<s>SIMPL. </s><s>It is &longs;o; and I have oftentimes wi&longs;h'd that the Air <lb/>
would grow thicker, that I might be able to &longs;ee that &longs;ame light <lb/>
more plainly; but it ever di&longs;appeared before dark night.</s>

<s>SALV. </s><s>You know then very certainly, that in the depth of <lb/>
night, that light would be more con&longs;picuous.</s>

<s>SIMPL. </s><s>I do &longs;o; and al&longs;o more than that, if one could but <lb/>
take away the great light of the cre&longs;cent illuminated by the Sun, <lb/>
the pre&longs;ence of which much ob&longs;cureth the other le&longs;&longs;er.</s>

<s>SALV. Why, doth it not &longs;ometimes come to pa&longs;s, that one may <lb/>
in a very dark night &longs;ee the whole face of the Moon, without be <lb/>
ing at all illuminated by the Sun?</s>

<s>SIMPL. </s><s>I know not whether this ever happeneth, &longs;ave onely <lb/>
in the total Ecclip&longs;es of the Moon.</s>

<s>SALV. Why, at that time this its light would appear very <lb/>
clear, being in a mo&longs;t ob&longs;cure <emph type="italics"/>medium,<emph.end type="italics"/> and not darkned by the <lb/>
clarity of the luminous cre&longs;cents: but in that po&longs;ition, how light <lb/>
did it appear to you?</s>

<s>SIMPL. </s><s>I have &longs;ometimes &longs;een it of the colour of bra&longs;s, and a <lb/>
little whiti&longs;h; but at other times it hath been &longs;o ob&longs;cure, that I <lb/>
have wholly lo&longs;t the &longs;ight of it.</s>

<s>SALV. </s><s>How then can that light be &longs;o natural, which you &longs;ee &longs;o <lb/>
cleer in the clo&longs;e of the twilight, notwith&longs;tanding the impediment <lb/>
of the great and contiguous &longs;plendor of the cre&longs;cents; and which <lb/>
again, in the more ob&longs;cure time of night, all other light removed, <lb/>
appears not at all?</s>

<s>SIMPL. </s><s>I have heard of &longs;ome that believed that &longs;ame light to <lb/>
be participated to the&longs;e cre&longs;cents from the other Stars, and in par <lb/>
ticular from <emph type="italics"/>Venus,<emph.end type="italics"/> the Moons neighbour.</s>

<s>SALV. </s><s>And this likewi&longs;e is a vanity; becau&longs;e in the time of <lb/>
its total ob&longs;curation, it ought to appear more &longs;hining than ever; <lb/>
for you cannot &longs;ay, that the &longs;hadow of the Earth intercepts the <lb/>
&longs;ight of <emph type="italics"/>Venus,<emph.end type="italics"/> or the other Stars. </s><s>But to &longs;ay true, it is not at <lb/>
that in&longs;tant wholly deprived thereof, for that the Terre&longs;trial He <lb/>
mi&longs;phere, which in that time looketh towards the Moon, is that <lb/>
where it is night, that is, an intire privation of the light of the Sun. <lb/>
</s><s>And if you but diligently ob&longs;erve, you will very &longs;en&longs;ibly perceive, <lb/>
that like as the Moon, when it is &longs;harp-horned, doth give very little <lb/>
light to the Earth; and according as in her the parts illumi <lb/>
nated by the Suns light do encrea&longs;e: &longs;o likewi&longs;e the &longs;plendor to <lb/>
our &longs;eeming encrea&longs;eth, which from her is reflected towards us; <lb/>
thus the Moon, whil&longs;t it is &longs;harp-forked, and that by being between <lb/>
the Sun and the Earth, it di&longs;covereth a very great part of the Ter <lb/>
<arrow.to.target n="marg194"></arrow.to.target> <lb/>
re&longs;trial Hemi&longs;phere illuminated, appeareth very clear: and depart <lb/>
ing from the Sun, and pa&longs;&longs;ing towards the ^{*}Quadrature, you <lb/>
may &longs;ee the &longs;aid light by degrees to grow dim; and after the