, becau&longs;e the Stars are Cœle&longs;tial &longs;ub&longs;tances, as is manife&longs;t
<lb/> by the con&longs;ent of every one; and yet is nothing troubled that
<lb/> <arrow.to.target n="marg127"></arrow.to.target>
<lb/> the &longs;ame alterations &longs;hould be made ^{*} without the Stars in the re&longs;t
<lb/> of the Cœle&longs;tial expan&longs;ion. </s><s>Doth he think that Heaven is no
<lb/> Cœle&longs;tial &longs;ub&longs;tance? </s><s>I, for my part, did believe that the Stars
<lb/> were called Cœle&longs;tial bodies, by rea&longs;on that they were in Hea­
<lb/> ven, or for that they were made of the &longs;ub&longs;tance of Heaven;
<lb/> and yet I thought that Heaven was more Cœle&longs;tial than they; in
<lb/> like &longs;ort, as nothing can be &longs;aid to be more Terre&longs;trial, or more
<lb/> fiery than the Earth or Fire them&longs;elves. </s><s>And again, in that he ne­
<lb/> ver made any mention of the Solar &longs;pots, which have been evi­
<lb/> dently demon&longs;trated to be produced, and di&longs;&longs;olved, and to be
<lb/> neer the Sun, and to turn either with, or about the &longs;ame, I have
<lb/> rea&longs;on to think that this Author probably did write more for others
<lb/> plea&longs;ure, than for his own &longs;atisfaction; and this I affirm, fora&longs;­
<lb/> much as he having &longs;hewn him&longs;elf to be skilful in the Mathema­
<lb/> ticks, it is impo&longs;&longs;ible but that he &longs;hould have been convinced by
<lb/> Demon&longs;trations, that tho&longs;e &longs;ub&longs;tances are of nece&longs;&longs;ity contigu­
<lb/> ous with the body of the Sun, and are &longs;o great generations and
<lb/> corruptions, that none comparable to them, ever happen in the
<lb/> Earth: And if &longs;uch, &longs;o many, and &longs;o frequent be made in the
<lb/> very Globe of the Sun, which may with rea&longs;on be held one of the
<lb/> noble&longs;t parts of Heaven, what &longs;hould make us think that others
<lb/> may not happen in the other Orbs?
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<p type="margin"><s><margin.target id="marg127"></margin.target>* Ex tra Stellas.</s></p>
<p type="margin"><s><margin.target id="marg128"></margin.target><emph type="italics"/>Generability and
<lb/> alteration is a
<lb/> greater perfection
<lb/> in the Worlds bo­
<lb/> dies than the con­
<lb/> trary qualities.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p>
<p type="main"><s>SAGR. </s><s>I cannot without great admiration, nay more, deni­
<lb/> al of my under&longs;tanding, hear it to be attributed to natural bodies,
<lb/> for a great honour and perfection that they are ^{*} impa&longs;&longs;ible, im­
<lb/> mutable, inalterable, <emph type="italics"/>&c.<emph.end type="italics"/> And on the contrary, to hear it to </s></p>
