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	<title>Les questions th&eacute;ologiques, physiques, morales et math&eacute;matiques</title>
	<date>1634</date>
	<place>Paris</place>
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<s><emph type="center"/>LES <lb/>QVESTIONS <lb/>THEOLOGIQVES, <lb/>PHYSIQVES, MORALES, <lb/>ET MATHEMATIQVES.<emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>O&ugrave; chacun trouuera du contentement, <lb/>ou de l'exercice.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>Compo&longs;ees par L. P. Mer&longs;ene<emph.end type="center"/></s></p><figure id="id.046.01.001.1.jpg" xlink:href="046/01/001/1.jpg"/><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>A PARIS, M. DC. XXXIV.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>Chez HENRY GVENON, ru&euml; &longs;ainct <lb/>Iacques, pr&eacute;s les Iacobins, &agrave; l'ima&shy;<lb/>ge &longs;ainct Bernard.<emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Auec Priuilege &amp; Approbation.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><pb xlink:href="046/01/002.jpg"/><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>MVSEVM <lb/>BRITAN <lb/>NICVM<emph.end type="center"/></s></p><pb xlink:href="046/01/003.jpg"/><figure id="id.046.01.003.1.jpg" xlink:href="046/01/003/1.jpg"/><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>A MONSIEVR <lb/>MONSIEVR <lb/>MELIAN, <lb/>THRESORIER <lb/>General de France.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>MONSIEVR, </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="italics"/>Apres auoir con&longs;ider&eacute; plu&longs;ieurs effets <lb/>de la nature, &amp; quelques difficultez <lb/>dans les &longs;ciences, qui arrestent les plus <lb/>&longs;&ccedil;auans, i'en ay voulu propo&longs;er vn cer&shy;<lb/>tain nombre dans ce liure que ie vous <lb/>pre&longs;ente, affin de vous temoigner l'e&longs;ti&shy;<lb/>me que ie fais de vo&longs;tre excellent e&longs;prit, <lb/>&amp; d'exciter les doctes &agrave; la recherche des <lb/>rai&longs;ons, qui peuuent &longs;atisfaire a tous <lb/>ceux qui ne ferment pas les yeux &agrave; la <lb/>lumiere. </s>

<s>Ie ne doute <expan abbr="nullem&etilde;t">nullement</expan> que vous<emph.end type="italics"/><pb xlink:href="046/01/004.jpg"/><emph type="italics"/>ne &longs;&ccedil;achiez tres bien qu'il e&longs;t mal <expan abbr="ay&longs;&etilde;">ay&longs;em</expan> <lb/>de rencontrer les vrayes rai&longs;ons dont on <lb/>croit <expan abbr="&longs;ouu&etilde;t">&longs;ouuent</expan> enui&longs;ager l'&eacute;clat, &amp; la <expan abbr="&longs;pl&etilde;-deur">&longs;plen&shy;<lb/>deur</expan>, encore que l'on n'ayt trouu&eacute; que <lb/>l'ombre, &amp; l'ob&longs;curit&eacute;, qui font &longs;ou&shy;<lb/>uent paroi&longs;tre le men&longs;onge &longs;ous les <lb/>habits de la verit&eacute;. </s>

<s>Ce qui n'empe&longs;che <lb/>pas que ceux qui <expan abbr="&longs;'efforc&etilde;t">&longs;'efforcent</expan> de la trouuer <lb/>ne meritent de la lo&uuml;ange; &amp; certes l'on <lb/>auroit tort de bla&longs;mer tous ceux qui ont <lb/>recherch&eacute; la rai&longs;on pourquoy la pierre <lb/>d'aymant ne peut attirer le fer rougi, <lb/>pourquoy elle cha&longs;&longs;e les aiguilles par <lb/>l'vn de &longs;es co&longs;t&eacute;s, &amp; qu'elle les attire <lb/>par l'autre, pourquoy le bout des barres <lb/>qui demeure long temps en bas attire <lb/>le midy de l'aiguille touch&eacute;e, &amp; que <lb/>l'autre bout le cha&longs;&longs;e, &amp; qu'il attire &longs;a <lb/>partie &longs;eptentrionale, encore qu'ils <lb/>n'ayent pas trouu&eacute; des rai&longs;ons a&longs;&longs;ez for&shy;<lb/>tes pour contenter tout le monde. </s>

<s>Il faut <lb/>iuger la m&eacute;me cho&longs;e des autres qui <expan abbr="tra-uaili&etilde;t">tra&shy;<lb/>uailient</expan> &agrave; la recherche desveritez parti-<emph.end type="italics"/><pb xlink:href="046/01/005.jpg"/><emph type="italics"/>culieres, car il &longs;emble que la capacit&eacute; des <lb/>hommes e&longs;t born&eacute;e par l'ecorce, &amp; par <lb/>la &longs;urface des cho&longs;es corporelles, &amp; <lb/>qu'ils ne <expan abbr="peuu&etilde;t">peuuent</expan> penetrer plus auantque <lb/>la quantit&eacute;, auec vne entiere &longs;atisfa&shy;<lb/>ction. </s>

<s>C'e&longs;t pourquoy les anciens n'ont <lb/>peu donner aucune demon&longs;tration de ce <lb/>qui appartient aux qualit&eacute;s, &amp; &longs;e &longs;ont <lb/>re&longs;treints aux nombres, aux lignes, &amp; <lb/>aux figures, &longs;i l'on en excepte la pe&longs;an&shy;<lb/>teur, dont Archimede aparl&eacute; dans &longs;es <lb/>I&longs;orropiques.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="italics"/>Or i'e&longs;pere que les Corollaires qui &longs;ont <lb/>&agrave; la fin des Que&longs;tions que ie propo&longs;e, ne <lb/>vous plaironi pas moins que les Que&shy;<lb/>&longs;tions me&longs;mes, &amp; que vous vous ran&shy;<lb/>gerez <expan abbr="librem&etilde;t">librement</expan> du parti de Socrate, qui <lb/>tenoit que l'on ne peut rien &longs;&ccedil;auoir &longs;i <lb/>l'on ignore Dieu: car puis qu'il n'ya rien <lb/>de po&longs;&longs;ible &longs;i Dieu n'e&longs;t, &amp; que la po&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ibilit&eacute; de tous les e&longs;tres depend ab&longs;olu&shy;<lb/>ment de l'e&longs;tre actuel de Dieu, comme <lb/>la pui&longs;&longs;ance de l'acte, il est certain que<emph.end type="italics"/><pb xlink:href="046/01/006.jpg"/><emph type="italics"/>l'on ne peut auoir la parfaite connoi&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ance d'aucune cho&longs;e, &longs;i l'on ne connoi&longs;t <lb/>la &longs;ource dont elle prend &longs;on origine. </s>

<s>Et <lb/>comme l'on auroit &longs;uiet de bla&longs;mer vn <lb/>Philo&longs;ophe qui voudroit connoi&longs;tre la <lb/>nature des couleurs &longs;ans &longs;&ccedil;auoir celle de <lb/>la lumiere, qui leur donne l'e&longs;tre, &amp; <lb/>la &longs;ub&longs;i&longs;tance, puis qu'il e&longs;t impo&longs;&longs;ible <lb/>qu'il y ayt des couleurs &longs;ans elle: de <lb/>me&longs;me l'on peut iu&longs;tement me&longs;pri&longs;erce&shy;<lb/>luy qui s'applique aux &longs;ciences, s'il <lb/>n'e&longs;&longs;aye par leur moyen de s'auancer &agrave; <lb/>la connoi&longs;&longs;ance de Dieu, puis qu'elles <lb/>&longs;ont comme des rayons de la diuinit&eacute;, <lb/>qui demon&longs;trent par leurs veritez im&shy;<lb/>muables &amp; eternelles, &amp; par leur <lb/>grande e&longs;tendu&euml; &longs;on immutabilit&egrave;, &longs;on <lb/>&eacute;ternit&eacute;, &amp; &longs;on immen&longs;it&eacute;. </s>

<s>C'e&longs;t donc <lb/>ence&longs;te maniere que tous les Chre&longs;tiens <lb/>doiuent enui&longs;ager les &longs;ciences, &amp; <lb/>qu'ils s'en <expan abbr="doiu&etilde;t">doiuent</expan> &longs;eruir comme de pui&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;antes machines pour &eacute;leuer leur amour <lb/>qui e&longs;t le centre de la pe&longs;anteur de toutes<emph.end type="italics"/><pb xlink:href="046/01/007.jpg"/><emph type="italics"/>leurs affections, au centre de toutes les <lb/>creatures quine &longs;e trouue que dans la <lb/>bont&eacute; diuine, dont toutes les cho&longs;es tant <lb/>actuelles que po&longs;&longs;ibles dependent beau&shy;<lb/>coup plus que les rui&longs;&longs;eaux ne depen&shy;<lb/>dent de leur &longs;ource. </s>

<s>Caril e&longs;t tres rai&shy;<lb/>&longs;onnable qu'elles y retournent, &amp; <lb/>qu'elles n'ayent point de plus grand <lb/>de&longs;&longs;ein que de s'y rendre, &amp; de s'y pre&shy;<lb/>cipiter, comme font tous les corps pe&longs;ans <lb/>au centre de la terre, &amp; toutes les ri&shy;<lb/>uieres dans l'Ocean. </s>

<s>Ie ne doute pas, <lb/>MONSIEVR, que vous ne <lb/>vous &longs;eruiez de toutes les &longs;ciences en <lb/>cette fa&ccedil;on, &amp; que vous n'en agreyez <lb/>l'v&longs;age, dont i'ay trac&eacute; quelque crayon <lb/>dans ce liure, lequel ie vous prie de <lb/>receuoir auec la me&longs;me affection que <lb/>celle qui m'a port&eacute; &agrave; vous l'offrir; c'e&longs;t ce <lb/>qu'e&longs;pere<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Vo&longs;tre tres humble &amp; tres&shy;<lb/>affectionn&eacute; &longs;eruiteur. </s>

<s><lb/>F.M.Mer&longs;ene M. </s></p><pb xlink:href="046/01/008.jpg"/><figure id="id.046.01.008.1.jpg" xlink:href="046/01/008/1.jpg"/><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>PREFACE AV LECTEVR.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>LEs Que&longs;tions de ce Liure ne <lb/>&longs;ont pas trop longues pour <lb/>ennuyer, ny &longs;i courtes qu'elles ne <lb/>fa&longs;&longs;ent voir les difficultez, qui &longs;e <lb/>rencontrent dans toutes les cho&shy;<lb/>&longs;es que l'on &longs;e peut imaginer; <lb/>c'e&longs;t pourquoy i'e&longs;pere qu'elles <lb/>&longs;eront a&longs;&longs;ez agreables &agrave; ceux qui <lb/>prendront la peine de les lire, &amp; <lb/>qu'elles &longs;eront cau&longs;e que plu&shy;<lb/>&longs;ieurs nous <expan abbr="d&otilde;neront">donneront</expan> leurs expe&shy;<lb/>riences, &amp; qu'ils enrichiront le <lb/>public de leurs pen&longs;&eacute;es, &amp; des &longs;o&shy;<lb/>lutions de plu&longs;ieurs doutes qui &longs;e <lb/>&longs;ont formez, ou que l'on leur a <lb/>propo&longs;ez. </s>

<s>Neantmoins &longs;i qu'el&shy;<lb/>qu'vn &longs;e plaint de leur briefuet&eacute;, <lb/>il trouuera dequoy &longs;e &longs;atisfaire <lb/>dans l'autre trait&eacute; des Preludes de <pb xlink:href="046/01/009.jpg"/>l'harmonie, dont les Que&longs;tions <lb/>ont vne iu&longs;te longueur, &amp; dans <lb/>celuy des Mechaniques, qui re&shy;<lb/>quiert plus d'attention que les <lb/>autres. </s>

<s>Quoy qu'il en &longs;oit, l'on <lb/>verra le tiltre de&longs;dites Que&longs;tions <lb/>dans la table qui &longs;uit. </s></p><pb xlink:href="046/01/010.jpg"/><figure id="id.046.01.010.1.jpg" xlink:href="046/01/010/1.jpg"/><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>TABLE<emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>DES QVESTIONS <lb/>de ce Liure.<emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>I. Qu. <emph type="italics"/>QVelles &longs;ont les principales cu&shy;<lb/>rio&longs;itez qui occupent les <expan abbr="h&otilde;mes">hommes</expan>.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>II. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Pourquoy il y a des hommes <lb/>qui s'e&longs;timent &longs;i &longs;&ccedil;auans, &amp; que les autres <lb/>qui &longs;ont plus &longs;&ccedil;auans qu'eux s'e&longs;timent &longs;i <lb/>ignorans.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>III. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Pourquoy l'e&longs;tain calcin&eacute; e&longs;t <lb/>plus pe&longs;ant que non calcin&eacute;.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>IV. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>A&longs;&longs;auoir &longs;i les corps pe&longs;ans aug&shy;<lb/>mentent tou&longs;iours leur vi&longs;te&longs;&longs;e en de&longs;cendant <lb/>au centre de la terre.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>V. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Pourquoy l'or de tonnerre fait&shy;<lb/>ilvn grand bruit lors qu'il &longs;ent la chaleur.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>VI. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Comment les metaux s'en&shy;<lb/>gendrent-ils dans la terre, puis que la cha&shy;<lb/>leur du Soleil n'entre pas &longs;i auant.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>VII. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Quel e&longs;t la plus grande por&shy;<lb/>t&eacute;e des Arquebu&longs;es, &amp; des Canons, &amp; en <lb/>quelle proportion diminuent ils leur force, <lb/>&amp; leur vite&longs;&longs;e,<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>VIII. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Quelle e&longs;t la ligne de di-<emph.end type="italics"/><pb xlink:href="046/01/011.jpg"/><emph type="italics"/>rection qui &longs;ert aux Mechaniques.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>IX. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Peut on donner la rai&longs;on de <lb/>tout ce qui arriue &agrave; la Romaine &amp; aux ba&shy;<lb/>lances.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>X. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Pourquoy les Romans &longs;e de&shy;<lb/>bitent-ils mieux que les liures des &longs;ciences.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XI. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Pourquoy les &longs;&ccedil;auans n'arri&shy;<lb/>uent-ils pas &longs;i ordinairement aux grandes <lb/>dignitez que les vaillans.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XII. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Peut-on trouuer la vraye <lb/>longitude tant &longs;ur la mer que &longs;ur la terre pour <lb/>la &longs;euret&eacute;, &amp; la facilit&eacute; des nauigations, &amp; <lb/>des autres voyages.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XIII. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Quelle e&longs;t la cho&longs;e la plus <lb/>admirable de tout le monde.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XIV. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Pourquoy la plu&longs;part des <lb/>hommes preferent-ils le lucre &amp; l'vtilit&eacute; &agrave; <lb/>la &longs;cience, &amp; &agrave; l'honne&longs;tet&eacute;.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XV. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Peut-on faire vn mouuement <lb/>perpetuel par artifice.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XVI. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>La quadrature du cercle e&longs;t&shy;<lb/>elle impo&longs;sible<emph.end type="italics"/>? </s></p><p type="main">

<s>XVII. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Les Tali&longs;mans &amp; les me&shy;<lb/>taux que l'on graue pour attirer les influen&shy;<lb/>ces du ciel ont ils quelque vertu particuliere?<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XVIII. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>Que&longs;t <emph type="italics"/>Les Camaieux &amp; Gamahez <lb/>ont-ils quelque vertu on &longs;ignification.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XIX. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>A quoy &longs;eruent les &longs;ections<emph.end type="italics"/><pb xlink:href="046/01/012.jpg"/><emph type="italics"/>Coniques, &amp; quel e&longs;t leur v&longs;age.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XX. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Peut-on lire dans les a&longs;tres par <lb/>le moyen des miroirs, &amp; de leurs rencontres.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XXI. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>La lumiere e&longs;t-elle di&longs;tincte <lb/>des couleurs: &amp; quels corps terre&longs;tres ont de <lb/>la lumiere.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XXII. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>D'o&ugrave; vient la &longs;ympathie, <lb/>&amp; l'antipathie, &amp; qu'elles &longs;ont les vertus <lb/>occultes.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XXIII. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Pourquoy les nouuelles <lb/>demon&longs;trations que l'on trouue donnent-elles <lb/>tant de plai&longs;ir.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XXIV. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Pourquoy la corne, le <lb/>verre le tilc, &amp;c. </s>

<s>&longs;ont-ils tran&longs;parans.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XXV. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Le froid n'e&longs;t-il autre cho&longs;e <lb/>que la priuation du chaud, &amp; l'ombre de la <lb/>lumiere.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XXVI. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Qui &longs;ont les &longs;ecrets les <lb/>plus recherchez dans tous les arts.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XXVII. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Combien la pierre d'ay&shy;<lb/>mant a-elle de proprietez.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XXIII. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Peut-on confirmer les <lb/>my&longs;teres de la Religion Chre&longs;tienne par les <lb/>operations de la Chymie: o&ugrave; l'on void la <lb/>ten&longs;ure de la Sorbonne &longs;ur les liures de Kun&shy;<lb/>rath.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XXIX. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Que peut-on inferer de tou&shy;<lb/>tes les macules, &amp; les flammes du Soleil.<emph.end type="italics"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><pb xlink:href="046/01/013.jpg"/><p type="main">

<s>XXX. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Que &longs;eruent les lunettes <lb/>de longueveu&euml; pour la vie &amp; pour les &longs;&ccedil;iences.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XXXI. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Peut-on &longs;e chauffer en <lb/>France &longs;ans v&longs;er de bois, auec la &longs;eule terre.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XXXII. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Si le &longs;el engrai&longs;&longs;e la <lb/>terre pourquoy en &longs;ome t'on de&longs;&longs;<gap/> pour la <lb/>rendre &longs;terile.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XXXIII. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>A quoy &longs;eruent les rai&shy;<lb/>&longs;ons, &amp; les proportions de la Geometrie: &amp; <lb/>qu'e&longs;t-ce que la Quadrature de la Parabole.<emph.end type="italics"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XXXIV. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Peut-on inuenter vne <lb/>nouuelle &longs;cience des &longs;ons, qui &longs;e nomme <lb/>P&longs;ophologie<emph.end type="italics"/>: </s></p><p type="main">

<s>XXXV. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Pourquoy fait-il plus chaud <lb/>&agrave; l'E&longs;t&eacute; qu' &agrave; l'hyuer, auquel le Soleil e&longs;t beau&shy;<lb/>coup plus pres de nous.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XXXVI. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Pourquoy les nu&euml;s qui <lb/>&longs;ont &longs;i pe&longs;antes ne tombent elles pas &longs;ur nous.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XXXVII. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Combien faut-il e&longs;tre <lb/>&eacute;leu&eacute; &longs;ur la terre, ou &longs;ur le Soleil pour voir <lb/>tele&longs;pace qu'on voudra.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XXXVIII. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Les principes de l'O&shy;<lb/>ptique &longs;ont ils plus certains que ceux de la <lb/>Mu&longs;ique.<emph.end type="italics"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XXXIX. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>De quelles matieres &longs;e <lb/>&longs;eruent les Teincturiers pour teindre la leine, <lb/>&amp; la &longs;oye.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XL. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Pourquoy void-on l'haleine<emph.end type="italics"/><pb xlink:href="046/01/014.jpg"/><emph type="italics"/>dupoulmon &agrave; l'hyuer, &amp; non &agrave; l'e&longs;t&eacute;.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XLI. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Les figures I&longs;operimetres <lb/>les mieux ordonn&eacute;es &longs;ont elles tou&longs;iours les <lb/>plus grandes.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XLII. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>La blancheur e&longs;t-elle la <lb/>plus exellente de toutes les conlour.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XLIII. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Pourquoy les recreations <lb/>que l'on prend en pre&longs;ence des Superieurs ne <lb/>&longs;ont-elles pas &longs;i grandes qu'en leur ab&shy;<lb/>&longs;ence.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XLIV. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Quelle doit e&longs;tre la force <lb/>de la voix pour e&longs;tre port&eacute;e, &amp; entendue de&shy;<lb/>puis la terre iu&longs;ques au Firmament.<emph.end type="italics"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XLV. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>E&longs;t il permis de &longs;ou&longs;tenir <lb/>que la terre e&longs;t mobile: o&ugrave; la Cen&longs;ure des dia&shy;<lb/>logues de Galilee e&longs;t rapport&eacute;e tout au long.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>XLVI. Que&longs;t. <emph type="italics"/>Pourquoy la nature &longs;e <lb/>plai&longs;t elle &agrave; la diuer&longs;it&eacute; des obiets.<emph.end type="italics"/><pb xlink:href="046/01/015.jpg"/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>APPROBATION.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>NOvs Docteur en la Facult&eacute; de Theolo&shy;<lb/>gie de Paris, &amp; Cur&eacute; de S. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>Iacques de la <lb/>Boucherie certifions auoir leu le liure de qua&shy;<lb/>rantes &longs;ix <emph type="italics"/>Que&longs;tions Phy&longs;iques &amp; Mathemati&shy;<lb/>ques compo&longs;&eacute; Par le R. P. <!-- REMOVE S-->Mer&longs;enne R. Minime,<emph.end type="italics"/><lb/>&amp; n'y auoir rien trouu&eacute; qui &longs;oit contre les bon&shy;<lb/>nes m&oelig;urs &amp; regles de la foy. </s>



<s>Faict &agrave; Paris <lb/>ce 20. Iuin. <!-- REMOVE S-->1634. </s>

</p><p type="main">

<s>CHAPELAS. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>APPROBATION.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>NOvs auons veu &amp; approuu&eacute; les traitez <lb/>&longs;uiuans du R. P. M. </s>

<s>Mer&longs;enne Reli&shy;<lb/>gieux de no&longs;tre Ordre, &agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir <emph type="italics"/>les Que&longs;tions <lb/>Theologiques, Phy&longs;iques, &amp; tradution des Mecbani&shy;<lb/>ques de Galil&eacute;e, &amp; les Preludes de l'Harmonie<emph.end type="italics"/> &amp;c. <lb/></s>

<s>&amp; n'y auons rien trouu&eacute; qui ne &longs;oit conforme <lb/>&agrave; la vraye Theologie, &amp; aux bonnes m&oelig;urs. </s>

<s><lb/>En foy dequoy nous auons icy misnos &longs;eings <lb/>faic en no&longs;tre Conuent de la place Royalle <lb/>ce 20. Iuin 1634. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>F. FRAN&Ccedil;OIS DE LA NO&Uuml;E Minime. <!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>F. MARTIN. HERISSE Minime. <pb xlink:href="046/01/016.jpg"/><gap desc="hr tag"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>PRIVILEGE DV ROY.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>PAr lettres du Roy donnees &agrave; Paris <lb/>le mois d'Aou&longs;t de l'ann&eacute;e 1634. <lb/>&longs;ignees Perrochel, &amp; &longs;eellees du grand <lb/>&longs;ceau de cire iaune, il e&longs;t permis au <lb/>P. M. </s>

<s>Mer&longs;enne Religieux Minime <lb/>de faire imprimer par tel Libraire que <lb/>bon luy &longs;emblera <emph type="italics"/>Plu&longs;ieurs Trautez de <lb/>Philo&longs;ophie, de Theologie, &amp; de Matnema&shy;<lb/>tique.<emph.end type="italics"/></s><s> Et deffences &longs;ont faite; &agrave; toutes <lb/>per&longs;onnes de quelque qualite qu'ils <lb/>&longs;oient de les faire imprimer, vendre &amp; <lb/>di&longs;tribuer pendantle temps de &longs;ix ans &agrave; <lb/>compter du iour que le&longs;dits liures &longs;e&shy;<lb/>ront acheuez d'imprimer, comme il <lb/>e&longs;t plus amplement port&eacute; dans les let&shy;<lb/>tres dudit Priuilege. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Et ledit P. M. </s>

<s>Mer&longs;enne &agrave; con&longs;enty &amp; con&shy;<lb/>fent que Henry Guenon io&uuml;i&longs;&longs;e dudit Pri&shy;<lb/>uilege, comme il e&longs;t plus amplement decla&shy;<lb/>r&eacute; par l'accord fait entr'e&ucirc;x. </s></p><pb xlink:href="046/01/017.jpg" pagenum="1"/><figure id="id.046.01.017.1.jpg" xlink:href="046/01/017/1.jpg"/><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>PREMIERE <lb/>PARTIE DES <lb/>QVESTIONS THEO&shy;<lb/>LOGIQVES, MORALES, <lb/>Phy&longs;iques &amp; Mathematiques.<emph.end type="center"/><lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION PREMIERE.<emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Quelles &longs;ont les principales curio&longs;itez qui <lb/>occupent les hommes?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>IE ne mets pasles Arts qui <lb/>&longs;ont nece&longs;&longs;aires &agrave; la vie <lb/>humaine entre les curio&shy;<lb/>&longs;itez, mais <expan abbr="&longs;eulem&etilde;t">&longs;eulement</expan> ceux <lb/>dont il e&longs;t ay&longs;&eacute; de&longs;e pa&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;er: car l'Agriculture &amp; tous les Arts <lb/>qui appartiennent au me&longs;nage, par <lb/>exemple, l'art de la pe&longs;cherie, &amp; de la <lb/>cha&longs;&longs;e, l'art de boulanger, &amp; de faire le <pb xlink:href="046/01/018.jpg" pagenum="2"/>beurre, &amp;c. </s>

<s>&longs;ont &longs;i vtiles &agrave; la vie, qu'il <lb/>e&longs;t difficile de l'entretenir &longs;ans ces Arts <lb/>que la nece&longs;&longs;it&eacute; a fait rencontrer. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Or les hommes mon&longs;trent euidem&shy;<lb/>ment par leur proced&eacute;, &amp; par leurs <lb/>exercices, qu'ils donnent plus de temps <lb/>aux curio&longs;itez qu'aux cho&longs;es nece&longs;&longs;ai&shy;<lb/>res, car les Canadois &amp; plu&longs;ieurs autres <lb/>nations t&eacute;moignent par leur fa&ccedil;on de <lb/>viure que l'art de lire, &amp; d'&eacute;crire, &amp; <lb/>que tous les Arts, dont ie parleray <lb/>apres, ne &longs;ont pas nece&longs;&longs;aires; &amp; con&shy;<lb/>&longs;equemment qu'ils peuuent e&longs;tre mis <lb/>au nombre des curio&longs;itez, car les doigts <lb/>&longs;uffi&longs;ent &agrave; nombrer tout ce dont on a <lb/>be&longs;oin, tant parce que le nombre de&shy;<lb/>naire contient tous les autres, que par&shy;<lb/>ce qu'on recommence &agrave; nombrer par <lb/>les me&longs;mes doigts tant de fois que l'on <lb/>veut; ce qui &longs;e peut au&longs;&longs;i faire auec <lb/>de petits cailloux, qui ont donn&eacute; le <lb/>nom au <emph type="italics"/>calcul,<emph.end type="italics"/> &longs;ans qu'il &longs;oit be&longs;oin <lb/>de jettons, ou de plume. </s>

<s>L'on peut <lb/>dire la me&longs;me cho&longs;e de la Geometrie, &amp; <lb/>de toutes les parties des Mathemati&shy;<lb/>ques, mais parce que <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> les a iug&eacute;es ne&shy;<lb/>ce&longs;&longs;aires en no&longs;tre temps, &agrave; rai&longs;on de la <lb/>guerre, des fortifications, &amp; de plu-<pb xlink:href="046/01/019.jpg" pagenum="3"/>&longs;ieurs parties de la police, il vaut mieux <lb/>mettre l'art des Flori&longs;tes qui gouuer&shy;<lb/>nent les Tulipes, &amp; les autres fleurs, &amp; <lb/>ceux qui font des cabinets de medail&shy;<lb/>les, d'empreintes, de crayons, de por&shy;<lb/>traits, d'images, &amp; de tableaux, entre <lb/>les curieux, <expan abbr="d'aut&atilde;t">d'autant</expan> que cet e&longs;tude n'e&longs;t <lb/>pas nece&longs;&longs;aire &agrave; la Republique. </s>

<s>Ce qu'il <lb/>faut au&longs;&longs;i conclure de ceux qui rama&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ent les gemmes, les camaieux, les pie&shy;<lb/>res fines, les coquilles, les fruits e&longs;tran&shy;<lb/>gers, le &longs;celet des differentes e&longs;peces <lb/>de poi&longs;&longs;ons, les <expan abbr="papill&otilde;s">papillons</expan>, les mouches, &amp; <lb/>les autres in&longs;ectes. </s>

<s>Ie lai&longs;&longs;e l'art de filler <lb/>la &longs;oye, de nourrir lesvers, les be&longs;tes fau&shy;<lb/>ues, &amp; les oy&longs;eaux, &amp; de leur apprendre <lb/>&agrave; parler: l'art de faire les In&longs;truments <lb/>de Mu&longs;ique, &amp; d'en io&uuml;er, &amp; generale&shy;<lb/>ment toutes les differentes &longs;ortes de <lb/>ieux, &amp; d'exercices tant de l'e&longs;prit que <lb/>du corps, &longs;ans le&longs;quels l'on peut viure, <lb/>&amp; dont on n'a pas grand be&longs;oin, car l'on <lb/>peut mettre tous ces Arts entre les <lb/>principales curio&longs;itez du monde: &longs;i ce <lb/>n'e&longs;t que l'on leur prefere l'e&longs;tude des <lb/>A&longs;trologues, des Phy&longs;ionomes, &amp; des <lb/>Chyromanciens, &amp; que l'on croye que <lb/>toutes les gentille&longs;&longs;es qui dependent <pb xlink:href="046/01/020.jpg" pagenum="4"/>des miroirs, des lunettes &agrave; longue &amp; <lb/>courte veu&euml;, &amp; des operations de Chy&shy;<lb/>mie, &longs;ont les principales curio&longs;itez. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Orily a plai&longs;ir de con&longs;iderer ce que <lb/>les hommes pri&longs;ent dauantage dans <lb/>chaque genre de curio&longs;it&eacute;s: par exem&shy;<lb/>ple, ce que l'on iuge de plus excellent, <lb/>&amp; de plus remarquable parmy les co&shy;<lb/>quilles, <expan abbr="d&otilde;t">dont</expan> quelques-vns croyent que <lb/>celles qui &longs;ont faites &agrave; vis, ou en helice <lb/>qui va de droit &agrave; gauche &longs;ont fort rares, <lb/>parce que toutes les autres vont de <lb/>gauche &agrave; droit. </s>

<s>O&ugrave;l'on peut <expan abbr="&longs;embla-blem&etilde;t">&longs;embla&shy;<lb/>blement</expan> remarquer, que toutes les plan&shy;<lb/>tes &amp; les herbes qui s'entortillent au&shy;<lb/>tour des pieux, ou des arbres qu'elles <lb/>rencontrent, commencent &amp; conti&shy;<lb/>nuent tou&longs;iours leurs plis de droict &agrave; <lb/>gauche, comme l'on experimente aux <lb/>poids de coq, &amp; &agrave; toutes celles que l'on <lb/>appelle <emph type="italics"/>Volubiles,<emph.end type="italics"/> except&eacute; le &longs;eul hou&shy;<lb/>blon, qui s'entortille de gauche &agrave; droit. </s>

<s><lb/>On tient au&longs;&longs;i que les coquilles qui ont <lb/>des notes de Mu&longs;ique, &longs;ont rares: ce <lb/>qui arriue encore aux papillons, qui <lb/>ont des lettres Grecques, ou d'autres <lb/>characteres &longs;ur leurs ai&longs;les. </s>

<s>Ie lai&longs;&longs;e la <lb/>maniere de tourner en l'air par le <expan abbr="moy&etilde;">moyem</expan> <pb xlink:href="046/01/021.jpg" pagenum="5"/>de laquelle on fait des e&longs;caliers &longs;i me&shy;<lb/>nus en forme de colomnes torces, &amp; <lb/>en plu&longs;ieurs autres manieres, quel'on a <lb/>de la peine &agrave; les voir, ou &agrave; les tenir, en&shy;<lb/>core qu'ils &longs;oient d'vn pied de long. </s>

<s>Ie <lb/>lai&longs;&longs;e toutes les &longs;ubtilitez des pompes, <lb/>des fontaines artificielles, des differen&shy;<lb/>tes manieres d'&eacute;crire occultement &longs;ans <lb/>que l'on pui&longs;&longs;e apperceuoir l'&eacute;criture; <lb/>la maniere de tirer &amp; de battre l'or, l'ar&shy;<lb/>gent &amp; les autres metaux, de faire les <lb/>tapi&longs;&longs;eries de haute lice, &amp; plu&longs;ieurs <lb/>autres Arts, qui peuuent e&longs;tre mis au <lb/>rang des curio&longs;itez, puis qu'ils ne &longs;ont <lb/>pas nece&longs;&longs;aires &agrave; la vie humaine, com&shy;<lb/>me l'on experimente chez les Toupi&shy;<lb/>nambous, Montagnards, &amp; autres &longs;au&shy;<lb/>uages, qui viuent &longs;ans l'v&longs;age de ces <lb/>Arts. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>D'o&ugrave; l'on peut ai&longs;&eacute;ment conclure <lb/>que la plus grande partie de lavie &amp; du <lb/>labeur des hommes s'employe aux cu&shy;<lb/>rio&longs;itez, &amp; con&longs;equemment que l'on <lb/>en employe la moindre &agrave; la nece&longs;&longs;it&eacute;. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Il &longs;eroit &agrave; de&longs;irer que ceux qui ont <pb xlink:href="046/01/022.jpg" pagenum="6"/>des cabinets tres-rares, remarqua&longs;&longs;ent <lb/>ce qu'il y a de plus exquis dans chaque <lb/>genre, &amp; qu'ils aduerti&longs;&longs;ent de l'vtilit&eacute; <lb/>que l'on en peut retirer pour les Arts, <lb/>&amp; pour les &longs;ciences: par exemple, qu'ils <lb/>fi&longs;&longs;ent vn d&eacute;nombrement des coquil&shy;<lb/>les les plus rares, &amp; dont on fait plus <lb/>d'e&longs;time; &amp; puis des fleurs, &amp; des oi&shy;<lb/>gnons de tulipes, &amp; des autres plan&shy;<lb/>tes, &amp;c. </s>

<s>car il n'y a nul doute que l'on <lb/>peut d&eacute;couurir de grands &longs;ecrets de la <lb/>nature par la &longs;peculation de &longs;es ouura&shy;<lb/>ges, comme a fait Pali&longs;&longs;y, lors qu'il a <lb/>trouu&eacute; le moyen de rendre vne place <lb/>imprenable par le moyen de l'helice, <lb/>qui &longs;e remarque <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> les coquilles, dont <lb/>quelques-vns maintiennent que l'on <lb/>peut v&longs;er pour &longs;&ccedil;auoir quelle heure il <lb/>e&longs;t par les differentes couleurs, ou lu&shy;<lb/>mieres qu'elles font, &agrave; rai&longs;on de leurs <lb/>differentes reflexions. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'on pourroit au&longs;&longs;i grandement pro&shy;<lb/>fiter des <expan abbr="differ&etilde;tes">differentes</expan> remarques que font <lb/>les Iardiniers, &amp; les Flori&longs;tes en culti&shy;<lb/>uant les plantes, car ils ob&longs;eruent plu&shy;<lb/>&longs;ieurs cho&longs;es dans les oignons, &amp; dans <lb/>les racines, qui peuuent aider &agrave; la Phy&shy;<lb/>&longs;ique. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>Et qui doute que la conduite <pb xlink:href="046/01/023.jpg" pagenum="7"/>de la dur&eacute;e &amp; de la vie des plantes de&shy;<lb/>puis leurs germes ju&longs;ques a la maturit&eacute; <lb/>de leurs graines ne pui&longs;&longs;e nous &longs;eruir de <lb/>conduite pour la no&longs;tre, pui&longs;que toute <lb/>la nature e&longs;t &longs;i bien regl&eacute;e, que les plus <lb/>&longs;&ccedil;auans &longs;ont contraints de confe&longs;&longs;er <lb/>que le moindre de &longs;es ouurages &longs;urpa&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;e toute la &longs;age&longs;&longs;e, &amp; la &longs;cience des <expan abbr="h&otilde;-mes">hon&shy;<lb/>mes</expan>, &amp; qu'il e&longs;t tout &agrave; fait impo&longs;&longs;ible <lb/>qu'elle les pou&longs;&longs;e, &amp; les ameine au <lb/>point de <expan abbr="perfecti&otilde;">perfectiom</expan>, o&ugrave; nous les voyons, <lb/>qu'elle ne &longs;cit conduite &amp; ayd&eacute;e par <lb/>vne &longs;ouueraine intelligence, qui nous <lb/>oblige par des &longs;entimens interieurs &agrave; <lb/>l'adorer, &amp; &agrave; l'aimer eternellement? <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION II.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>D'o&ugrave; vient qu'ily a des hommes qui s'e&longs;ti&shy;<lb/>ment &longs;i &longs;&ccedil;auans, &amp; que les autres qui <lb/>font plus &longs;&ccedil;auans qu'eux s'e&longs;ti&shy;<lb/>ment &longs;i ignorans?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'On pourroit re&longs;pondre que quel&shy;<lb/>ques-vns font <expan abbr="s&etilde;blant">semblant</expan> de s'e&longs;timer <lb/>&longs;&ccedil;auans, encore qu'ils cognoi&longs;&longs;ent a&longs;&longs;ez <lb/>qu'ils ne &longs;cauent rien, ou qu'ils &longs;cauent <pb xlink:href="046/01/024.jpg" pagenum="8"/>fort peu de cho&longs;es, parce qu'ils veulent <lb/>acquerir de la reputation, afin de par&shy;<lb/>uenir au de&longs;&longs;ein qu'ils &longs;e &longs;ont form&eacute;s, &amp; <lb/>qu'ils &longs;e <expan abbr="s&otilde;t">sont</expan> propo&longs;&eacute;s, &amp; de paroi&longs;tre les <lb/>plus &longs;&ccedil;auans dans les compagnies, o&ugrave; <lb/>ils &longs;e rencontrent, parce que voyant <lb/>qu'ils y ont quelquefois re&uuml;&longs;&longs;i, &amp; n'a&shy;<lb/>yant rencontr&eacute; per&longs;onne qui leur ait <lb/>peu, ou voulu re&longs;i&longs;ter, &longs;oit par re&longs;pect <lb/>&amp; mode&longs;tie, ou pour quelqu'autre rai&shy;<lb/>&longs;on, ils veulent entretenir le monde <lb/>dans la bonne opinion que l'on a con&shy;<lb/>ceu&euml; de leur capacit&eacute;. </s>

<s>Mais l'autre r&eacute;&shy;<lb/>ponce e&longs;t, peut-e&longs;tre plus veritable, <lb/>particulierement &agrave; l'&eacute;gard de ceux qui <lb/>&longs;e croyent tre&longs;-&longs;&ccedil;auans, &amp; qui &longs;e &longs;ont <lb/>per&longs;uadez que cela e&longs;t, &amp; qu'en effect <lb/>ils peuuent in&longs;truire, &amp; de&longs;abu&longs;er tout <lb/>le monde: or ce&longs;te creance peut e&longs;tre <lb/>fond&eacute;e &longs;ur ce qu'ils ont <expan abbr="renc&otilde;tr&eacute;">rencontr&eacute;</expan> quel&shy;<lb/>que fa&ccedil;on de rai&longs;onner qui leur &longs;emble <lb/>extraordinaire, &longs;oit pour di&longs;courir des <lb/>difficultez de la Phy&longs;ique, ou des au&shy;<lb/>tres &longs;ciences, ou parce qu'ils ont &longs;pecu&shy;<lb/>I&eacute; quelque verit&eacute; particuliere, dont ils <lb/>ne trouuent nulle connoi&longs;&longs;ance ail&shy;<lb/>leurs. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais quand ils rencontrent quel-<pb xlink:href="046/01/025.jpg" pagenum="9"/>qu'vn qui ne leur cede point pour la fa&shy;<lb/>cilit&eacute; du di&longs;cours, &amp; qui a autant, ou <lb/>plus de capacit&eacute; qu'eux, ils &longs;e peuuent <lb/>ay&longs;&eacute;ment de&longs;abu&longs;er, &amp; quitter toute <lb/>&longs;orte de pre&longs;omption, &amp; de preoccu&shy;<lb/>pation d'e&longs;prit, quoy qu'il ne &longs;oit pas <lb/>nece&longs;&longs;aire d'e&longs;tre remis <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> le bon che&shy;<lb/>min, quand on a a&longs;&longs;ez d'e&longs;prit &amp; de ju&shy;<lb/>gement pour cognoi&longs;tre, &amp; pour con&shy;<lb/>clure que l'on ne &longs;&ccedil;ait qua&longs;i rien dans la <lb/>Phy&longs;ique, &longs;i l'on &longs;uit la definition de la <lb/>&longs;cience qu'Ari&longs;tote a donn&eacute;e: car &longs;i el&shy;<lb/>le doit e&longs;tre des objects eternels &amp; im&shy;<lb/>muables, &amp; que Dieu pui&longs;&longs;e changer <lb/>tout ce qui e&longs;t dans la Phy&longs;ique, l'on <lb/>n'en peut faire vne &longs;cience. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Il faut icy remarquer que le plus <lb/>haut &longs;ommet de la &longs;cience o&ugrave; les hom&shy;<lb/>mes pui&longs;&longs;ent arriuer, &longs;ert &agrave; les humilier, <lb/>&amp; &agrave; rabatre leur orgueil, d'autant qu'ils <lb/>voyent clairement qu'apres auoir e&longs;tu&shy;<lb/>di&eacute; l'e&longs;pace de 60. ou 80. ans, qu'ils <lb/>ont &longs;eulement trauaill&eacute; &agrave; de&longs;couurir, <lb/>&amp; &agrave; reconnoi&longs;tre leur ignorance. </s>

<s>De l&agrave; <lb/>vient que quelques-vns e&longs;timent, que <pb xlink:href="046/01/026.jpg" pagenum="10"/>l'extreme &longs;cience des hommes a lo <lb/>me&longs;me effet qu'vne extreme ignoran&shy;<lb/>ce, &amp; que toutes les extremitez &longs;e ren&shy;<lb/>contrent au me&longs;me but, comme le &longs;on <lb/>graue, &amp; l'aigu de l'Octaue, ou du Dia&shy;<lb/>pa&longs;on, qui &longs;ont &longs;i &longs;emblables, qu'il e&longs;t <lb/>difficile d'en remarquer la difference, <lb/>D'o&ugrave; l'on pouroit tirer plu&longs;ieurs autres <lb/>conclu&longs;ions, que ie re&longs;erue pour vn au&shy;<lb/>tre lieu. </s>

<s>I'ajou&longs;te &longs;eulement que cha&shy;<lb/>cun peut faire la preuue de ce corollai&shy;<lb/>re &longs;ur&longs;oy-me&longs;me, lors qu'il con&longs;idere&shy;<lb/>ra qu'il &longs;'imaginoit pouuoir donner la <lb/>rai&longs;on de toutes cho&longs;es &agrave; la &longs;ortie du <lb/>cours de Philo&longs;ophie, ou de Theolo&shy;<lb/>gie, &amp; qu'il &longs;era contraint d'auo&uuml;er 20. <lb/>ou 30. ans apres qu'il ne &longs;&ccedil;ait nulle rai&shy;<lb/>&longs;on qui le contente, &amp; qui luy &longs;oit &longs;i <lb/>euidente, &amp; &longs;i certaine, qu'il n'en <lb/>pui&longs;&longs;e douter. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>C'e&longs;t pourquoy il ne faut nullement <lb/>craindre que la plus <expan abbr="gr&atilde;de">grande</expan> &longs;cience que <lb/>l'on pui&longs;&longs;e aquerir en ce monde rem&shy;<lb/>pli&longs;&longs;e l'e&longs;prit des &longs;&ccedil;auans de vanit&eacute;, ou <lb/>d'arrogance, attendu qu'il y a plus de <lb/>danger qu'ils s'aillent cacher &longs;ans o&longs;er <lb/>paroi&longs;tre, &amp; qu'ils demeurent dans vn <lb/>perpetuel &longs;ilence, auec vn de&longs;e&longs;poit <pb xlink:href="046/01/027.jpg" pagenum="11"/>d'arriuer &agrave; quelque connoi&longs;&longs;ance eui&shy;<lb/>dente, &amp; infaillible des ouurages de la <lb/>nature, ou de ce qui &longs;e fait dans eux&shy;<lb/>me&longs;mes, qu'il n'y en a qu'ils <expan abbr="s'&etilde;orgueil-li&longs;&longs;ent">s'enorgueil&shy;<lb/>li&longs;&longs;ent</expan> de connoi&longs;tre &longs;eulement qu'ils <lb/>ne &longs;&ccedil;auent nulle cho&longs;e auec a&longs;&longs;ez d'eui&shy;<lb/>dence, &amp; de certitude pour en e&longs;tablir <lb/>vne &longs;cience. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Car l'on peut dire que nous voyons <lb/>&longs;eulement l'&eacute;corce, &amp; la &longs;urface de la <lb/>nature, &longs;ans pouuoir entrer dedans, &amp; <lb/>que nous n'aurons jamais autre &longs;cience <lb/>que celle de &longs;es effects exterieurs, &longs;ans <lb/>en pouuoir penetrer les rai&longs;ons, &amp; &longs;ans <lb/>&longs;&ccedil;auoir la maniere dont elle agit, iu&longs;&shy;<lb/>ques a ce qu'il plai&longs;e &agrave; Dieu de nous de&shy;<lb/>liurer de cette mi&longs;ere, &amp; nous de&longs;&longs;iller <lb/>les yeux par la lumiere qu'il re&longs;erue &agrave; <lb/>&longs;es vrays adorateurs. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION III.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>E&longs;t-il vray que l'E&longs;tain calcin&eacute;, e&longs;t plus <lb/>pe&longs;ant apres auoir e&longs;t&eacute; calcin&eacute;, que lors <lb/>qu'il e&longs;t crud.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><expan abbr="L'Experi&etilde;ce">L'Experience</expan> que plu&longs;ieurs publient <lb/>pour veritable, e&longs;t a&longs;&longs;ez e&longs;trange, <pb xlink:href="046/01/028.jpg" pagenum="12"/>&agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir que l'E&longs;tain calcin&eacute; e&longs;t plus <lb/>pe&longs;ant que lors qu'il e&longs;t crud, encore <lb/>que l'on n'adjou&longs;te rien &agrave; &longs;a chaux, &amp; <lb/>qu'en le calcinant il &longs;'euapore grande <lb/>quantit&eacute; de &longs;es parties en fum&eacute;es &amp; <lb/>vapeurs. </s>

<s>Ce que le &longs;ieur Brun excel&shy;<lb/>lent Apoticaire de Bergerac, confirme <lb/>par l'experience qu'il propo&longs;e &agrave; Mon&shy;<lb/>&longs;ieur Rey Docteur en Medecine, pour <lb/>en &longs;&ccedil;auoir la rai&longs;on. </s>

<s>Ledit Brun ayant <lb/>mis deux liures &amp; 6. onces du plus fin <lb/>e&longs;tain d'Angleterre dansvn va&longs;e de fer, <lb/>accommod&eacute; &agrave; vn fourneau ouuert, &amp; <lb/>l'ayant reduit dans &longs;ix heures en vne <lb/>chaux tre&longs;-blanche &longs;ans y adjo&ucirc;ter au&shy;<lb/>cune cho&longs;e, il en a trouu&eacute; 2. liures 13. <lb/>onces, ce&longs;t &agrave; dire 7. onces dauantage: <lb/>quoy qu'apres auoir calcin&eacute; 6. liures de <lb/><expan abbr="pl&otilde;b">plomb</expan>, il ayt trouu&eacute; 6. onces de dechet. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Or il e&longs;t rai&longs;onnable que ie die mon <lb/>jugement &longs;ur cette difficult&eacute;, pui&longs;que <lb/>l'vn &amp; l'autre m'ont fait l'honneur de <lb/>m'&eacute;crire &longs;ur ce que ie leur auois pro&shy;<lb/>po&longs;&eacute; &longs;ur ce &longs;ujet, &amp; que le &longs;ieur Rey <lb/>m'a donn&eacute; &longs;on liure, dans lequel il e&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;aye de prouuer qu'il n'y a nul corps <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> <lb/>la nature qui ne &longs;oit pe&longs;ant: ce qu'il <lb/>mon&longs;tre par l'air, qui de&longs;cend tre&longs;-vite <pb xlink:href="046/01/029.jpg" pagenum="13"/>dans tous les puits, &amp; les autres trous <lb/>que l'on fait en terre, de &longs;orte qu'il <lb/>conclud dans &longs;on 6. e&longs;&longs;ay, que la terre <lb/>e&longs;tant conuertie en eau, &amp; l'eau en air, <lb/>l'air e&longs;t au&longs;&longs;i pe&longs;ant que la terre. </s>

<s>Son <lb/>fondement con&longs;i&longs;te en ce que le &longs;eu du <lb/>fourneau fai&longs;ant euaporer les parties <lb/>les plus &longs;ubtiles de l'air, &longs;es parties plus <lb/>gro&longs;&longs;ieres &amp; plus pe&longs;antes de&longs;cendent <lb/>dans le vai&longs;&longs;eau de fer, &amp; &longs;'atrachent <lb/>tellement &agrave; la chaux de l'e&longs;tain, qu'el&shy;<lb/>les la rendent plus pe&longs;ante, comme il <lb/>arriue au &longs;able, qui deuient plus pe&longs;ant <lb/>par l'humidit&eacute; de l'eau que <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> y adjo&ucirc;&shy;<lb/>te: de &longs;orte que &longs;i l'on di&longs;tilloit l'air <lb/>dans vn alambic en vn lieu plus leger <lb/>que la Sphere de l'air, l'on trouueroit <lb/>que celuy qui demeureroit au fond du <lb/>vai&longs;&longs;eau &longs;eroit plus pe&longs;ant que celuy <lb/>que l'on auroit di&longs;till&eacute;, &amp; qui &longs;e &longs;eroit <lb/>exhal&eacute;. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ie croy que ceux qui liront &longs;on liure <lb/>en receuront vn particulier contente&shy;<lb/>ment, car il rapporte plu&longs;ieurs belles <lb/>remarques qui &longs;ont veritables, &amp; don&shy;<lb/>ne de l'entr&eacute;e &agrave; plu&longs;ieurs excellentes <lb/>difficultez de la Phy&longs;ique, &amp; de la Me&shy;<lb/>decine. </s>

<s>Or auant que de conclure cet-<pb xlink:href="046/01/030.jpg" pagenum="14"/>te que&longs;tion, ie veux aduertir que le <emph type="italics"/>Ca&shy;<lb/>la&euml;n,<emph.end type="italics"/> dont il e&longs;t parl&eacute; dans le 27. e&longs;&longs;ay <lb/>de &longs;on liure, e&longs;t vne e&longs;pece de regule, <lb/>que l'on apporte des Indes, &amp; que l'on <lb/>appelle <emph type="italics"/>Sin,<emph.end type="italics"/> ou <emph type="italics"/>Speautre.<emph.end type="italics"/></s><s> Il re&longs;&longs;emble <lb/>qua&longs;i &agrave; l'e&longs;tain de glace, comme m'a <lb/>r&eacute;crit le &longs;ieur Brun: &longs;i quelques-vns <lb/>veulent voir la lettre que Mon&longs;ieur <lb/>Rey m'a enuoy&eacute;e pour <expan abbr="l'&eacute;clairci&longs;&longs;em&etilde;t">l'&eacute;clairci&longs;&longs;ement</expan> <lb/>des difficultez que i'ay form&eacute;es &longs;ur &longs;es <lb/>e&longs;&longs;ais, ie la leur mon&longs;treray tre&longs;-libre&shy;<lb/>ment. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Quant &agrave; la &longs;olution de la difficult&eacute;, <lb/>l'on peut, ce &longs;emble, re&longs;pondre que la <lb/>chaux d'e&longs;tain deuient plus pe&longs;ante, <lb/>parce qu'elle attire vne grande quan&shy;<lb/>tit&eacute; de vapeurs, parmy le&longs;quelles &longs;ont <lb/>me&longs;l&eacute;es plu&longs;ieurs petites parties de ter&shy;<lb/>re, qui augmentent &longs;on poids: quoy <lb/>qu'il &longs;oit difficile qu'elle en attire au&shy;<lb/>tant, ou dauantage que ce qu'elle en <lb/>perd par la force du feu: ce qui arriue <lb/>&longs;emblablement, &agrave; ce que l'on dit, &agrave; la <lb/>chaux de l'antimoine, &amp; &agrave; plu&longs;ieurs au&shy;<lb/>tres metaux calcinez, car encore que <lb/>la chaux de plomb &longs;e &longs;oit trouu&eacute;e plus <lb/>legere dans l'experience du &longs;ieur Brun, <lb/>elle &longs;'e&longs;t trouu&eacute;e plus pe&longs;ante dans l'ex-<pb xlink:href="046/01/031.jpg" pagenum="15"/>perience des autres: &amp; &longs;'il arriue que <lb/>quelque chaux &longs;e trouue beaucoup <lb/>plus legere, il en faut rapporter la cau&shy;<lb/>&longs;e &agrave; la trop grande quantit&eacute; de vapeurs <lb/>qui &longs;ont &longs;orties du corps calcin&eacute;, com&shy;<lb/>me l'on experimente dans les plantes, <lb/>&amp; dans les animaux. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais cette rai&longs;on ne me &longs;atisfait pas, <lb/>c'e&longs;t pourquoy ie prefere celle dudit <lb/>Rey &agrave; toutes les autres, quoy que l'on <lb/>pui&longs;&longs;e propo&longs;er plu&longs;ieurs difficultez <lb/>contre elle, dont il en a re&longs;olu vne bon&shy;<lb/>ne partie. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ie de&longs;irerois que tous &longs;e porta&longs;&longs;ent &agrave; <lb/>ayder le public, &amp; qu'ils ob&longs;erua&longs;&longs;ent la <lb/>grande loy de la morale, qui con&longs;i&longs;te &agrave; <lb/>faire tout le <expan abbr="bi&etilde;">biem</expan> &agrave; tous les hommes quo <lb/>l'on voudroit receuoir d'eux. </s>

<s>C'e&longs;t &agrave; <lb/>quoy les Chymi&longs;tes, &amp; ceux qui tra&shy;<lb/>uaillent &longs;ur les metaux <expan abbr="m&atilde;quent">manquent</expan> gran&shy;<lb/>dement, car s'ils communiquoient mil&shy;<lb/>le gentilles ob&longs;eruations qu'ils rencon&shy;<lb/>trent en trauaillant, plu&longs;ieurs excel&shy;<lb/>lents e&longs;prits en pourroient tirer des lu&shy;<lb/>mieres pour e&longs;tablir quelque cho&longs;e de <pb xlink:href="046/01/032.jpg" pagenum="16"/>certain <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> la Phy&longs;ique, ou d'vtile pour <lb/>la vie, &amp; pour la &longs;ociet&eacute; des hommes. </s>

<s><lb/>N'e&longs;t-ce pas vne cho&longs;e cent fois plus <lb/>genereu&longs;e &amp; plus glorieu&longs;e d'ayder <lb/>tous les morteis de ce que l'on peut, <lb/>quand on n'en re&ccedil;oit nul dommage, <lb/>que de retenir la verit&eacute; en inju&longs;tice, &amp; <lb/>d'empe&longs;cher que la lumiere ne &longs;orti&longs;&longs;e <lb/>&longs;on effect, qui con&longs;i&longs;te &agrave; &longs;e communi&shy;<lb/>quer, &amp; &agrave; &longs;'e&longs;tendre &agrave; l'infiny, &agrave; l'imita&shy;<lb/>tion, &amp; par la participation de la viue <lb/>&longs;ource de la lumiere eternelle, qui nous <lb/>conuie par &longs;on exemple &agrave; faire toutes <lb/>&longs;ortes de plai&longs;irs &agrave; nos freres, c'e&longs;t &agrave; di&shy;<lb/>re &agrave; tous les hommes, qui tous ont Dieu <lb/>pour leur pere. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION IV.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>A &longs;&ccedil;auoir &longs;i les corps pe&longs;ans augmentent <lb/>tou&longs;iours leur vi&longs;to&longs;&longs;e quand ils de&longs;cen&shy;<lb/>dent vers le centre de la terre.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>IL e&longs;t certain qu'vne boule de bois, <lb/>ou de plomb, ou de quelqu'autre <lb/>matiere a&longs;&longs;ez pe&longs;ante pour penetrer <lb/>l'air &longs;ans varier d'vn co&longs;t&eacute; ny d'autre, <pb xlink:href="046/01/033.jpg" pagenum="17"/><figure id="id.046.01.033.1.jpg" xlink:href="046/01/033/1.jpg"/><lb/>augmente tou&longs;iours &longs;a vi&longs;te&longs;&longs;e <lb/>dans toutes les haulteurs, dont <lb/>nous la pouuons faire tomber: <lb/>car la boule qui tombe de 12. <lb/>pieds de haut dans le temps d'v&shy;<lb/>ne &longs;econde minute, tombe de <lb/>48. pieds ou enuiron dans le <lb/>temps de 2. &longs;econdes, &amp; ain&longs;i <lb/>con&longs;equemment, de &longs;orte que <lb/>les e&longs;paces que fait la boule en <lb/>diuers <expan abbr="t&etilde;ps">temps</expan>, &longs;ont en rai&longs;on dou&shy;<lb/>bl&eacute;e de&longs;dits temps, ou peu s'en <lb/>faut, comme i'ay mon&longs;tr&eacute; dans <lb/>vn trait&eacute; particulier. </s>

<s>Mais il e&longs;t <lb/>difficile, &amp; peut-e&longs;tre impo&longs;&longs;i&shy;<lb/>ble de determiner le peu qui <lb/>s'en faut, &amp; de &longs;&ccedil;auoir en quel <lb/>lieu la boule <expan abbr="comm&etilde;ce">commence</expan> &agrave; garder <lb/>vne autre proportion dans &longs;on mouue&shy;<lb/>ment. </s>

<s>Ie mets icy vne ligne diui&longs;&eacute;e en <lb/>certaines parties, &longs;elon le&longs;quelles il y a <lb/>grande <expan abbr="appar&etilde;ce">apparence</expan> que la boule de&longs;cend: <lb/>de &longs;orte que &longs;i elle fait la premiere par&shy;<lb/>tie AB dans la premiere &longs;econde, quel&shy;<lb/>le fait la partie BC dans la &longs;econde, &amp; <lb/>CD dans la 3. &amp; DE dans la 4. Les <lb/>Geometres trouueront ay&longs;ement la <lb/>maniere de faire cette diui&longs;ion, qui <pb xlink:href="046/01/034.jpg" pagenum="18"/>doit tou&longs;iours garder vne me&longs;me rai&shy;<lb/>&longs;on. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ie &longs;uppo&longs;e &longs;eulement icy que la pre&shy;<lb/>miere partie AB ayt 12. pieds de lon&shy;<lb/>gueur, affin qu'ils determinent <expan abbr="com-bi&etilde;">com&shy;<lb/>biem</expan> BC, &amp; les autres parties en doiuent <lb/>auoir: car quant aux autres difficultez <lb/>qui &longs;e rencontrent dans ces cheutes, ie <lb/>les re&longs;erue pour vn autre lieu. </s>

<s>I'ad o&ucirc;te <lb/>&longs;eulement que Vendelin m'a fait pen&shy;<lb/>&longs;er &agrave; cette proportion, dont ie parleray <lb/>plus amplement dans vn autre trait&eacute;. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Pui&longs;que nous ne pouuons &longs;&ccedil;auoir les <lb/>vrayes rai&longs;ons, ou la &longs;cience de ce qui <lb/>arriue dans la nature, parce qu'il y a <lb/>tou&longs;iours quelques <expan abbr="circon&longs;t&atilde;ces">circon&longs;tances</expan>, ou in&shy;<lb/>&longs;tances qui nous font douter &longs;i les cau&shy;<lb/>&longs;es que nous nous imaginons &longs;ont veri&shy;<lb/>tables, &amp; s'il n'y en a point, ou s'il n'y en <lb/>peut auoir d'autres, ie ne voy pas que <lb/>l'on doiue requerir autre cho&longs;e des plus <lb/>&longs;&ccedil;auans que leurs ob&longs;eruations, &amp; les <lb/>remarques qu'ils auront faites des dif&shy;<lb/>ferens effets, ou phenomenes de la na&shy;<lb/>ture. </s>

<s>Par exemple, pui&longs;que l'on ne <pb xlink:href="046/01/035.jpg" pagenum="19"/>peut demon&longs;trer que la terre &longs;oit &longs;table <lb/>&amp; mobile, l'on doit &longs;e contenter de &longs;&ccedil;a&shy;<lb/>uoir toutes les ob&longs;eruations que les <lb/>A&longs;tronomes ont faites au Ciel, &amp; en <lb/>tout ce qui &longs;emble auoir quelque &longs;orte <lb/>de mouuement regl&eacute;. </s>

<s>Et peut-e&longs;tre <lb/>que cette ignorance des vrayes cau&longs;es, <lb/>ou rai&longs;ons des cho&longs;es fera rentrer plu&shy;<lb/>&longs;ieurs en eux-me&longs;mes, pour con&longs;iderer <lb/>les mouuements de leur ame, &amp; tous <lb/>les re&longs;&longs;orts interieurs qui les font agir, <lb/>afin que chacun &eacute;prouue &longs;i la connoi&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ance de &longs;oy-me&longs;me e&longs;t plus vtile, &amp; <lb/>plus ay&longs;&eacute;e que celle des cho&longs;es exter&shy;<lb/>nes. </s>

<s>Ie m'a&longs;&longs;eure que l'on trouuera <lb/>quelque re&longs;&longs;ort qui fait mouuoir toutes <lb/>lesfacultez, &amp; les pui&longs;&longs;ances du corps, <lb/>&amp; de l'ame, d'o&ugrave; elles dependent, &amp; <lb/>qui ne depend de nul autre: &amp; qu'ils <lb/>confe&longs;&longs;eront hautement que l'&oelig;cono&shy;<lb/>mie du corps humain, &amp; de toutes les <lb/>facultez, &amp; des operations de l'ame re&shy;<lb/>connoi&longs;t vn ouurier tre&longs;-&longs;age &amp; tre&longs;&shy;<lb/>intelligent, qui opere toutes cho&longs;es en <lb/>nous, &amp; en tout l'vniuers, &amp; dont la <lb/>bont&eacute;, &amp; la grandeur e&longs;t infiniment <lb/>adorable. </s>

<s>Ce &longs;ont l&agrave; les pen&longs;&eacute;es qui <lb/>nous <expan abbr="doiu&etilde;t">doiuent</expan> &longs;eruir de principal <expan abbr="alim&etilde;t">aliment</expan>, <pb xlink:href="046/01/036.jpg" pagenum="20"/>&amp; qui occupant nos &longs;oins, &amp; nos veil&shy;<lb/>les, doiuent remplir no&longs;tre e&longs;prit, <lb/>afin de l'vnir au Pere des e&longs;prits, &amp; de <lb/>commencer d&eacute;s cette vie les exta&longs;es <lb/>eternelles de la beatitude, &amp; les <expan abbr="raui&longs;-&longs;em&etilde;s">raui&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;emens</expan> qui nous <expan abbr="metter&otilde;t">metteront</expan> hors de nous&shy;<lb/>me&longs;mes, pour nous aby&longs;mer dans l'Im&shy;<lb/>men&longs;it&eacute; diuine. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION V.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Pourquoy la poudre de l'or, que l'on appelle <lb/>fulminant, fait elle vn &longs;igrand bruit, <lb/>quand elle &longs;ent la chaleur?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>IL e&longs;t difficile de <expan abbr="renc&otilde;trer">rencontrer</expan> dans tou&shy;<lb/>te la nature des effets plus e&longs;tranges <lb/>que ceux de l'or fulminant, car &longs;i to&longs;t <lb/>qu'il e&longs;t a&longs;&longs;ez &eacute;chauff&eacute;, il &longs;e precipite <lb/>d'vne &longs;i grande impetuo&longs;it&eacute;, qu'il <expan abbr="r&otilde;pt">rompt</expan> <lb/>le fer, &amp; tous les autres metaux que <lb/>l'on met de&longs;&longs;ouz, &amp; fait vn bruit &longs;i &longs;ec, <lb/>&amp; &longs;i &eacute;clatant, qu'il e&longs;t beaucoup plus <lb/>difficile de le &longs;ouffrir que celuy d'vn pi&shy;<lb/>&longs;tolet, ou d'vn canon. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Or il faut premierement remarquer <lb/>que cet or n'e&longs;t autre cho&longs;e qu'vne pou-<pb xlink:href="046/01/037.jpg" pagenum="21"/>dre de&longs;&longs;eich&eacute;e que l'on tire de te<gap/>e pie&shy;<lb/>ce d'or que l'on veut: par exemple, d'v&shy;<lb/>ne pi&longs;tole, ou d'vn &eacute;cu: ce que l'on fait <lb/>ay&longs;&eacute;ment en mettant premierement <lb/>l'or dans de l'eau regale, dans laquelle <lb/>il &longs;e di&longs;&longs;out ay&longs;&eacute;ment, &amp; puis l'on ver&longs;e <lb/>de l'huile de Tartre dedans pour le &longs;e&shy;<lb/>parer d'auec ladite eau. </s>

<s>Et puis l'on <lb/>y ver&longs;e de l'eau toute pure, afin de le fai&shy;<lb/>re precipiter apres qu'il a jett&eacute; toutes <lb/>&longs;es fum&eacute;es, &longs;on feu, &amp; &longs;a furie; &amp; fina&shy;<lb/>lement l'on ver&longs;e cette eau par inclina&shy;<lb/>tion, afin de prendre la poudre qui &longs;e <lb/>trouue au fond, &amp; que l'on fait &longs;eicher <lb/>au feu, ou au &longs;oleil; ce qui e&longs;t &longs;i ay&longs;&eacute;, <lb/>que l'on peut faire cette poudre dans <lb/>vne demie heure, &longs;ans v&longs;er de feu, com&shy;<lb/>me j'ay experiment&eacute;. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>En 2. lieu, il faut remarquer que cet&shy;<lb/>te poudre va tou&longs;iours en bas, &amp; pou&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;e ou rompt les cueilliers, &amp; les autres <lb/>corps &longs;ur le&longs;quels on la met, au&longs;&longs;i-to&longs;t <lb/>qu'elle e&longs;t a&longs;&longs;ez &eacute;chauff&eacute;e: &amp; lors qu'el&shy;<lb/>le prend feu, elle luy donne, ce&longs;emble, <lb/>vne couleur blua&longs;tre, &amp; &longs;'&eacute;leue vn peu; <lb/>mais quand elle rencontre vn corps &longs;i <lb/>fort, &amp; &longs;i dur qu'elle ne peut le rompre, <lb/>il e&longs;t difficile de &longs;&ccedil;auoir o&ugrave; elle va, par-<pb xlink:href="046/01/038.jpg" pagenum="22"/>ce que l'on n'en trouue point de ve&longs;ti&shy;<lb/>ge: quoy que l'on pui&longs;&longs;e tellement l'en&shy;<lb/>fermer entre 4. cartons, que l'on re&shy;<lb/>marquera ay&longs;&eacute;ment de quel co&longs;t&eacute; elle <lb/>va, lors qu'elle ne peut rompre le corps <lb/>&longs;ur lequel elle s'enflamme. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>En 3. lieu, j'ay experiment&eacute; que le <lb/>feu de la poudre &agrave; canon, que l'on me&longs;&shy;<lb/>le parmy, n'e&longs;t pas &longs;uffi&longs;ant pour l'en&shy;<lb/>flammer; &amp; que le plus grand Soleil de <lb/>l'E&longs;t&eacute; ne la fait pas partir, encore que <lb/>plu&longs;ieurs tiennent que la &longs;eule chaleur <lb/>du corps la pui&longs;&longs;e enflammer, quand on <lb/>la porte dans la poche, c'e&longs;t pourquoy <lb/>il faut prendre garde que l'on ne l'&eacute;&shy;<lb/>chauffe trop en la fai&longs;ant &longs;eicher. </s>

<s>Or il <lb/>e&longs;t probable que le &longs;alpe&longs;tre, qui s'e&longs;t <lb/>attach&eacute; &agrave; cette poudre d'or, e&longs;t cau&longs;e <lb/>de ce qu'elle prend le feu, &amp; qu'elle va <lb/>en bas &agrave; rai&longs;on de &longs;a pe&longs;anteur, qui ne <lb/>peut e&longs;tre enleu&eacute;e par les e&longs;prits du &longs;al&shy;<lb/>pe&longs;tre. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Quant au bruit qu'elle fait, on peut <lb/>la comparer &agrave; celuy du tonnerre, ou <lb/>plu&longs;to&longs;t &agrave; celuy d'vnfo&uuml;et, car l'vn &amp; <lb/>l'autre e&longs;t tre&longs; &longs;ec, &amp; <expan abbr="penetr&atilde;t">penetrant</expan>, &amp; &longs;e fait <lb/>par la duret&eacute; de la colli&longs;ion, ou du <expan abbr="bat-tem&etilde;t">bat&shy;<lb/>tement</expan> de l'air, qui te&longs;moigne la grande <pb xlink:href="046/01/039.jpg" pagenum="23"/>violence qu'il endure par l'&eacute;clat qu'il <lb/>fait. </s>

<s>Mais le bruit de la poudre &agrave; canon <lb/>e&longs;t plus muet, &amp; plus &longs;ourd, &agrave; rai&longs;on <lb/>qu'elle e&longs;t beaucoup plus molle, &amp; plus <lb/>gro&longs;&longs;iere que la poudre d'or, dont cha&shy;<lb/>que grain e&longs;t fort dur, encore qu'elle <lb/>&longs;oit qua&longs;i impalpable. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Si l'on auoit tellement &longs;pecul&eacute; tou&shy;<lb/>tes &longs;ortes de &longs;ons, &amp; de bruits, que l'on <lb/>peu&longs;t juger de toutes les &longs;ortes, &amp; les <lb/>qualitez, ou proprietez des <expan abbr="mouuem&etilde;s">mouuemens</expan> <lb/>en les oyant, &amp; que l'on &longs;&ccedil;e&ucirc;t tous les <lb/>effets qu'ils peuuent produire, l'on en&shy;<lb/>richiroit grandement la Phy&longs;ique; &amp; <lb/>peut-e&longs;tre que la beaut&eacute;, l'excellence, <lb/>l'vtilit&eacute;. </s>

<s>&amp; l'e&longs;tendu&euml; des &longs;ons ne cede&shy;<lb/>roient pas &agrave; la lumiere, laquelle n'a pas <lb/>&longs;eruy &longs;i immediatement &agrave; no&longs;tre &longs;alut, <lb/>que le &longs;on, qui nous a fait conceuoir la <lb/>reuelation Diuine, &amp; nous a fait em&shy;<lb/>bra&longs;&longs;er la vraye Religion. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>Mais ie trai&shy;<lb/>te ailleurs de tout ce que l'on peut con&shy;<lb/>noi&longs;tre par le moyen du &longs;on, de &longs;orte <lb/>qu'il &longs;uffit maintenant de con&longs;iderer <lb/>que les &longs;ons, quoy que pa&longs;&longs;agers, ne <pb xlink:href="046/01/040.jpg" pagenum="24"/>&longs;ont pas &longs;i peu de cho&longs;e, qu'ils ne contri&shy;<lb/>buent grandement &agrave; la gloire de Dieu, <lb/>&amp; &agrave; no&longs;tre &longs;alut, comme l'on experi&shy;<lb/>mente aux Cantiques de lo&uuml;ange, que <lb/>nous luy offrons tous les jours. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION VI.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Comment les metaux peuuent-ils s'engen&shy;<lb/>drer dans la terre, puis que le Soleilne <lb/>penetre pas &longs;i auant?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'Experience fait voir que la terre <lb/>e&longs;t tou&longs;iours froide, lors qu'on l'ou&shy;<lb/>ure, &amp; qu'on la creu&longs;e de 6. ou 7. pieds, <lb/>quelque chaleur qui pui&longs;&longs;e faire, ce qui <lb/>mon&longs;tre, ce &longs;emble, que le Soleil n'en&shy;<lb/>gendre pas les metaux dans les entrail&shy;<lb/>les de la terre: &amp; ce qui t&eacute;moigne qu'el&shy;<lb/>le a quelque chaleur particuliere, qui <lb/>luy e&longs;t au&longs;&longs;i naturelle, comme celle de <lb/>l'e&longs;tomach aux animaux, &amp; comme la <lb/>lumiere au Soleil. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>Ce qui a fait con&shy;<lb/>clure &agrave; Bernard Pali&longs;&longs;y, que la matiere <lb/>des pierres, &amp; des metaux, n'e&longs;t autre <lb/>cho&longs;e que le &longs;el de l'eau, dans laquelle <lb/>il e&longs;t tellement me&longs;l&eacute;, que l'on ne peut <pb xlink:href="046/01/041.jpg" pagenum="25"/>l'apperceuoir que par &longs;es effets, c'e&longs;t &agrave; <lb/>dire, par les pierres, les marca&longs;ites, &amp; <lb/>les metaux, qu'il engendre premiere&shy;<lb/>ment tous blancs de couleur de &longs;el, qui <lb/>attire toutes les parties terre&longs;tres qui <lb/>luy &longs;ont propres, &amp; puis chaque corps <lb/>prend differentes couleurs, &longs;uiuant les <lb/>differents degrez de congelation, &amp; <lb/>les differens &longs;els, qui coagulent &amp; arre&shy;<lb/>&longs;tent les matieres qu'ils rencontrent. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Or cette eau congelatiue, qui e&longs;t me&longs;&shy;<lb/>l&eacute;e, &amp; confu&longs;e auec l'eau commune, <lb/>qui &longs;'exhale, peut e&longs;tre appell&eacute;e cin&shy;<lb/>quie&longs;me element, &amp; contient en <expan abbr="emi-n&etilde;celes">emi&shy;<lb/>nenceles</expan> couleurs, les &longs;aueurs, les odeurs, <lb/>la duret&eacute;, &amp; toutes les autres qualitez <lb/>des corps qu'elle engendre. </s>

<s>O&ugrave; l'on <lb/>peut remar quer que la <expan abbr="&longs;em&etilde;ce">&longs;emence</expan> de cha&shy;<lb/>que cho&longs;e, ou la tige quelle jette e&longs;t <lb/>blanche &agrave; &longs;on commencement, &amp; <lb/>que le &longs;el e&longs;t cau&longs;e de toutes les gene&shy;<lb/>rations, car &longs;i l'on o&longs;toit le &longs;el des me&shy;<lb/>taux, des pierres, des plantes, ou des <lb/>animaux, ils s'en iroient tous en pou&shy;<lb/>dre: c'e&longs;t luy qui donne la duret&eacute;, &amp; la <lb/>&longs;olidit&eacute; aux os, &amp; aux pierres, &amp; qui <lb/>&longs;emble e&longs;tre le &longs;ou&longs;tien de toutes les <lb/>cho&longs;es corporelles. </s>

<s>Mais il y a autant <pb xlink:href="046/01/042.jpg" pagenum="26"/>de differentes &longs;ortes de &longs;els que de cou&shy;<lb/>leurs, &amp; d'odeurs: par exemple, la cou&shy;<lb/>pero&longs;e e&longs;t vn &longs;el di&longs;tinct du &longs;el nitre, du <lb/>vitriol, de l'alun, du borrax, du &longs;ublim&eacute;, <lb/>du &longs;ucre, du &longs;alpe&longs;tre, du &longs;el gemme, <lb/>du &longs;alicor, du tartre, du &longs;el armoniac, <lb/>&amp; de tous les autres &longs;els, qui empe&longs;&shy;<lb/>chent la corruption des corps o&ugrave; ils &longs;e <lb/>rencontrent, qui blanchi&longs;&longs;ent le linge <lb/><expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> les le&longs;&longs;iues, qui tannent &amp; endurci&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ent le cuir des taneurs, par l'entremi&shy;<lb/>&longs;e de l'&eacute;corce de che&longs;ne, laquelle a vne <lb/>grande quantit&eacute; de &longs;el, qui &longs;e commu&shy;<lb/>nique au cuir: car les &eacute;corces des arbres <lb/>en contiennent qua&longs;i tout le &longs;el. </s>

<s>Or ie <lb/>ne m'e&longs;tendray pas dauantage &longs;ur ce <lb/>&longs;ujet, afin qu'on li&longs;e les excellens di&longs;&shy;<lb/>cours qu'en a fait ledit Pali&longs;&longs;y, qui ex&shy;<lb/>plique au&longs;&longs;i la maniere dont on fait le <lb/>&longs;el commun dans les marais &amp; dans les <lb/>&longs;alines de Xaintonge. </s>

<s>Ceux qui pren&shy;<lb/>dront la peine de le lire, croyront ay&longs;&eacute;&shy;<lb/>ment que les coquilles, les herbes, les <lb/>animaux, &amp;c. </s>

<s>&longs;e peuuent petrifier, &amp; <lb/>&longs;e reduire en metal, par le moyen de <lb/>ladite eau congelatiue. </s>

<s>Mais il e&longs;t dif&shy;<lb/>ficile de &longs;&ccedil;auoir d'o&ugrave; vient la differen&shy;<lb/>ce des &longs;els, &amp; &longs;'ils &longs;ont tous homogenes <pb xlink:href="046/01/043.jpg" pagenum="27"/>au commencement, de &longs;orte qu'ils ne <lb/>re&ccedil;oiuent point d'autre <expan abbr="differ&etilde;ce">difference</expan>, que <lb/>des differens accidens qu'ils rencon&shy;<lb/>trent, ou &longs;i Dieu les a faits de differen&shy;<lb/>tes e&longs;peces d&eacute;s le commencement du <lb/>monde. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Sil'on &longs;e donne le loi&longs;it de con&longs;ide&shy;<lb/>rer que plu&longs;ieurs e&longs;peces de bois, &amp; <lb/>me&longs;me que les corps des hommes &longs;e <lb/>peuuent petrifier, il faudra aduo&uuml;er <lb/>que l'eau tant de pluye, que de riuiere, <lb/>de fontaine, &amp;c. </s>

<s>ou que l'air joint aux <lb/>vapeurs, &amp; aux exhalai&longs;ons ont la ver&shy;<lb/>tu, &amp; la pui&longs;&longs;ance de <expan abbr="c&otilde;uertir">conuertir</expan> les corps <lb/>qui en &longs;ont touchez, en pierre, &amp; con&shy;<lb/>&longs;equemment de les rendre beaucoup <lb/>plus pe&longs;ans qu'ils n'e&longs;toient. </s>

<s>Or il e&longs;t <lb/>tre&longs;-difficile de &longs;&ccedil;auoir d'o&ugrave; vient cet&shy;<lb/>te plus gran de pe&longs;anteur, &longs;i ce n'e&longs;t que <lb/><expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> die que l'eau, ou l'air vaporeux rem&shy;<lb/>plit les pores des bois, &amp; des autres <lb/>cho&longs;es qui &longs;e petrifient; &amp; par con&longs;e&shy;<lb/>quent qu'il les rend plus den&longs;es qu'ils <lb/>n'e&longs;toient, pui&longs;que nous ne reconnoi&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ons nulle autre cau&longs;e de la plus grande <pb xlink:href="046/01/044.jpg" pagenum="28"/>pe&longs;anteur des corps, que leur plus <expan abbr="gr&atilde;-de">gran&shy;<lb/>de</expan> den&longs;it&eacute;: de &longs;orte que &longs;i l'on pre&longs;&longs;e <lb/>tellement la laine, ou l'&eacute;ponge, qu'elles <lb/>ayent autant de parties en me&longs;me vo&shy;<lb/>lume que l'or, elles &longs;eront au&longs;&longs;i pe&longs;an&shy;<lb/>tes que l'or. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Co qui peut faire pen&longs;er &agrave; ceux qui <lb/>portent toutes cho&longs;es au bien, c'e&longs;t &agrave; <lb/>dire &agrave; la gloire, &amp; &agrave; l'amour de Dieu, <lb/>qui &longs;ont les &longs;ouuerains biens de l'hom&shy;<lb/>me, que &longs;i les actions morales peuuent <lb/>e&longs;tre rendu&euml;s meilleures, &amp; plus meri&shy;<lb/>toires par quelque &longs;orte de conden&longs;a&shy;<lb/>tion, &amp; qu'elles tirent leur bont&eacute;, &amp; <lb/>leur poids, des differentes fins, &amp; inten&shy;<lb/>tions, qu'elles &longs;eront d'autant plus effi&shy;<lb/>caces, qu'elles &longs;eront faites auec vne <lb/>plus grande multitude de <expan abbr="b&otilde;nes">bonnes</expan> inten&shy;<lb/>tions; par exemple, auec intention de <lb/>plaire &agrave; Dieu, &amp; de &longs;e conformer &agrave; &longs;a <lb/>&longs;aincte volont&eacute;, auec intention de faire <lb/>plai&longs;ir au prochain, &amp; de &longs;e perfection&shy;<lb/>ner en la vertu, &amp;c. </s>

<s>Mais la grace di&shy;<lb/>uine e&longs;t celle qui opere le plus, &amp; qui <lb/>donne le poids, &amp; la vertu &agrave; chaque <lb/>action, de &longs;orte qu'elle peut e&longs;tre com&shy;<lb/>par&eacute;e &agrave; l'eau congelatiue, qui affermit, <lb/>&amp; appe&longs;antit les corps &longs;ans leur faire <pb xlink:href="046/01/045.jpg" pagenum="29"/>perdre leur figure, comme la grace an&shy;<lb/>noblit nos actions &longs;ans changer leur <lb/>apparence exterieure. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION VII.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Quelle e&longs;t la plus grande port&eacute;e des arque&shy;<lb/>bu&longs;es, &amp; de l'artillerie, &amp; en quelle <lb/>proportion les boulets diminuent&shy;<lb/>ils leur force, &amp; leur vi&longs;te&longs;&longs;e?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>ENtre plu&longs;ieurs proprietez qu'a l'an&shy;<lb/>gle de 45. degrez, l'on peut dire <lb/>qu'il <expan abbr="d&otilde;ne">donne</expan> la plus grande port&eacute;e &agrave; tou&shy;<lb/>tes &longs;ortes d'armes &agrave; feu, &agrave; bales, &amp; &agrave; fle&shy;<lb/>ches, parce qu'il conduit tellement les <lb/>bales, qu'elles &longs;ont au milieu du plan <lb/>horizontal &amp; du vertical. </s>

<s>Mais il e&longs;t <lb/>difficile de &longs;&ccedil;auoir en quelle propor&shy;<lb/>tion leur vi&longs;te&longs;&longs;e &longs;e diminu&euml;; quoy que <lb/>&longs;i le mouuement violent e&longs;t oppo&longs;&eacute; au <lb/>naturel, l'on pui&longs;&longs;e dire que cette dimi&shy;<lb/>nution e&longs;t en rai&longs;on doubl&eacute;e des e&longs;pa&shy;<lb/>ces que font les boulets, &amp; les autres <lb/>mi&longs;&longs;iles, pui&longs;que la vi&longs;te&longs;&longs;e des corps <lb/>pe&longs;ans, qui vont au centre, &longs;'augmen&shy;<lb/>te, ce &longs;emble, en rai&longs;on doubl&eacute;e des <pb xlink:href="046/01/046.jpg" pagenum="30"/>e&longs;paces, par le&longs;quels ils de&longs;cendent, <lb/>comme j'ay remarqu&eacute; dans vn trait&eacute; <lb/>particulier. </s>

<s>Il y a encore plu&longs;ieurs au&shy;<lb/>tres grandes difficultez, dont ie re&longs;er&shy;<lb/>ue la &longs;olution pour vn autre lieu: par <lb/>exemple, &agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir quelle ligne fait le <lb/>boulet en fini&longs;&longs;ant &longs;on vol, ou &longs;a cour&shy;<lb/>&longs;e; &amp; &longs;i la courbeure de &longs;on arc e&longs;t hy&shy;<lb/>perbolique, ou parabolique, comme <lb/>croyent quelques-vns, ou &longs;i elle e&longs;t <lb/>d'vne e&longs;pece differente de toutes les <lb/>autres lignes courb&eacute;es, &amp; &longs;i elle tient <lb/>dauantage de la ligne droicte, que de <lb/>la circulaire: ce que l'on pourroit de&shy;<lb/>terminer &longs;i l'on &longs;&ccedil;auoit en qu'elle pro&shy;<lb/>portion le mouuement naturel du bou&shy;<lb/>let &longs;'augmente, &amp; en qu'elle propor&shy;<lb/>tion &longs;e diminu&euml; &longs;on mouuement vio&shy;<lb/>lent. </s>

<s>Ie lai&longs;&longs;e plu&longs;ieurs autres difficul&shy;<lb/>tez qui appartiennent aux effets diffe&shy;<lb/>rens des boulets, &longs;elon les differentes <lb/>inclinations, ou incidences, dont ils <lb/>frappent les murailles, parce qu'elles <lb/>meritent des di&longs;cours entiers. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Il y a plu&longs;ieurs cho&longs;es &agrave; con&longs;iderer <lb/>dans les port&eacute;es des canons, des mou&longs;-<pb xlink:href="046/01/047.jpg" pagenum="31"/>quets, &amp; des autres in&longs;trumens, qui <lb/>&longs;eruent &agrave; letter des bales, des pierres, <lb/>ou d'autres cho&longs;es: par exemple, qu'ils <lb/>font plus de fau&longs;&longs;&eacute;e de loin que de pres, <lb/>car le boulet de canon a plus d'effet &agrave; 3. <lb/>ou 4. cens pas, qu'&agrave; 50. ou cent pas: &amp; <lb/>puis quelle difference il y a entre tou&shy;<lb/>tes les fau&longs;&longs;ees que fait le boulet &agrave; tou&shy;<lb/>tes &longs;ortes de di&longs;tances depuis la bouche <lb/>du canon, ju&longs;ques &agrave; ce qu'il ce&longs;&longs;e de &longs;e <lb/>mouuoir. </s>

<s>Quand les canons commen&shy;<lb/>cent &agrave; e&longs;tre &longs;i longs qu'ils diminuent <lb/>leur port&eacute;e qu'ils auoient e&longs;tant de 16. <lb/>ou 18 pieds. </s>

<s>Si leur recul a autant de <lb/>force en arriere que leurs boulets en <lb/>deuant: &longs;i e&longs;tant tirez perpendiculai&shy;<lb/>rement en haut, ils ont vne au&longs;&longs;i gran&shy;<lb/>de port&eacute;e, que lors qu'on les tire &agrave; 45. <lb/>degrez, ou &agrave; quel degr&eacute; il les faut tirer, <lb/>pour auoir vne port&eacute;e qui &longs;oit &eacute;gale &agrave; la <lb/>perpendiculaire: &longs;i e&longs;tant tirez en bas <lb/><expan abbr="perpendiculairem&etilde;t">perpendiculairement</expan>, leur mouuement <lb/>de violence dure dauantage, &amp; les por&shy;<lb/>te plus loin qu'e&longs;tant tirez en haut, ou <lb/>&agrave; tel degr&eacute; que l'on voudra. </s>

<s>Ily a en&shy;<lb/>core plu&longs;ieurs autres experiences &agrave; fai&shy;<lb/>re, <expan abbr="d&otilde;t">dont</expan> les Canoniers pourroient gran&shy;<lb/>dement ayder &agrave; ceux qui e&longs;&longs;ayent d'&eacute;-<pb xlink:href="046/01/048.jpg" pagenum="32"/>tablir quelque cho&longs;e de regl&eacute;, &amp; de cer&shy;<lb/>tain dans la Phy&longs;ique. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION VIII.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Quelle e&longs;t la ligne de direction qui &longs;ert <lb/>aux Mechaniques?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>CEtte ligne pa&longs;&longs;e par le centre du <lb/>monde, &amp; par celuy de la pe&longs;an&shy;<lb/>teur de chaque cho&longs;e; &amp; l'on &longs;uppo&longs;e <lb/>qu'elle &longs;oit tir&eacute;e, ou e&longs;tendu&euml; vers le <lb/>Zenith d'vn co&longs;t&eacute;, &amp; de l'autre vers le <lb/>Nadir iu&longs;ques &agrave; l'infiny. </s>

<s>Or elle e&longs;t ap&shy;<lb/>pell&eacute;e <emph type="italics"/>ligne de direction,<emph.end type="italics"/> parce que tout <lb/>ce qui pe&longs;e, &amp; ce qui tombe la &longs;uit, ou <lb/>s'atre&longs;te &longs;ur l'vn de &longs;es points: c'e&longs;t <lb/>pourquoy elle pa&longs;&longs;e entre nos pieds, &amp; <lb/>par le milieu du centre de pe&longs;anteur de <lb/>nos corps, quand nous &longs;ommes debout, <lb/>autrement nous tomberions, comme <lb/>il arriue &agrave; ceux qui dan&longs;ans &longs;ur la cor&shy;<lb/>de, n'v&longs;ent pas bien de leur contrepoix, <lb/>&amp; &longs;ont contraints de tomber, s'ils ne re&shy;<lb/>compen&longs;ent la perte de la ligne de di&shy;<lb/>rection par la violence &amp; l'impetuo&longs;it&eacute; <lb/>du mouuement de leurs corps; car la <pb xlink:href="046/01/049.jpg" pagenum="33"/>pierre, que l'impetuo&longs;it&eacute; &longs;ou&longs;tient en <lb/>l'air, apprend que l'on peut tellement <lb/>voltiger, que la ligne de direction ne <lb/>&longs;era pas nece&longs;&longs;aire. </s>

<s>Il faut donc remar&shy;<lb/>quer l'vtilit&eacute; de cette ligne, qui con&shy;<lb/>traint les jambes, &amp; la poictrine &agrave; faire <lb/>vn angle aigu auec les cui&longs;&longs;es, lors que <lb/>l'on &longs;e leue, afin que les pieds, &amp; le cen&shy;<lb/>tre de pe&longs;anteur de tout le corps &longs;e ren&shy;<lb/>contrent dans la ligne de direction: <lb/>&longs;urquoy l'on peut voir la 30. que&longs;tion <lb/>des Mechaniques d'Ari&longs;tote, dans la&shy;<lb/>quelle il tient que l'angle droit e&longs;t cau&shy;<lb/>&longs;e du repos, &agrave; rai&longs;on de l'&eacute;galit&eacute;, <expan abbr="c&otilde;me">comme</expan> <lb/>l'on <expan abbr="experim&etilde;te">experimente</expan> aux balances, qui font <lb/>cette angle auec leurs bras, quand elles <lb/>&longs;ont en &eacute;quilibre. </s>

<s>D'o&ugrave; il &longs;'en&longs;uit que <lb/>l'angle aigu, ou l'obtus e&longs;t cau&longs;e du <lb/>mouuement, parce qu'il e&longs;t le princi&shy;<lb/>pe de l'inegalit&eacute;. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Les vieillards qui <expan abbr="p&atilde;chent">panchent</expan> trop &longs;ur le <lb/>deuant, &longs;e &longs;eruent de ba&longs;tons, pour ap&shy;<lb/>puyer le centre de leur pe&longs;anteur; &amp; <lb/>nous auan&ccedil;ons l'vn des pieds en <expan abbr="deu&atilde;t">deuant</expan>, <lb/>ou nous le retirons en derriere, lors que <lb/>nous nous bai&longs;&longs;ons pour rama&longs;&longs;er ce <lb/>qui e&longs;t tomb&eacute;, afin d'appuyer le me&longs;me <lb/>centre. </s>

<s>Ie lai&longs;&longs;e plu&longs;ieurs autres ob&longs;er-<pb xlink:href="046/01/050.jpg" pagenum="34"/>uations: par exemple, que l'on peut fai&shy;<lb/>re des tours qui panchent vers la terre <lb/>&longs;emblables &agrave; celles de Pi&longs;e, &amp; de Bolo&shy;<lb/>gne, pourueu que les centres de leurs <lb/>pe&longs;anteurs &longs;e rencontrent dans la per&shy;<lb/>pendiculaire, qui diui&longs;e la tour en 2. <lb/>parties &eacute;quiponderantes. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>D'o&ugrave; il e&longs;t ay&longs;&eacute; de conclure que le <lb/>point, dont les corps &longs;ont &longs;u&longs;pendus, &longs;e <lb/>rencontre tou&longs;iours dans la ligne de di&shy;<lb/>rection. </s>

<s>Mais il faut remarquer que <lb/>cette ligne a 3. &longs;ortes de points, &agrave; &longs;&ccedil;a&shy;<lb/>uoir le &longs;uperieur, l'inferieur, &amp; celuy <lb/>du milieu, qui concurre auec le centre <lb/>de pe&longs;anteur: &amp; que chaque corps peut <lb/>e&longs;tre &longs;u&longs;pendu par l'vn de ces 3. points, <lb/>que l'on appelle pour ce &longs;ujet, <emph type="italics"/>points de <lb/><expan abbr="ret&etilde;tion">retention</expan>, &amp; de &longs;u&longs;pen&longs;ion,<emph.end type="italics"/> autour de&longs;quels <lb/>le corps &longs;e peut mouuoir. </s>

<s>L'on peut en&shy;<lb/>core les nommer centres de violence, <lb/>ou du mouuement violent, lors qu'on <lb/>leue vn corps pe&longs;ant, ou qu'on le jette <lb/>en haut, ou en bas, car la pierre jett&eacute;e <lb/>en bas e&longs;t porr&eacute;e par ces 2. centres, ou <lb/>par vn me&longs;me centre, lequel e&longs;t dou&shy;<lb/>ble en pui&longs;&longs;ance. </s>

<s>L'on peut au&longs;&longs;i met&shy;<lb/>tre vn centre de legeret&eacute; dans les corps <lb/>legers, mais ils ne &longs;ont pas dans la pui&longs;-<pb xlink:href="046/01/051.jpg" pagenum="35"/>&longs;ance de no&longs;tre Mechanique, comme <lb/>e&longs;t celuy de pe&longs;anteur. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ceux qui &longs;e plaignent de l'aridit&eacute; <lb/>des &longs;ciences, &amp; particulierement des <lb/>Mathematiques, &agrave; rai&longs;on qu ils ne cro&shy;<lb/>yent pas que l'on en pui&longs;&longs;e tirer aucim <lb/>fruit pour la vie &longs;pirituelle, &amp; pour la <lb/>moralit&eacute;, ont, ce me &longs;emble <expan abbr="gr&atilde;d">grand</expan> tor<gap/><lb/>car ils condamnent ce qu'ils ne &longs;&ccedil;auent <lb/>pas; attendu qu'il n'y a point d'hom&shy;<lb/>mes d'e&longs;prit, qui ne pui&longs;&longs;ent con&longs;iderer <lb/>qu'il n'y a nul meilleur moyen de par&shy;<lb/>uenir &agrave; Dieu, qu'en imitant la cheute <lb/>des corps pe&longs;ans, dont le centre de pe&shy;<lb/>&longs;anteur ne &longs;ortiamais de la ligne de di&shy;<lb/>rection, qui les conduit tout droit au <lb/>centre de l'vniuers; or le c&oelig;ur, ou la <lb/>volont&eacute; de l'homme, qui e&longs;t <expan abbr="c&otilde;me">comme</expan> &longs;on <lb/>centre de pe&longs;anteur, &longs;uiuant le beau <lb/>mot de S. Augu&longs;tin, <emph type="italics"/>amor meus, pondus <lb/>meum,<emph.end type="italics"/> fera le me&longs;me chemin vers Dieu, <lb/>&longs;i nos affections qui donnent le bran&longs;le <lb/>&agrave; la volont&eacute;, &longs;e tiennent tou&longs;iours vnies <lb/>&agrave; la Loy de Dieu, qui e&longs;t la vraye ligne <lb/>de direction de toutes nos actions: de <pb xlink:href="046/01/052.jpg" pagenum="36"/>&longs;orte qu'il faut &longs;eulement &longs;e maintenir <lb/>dans cette ligne pour arriuer au centre <lb/>de no&longs;tre repos, auquel nous &longs;ommes <lb/>pou&longs;&longs;ez par toutes &longs;ortes de con&longs;idera&shy;<lb/>tions, comme le centre de grauit&eacute; d'v&shy;<lb/>ne pierre e&longs;t pou&longs;&longs;&eacute; v<gap/> le centre de la <lb/>terre, par toutes les parties qui <expan abbr="l'&etilde;uiron-nent">l'enuiron&shy;<lb/>nent</expan>. </s>

<s>Mais &longs;i l'on met quelque empe&longs;&shy;<lb/>chement dans ladite ligne: par exem&shy;<lb/>ple, &longs;i l'on met vne &eacute;pingle, ou vne ai&shy;<lb/>guille dedans, qui tienne ferme, il e&longs;t <lb/>impo&longs;&longs;ible que la pierre de&longs;cende, en&shy;<lb/>core qu'elle &longs;oit au&longs;&longs;i pe&longs;ante que toute <lb/>la terre, comme il e&longs;t impo&longs;&longs;ible que <lb/>nous arriuions &agrave; Dieu, &longs;i nous &longs;ub&longs;ti&shy;<lb/>tuons quelque empe&longs;chement &agrave; &longs;a loy, <lb/>&amp; &agrave; fa &longs;ainte volont&eacute;, qui &longs;eule e&longs;t la <lb/>&longs;ouueraine regle de toutes nos vo&shy;<lb/>lontez. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ie lai&longs;&longs;e mille excellentes con&longs;idera&shy;<lb/>tions, que l'on peut de duire de cette <lb/>que&longs;tion, &amp; de celle qui &longs;uit, dans la&shy;<lb/>quelle ie n'ay pas voulu mettre des fi&shy;<lb/>gures, quoy qu'elle en aytbe&longs;oin, de <lb/>peur d'&eacute;pouuanter ceux qui les hay&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ent, &amp; qui &longs;'imaginent qu'elles ne &longs;er&shy;<lb/>uent que de croix &agrave; l'e&longs;prit: encore que <lb/>les experts &longs;&ccedil;achent tre&longs;-bien qu'elles <pb xlink:href="046/01/053.jpg" pagenum="37"/>apportent de grandes lumieres aux <lb/>di&longs;cours. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION IX.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Peut-on donner larai&longs;on. </s>

<s>de tout ce qui arri&shy;<lb/>ue &agrave; la Romaine, &amp; aux balances?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>CEux qui &longs;&ccedil;auent la &longs;cience des <lb/>Mechaniques, demon&longs;trent que <lb/>les poids, qui &longs;ont mis dans les balan&shy;<lb/>ces, ou qui &longs;ont &longs;u&longs;pendus par quel&shy;<lb/>qu'autre in&longs;trument &longs;emblable, ont <lb/>me&longs;me rai&longs;on entr'eux que les di&longs;tan&shy;<lb/>ces, le&longs;quelles con&longs;equemment ont <lb/>me&longs;me rai&longs;on entr'elles que les poids; <lb/>ce qu'ils preuuent par le cercle, parce <lb/>que les cercles qui &longs;ont d&eacute;crits par les. </s>

<s><lb/>branches de la balance, &longs;ont d'autant <lb/>plus grands, que les points au&longs;quels on <lb/>&longs;u&longs;pend les poids, &longs;ont plus &eacute;loignez <lb/>du point fixe de la balance: d'o&ugrave; il arri&shy;<lb/>ue, qu'ils font d'autant plus de chemin <lb/>en quittant la ligne horizontale de l'&eacute;&shy;<lb/>quilibre pour arriuer &agrave; la perpendicu&shy;<lb/>laire. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Il faut donc conclure que les poids <pb xlink:href="046/01/054.jpg" pagenum="38"/>peuuent e&longs;tre rendus plus pe&longs;ans en les <lb/>&eacute;loignant dudit point de la balance, <lb/>&amp; plus legers en les en <expan abbr="approch&atilde;t">approchant</expan>: que <lb/>la capacit&eacute;, &amp; la pui&longs;&longs;ance qu'ils ont &agrave; <lb/>faire plus de chemin, ou &agrave; de&longs;cendre <lb/>plus vi&longs;te, e&longs;t cau&longs;e de leur plus grande <lb/>pe&longs;anteur: que tous les in&longs;trumens de <lb/>la Mechanique, dont parle Ari&longs;tote <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> <lb/>&longs;es Que&longs;tions &amp; Balde, Blancan, Mo&shy;<lb/>nantolius, &amp; Gneuare dans leurs Com&shy;<lb/>mentaires, tirent leur force de ces rai&shy;<lb/>&longs;ons, commeil e&longs;t ay&longs;&eacute; de prouuer par <lb/>l'explication de la figure, &amp; de la force <lb/>des Grues, des Cheures, des Mouffles, <lb/>des Tenailles, des Ci&longs;eaux, des Rames, <lb/>des Ma&longs;ts de Nauire, des Pre&longs;&longs;es, &amp; <lb/>des Pre&longs;&longs;oirs, des Leuiers, des Ro&uuml;es, <lb/>des Poulies, &amp; de tous les autres in&longs;tru&shy;<lb/>mens que l'on &longs;e peut imaginer. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Il &longs;uffit de remarquer icy ce qu'en&shy;<lb/>&longs;eigne, &amp; <expan abbr="dem&otilde;&longs;tre">demon&longs;tre</expan> Guid-Vbalde dans <lb/>le trait&eacute; qu'il a fait du Leuier, &agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir, <lb/>que la force qui &longs;ou&longs;tient le poids atta&shy;<lb/>ch&eacute; au leuier, &agrave; me&longs;me rai&longs;on auec le <lb/>poids, qu'a la partie du leuier qui e&longs;t <lb/>entre l'appuy, &amp; le poids, auec la partie <lb/>du leuier qui e&longs;t entre l'appuy, &amp; la for&shy;<lb/>ce. </s>

<s>D'o&ugrave; il arriue premierement que la <pb xlink:href="046/01/055.jpg" pagenum="39"/>force qui leue, ou qui <expan abbr="&longs;ou&longs;ti&etilde;t">&longs;ou&longs;tient</expan> le poids, <lb/>e&longs;t dautant moindre que l'appuy s'ap&shy;<lb/>proche dauantage du poids: de &longs;orte <lb/>que l'e&longs;pace de la force e&longs;t &agrave; l'e&longs;pace du <lb/>poids, comme la di&longs;tance de l'appuy &agrave; <lb/>la force, e&longs;t &agrave; la di&longs;tance de l'appuy au <lb/>poids &longs;u&longs;pendu; &longs;econdement que la <lb/>force, qui &longs;ou&longs;tient le poids, a me&longs;me <lb/>proportion auec luy, qu'a la di&longs;tance <lb/>de l'appuy, ju&longs;ques au point, auquel le <lb/>leuier e&longs;t coup&eacute; par vne ligne, qui de&longs;&shy;<lb/>cend perpendiculairement du centre <lb/>de la pe&longs;anteur du poids &longs;ur l'Orizon, <lb/>auec la di&longs;tance de l'appuy, &amp; de la <lb/>force. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>De plus, il demon&longs;tre dans la 8. pro&shy;<lb/>po&longs;ition, que quand la force &longs;ou&longs;tient <lb/>vn poids, dont le centre de pe&longs;anteur <lb/>e&longs;t &longs;ur le leuier parallele &agrave; l'Orizon, que <lb/>cette force e&longs;t dautant moindre que le <lb/>poids e&longs;t leu&eacute; plus haut par le leuier, &amp; <lb/>qu'elle e&longs;t d'autant plus grande, que le <lb/>poids e&longs;t dauantage abai&longs;&longs;e. </s>

<s>La neu&shy;<lb/>fie&longs;me fait voir, que cette force qui &longs;ou&shy;<lb/>&longs;tient le poids abai&longs;i&eacute; &longs;ouz le leuier &eacute;&shy;<lb/>quidi&longs;tant &agrave; l'Orizon, doit e&longs;tre aug&shy;<lb/>ment&eacute;e en me&longs;me proportion que l'on <lb/>&eacute;leuera le poids &longs;ur l'Orizon, &amp; qu'elle <pb xlink:href="046/01/056.jpg" pagenum="40"/>doit e&longs;tre diminu&eacute;e &agrave; me&longs;me propor&shy;<lb/>tion qu'on l'abai&longs;&longs;era &longs;ouz l'Orizon. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Finalement la 10. propo&longs;ition en&longs;ei&shy;<lb/>gne, que le poids e&longs;t tou&longs;iours &eacute;gal, &amp; <lb/>qu'il faut tou&longs;iours vne me&longs;me force <lb/>pour le leuer, &amp; pour le &longs;ou&longs;tenir en <lb/>haut, ou en bas, ou &agrave; niueau, quand il a <lb/>&longs;on centre de pe&longs;anteur dans le leuier, <lb/>&longs;oit que le poids &longs;e rencontre entre la <lb/>force, &amp; l'appuy, ou que la force &longs;e ren&shy;<lb/>contre entre l'appuy, &amp; le poids, ou que <lb/>l'appuy &longs;oit entre le poids, &amp; la force: <lb/>d'o&ugrave; il conclud, qu'il n'y a nul poids &longs;i <lb/>lourd, ny &longs;i grand, que l'on ne pui&longs;&longs;e <lb/>donner vne force capable de l'enleuer <lb/>&amp; de le &longs;ou&longs;tenir par le <expan abbr="moy&etilde;">moyem</expan> du leui er. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Entre plu&longs;ieurs cho&longs;es qui &longs;ont tre&longs;&shy;<lb/>con&longs;iderables dans la Mechani que, i'en <lb/>remarque vne merueilleu&longs;e, qui &longs;evoid <lb/>au contre poids de la Romaine, que <lb/>l'on appelle <emph type="italics"/>Crochet,<emph.end type="italics"/> car ce <expan abbr="c&otilde;tre-poids">contre-poids</expan> <lb/>a vne infinit&eacute; de pe&longs;anteurs au&longs;&longs;i diffe&shy;<lb/>rentes, que les differentes di&longs;tances qui <lb/>&longs;ont entre luy, &amp; le point fixe, par le&shy;<lb/>quel on &longs;u&longs;pend ladite Romaine: par <pb xlink:href="046/01/057.jpg" pagenum="41"/>exemple, &longs;i le contre-poids ne pe&longs;e <lb/>qu'vne liure &agrave; vn poulce dudit point, il <lb/>pe&longs;era cent mille liures &agrave; cent mille <lb/>poulces: de &longs;orte que ce point empe&longs;&shy;<lb/>che d'autant plus &longs;a pe&longs;anteur qu'il &longs;'en <lb/>approche d'auantage, &longs;oit parce que le <lb/>contre-poids en e&longs;t d'autant plus con&shy;<lb/>traint, &amp; plus empe&longs;ch&eacute; de de&longs;cendre <lb/>perpendiculairement, <expan abbr="c&otilde;me">comme</expan> l'on prou&shy;<lb/>ue par les angles que font les cercles <lb/>auec la ligne de <expan abbr="directi&otilde;">directiom</expan>, ou pour quel&shy;<lb/>qu'autre rai&longs;on que l'on ne &longs;&ccedil;ait pas. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Quoy qu'il en &longs;oit, cette ob&longs;eruation <lb/>nous peut faire &longs;ouuenir, que le propre <lb/>poids de nos mauuai&longs;es inclinations e&longs;t <lb/>dautant plus grand que nous nous &eacute;loi&shy;<lb/>gnons <expan abbr="dau&atilde;tage">dauantage</expan> de la volont&eacute; de Dieu, <lb/>qui e&longs;t le point fixe, le quel no<emph type="sup"/>9<emph.end type="sup"/> d&eacute;po&uuml;il&shy;<lb/>le d'autant plus de cette pe&longs;anteur qui <lb/>nous pou&longs;&longs;e &agrave; no&longs;tre ru&iuml;ne, que nous en <lb/>approchons dauantage par vn amour <lb/>re&longs;pectueux qui nous rend &longs;i prompts <lb/>&agrave; l'ob&longs;eruance des Commandemens <lb/>diuins, que nous ne &longs;entons nulle pe&shy;<lb/>&longs;anteur, parce que le contre-poids de <lb/>nos affections d&eacute;regl&eacute;es e&longs;t &longs;ou&longs;tenu <lb/>par la crainte que nous <expan abbr="au&otilde;s">auons</expan> d'offen&longs;er <lb/>la Souueraine bont&eacute;, &amp; par l'a&longs;&longs;i&longs;tance <pb xlink:href="046/01/058.jpg" pagenum="42"/>que nous donne celuy qui a prononc&eacute; <lb/>ces paroles, <emph type="italics"/>Iugum meum &longs;uaue e&longs;t, &amp; <lb/>onus meum leue.<emph.end type="italics"/><lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION X.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="italics"/>D'o&ugrave; vient que les Romans, &amp; les autres li&shy;<lb/>ures qui ne traittent pas des &longs;ciences, &longs;ont <lb/>mieux vendus, que les liures qui parlent <lb/>des &longs;ciences, &amp; qui demon&longs;trent plu&longs;ieurs <lb/>cho&longs;es vtiles, &amp; nouuelles?<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>IL n'y a nulle apparence que la rai&longs;on <lb/>de ce Phenomene &longs;e doiue tirer de <lb/>ce que la plus grande partie des hom&shy;<lb/>mes negligent les liures &longs;&ccedil;auans, parce <lb/>qu'ils &longs;ont trop pleins de curio&longs;itez, <lb/>puis qu'il n'y a rien qui les charme &longs;i <lb/>pui&longs;&longs;amment, que <expan abbr="d'appr&etilde;dre">d'apprendre</expan> des cho&shy;<lb/>&longs;es curieu&longs;es, &amp; nouuelles, comme l'on <lb/>experimente en tous ceux qui &longs;e plai&shy;<lb/>&longs;ent &agrave; entendre ce qui arriue de nou&shy;<lb/>ueau, &longs;oit dans leur pa&iuml;s, ou ailleurs. </s>

<s><lb/>Maisil &longs;emble que les Romans &longs;e ven&shy;<lb/>dent mieux, parce que tout le monde <lb/>e&longs;t capable de les lire, &amp; que l'on n'y <lb/>rencontre pas ordinairement des diffi-<pb xlink:href="046/01/059.jpg" pagenum="43"/>cultez ab&longs;tru&longs;es, qui de&longs;irent de gran&shy;<lb/>des &longs;peculations, comme il arriue dans <lb/>les liures, qui traitent des <gap/>ences, &amp; <lb/>qui &longs;emblent tous remplis d'&eacute;pines aux <lb/>ignorans Les femmes, &amp; les enfans &longs;e <lb/>plai&longs;ent &agrave; l'hi&longs;toire fabuleu&longs;e, ou veri&shy;<lb/>table, parce qu'elle n'a be&longs;oin que de la <lb/>memoire, &amp; de l'imagination, au lieu <lb/>que les <expan abbr="&longs;ci&etilde;ces">&longs;ciences</expan> requierent vn iugement <lb/>&longs;olide, &amp; vne pointe d'e&longs;prit, qui pene&shy;<lb/>tre tout ce qu'il y a de plus &longs;ubtil, &amp; de <lb/>plus difficile dans la nature. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Or puis qu'il &longs;e rencontre vn moin&shy;<lb/>dre nombre de bons e&longs;prits, &amp; d'hom&shy;<lb/>mes &longs;&ccedil;auans, il e&longs;t euident que les liures <lb/>qui leur plai&longs;ent, &amp; qui r&eacute;pondent &agrave; <lb/>leur capacit&eacute;, doiuent e&longs;tre en moindre <lb/>nombre que les Romans, &amp; les hi&longs;toi&shy;<lb/>res, ou les autres liures qui traittent <lb/>d'vne &longs;emblable matiere Si <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> &longs;&ccedil;auoit <lb/>le nombre des &longs;&ccedil;auans, &amp; designorans, <lb/>&amp; de ceux qui prennent plus de con&shy;<lb/>tentement aux recherches curieu&longs;es <lb/>des &longs;ciences, qu'aux di&longs;cours du vul&shy;<lb/>gaire, les Libraires &longs;&ccedil;auroient combien <lb/>ils doiuent tirer de copies de la Pre&longs;&longs;e <lb/>pour les vns, &amp; pour les autres. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>A quoy l'on peut adjou&longs;ter que l'ex-<pb xlink:href="046/01/060.jpg" pagenum="44"/>cellence du &longs;tile des Romans e&longs;t cau&longs;e <lb/>qu'ils &longs;e vendent mieux, au lieu que le <lb/>&longs;tile des liures qui traittent des &longs;cien&shy;<lb/>ces, e&longs;t le plus &longs;ouuent a&longs;&longs;ez rude, &amp; <lb/>qu'il e&longs;t remply de plu&longs;ieurs termes, <lb/>qui ne &longs;ont entendus que de ceux qui <lb/>ont e&longs;tudi&eacute;. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>D'ailleurs ils traitent pour l'ordinaire <lb/>de la morale, &amp; me&longs;lent des intriques, <lb/>&amp; des rencontres, qui excitent, &amp; e&longs;&shy;<lb/>branlent les pa&longs;&longs;ions des lecteurs, le&longs;&shy;<lb/>quelles &longs;ont ordinairement plus pui&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;antes dans les ignorans, que dans les <lb/>&longs;&ccedil;auans qui en ont e&longs;teint vne partie <lb/>par la frequente contemplation qu'ils <lb/>font des &longs;ouuerains principes, Or tous <lb/>&longs;ont capables des &longs;entimens, &amp; des re&shy;<lb/>glemens de la Morale, tant parce que <lb/>l'on nous contraint perpetuellement <lb/>de les pratiquer, que parce que nous <lb/>en &longs;entons les &longs;emences <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> nous me&longs;&shy;<lb/>mes, &longs;ans qu'il &longs;oit nece&longs;&longs;aire de les <lb/>prendre, ou de les receuoir d'ailleurs; <lb/>&amp; con&longs;equemment tous &longs;ont capables <lb/>de lire les Romans, qui &longs;ont pleins de <lb/>moralitez. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Finalement, tous confe&longs;&longs;ent que l'a&shy;<lb/>mour e&longs;t la plus pui&longs;&longs;ante de nos pa&longs;-<pb xlink:href="046/01/061.jpg" pagenum="45"/>&longs;ions, &amp; qu'elle en e&longs;t le commence&shy;<lb/>ment, &amp; la fin; &amp; me&longs;me l'on peut di&shy;<lb/>re que toutes les autres pa&longs;&longs;ions ne &longs;ont <lb/>que l'amour reue&longs;tu de <expan abbr="differ&etilde;tes">differentes</expan> cou&shy;<lb/>leurs; or les Romans &longs;ont pleins de <lb/>de&longs;criptions de l'amour, &amp; n'ont point, <lb/>ce &longs;emble, d'autre but, ny d'autre fin, <lb/>que de faire aymer, &amp; d'embra&longs;er leurs <lb/>lecteurs de cette pa&longs;&longs;ion: c'e&longs;t pour&shy;<lb/>quoy il ne faut nullement s'e&longs;tonner de <lb/>ce qu'ils &longs;e vendent mieux que les li&shy;<lb/>ures des &longs;ciences: au contraire, il fau&shy;<lb/>droit s'e&longs;tonner s'ils ne &longs;e <expan abbr="v&etilde;doient">vendoient</expan> pas <lb/>mieux: quoy que &longs;i l'on compare la <lb/>&longs;cience &agrave; l'amour, &amp; les &longs;ouueraines <lb/>actions de l'entendement auec celles <lb/>de l'appetit, ou de la volont&eacute;, celles-l&agrave; <lb/>&longs;oient, peut-e&longs;tre, preferables &agrave; celles&shy;<lb/>cy; mais cette difficult&eacute; doit e&longs;tre re&shy;<lb/>&longs;eru&eacute;e pour vn autre lieu. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Si tous les hommes v&longs;oient parfaicte&shy;<lb/>ment de la droite rai&longs;on que Dieu leur <lb/>a donn&eacute;e, il n'y auroit plus de guerres, <lb/>ny de querelles, ou de di&longs;&longs;entions au <lb/>monde, car tous auroient me&longs;mes &longs;en&shy;<lb/>timens, &amp; nul n'auroit iamais plus de <pb xlink:href="046/01/062.jpg" pagenum="46"/>contentement, apres les deuoirs qu'il <lb/>doit &agrave; la diuine Ma e&longs;t&eacute;, que de faire <lb/>toutes &longs;ortes de plai&longs;irs &agrave; vn chacun: de <lb/>&longs;orte que celuy qui auroit be&longs;oin d'ar&shy;<lb/>gent, de liures, de ve&longs;temens, ou de <lb/>quelques autres commoditez, en trou&shy;<lb/>ueroit tou&longs;iours dix fois d'auantage <lb/>qu'il n'en de&longs;ireroit, parce que tous &longs;es <lb/>voi&longs;ins, &amp; &longs;es amis luy porteroient &agrave; <lb/><expan abbr="l'&etilde;nuy">l'ennuy</expan> tout ce qu'ils <expan abbr="croyroi&etilde;t">croyroient</expan> luy e&longs;tre <lb/>nece&longs;&longs;aire, vtile, ou agreable. </s>

<s>D'o&ugrave; il <lb/>arriueroit que tous auroient vn &longs;ujet <lb/>tre&longs;-grand, &amp; continuel d'&eacute;leuer les <lb/>mains au Ciel, &amp; de remercier la Bont&eacute; <lb/>diuine de tant de graces, ou plu&longs;to&longs;t de <lb/>la &longs;upplier de retrancher vne partie de <lb/>tant de con&longs;olations. </s>

<s>Or s'il &longs;e rencon&shy;<lb/>tre quelqu'vn qui trouue du defaut <lb/>dans cet heureux genre de vie, il e&longs;t ay&shy;<lb/>&longs;&eacute; de &longs;atisfaire &agrave; toutes les objections <lb/>qu'il pourra faire, &amp; &agrave; toutes les diffi&shy;<lb/>cult&eacute;s qu'il propo&longs;era, &amp; de luy demon&shy;<lb/>&longs;trer qu'il ne contient autre cho&longs;e que <lb/>l'explication de la grande loy de la Mo&shy;<lb/>rale, qui con&longs;i&longs;te a nous comporter en&shy;<lb/>ners tous les hommes, comme nous <lb/>voudrions qu'ils &longs;e comporta&longs;&longs;ent en <lb/>no&longs;tre endroit. <pb xlink:href="046/01/063.jpg" pagenum="47"/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XI.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="italics"/>Pourquoy les gens de lettre, c'e&longs;t &agrave; dire <lb/>les hommes &longs;&ccedil;auans, ne paruienuent-ils <lb/>pas pour l'ordinaire &agrave; de &longs;i grandes for&shy;<lb/>tunes, que ceux qui &longs;ont vaillans, ou qui <lb/>ont quelqu'autre addre&longs;&longs;e.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>PLu&longs;ieurs s'e&longs;tonnent de ce que les <lb/>&longs;&ccedil;auans n'ont pas cou&longs;tume de par&shy;<lb/>uenir aux <expan abbr="gr&atilde;des">grandes</expan> dignitez, atendu qu'il <lb/><expan abbr="s&etilde;ble">semble</expan>, qu'ils doiuent e&longs;tre les plus adui&shy;<lb/>&longs;ez &amp; les plus &longs;ages, &agrave; rai&longs;on de la <expan abbr="gr&atilde;de">grande</expan> <lb/>lumiere qu'ils <expan abbr="re&ccedil;oiu&etilde;t">re&ccedil;oiuent</expan> de la lecture des <lb/>bons liures, &amp; de la frequente medita&shy;<lb/>tion qui leur e&longs;t ordinaire: &amp; con&longs;e&shy;<lb/>quemment qu'ils doiuent gouuerner <lb/>les Republiques, &amp; les E&longs;tats, &amp; com&shy;<lb/>mander aux peuples, &longs;uiuant le de&longs;ir <lb/>des anciens, qui ont creu que le mon&shy;<lb/>de &longs;eroit bien-heureux quand il &longs;eroit <lb/>gouuern&eacute; par les Philo&longs;ophes, quoy <lb/>qu'ils ne &longs;e &longs;oient pas mis &longs;ouz la con&shy;<lb/>duite de Pythagore, ou de <expan abbr="Plat&otilde;">Platom</expan>. </s>

<s>Mais <lb/>l'on peut r&eacute;pondre que ceux qui em&shy;<lb/>ployent leur vie &agrave; la lecture, &amp; &agrave; la &longs;pe-<pb xlink:href="046/01/064.jpg" pagenum="48"/>culation, ne &longs;ont pas propres pour gou&shy;<lb/>uerner les e&longs;tats, &longs;i quant &amp; quant leur <lb/>extraction ne les rend recommanda&shy;<lb/>bles, &amp; venerables aux peuples, qui <lb/>choi&longs;i&longs;&longs;ent ordinairement ce qui a plus <lb/>d'&eacute;clat, &amp; d'apparence. </s>

<s>Et puis le long <lb/>e&longs;tude affoiblit l'e&longs;prit des hommes, &amp; <lb/>ne permet pas <expan abbr="&longs;ouu&etilde;t">&longs;ouuent</expan> qu'ils &longs;oient vail&shy;<lb/>lans, hardis, rorts, &amp; courageux, com&shy;<lb/>me il e&longs;t requis &agrave; ceux qui doiuent pro&shy;<lb/>teger les peuples enuers tous, &amp; contre <lb/>tous. </s>

<s>D'ailleurs, le plai&longs;ir des bonnes <lb/>lettres e&longs;t &longs;i charmant, que ceux qui <lb/>l'ont gou&longs;t&eacute;, m&eacute;pri&longs;ent celuy des <expan abbr="gr&atilde;ds">grands</expan> <lb/>honneurs, lequel e&longs;t &longs;ouuent accom&shy;<lb/>pagn&eacute; de plus d'&eacute;pines que de ro&longs;es. </s>

<s><lb/>Or la principale rai&longs;on de toutes celles <lb/>qui &longs;e peuuent imaginer, doit e&longs;tre pri&shy;<lb/>&longs;e de la Prouidence &eacute;ternelle, qui choi&shy;<lb/>&longs;it ceux qui luy plai&longs;t, pour les mettre <lb/>&longs;ur les Thr&ocirc;nes, &amp; pour leur faire por&shy;<lb/>ter &longs;on Image en terre. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ce&longs;t donc &longs;ur elle que nous deuons <lb/>nous repo&longs;er, comme &longs;ur la plus ferme <lb/>ba&longs;e de toutes nos <expan abbr="re&longs;oluti&otilde;s">re&longs;olutions</expan>, qui n'ont <lb/>nulle vertu, qu'entant qu'elles la pren&shy;<lb/>nent pour leur fondement: c'e&longs;t elle <lb/>qui donne le rang, &amp; l'ordre &agrave; chacun, <pb xlink:href="046/01/065.jpg" pagenum="49"/>&amp; qui fait que les vns &longs;ont Roys, les au&shy;<lb/>tres Philo&longs;ophes, les vns riches &amp; pui&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ans, les autres pauures &amp; debiles, &amp; <lb/>finalement c'e&longs;t elle qui conduit tou&shy;<lb/>tes les creatures &agrave; leurs fins, &amp; qui <expan abbr="s'ac-c&otilde;modant">s'ac&shy;<lb/>commodant</expan> auec vne douceur ineffable <lb/>&agrave; leurs capacitez les conduit aux lieux <lb/>qu'elle leur a preparez d&eacute;s l'&eacute;ternit&eacute;. </s>

<s><lb/>C'e&longs;t pourquoy chacun &longs;e doit conten&shy;<lb/>ter de &longs;a <expan abbr="vacati&otilde;">vacatiom</expan>, &amp; adorer cette gran&shy;<lb/>de Prouidence, afin d'en jo&uuml;ir eternel&shy;<lb/>lement, lors qu'elle nous appellera de <lb/>cette vie, pour nous <expan abbr="d&otilde;ner">donner</expan> celle qui n'a <lb/>point de terme, ni de limites. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Quiconque con&longs;iderera attentiue&shy;<lb/>ment qu'il ne &longs;e fait, ny ne &longs;e peut rien <lb/>faire, que par la conduite &amp; par la pro&shy;<lb/>uidence de Dieu, &amp; que c'e&longs;t luy qui <lb/>gouuerne toutes cho&longs;es immediate&shy;<lb/>ment, n'y ayant que le &longs;eul pech&eacute;, c'e&longs;t <lb/>&agrave; dire le rien, ou le neant qu'il ne fait <lb/>pas, il ne pourra e&longs;tre emport&eacute; par au&shy;<lb/>cune affliction, &amp; demeurera tou&longs;iours <lb/>ferme &amp; con&longs;tant dans toutes &longs;ortes <lb/>de rencontres, qui luy donneront le <pb xlink:href="046/01/066.jpg" pagenum="50"/><expan abbr="t&etilde;ps">temps</expan> de &longs;e reconnoi&longs;tre, &amp; de rai&longs;onner. </s>

<s><lb/>Car il conclurra, que c'e&longs;t vne folie in&shy;<lb/>tolerable de vouloir s'oppo&longs;er aux de&shy;<lb/>crets Diuins, &amp; &agrave; la volont&eacute; du Mai&longs;tre <lb/>de l'vniuers, &amp; que c'e&longs;t la plus grande <lb/>&longs;age&longs;&longs;e que les hommes pui&longs;&longs;ent auoir, <lb/>que de &longs;e lai&longs;&longs;er gouuerner par les &longs;ain&shy;<lb/>ctes loix de la Prouidence eternelle, <lb/>qui ne permet pas qu'vn &longs;eul poil tom&shy;<lb/>be de nos te&longs;tes, qu'elle n'en ayt vn &longs;oin <lb/>particulier, ny que nous fa&longs;&longs;ions vn &longs;eul <lb/>pas, qu'elle n'en tienne vn conte tre&longs;&shy;<lb/>exact, &amp; qu'elle ne nous en recompen&shy;<lb/>&longs;e, &longs;i nous le fai&longs;ons pour quelque bon&shy;<lb/>ne intention. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XII.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>A &longs;&ccedil;auoir &longs;i l'on peut trouner la vraye lon&shy;<lb/>gitude, ou la di&longs;tance des Meridiens, <lb/>tant &longs;ur la mer que &longs;ur la terre, <lb/>pour l'v&longs;age de la nauigation?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>LA di&longs;tance des Meridiens, ou la <lb/>difference des longitudes de deux <lb/>lieux de la terre, ou de la mer, &longs;e trou&shy;<lb/>ue par l'ob&longs;eruation que l'on fait en <pb xlink:href="046/01/067.jpg" pagenum="51"/>deux lieux a&longs;&longs;ez &eacute;loignez l'vn de l'au&shy;<lb/>tre, de l'in&longs;tant precis, auquel l'Eclip&longs;e <lb/>de la Lune commence, ou &longs;init: car la <lb/>difference du temps du midy e&longs;tant <lb/>conuertie en degrez, mon&longs;tre la verita&shy;<lb/>ble di&longs;tance des Meridiens; d'autant <lb/>qu'&agrave; l'&eacute;gard de tous ceux qui ont la Lu&shy;<lb/>ne &longs;ur l'horizon, elle entre veritable&shy;<lb/>ment, &amp; vi&longs;iblement en me&longs;me temps, <lb/>c'e&longs;t &agrave; dire au commencement de l'E&shy;<lb/>clyp&longs;e, dans la pyramide de l'ombre de <lb/>la terre, &amp; en &longs;ort &agrave; la fin. </s>

<s>Car encore <lb/>que la Lune face parallaxe en cette po&shy;<lb/>&longs;ition, neantmoins ce n'e&longs;t pas &agrave; l'&eacute;gard <lb/>de l'ombre, dans laquelle elle e&longs;t plon&shy;<lb/>g&eacute;e, mais &agrave; l'&eacute;gard de la region du Ciel, <lb/>qui luy e&longs;t &longs;uperieure, &amp; qui e&longs;t plus &eacute;&shy;<lb/>loign&eacute;e de la terre. </s>

<s>A quoy il faut ad&shy;<lb/>jou&longs;ter, que dans le pa&longs;&longs;age de la Lune, <lb/>l'ombre de la terre, &amp; elle, gardent vne <lb/>&eacute;gale di&longs;tance d'auec la &longs;ur-face de la <lb/>terre, &agrave; l'&eacute;gard de la quelle elles ne font <lb/>nul parallaxe, mais elles paroi&longs;&longs;ent par <lb/>tout en me&longs;me in&longs;tant, &longs;ouz la me&longs;me <lb/>ligne de vi&longs;ion, comme font les cho&longs;es <lb/>contigu&euml;s qui &longs;ont les vnes &longs;ur les au&shy;<lb/>tres. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Il y a encore vn autre moyen, dont <pb xlink:href="046/01/068.jpg" pagenum="52"/>le fondement e&longs;t demon&longs;tratif, quoy <lb/>que la pratique en &longs;oit plus fa&longs;cheu&longs;e, <lb/>&amp; plus difficile, &agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir l'Eclyp&longs;e du <lb/>Soleil, dont on aura ob&longs;eru&eacute; le com&shy;<lb/>mencement, &amp; la fin en des lieux diffe&shy;<lb/>rents, car &longs;i l'on compare le temps de la <lb/>dur&eacute;e, du commencement, &amp; de la fin <lb/>que <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> aura ob&longs;eru&eacute; en ces deux lieux, <lb/>auec la difference des parallaxes de la <lb/>Lune entre les deux ob&longs;eruations, l'on <lb/>&longs;&ccedil;aura la di&longs;tance des Meridiens, &amp; la <lb/>difference des longitudes. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais il faut &longs;uppo&longs;er que les Ob&longs;er&shy;<lb/>uateurs cognoi&longs;&longs;ent la me&longs;ure, &amp; la <lb/>grandeur des refractions de l'orizon &longs;ur <lb/>lequel ils ob&longs;eruent, autrement l'ob&shy;<lb/>&longs;eruation &longs;era &longs;u&longs;pecte. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'on peut dire la me&longs;me cho&longs;e de <lb/>l'approche de la Lune aux e&longs;toilles fi&shy;<lb/>xes, &amp; aux Planettes, &agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir quand <lb/>elle &longs;<gap/>interpo&longs;e entre no &longs;tre &oelig;il, &amp; leurs <lb/>corps lumineux. </s>

<s>Ce qui ne <expan abbr="m&atilde;que">manque</expan> pas <lb/>de difficultez, d'autant que la Lune <lb/>e&longs;tant hors du point vertical, ne &longs;e pre&shy;<lb/>&longs;ente jamais &agrave; no&longs;tre veu&euml; en &longs;on vray <lb/>lieu, &agrave; cau&longs;e du parallaxe, car elle e&longs;t <lb/>tou&longs;iours plus ba&longs;&longs;e, &amp; plus inclin&eacute;evers <lb/>l'orizon. </s>

<s>Or ce parallaxe qu'elle fait <pb xlink:href="046/01/069.jpg" pagenum="53"/>hors le point du Zenith, &longs;e di&longs;tribu&euml; <lb/>quelquesfois tout en longitude, &agrave; &longs;&ccedil;a&shy;<lb/>uoir quand le Zodiaque pa&longs;&longs;e par le <lb/>Zenith, &amp; quelquefois tout en latitu&shy;<lb/>de; ce qui arriue lors qu'elle e&longs;t dans le <lb/>90. degr&eacute; de l'Eclyptique &longs;ur l'orizon: <lb/>mais hors de ces 2. lieux &longs;on parallaxe <lb/>&longs;e di&longs;tribu&euml;, partie en longitude, &amp; par&shy;<lb/>tie en latitude. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Apres ledit parallaxe, il faut con&longs;i&shy;<lb/>derer la refraction, qui accompagne la <lb/>Lune ju&longs;ques au 45. Almicantarat, ou <lb/>degr&eacute; de hauteur &longs;ur l'orizon, car elle <lb/>fait vne diuer&longs;it&eacute; de vi&longs;ion contraire &agrave; <lb/>la precedente, puis qu'elle hau&longs;&longs;e, &amp; le&shy;<lb/>ue vers le Zenith, au lieu que le paral&shy;<lb/>laxe abai&longs;&longs;e vers l'orizon, de &longs;orte que <lb/>la Lune e&longs;t encore &longs;ouz l'orizon, quand <lb/>la refraction la fait voir de&longs;&longs;us. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>D'o&ugrave; il s'en&longs;uit que l'ob&longs;eruation <lb/>qui &longs;e fera par cette voye, &longs;era plus dif&shy;<lb/>ficile que l'autre, parce qu'elle requiert <lb/>vn homme <expan abbr="experim&etilde;t&eacute;">experiment&eacute;</expan> dans les ob&longs;er&shy;<lb/>uations, &amp; vn long calcul des paralla&shy;<lb/>xes: &amp; puis elle e&longs;t enuelop&eacute;e d'vne <lb/>grande perplexit&eacute;, &agrave; rai&longs;on des refra&shy;<lb/>ctions qui mon&longs;trent tou&longs;iours la cho&longs;e <lb/>hors de &longs;on vray lieu. </s></p><pb xlink:href="046/01/070.jpg" pagenum="54"/><p type="main">

<s>Or il faut pre&longs;uppo&longs;er trois cho&longs;es <lb/>en ces <expan abbr="ob&longs;eruati&otilde;s">ob&longs;eruations</expan>, dont la premiere e&longs;t <lb/>la connoi&longs;&longs;ance a&longs;&longs;ez preci&longs;e de l'&eacute;le&shy;<lb/>uation du pole &longs;ur l'orizon o&ugrave; &longs;e fait <lb/>l'ob&longs;eruation. </s>

<s>La 2. e&longs;t le <expan abbr="t&etilde;ps">temps</expan>, &amp; l'heu&shy;<lb/>re exacte de l'apparence, &amp; la 3. e&longs;t vne <lb/>connoi&longs;&longs;ance certaine des refractions <lb/>du lieu, o&ugrave; l'on ob&longs;erue: le&longs;quelles 3. <lb/>cho&longs;es <expan abbr="e&longs;t&atilde;t">e&longs;tant</expan> <expan abbr="preci&longs;&eacute;m&etilde;t">preci&longs;&eacute;ment</expan> connu&euml;s, con&shy;<lb/>duiront infailliblement &agrave; la connoi&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ance de la di&longs;tance des Meridiens. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Car quant aux parallaxes, la con&shy;<lb/>noi&longs;&longs;ance en e&longs;t a&longs;&longs;ez certaine, &amp; &longs;ont <lb/>&eacute;gaux par toute la terre, lors que la <lb/>Lune e&longs;t d'vne &eacute;gale hauteur, ou du <lb/>moins la difference ne fait nulle erreur <lb/>&longs;en&longs;ible. </s>

<s>Mais la diuer&longs;it&eacute; des refra&shy;<lb/>ctions rend les ob&longs;eruations &longs;u&longs;pectes, <lb/>quand la Lune e&longs;t proche de l'Orizon, <lb/>comme l'on remarque dans celles de <lb/>M&oelig;&longs;tlin excellent A&longs;tronome de Tu&shy;<lb/>binge, qui remarqua l'an 1590. le 7. <lb/>Iuillet, que le Soleil &longs;e leuoit en Orient, <lb/>lors que la Lune eclip&longs;&eacute;e de quelques <lb/>doigts e&longs;toit qua&longs;i &eacute;leu&eacute;e de 2. degrez; <lb/>&agrave; l'Occident, &amp; lors que &longs;on centre &longs;e <lb/>couchoit, le Soleil e&longs;toit &eacute;leu&eacute; de deux <lb/>degrez. </s></p><pb xlink:href="046/01/071.jpg" pagenum="55"/><p type="main">

<s>D'o&ugrave; il&verbar;s' en&longs;<gap/>it, comme Kepler la re&shy;<lb/>marqu&eacute; dans l'onzie&longs;me prop. 

de &longs;es <lb/>Paralipomenes &longs;ur Vitellion, nombre <lb/>8. que la refraction horizontale fut ce <lb/>iour l&agrave; &agrave; Tubinge de plus de 2. degrez; <lb/>ce qui e&longs;t e&longs;trange, attendu que les plus <lb/>grandes que Tycho a ob&longs;eru&eacute;es dans le <lb/>Dannemarc, n'ont iamais exced&eacute; 33. <lb/>minutes dans la Lune. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>Le me&longs;me Ke&shy;<lb/>pler remarque que les refractions &longs;ont <lb/>plus &eacute;gales, &amp; plus vniformes &longs;ur la mer <lb/>que &longs;ur la terre, &longs;ur laquelle elles &longs;ont <lb/>quelquesfois in&longs;en&longs;ibles, &amp; d'autres <lb/>fois prodigieu&longs;es &agrave; <expan abbr="rais&otilde;">raisom</expan> que l'Athmo&longs;&shy;<lb/>phere retient qua&longs;i tou&longs;iours vne me&longs;&shy;<lb/>me di&longs;tance d'auec l'eau. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Le Lantgraue de He&longs;&longs; a&longs;&longs;eure dans <lb/>les Epi&longs;tres de Tycho, qu'il a vne fois <lb/>ob&longs;eru&eacute; Venus, comme &longs;i elle eu&longs;t e&longs;t&eacute; <lb/>&longs;tationnaire dans l'orizon l'e&longs;pace d'vn <lb/>quart d'heure, encore qu'elle fu&longs;t veri&shy;<lb/>tablement plus de deux degrez &longs;ouz <lb/>l'orizon; &amp; qu'elle di&longs;parut dans vn in&shy;<lb/>&longs;tant; ce qui prouue vne refraction ex&shy;<lb/>ce&longs;&longs;iue, &amp; extraordinaire. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Or ces refractions arriuent quand <lb/>l'air e&longs;t &eacute;pe&longs;&longs;i par vne vapeur qui monto <lb/>de la terre, de &longs;orte que la conden&longs;a-<pb xlink:href="046/01/072.jpg" pagenum="56"/>tion de l'air fait vne plus grande refra&shy;<lb/>ction du rayon. </s>

<s>Surquoy l'on peut en&shy;<lb/>core rapporter que les <expan abbr="Holl&atilde;dois">Hollandois</expan> ayant <lb/>nauig&eacute; l'an 1596. iu&longs;ques au 76. degr&eacute; <lb/>de l'eleuation du pole, vers les terres <lb/>de&longs;ertes de la nouuelle Zemble, pour <lb/>chercher le pa&longs;&longs;age qui entre dans l'O&shy;<lb/>cean Scythique Oriental, &amp; e&longs;tant ar&shy;<lb/>re&longs;tez par les glaces, le Soleil leur appa&shy;<lb/>rut pour la derniere fois le 3. iour de <lb/>Nouembre, qui ne deuoit plus paroi&shy;<lb/>&longs;tre iu&longs;ques &agrave; ce qu'il eu&longs;t me&longs;me decli&shy;<lb/>nai&longs;on Au&longs;trale, laquelle arriuoit iu&longs;te&shy;<lb/>ment le 6. iour de Feurier l'an &longs;uiuant <lb/>1597. &amp; neantmoins il leur apparut le <lb/>24. de Ianuier, lequel a pour caractere <lb/>infaillible l'ob&longs;eruation de la conjon&shy;<lb/>ction de la Lune &agrave; Iupiter au 2. degr&eacute; <lb/>du Taureau, quelques heures apres que <lb/>le Soleil fut retir&eacute;. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>De &longs;orte que le Soleil e&longs;toit encore <lb/>r&eacute;ellement 4. degrez &longs;ouz l'orizon, <lb/>quand il &longs;e <expan abbr="m&otilde;&longs;tra">mon&longs;tra</expan> en partie &longs;ur iceluy: <lb/>d'o&ugrave; il s'en&longs;uit nece&longs;&longs;airement, que la <lb/>refraction horizontale fut ce iour l&agrave; de <lb/>plus de 4. degrez <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> la nouuelle Zem&shy;<lb/>ble, &agrave; rai&longs;on de l'epe&longs;&longs;eur de l'air con&shy;<lb/>den&longs;&eacute; par les tenebres, &amp; par le froid <pb xlink:href="046/01/073.jpg" pagenum="57"/>continuel de ces terres gel&eacute;es. </s>

<s>D'ail&shy;<lb/>leurs, les <expan abbr="refracti&otilde;s">refractions</expan> &longs;ont par tout moin&shy;<lb/>dres en Automne, qu'en Hyuer, &amp; en <lb/>autres &longs;ai&longs;ons de l'ann&eacute;e, &amp; &longs;uiuent la <lb/>den&longs;it&eacute;, &amp; la raret&eacute; de l'air des differens <lb/>lieux o&ugrave; l'on &longs;e rencontre: c'e&longs;t pour&shy;<lb/>quoy l'on n'e&longs;t iamais a&longs;&longs;eur&eacute; du vray <lb/>lieu de la Lune, &amp; de l'E&longs;toile, que l'on <lb/>ne connoi&longs;&longs;e la grandeur de l'angle de <lb/>refraction dans l'orizon, &amp; en quelle <lb/><expan abbr="proporti&otilde;">proportiom</expan> il &longs;e diminu&euml;, ou s'augmente. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Or pour &longs;&ccedil;auoir &longs;i ce moyen, ou quel&shy;<lb/>qu'autre peut &longs;eruir &agrave; ceux qui naui&shy;<lb/>gent la grande mer du Nord, du Sud, <lb/>&amp; des autres parties de l'Ocean, lors <lb/>qu'ils veulent trouuer la di&longs;tance des <lb/>Meridiens, &amp; le degr&eacute; de leur longitu&shy;<lb/>de, il faut &longs;uppo&longs;er 4. cho&longs;es, dont la <lb/>premiere e&longs;t vn Meridien fixe &longs;ur quel&shy;<lb/>que lieu de la terre. </s>

<s>La 2. que les tables <lb/>A&longs;tronomiques du mouuement des <lb/>planettes, &amp; particulierement de la <lb/>Lune, re&longs;pondent exactement aux <expan abbr="ap-par&etilde;ces">ap&shy;<lb/>parences</expan> du Ciel, &amp; <gap/>u Meridien &longs;uppo&shy;<lb/>&longs;&eacute;.La 3 que l'Ob&longs;e ruateur cognoi&longs;&longs;e les <lb/>refractions du lieu, o&ugrave; il ob&longs;erue: &amp; la <lb/>4. que l'ob&longs;eruation &longs;e face par viz <lb/>homme exerc&eacute;, &amp; &longs;&ccedil;auant en telles <pb xlink:href="046/01/074.jpg" pagenum="58"/>cho&longs;es, &amp; qui ayt des inftrumens tre&longs;&shy;<lb/>ju&longs;tes, &amp; a&longs;&longs;ez grands. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Quant &agrave; la premiere cho&longs;e, elle e&longs;t <lb/>po&longs;&longs;ible, facile, &amp; v&longs;it&eacute;e: la 2. e&longs;t dou&shy;<lb/>teu&longs;e, &amp; n'e&longs;t pas encore certaine, d'au&shy;<lb/>tant que le mouuement de la Lune <lb/>(qui &longs;eul peut &longs;eruir &agrave; cette operation) <lb/>determin&eacute; par les 3. Equations de Ty&shy;<lb/>cho Brah&eacute; e&longs;t quelquefois moindre, ou <lb/>plus <expan abbr="gr&atilde;de">grande</expan> de la &longs;ixi&eacute;me partie d'vn de&shy;<lb/>gr&eacute;, comme les ob&longs;eruations de Tycho <lb/>l'ont oblig&eacute; de le confe&longs;&longs;er, &amp; de &longs;uiure <lb/>le milieu de cet excez, &amp; de ce defaut. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Kepler &longs;e &longs;ert de cette va<gap/>et&eacute; dedans <lb/>&longs;es tables, de &longs;orte que &longs;on calcul &longs;e <lb/>trouue difforent de celuy de Tycho, <lb/>de huict ou neuf minutes, qui font <lb/>quelquefois le tiers d'vne heure dans <lb/>le mouuement de la Lune, &amp; 5. degrez <lb/>de <expan abbr="l&otilde;gitude">longitude</expan> &longs;ur la terre, qui vallent 75. <lb/>lieu&euml;s d'Allemagne &longs;ouz l'Equateur. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Les autres tables, comme les ancien&shy;<lb/>ries de Ptolom&eacute;e, &amp; d'Alphon&longs;e, au&longs;&longs;i <lb/>bien que les nouuelles Pruteniques <lb/>dre&longs;&longs;&eacute;es par Era&longs;me Reinhold, &amp; qui <lb/>ont les ob&longs;eruations, &amp; le calcul de <lb/>Copernic pour leur fondement, s'&eacute;loi&shy;<lb/>gnent des apparences iu&longs;ques &agrave; vn de-<pb xlink:href="046/01/075.jpg" pagenum="59"/>gr&eacute; &amp; dauantage: celles de Lansberge <lb/>s'eloignent au&longs;&longs;i des apparences, &amp; du <lb/>calcul de Tycho, quoy qu'il conuienne <lb/>le plus <expan abbr="exactem&etilde;t">exactement</expan> de tous auec le Ciel: <lb/>de &longs;orte qu'il en faut demeurer &agrave; celles <lb/>dudit Tycho, puis qu'elles &longs;ont les plus <lb/>certaines: or il e&longs;t con&longs;tant qu'elles s'&eacute;&shy;<lb/>loignent encore quelquefois des appa&shy;<lb/>rences, &amp; con&longs;equemment l'on ne peut <lb/>s'a&longs;&longs;eurer de la 2. condition, laquelle <lb/>e&longs;t la plus nece&longs;&longs;aire en cette matiere. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>La 3. qui con&longs;i&longs;te &agrave; connoi&longs;tre les <lb/>refractions, requiert l'experience de <lb/>plu&longs;ieurs ann&eacute;es, &amp; <expan abbr="m&atilde;que">manque</expan> le plus &longs;ou&shy;<lb/>uent. </s>

<s>Quant &agrave; la 4. elle e&longs;t po&longs;&longs;ible en <lb/>vn point, puis qu'il y a des Pilotes tre&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;&ccedil;auans, &amp; exercez dans les Mathema&shy;<lb/>tiques: mais elle e&longs;t tre&longs;-difficile, &agrave; rai&shy;<lb/>&longs;on qu'il faut vne grande tranquillit&eacute; <lb/>pour ob&longs;eruer, car &longs;i l'in&longs;trument n'e&longs;t <lb/>arre&longs;t&eacute;, &amp; immobile, iamais l'ob&longs;er&shy;<lb/>uation ne &longs;era exacte, &amp; fidelle: or l'on <lb/>&longs;&ccedil;ait combien la mer e&longs;t in&longs;table, de <lb/>&longs;orte que la 2. condition n'e&longs;tant point <lb/>encore arriu&eacute;e, &amp; la 3. &amp; 4. e&longs;tant &longs;i <lb/>difficiles, il e&longs;t impo&longs;&longs;ible de &longs;&ccedil;auoir <lb/>tellement la di&longs;tance de 2. Meridiens <lb/>par vne &longs;eule ob&longs;eruation faite en l'vn <pb xlink:href="046/01/076.jpg" pagenum="60"/>d'iceux, l'autre e&longs;tant po&longs;&eacute;, qu'il n'y ait <lb/>nul &longs;oup&ccedil;on d'erreur. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>D'o&ugrave; l'vn de mes amis, tre&longs;-excel&shy;<lb/>lent A&longs;tronome, conclud qu'il e&longs;t im&shy;<lb/>po&longs;&longs;ible de dre&longs;&longs;er des tables perpetuel&shy;<lb/>les, &amp; vniuer&longs;elles des longitudes, &amp; <lb/>qu'il faut lai&longs;&longs;er cela &agrave; la dexterit&eacute; du <lb/>Pilote, qui peut arriuer a&longs;&longs;ez pr&eacute;s de la <lb/>difference des Meridiens par les ob&longs;er&shy;<lb/>uations de plu&longs;ieurs iours, s'il e&longs;t bon <lb/>A&longs;tronome, &amp; s'il &longs;&ccedil;ait ob&longs;eruer le <lb/>cours des E&longs;toiles, pourueu qu'il pren&shy;<lb/>ne la Lune dans le 90. degr&eacute;, ou proche <lb/>d'iceluy, &amp; lors qu'elle &longs;era en quadrat, <lb/>ou en oppo&longs;ition auec le Soleil, ou vn <lb/>iour deuant, ou apres. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Chri&longs;tianus Longomontanus propo&shy;<lb/>&longs;e &agrave; la &longs;in de &longs;on 2. liure des Theori&shy;<lb/>ques, le moyen de connoi&longs;tre la di&longs;tan&shy;<lb/>ce de toutes &longs;ortes de Meridiens d'auec <lb/>celuy de Hafnie, par la di&longs;tance de la <lb/>Lune pri&longs;e de quelque E&longs;toile proche <lb/>du Zod&ibreve;aque, mais il veut que la Lune <lb/>&longs;oit dans le 90. degr&eacute; de l'ecly ptique, &amp; <lb/>que l'Azimuth, ou cercle des hauteurs <lb/>de la Lune couppe le Zodia que &agrave; an&shy;<lb/>gles droits, d'autant qu'elle n'a pour <lb/>lors nul parallaxe en longitude. </s></p><pb xlink:href="046/01/077.jpg" pagenum="61"/><p type="main">

<s>Sans doute cette &longs;ituation de la Lu&shy;<lb/>ne e&longs;t la plus &longs;eure, pourueu que l'E&shy;<lb/>&longs;toile, dont on prendra la <expan abbr="di&longs;t&atilde;ce">di&longs;tance</expan>, n'ayt <lb/>pas grande latitude; mais &longs;i elle &longs;urpa&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;e 2. degrez, &amp; que la di&longs;tance de l'E&shy;<lb/>&longs;toile, &amp; de la Lune &longs;oit moindre que <lb/>10. degrez, on peut commettre vn er&shy;<lb/>reur de 15. minutes, que la Lune fait <lb/>en demie-heure; d'o&ugrave; il arriue vn er&shy;<lb/>reur de 7. degrez &amp; demy en longitu&shy;<lb/>de, quivallent 112 1/2 lieu&euml;s d'Allemagne <lb/>&longs;ouz l'Equinoctial. </s>

<s>Or c&eacute;t erreur peut <lb/>s'augmenter au double, &longs;i par exemple, <lb/>l'E&longs;toile e&longs;t en &longs;a latitude Meridiona&shy;<lb/>le, &amp; la Lune dans la Septentrionnale, <lb/>ou au contraire. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Il vaudroit donc mieux prendre la <lb/>di&longs;tance de la Lune d'auec 2. E&longs;toiles, <lb/>&amp; par l'analy&longs;e d'vn triangle &longs;pherique <lb/>trouuer &longs;on vray lieu. </s>

<s>Or &longs;i l'on prend <lb/>la Lune hors du 90. degr&eacute; du Zodia&shy;<lb/>que, elle fera tou&longs;iours parallaxe en <lb/>longitude, &amp; &longs;era pour lors tre&longs;-diffici&shy;<lb/>le de trouuer exactement &longs;on vray lieu, <lb/>comme il a e&longs;t&eacute; mon&longs;tr&eacute; cy -deuant, <lb/>&amp; neantmoins &longs;i l'on n'a ce vray lieu, <lb/>l'on de&longs;e&longs;pere de iamais pouuoir con&shy;<lb/>noi&longs;tre la vraye di&longs;tance des Meridiens, <pb xlink:href="046/01/078.jpg" pagenum="62"/>&amp; la difference des longitudes, dont on <lb/>ne peut au&longs;&longs;i iuger par le leuer, &amp; le <lb/>coucher de la Lune, tant &agrave; cau&longs;e des <lb/>differentes refractions, que parce qu'il <lb/>peut arriuer, &amp; arriue en effet, qu'en <lb/>deux meridiens &eacute;loignez de deux cent <lb/>lieu&euml;s l'vn de l'autre, &longs;ouz me&longs;me pa&shy;<lb/>rallele, <expan abbr="bi&etilde;">biem</expan> que la Lune &longs;e leue premie&shy;<lb/>rement, <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> l'vn que dans l'autre, l'on <lb/>ob&longs;erue &longs;ans erreur &longs;en&longs;ible la me&longs;me <lb/>heure, &amp; la me&longs;me di&longs;tance du Soleil <lb/>au Meridien, &amp; con&longs;equemment il e&longs;t <lb/>impo&longs;&longs;ible de determiner la di&longs;tance <lb/>des deux. </s>

<s>Ce qui arriue parce que la <lb/>Lune fait demy degr&eacute; dans vne heure, <lb/>&amp; quelquefois n'e&longs;t pas vne minute <lb/>d'heure &agrave; &longs;e leuer. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Or apres le di&longs;cours de cet excellent <lb/>A&longs;tronome, j'adjou&longs;te que ces longitu&shy;<lb/>des &longs;e peuuent trouuer par le moyen <lb/>d'vn horloge d'eau, ou de &longs;able, &amp; d'vn <lb/>autre au Soleil, dont le premier fera <lb/>&longs;&ccedil;auoir le temps qui &longs;e &longs;era &eacute;coul&eacute; de&shy;<lb/>puis le premier lieu, duquel on &longs;uppo&longs;e <lb/>que le Meridien, ou le degr&eacute; de longi&shy;<lb/>tude e&longs;t cogneu, &longs;oit que le vai&longs;&longs;eau <lb/>ayt endur&eacute; mille tourmentes, &amp; que <lb/>l'on ne &longs;&ccedil;ache o&ugrave; l'on e&longs;t, &longs;oit qu'il ayt <pb xlink:href="046/01/079.jpg" pagenum="63"/>eu toute &longs;orte de calme, car &longs;i l'orloge <lb/>d'eau e&longs;t bien fait, &amp; qu'il demeure <lb/>tou&longs;iours perpendiculaire, comme fait <lb/>la lampe de Cardan, il mon&longs;trera iu&longs;te&shy;<lb/>ment combien il y a d'heures que l'on <lb/>vogue &longs;ur la mer, &amp; con&longs;equemment <lb/>qu'elle heure il e&longs;t au lieu d'o&ugrave; l'on a <lb/>party, &amp; dont on connoi&longs;t le Meridien. </s>

<s><lb/>Par exemple, &longs;i l'orloge dure 24. heu&shy;<lb/>res, &amp; que l'on &longs;oit party &agrave; midy, il &longs;era <lb/>iu&longs;tement midy au lieu, d'o&ugrave; l'on e&longs;t <lb/>party, &longs;i toute l'eau e&longs;t tomb&eacute;e: ce qui <lb/>arriuera <expan abbr="&longs;emblablem&etilde;t">&longs;emblablement</expan>, &longs;i elle s'e&longs;t vui&shy;<lb/>d&eacute;e 3. 4. ou 5. fois, &amp;c. </s>

<s>car il y aura au&shy;<lb/>tant de iours depuis le depart. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><expan abbr="Qu&atilde;t">Quant</expan> &agrave; l'orloge au Soleil, &longs;oit que <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> <lb/>v&longs;e d'vn a&longs;trolablevniuer&longs;el, ou de quel <lb/>qu'autre <expan abbr="in&longs;trum&etilde;t">in&longs;trument</expan> tre&longs;-exactpour trou&shy;<lb/>uer l'heure, &amp; pour prendre la hauteur <lb/>du Soleil au midy du lieu, o&ugrave; l'on &longs;era, il <lb/>mon&longs;trera la di&longs;tance du <expan abbr="Meridi&etilde;">Meridiem</expan> con&shy;<lb/>nu, &amp; &longs;uppo&longs;&eacute; d'auec celuy du lieu, o&ugrave; <lb/>l'on e&longs;t; par exemple, s'il y a 24. heures <lb/>que l'on e&longs;t party de de&longs;&longs;ouz le Meri&shy;<lb/>dien connu, &amp; que l'horloge au Soleil <lb/>mon&longs;tre vne heure apres midy, c'e&longs;t <lb/>cho&longs;e a&longs;&longs;eur&eacute;e que le Meridien o&ugrave; l'on <lb/>e&longs;t, &longs;era &eacute;loign&eacute; de 15. degrez du Meri-<pb xlink:href="046/01/080.jpg" pagenum="64"/>dien &longs;uppo&longs;&eacute;, qu'il lai&longs;&longs;e vers l'Occi&shy;<lb/>dent, &amp; s'il n'e&longs;t qu'onze heures, il l'au&shy;<lb/>ra lai&longs;&longs;&eacute; &agrave; l'Orient: or il faut faire les <lb/>ob&longs;eruations quand le Soleil e&longs;t en &longs;on <lb/>midy, parce qu'il e&longs;t pour lors exempt <lb/>de <expan abbr="refracti&otilde;">refractiom</expan>, ou s'il en a, elle e&longs;t la moin&shy;<lb/>dre de tout le iour. </s>

<s>Il faut dire la me&longs;&shy;<lb/>me cho&longs;e des E&longs;toiles, qui peuuent &longs;er&shy;<lb/>uir pour &longs;&ccedil;auoir l'heure, &amp; la longitude <lb/>au lieu du Soleil. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>Mais il faut tou&longs;iours <lb/>prendre les E&longs;toiles en leur plus grande <lb/>hauteur au&longs;&longs;i bien que le Soleil, afin <lb/>d'&eacute;uiter l'erreur des refractions. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ceux qui &longs;'imaginent la Geographie <lb/>de la Lune, &amp; qui croyent en pouuoir <lb/>marquer, &amp; di&longs;tinguer les differentes <lb/>prouinces, &amp; les riuieres, &amp; les fore&longs;ts, <lb/>&longs;ont bien &eacute;loignez de leur de&longs;&longs;ein, puis <lb/>qu'ils ne peuuent pas &longs;eulement trou&shy;<lb/>uer les longitudes de la terre, ny de la <lb/>mer, quoy qu'elles leur &longs;eruent de de&shy;<lb/>meure. </s>

<s>Mais les e&longs;prits bien-heureux <lb/>ont vn grand contentement de &longs;&ccedil;auoir <lb/>les longitudes de no&longs;tre monde, &amp; de <lb/>tous les A&longs;tres, &longs;i toutesfois ce conten-<pb xlink:href="046/01/081.jpg" pagenum="65"/>tement peut e&longs;tre de quelque con&longs;ide&shy;<lb/>ration &agrave; l'&eacute;gard de celuy qu'ils re&ccedil;oi&shy;<lb/>uent de la vi&longs;ion, &amp; de la jou&iuml;&longs;&longs;ance de <lb/>Dieu, qui les &eacute;leue &agrave; vne &longs;cience bien <lb/>plus grande, &amp; plus excellente que <lb/>celle de toute la nature. </s>

<s>C'e&longs;t donc <lb/>apres celle la qu'il faut tou&longs;iours a&longs;pi&shy;<lb/>rer, &amp; qu ne&longs; acquiert que par l'ob&longs;er&shy;<lb/>uation des commandemens de Dieu, <lb/>&amp; par l'accompli&longs;&longs;ement de &longs;a &longs;aincte <lb/>volont&eacute;, qui a vne au&longs;&longs;i grande diffe&shy;<lb/>rence de longitude d'auec la no&longs;tre, <lb/>qu'il y a d'imperfections dans la crea&shy;<lb/>ture, &amp; de <expan abbr="perfecti&otilde;s">perfections</expan> dans le Createur. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XIII.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Quelle e&longs;t la cho&longs;e la plus admirable de tout <lb/>le monde?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>CEtre que&longs;tion &longs;e doit entendre des <lb/>cho&longs;es vi&longs;ibles &amp; corporelles, afin <lb/>que l'on ne me&longs;le pas la beaut&eacute;, &amp; <expan abbr="l'ex-cell&etilde;ce">l'ex&shy;<lb/>cellence</expan> de l'e&longs;prit, auec celle du corps, <lb/>&amp; que l'on &longs;e tienne dans le me&longs;me or&shy;<lb/>dre des creatures. </s>

<s>Or il &longs;emble que <lb/>tous les mortels contemplent les cieux <pb xlink:href="046/01/082.jpg" pagenum="66"/>comme la plus excellente piece du <lb/>monde, &amp; que le Soleil &longs;oit le corps le <lb/>plus admirable de toute la nature: de <lb/>l&agrave; vient qu'il e&longs;t nomm&eacute; <emph type="italics"/>Opus admirabi&shy;<lb/>le, vas excel&longs;i,<emph.end type="italics"/> dans le 43 chap. </s>

<s>de l'Ec&shy;<lb/>cle&longs;ia&longs;tique; dans lequel nous li&longs;ons <lb/>encore, <emph type="italics"/>tripliciter Solexurens montes,<emph.end type="italics"/> ce <lb/>que l'on peut expliquer de &longs;es trois &longs;or&shy;<lb/>tes de rayons, &agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir des droits, dont <lb/>il les frappe quand il e&longs;t leu&eacute;; des refle&shy;<lb/>chis qu'il enuoie de&longs;&longs;us par la reflexion <lb/>de la Lune &amp; des autres a&longs;tres, &amp; des <lb/>rompus, dont il les illumine auant que <lb/>d'e&longs;tre leu&eacute; &longs;ur no&longs;tre horizon par l'en&shy;<lb/>tremi&longs;e de l'atmo&longs;phere, ou des nu&euml;s: <lb/>&longs;i ce n'e&longs;t que l'on die qu'il les illumine <lb/>le matin, &amp; le &longs;oir, encore qu'il n'illu&shy;<lb/>mine plus les campagnes, &amp; que s'ima&shy;<lb/>ginant les montagnes &longs;ouz l'&eacute;quateur, <lb/>ou dans la Zone torride, il les echauffe <lb/>dauantage, parce qu'il en e&longs;t plus pres <lb/>que des campagnes: quoy que le con&shy;<lb/>traire &longs;e remar que &agrave; leur &longs;ommet, &agrave; rai&shy;<lb/>&longs;on qu'il re&ccedil;oit moins de lumiere refle&shy;<lb/>chie, &amp; que l'air y e&longs;t plus rare, &amp; con&shy;<lb/>&longs;equemment moins capable de cha&shy;<lb/>leur. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Certes il e&longs;t malai&longs;&eacute; de trouuer, ou <pb xlink:href="046/01/083.jpg" pagenum="67"/>de s'imaginer vne plus belle cho&longs;e au <lb/>monde que la lumiere, puis qu'il &longs;em&shy;<lb/>ble que la beaut&eacute; de toutes les autres <lb/>cho&longs;es depend d'elle, du moins &agrave; no&longs;tre <lb/>&eacute;gard: c'e&longs;t pourquoy l'on excu&longs;e or&shy;<lb/>dinairement plus volontiers ceux qui <lb/>ont ador&eacute; la lumiere, que ceux qui ont <lb/>rendu des honneurs diuins aux plantes, <lb/>&amp; aux animaux. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Et puis &longs;a production imite celle des <lb/>cho&longs;es &longs;pirituelles, dautant qu'elle &longs;e <lb/>fait dans vn moment, &amp; &longs;e tire en <lb/>quelque maniere du &longs;ort, &amp; de la por&shy;<lb/>t&eacute;ee des autres agens corporels, qui ont <lb/>be&longs;oin du mouuement local, &amp; du <expan abbr="t&etilde;ps">temps</expan> <lb/>pour agir. </s>

<s>D'ailleurs elle &longs;e porte &agrave; l'in&shy;<lb/>fini, de &longs;orte que &longs;i l'on rama&longs;&longs;oit toute <lb/>la lumiere d'vne chandelle qui &eacute;claire <lb/>depuis la terre ju&longs;ques au firmament, <lb/>l'on verroit au&longs;&longs;i clair &longs;ur le concaue <lb/>dudit firmament, comme &longs;i l'on auoit <lb/>la chandelle dans la main. </s>

<s>Veritable&shy;<lb/>ment c'e&longs;t vne cho&longs;e admirable d'ex&shy;<lb/>perimenter qu'vne petite e&longs;teincelle <lb/>de feu, que l'on fait tomber en frappant <lb/>vn caillou, rempli&longs;&longs;e &longs;en&longs;iblement tou&shy;<lb/>te la &longs;olidit&eacute; d'vne &longs;phere d'air de 20. <lb/>ou cent pieds de large, &amp; que &longs;i elle <pb xlink:href="046/01/084.jpg" pagenum="68"/>n'e&longs;t pas re&longs;eru&eacute;e dans vne chambre, <lb/>qu'elle rempli&longs;&longs;e toute la &longs;olidit&eacute; du <lb/><expan abbr="m&otilde;de">monde</expan> de tous les co&longs;tez o&ugrave; il ne &longs;e ren&shy;<lb/>contre nul corps opaque; &amp; finalement <lb/>qu'e&longs;tant renferm&eacute;e, cette infinie ca&shy;<lb/>pacit&eacute; &longs;oit born&eacute;e par vne e&longs;pace de 4. <lb/>pieds, ce qui ne peut arriuer &longs;ans vne <lb/>infinit&eacute; de reflexions. </s>

<s>D'o&ugrave; il e&longs;t ay&longs;&eacute; <lb/>de conclure qu'elle e&longs;t la cho&longs;e la plus <lb/>admirable du monde, &amp; qu'il n'y a rien <lb/>entre toutes les cho&longs;es corporelles qui <lb/>nous repre&longs;ente la Diuinit&eacute; plus <expan abbr="viue-m&etilde;t">viue&shy;<lb/>ment</expan> que la lumiere, qui nous doit tou&shy;<lb/>&longs;iours faire &longs;ouuenir d'auoir recours &agrave; <lb/>celle du S. E&longs;prit, &longs;uiuant la priere de <lb/>l'Egli&longs;e, <emph type="italics"/>&ocirc; lux beati&szlig;ima, reple cordis inti&shy;<lb/>ma tuorum fidelium.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Encore que la lumiere du Soleil &longs;oit <lb/>tre&longs;-excellente, &amp; admirable, comme <lb/>nous auons dit, neantmoins elle n'e&longs;t <lb/>pas qua&longs;i con&longs;iderable &agrave; l'&eacute;gard de l'ex&shy;<lb/>cellence de la vie, ou du Principe de la <lb/>vie, qui anime les plantes, &amp; les ani&shy;<lb/>maux; &amp; ie ne doute nullement que <lb/>tous les hommes &longs;eroient rauis, &longs;'ils <pb xlink:href="046/01/085.jpg" pagenum="69"/>pouuoient comprendre ce Principe, &amp; <lb/>s'ils en pouuoient di&longs;po&longs;er, comme de <lb/>la lumiere, qu'ils contraignent en for&shy;<lb/>me de coue, ou de cylindre par le <expan abbr="moy&etilde;">moyem</expan> <lb/>des glaces paraboliques, &longs;pheriques, &amp; <lb/>hyperboliques, quoy qu'il &longs;oit peut&shy;<lb/>e&longs;tre au&longs;&longs;i difficile de &longs;&ccedil;auoir la di&longs;po&longs;i&shy;<lb/>tion, &amp; les qualitez que doit auoir vn <lb/>corps pour e&longs;tre lumineux, &amp; pour &eacute;&shy;<lb/>clairer, que de connoi&longs;tre la <expan abbr="preparati&otilde;">preparatiom</expan> <lb/>&amp; les di&longs;po&longs;itions qui &longs;ont requi&longs;es <lb/>dans vn corps pour e&longs;tre anim&eacute;. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>O quel contentement nous <expan abbr="receur&otilde;s">receurons</expan>, <lb/>quand nous verrons toutes ces difficul&shy;<lb/>tez au&longs;&longs;i clairement que la lumiere du <lb/>Solcil, &amp; que nous jo&uuml;irons de ce que <lb/>nous e&longs;perons icy, toutes &amp; quantes&shy;<lb/>fois que nous di&longs;ons, <emph type="italics"/>In lumine tuo vide&shy;<lb/>bimus lumen.<emph.end type="italics"/><lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XIIII.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>D'o&ugrave; vient que la plus grande partie des <lb/>hommes preferent l'argent, &amp; le lucre <lb/>&agrave; la &longs;cience, &amp; &agrave; l'honne&longs;tet&eacute;.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>IL e&longs;t, ce &longs;emble, bien difficile d'ex&shy;<lb/>pliquer la vraye rai&longs;on de ce Pheno-<pb xlink:href="046/01/086.jpg" pagenum="70"/>mene Moral, dautant que les hom&shy;<lb/>mes e&longs;tant rai&longs;onnables, il n'e&longs;t pas ai&longs;&eacute; <lb/>de s'imaginer pourquoy ils ne &longs;uiuent <lb/>pas la rai&longs;on, attendu qu'ils n'ont tien <lb/>de plus excellent qu'elle: or elle en&longs;ei&shy;<lb/>gne que l'honne&longs;tet&eacute; &amp; la vertu&longs;ont <lb/>preferables aux riche&longs;&longs;es, parce qu'elles <lb/>appartiennent &agrave; l'e&longs;prit, qui e&longs;t plus <lb/>noble que le corps. </s>

<s>Et l'on ne rencon&shy;<lb/>tre point d'hommes qui ne prote&longs;tent <lb/>qu'ils veulent &longs;uiure la rai&longs;on, &amp; qui ne <lb/>croyent l'auoir de leur co&longs;t&eacute; en tout ce <lb/>qu'ils font, &amp; en ce qu'ils di&longs;ent. </s>

<s>C'e&longs;t <lb/>pourquoy il faut conclure que tous ne <lb/>croyent pas que la vertu &longs;oit meilleure <lb/>que les riche&longs;&longs;es, ni que les &longs;ciences <lb/>vaillent mienx que l'argent: de &longs;orte <lb/>qu'il e&longs;t nece&longs;&longs;aire de leur per&longs;uader <lb/>cette verit&eacute;, &amp; de la leur demon&longs;trer <lb/>euidemment, pour la leurfaire embra&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;er. </s>

<s>Et s'il s'en rencontre qui le croyent, <lb/>&amp; qui neantmoms recherchent les ri&shy;<lb/>che&longs;&longs;es auec plus de pa&longs;&longs;ion &amp; d'ar&shy;<lb/>deur que les &longs;ciences &amp; la vertu, il <lb/>faut dire que la pa&longs;&longs;ion les aueugle, ou <lb/>qu elle a plus de pui&longs;&longs;ance &longs;ur eux que <lb/>la rai&longs;on. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ce qui arriue ai&longs;&eacute;ment, parce que <pb xlink:href="046/01/087.jpg" pagenum="71"/>la plus grande partie des hommes &longs;e <lb/>lai&longs;&longs;e emporter aux &longs;ens &amp; &agrave; leurs ob&shy;<lb/>jects, &amp; prefere les cho&longs;es vi&longs;ibles aux <lb/>inui&longs;ibles, &amp; &longs;i l'on compare le temps <lb/>que l'on employe aux exercices du <lb/>corps qui nous &longs;ont communs auec les <lb/>brutes, <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> aduo&uuml;era qu'il y a plus <expan abbr="d'h&otilde;-mes">d'hon&shy;<lb/>mes</expan> qui des dix parties de leur vie en <lb/>donnent neuf au corps, qu'il n'y en a <lb/>qui en donnent neuf&agrave; l'e&longs;prit. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>D'ailleurs les &longs;ciences e&longs;tant inui&longs;i&shy;<lb/>bles, comme l'e&longs;prit, dans lequel elles <lb/>font leur re&longs;idence, il faut &longs;e rendre &longs;pi&shy;<lb/>rituel, ous'accou&longs;tumer aux fonctions <lb/>de l'entendement pour enui&longs;ager leur <lb/>beaut&eacute;, &amp; pour en apprendre la valeur <lb/>&amp; l'excellen c; quoy qu'elles ne &longs;oient <lb/>pas capables de faire vn <expan abbr="h&otilde;ne&longs;te">honne&longs;te</expan> hom&shy;<lb/>me, &longs;i quant &amp; quant il n'e&longs;t vertueux: <lb/>car la principale partie de l'honne&longs;tet&eacute; <lb/>con&longs;i&longs;te dans la vertu, &amp; particuliere&shy;<lb/>ment dans celle qui nous vnit plus pui&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;amment &agrave; Dieu, qui e&longs;t la &longs;ource &amp; la <lb/>fontaine de toute &longs;orte d'honn e&longs;tet&eacute; <lb/>&amp; de veitu. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>D'o&ugrave; il e&longs;t ai&longs;&eacute; d'inferer que les &longs;&ccedil;a&shy;<lb/>uans &longs;ont grandement obligez &agrave; la di&shy;<lb/>uine Prouidence, qui les a mis dans vn <pb xlink:href="046/01/088.jpg" pagenum="72"/>e&longs;tage plus releu&eacute; que celuy des igno&shy;<lb/>rans &amp; qui leur a prepar&eacute; vn e&longs;tat dans <lb/>ce monde, qui approche de celuy des <lb/>Anges, afin qu'en v&longs;ant des lumieres <lb/>qu'ils ont, ils en&longs;eignent les autres &amp; <lb/>attirent tout le monde &agrave; Dieu, pour <lb/>qui &longs;eul nous <expan abbr="deu&otilde;s">deuons</expan> tous viure &amp; mou&shy;<lb/>rir, &longs;uiuant les deux beaux mots de l'A&shy;<lb/>po&longs;tre, <emph type="italics"/>mihi viuere Chri&longs;tus e&longs;t, &amp; mori <lb/>lucrum.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE. I.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Les &longs;&ccedil;auans ont de grands auantages <lb/>&longs;ur les ignorans, s'ils s'en veulent pre&shy;<lb/>ualoir, car <expan abbr="e&longs;t&atilde;t">e&longs;tant</expan> de&longs;ia detachez des &longs;ens, <lb/>&amp; des cho&longs;es corruptibles, il leur e&longs;t <lb/>beaucoup plus ai&longs;&eacute; de s'&eacute;leuer, &amp; de <lb/>s'vnir &agrave; Dieu, tant par conformit&eacute; de <lb/>leur <expan abbr="vol&otilde;t&eacute;">volont&eacute;</expan> auec la &longs;ienne, que de leurs <lb/>&longs;peculations auec les pen&longs;ees diuines, <lb/>&agrave; limitation de plu&longs;ieurs excellens &amp; <lb/>Saincts per&longs;onnages, qui v&longs;ent de cer&shy;<lb/>tames prieres fort courtes, qui leur &longs;er&shy;<lb/>uent de memorial pour e&longs;tre perpe&shy;<lb/>tuellement attentifs &agrave; la pre&longs;ence de <lb/>Dieu, comme quand S. <!-- REMOVE S-->Bernard di&longs;oit <lb/>&longs;i&longs;ouuent pour ce &longs;ujet: </s>

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<s><emph type="italics"/>Ie&longs;u dulcis memoria<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="italics"/>Dans vera cordis gaudia,<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="italics"/>Sed &longs;upermel &amp; omnia<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="italics"/>Eius dulcis pr&aelig;&longs;entia.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Sainct Augu&longs;tin, <emph type="italics"/>amor meus, pondus <expan abbr="me&utilde;">meum</expan>, <lb/>illuc feror quocunque feror,<emph.end type="italics"/> &amp; puis, <emph type="italics"/>agro&longs;ce <lb/>quod tuun e&longs;t, igno&longs;ce auoa meum e&longs;t.<emph.end type="italics"/></s><s> Saint <lb/>Bruno, <emph type="italics"/><gap/> bonitas!<emph.end type="italics"/> S. <!-- REMOVE S-->Fran&ccedil;ois d'A&longs;&longs;i&longs;e, <lb/><emph type="italics"/>Deus meus &amp; omma<emph.end type="italics"/>: S. <!-- REMOVE S-->Fran&ccedil;ois de Pau&shy;<lb/>le, <emph type="italics"/>charitas!<emph.end type="italics"/> S. <!-- REMOVE S-->Ignace Martyr, <emph type="italics"/>frumen&shy;<lb/>tum Chri&longs;ti &longs;um<emph.end type="italics"/>: &amp; <emph type="italics"/>amor meus crucifixus <lb/>e&longs;t<emph.end type="italics"/>: S. <!-- REMOVE S-->Ignace de Loyla, <emph type="italics"/>&longs;orde&longs;cit mihi <lb/>terra, quando a&longs;picio c&oelig;lum:<emph.end type="italics"/> S. Xauier, <lb/><emph type="italics"/>&longs;atis e&longs;t Domine, &longs;atis e&longs;t:<emph.end type="italics"/> S. There&longs;e, <lb/><emph type="italics"/>ternum ben&egrave;, &aelig;ternum mal&egrave;<emph.end type="italics"/>; &amp; vne autre, <lb/><emph type="italics"/>tr<gap/>p e&longs;t auare &agrave; qui Dieu ne &longs;uffit<emph.end type="italics"/>: le Pro&shy;<lb/>phete Royal, <emph type="italics"/>qu&agrave;m dilecta tabernacula <lb/>tua domine virtutum, concupi&longs;cit, &amp; defecit <lb/>anima mea in atria Domini;<emph.end type="italics"/> &amp; puis, <emph type="italics"/>qu&agrave;m <lb/>bonus I&longs;ra&euml;l Deus his qui recto &longs;unt corde:<emph.end type="italics"/><lb/>vn autre, <emph type="italics"/>O Seigneur mon Dieu que tu es <lb/>grand en toute grandeur.<emph.end type="italics"/> A quoy <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> peut <lb/>rapporter les dernieres paroles, par le&longs;&shy;<lb/>quelles plu&longs;ieurs ont finy leur vie, com&shy;<lb/>me celles de Iean Ger&longs;on, <emph type="italics"/>&ocirc; Deus! for&shy;<lb/>tis e&longs;t vt mors dilectio tua,<emph.end type="italics"/> qu'il di&longs;t en <lb/>mourant, apres auoir expliqu&eacute; les 50. <lb/>propr retez de l'amour diuin. </s>







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<s>Saint Louis Roy de France mourut <lb/>en di&longs;ant, <emph type="italics"/>Introibo in domum tuam, adora&shy;<lb/>bo ad Templum &longs;anctum tuum, &amp; confitebor <lb/>nomini tuo<emph.end type="italics"/>: S. <!-- REMOVE S-->Thomas d' Aquin en di&shy;<lb/>&longs;ant, <emph type="italics"/>veni dilecte mi, egrediamur in <expan abbr="agr&utilde;">agrum</expan>:<emph.end type="italics"/><lb/>S. </s>



<s>Fran&ccedil;ois en di&longs;ant, <emph type="italics"/>Educ de cu&longs;todia <lb/>animam meam ad confitendum nominituo, <lb/>me expectant iu&longs;ti donec retribuas mihi.<emph.end type="italics"/><lb/>S. </s>

<s>Xauier en di&longs;ant, <emph type="italics"/>&ocirc; Ie&longs;us Dieu de mon <lb/>c&oelig;ur,<emph.end type="italics"/> S. <!-- REMOVE S-->Ba&longs;ile en di&longs;ant auec plu&longs;ieurs <lb/>autres, &amp; me&longs;me auec no&longs;tre Sauueur, <lb/><emph type="italics"/>in manus tua Domine commendo &longs;piritum <lb/>meum:<emph.end type="italics"/> feu Mon&longs;ieur Gamache, <emph type="italics"/>&amp; an&shy;<lb/>nos &aelig;terno in mente &longs;emper habebo,<emph.end type="italics"/> &amp; S. <!-- REMOVE S--><lb/>Fran&ccedil;ois de Paule, <emph type="italics"/>O Domine Ie&longs;u Chri&shy;<lb/>&longs;te, Pa&longs;tor bone, iu&longs;tos con&longs;erua, peccatores iu&shy;<lb/>&longs;tifica, &amp; omnibus defunctis mi&longs;erere, &amp; <lb/>propitius e&longs;to mihi mi&longs;errimo peccatori:<emph.end type="italics"/> qui <lb/>furent les dernieres paroles de ce grand <lb/>Sainct. </s>



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<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE. II.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'on peut dire que l'on prefere l'ar&shy;<lb/>gent &amp; les autres biens &agrave; la &longs;cience, <lb/>parce qu'il e&longs;t plus ai&longs;&eacute; d'acquerir celle&shy;<lb/>cy par le moyen de ceux l&agrave;, que d'ac&shy;<lb/>querir les biens par la &longs;cience. </s>

<s>Et puis <pb xlink:href="046/01/091.jpg" pagenum="75"/>l'argent e&longs;t plus nece&longs;&longs;aire, &agrave; la vie hu&shy;<lb/>maine, or toute la nature embra&longs;&longs;e <lb/>premierement, &amp; auec plus d'ardeur <lb/>ce qui luy e&longs;t nece&longs;&longs;aire que ce qui ne <lb/>luy &longs;ert que d'ornement. </s>

<s>A quoy il faut <lb/>adjou&longs;ter qu'il n'y a rien qui plai&longs;e da&shy;<lb/>uantage aux hommes que la bonne re&shy;<lb/>putation, &amp; le bon accueil qu'ils re&ccedil;oi&shy;<lb/>uent dans toutes &longs;ortes de compagnies: <lb/>ce qui leur arriue <expan abbr="qu&atilde;d">quand</expan> ils ont cinquan&shy;<lb/>te mille liures de rente, quoy qu'ils ne <lb/>&longs;&ccedil;achent rien, &amp; qu'ils n'ayent nulle <lb/>vertu quiles rende recommandables: <lb/>au lieu que les plus &longs;&ccedil;auans qui &longs;e pui&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ent rencontrer &longs;ont m&eacute;pri&longs;ez, &amp; n'ont <lb/>nul accez <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> les grandes compagnies, <lb/>dans le&longs;quelles ils &longs;ont a&longs;&longs;ez &longs;ouuent <lb/>mal traitez, de &longs;orte qu'ils &longs;ont con&shy;<lb/>traints de &longs;e contenter d'vne crou&longs;te <lb/>de pain, tandis que les autres v&longs;ent des <lb/>mets les plus exquis. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>D'o&ugrave; il e&longs;t ai&longs;&eacute; de conclurre, qu'ils <lb/>ont be&longs;oin d'vne grande <expan abbr="pati&etilde;ce">patience</expan> qu'ils <lb/><expan abbr="peuu&etilde;t">peuuent</expan> acquerir par vne parfaite &longs;oub&shy;<lb/>mi&longs;&longs;ion &agrave; la pronidence de Dieu, &amp; p<gap/><lb/>vne entiere <expan abbr="re&longs;ignati&otilde;">re&longs;ignatiom</expan> de tout ce qu'ils <lb/>&longs;ont, &amp; de tout ce qu'ils peuuent &agrave; la <lb/>volont&eacute; de celuy qui les contemple <pb xlink:href="046/01/092.jpg" pagenum="76"/>dans leur pauuret&eacute;, &amp; qui les aime au&shy;<lb/>tant que les plus riches du monde. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XV.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Peut-on inuenter, &amp; faire vn mouuement <lb/>perpetuel?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>CE &longs;eroit vn grand coup &longs;i l'on pou&shy;<lb/>uoit d&eacute;&longs;abu&longs;er tous ceux qui per&shy;<lb/>dent le temps &agrave; la recherche du mou&shy;<lb/>uement perpetuel artificiel, qu'ils l'em&shy;<lb/>ploya&longs;&longs;ent aux cho&longs;es qui <expan abbr="s&otilde;t">sont</expan> po&longs;&longs;ibles <lb/>&amp; vtiles; car il n'y a nul doute qu'ils <lb/>reu&longs;&longs;iroient en plu&longs;ieurs machines <expan abbr="t&atilde;t">tant</expan> <lb/>pneumatiques, qu'hydiauliques, au&longs;&longs;i <lb/>bien comme font les Chymi&longs;tes en plu&shy;<lb/>&longs;ieurs &longs;els &amp; e&longs;&longs;ences, &longs;i les vns &amp; les <lb/>autres ne trauailloient iamais &agrave; leurs <lb/>inuentions, que la demon&longs;tration ne <lb/>leur eu&longs;t fait voir la po&longs;&longs;ibilit&eacute; de l'exe&shy;<lb/>cution. </s>

<s>Quant aux Ingenieurs, il e&longs;t <lb/>ai&longs;&eacute; de leur per&longs;uader que ce mouue&shy;<lb/>ment e&longs;t impo&longs;&longs;ible, &agrave; rai&longs;on que ce qui <lb/>donne le premier bran&longs;le aux machi&shy;<lb/>nes, ne peut e&longs;tre meu par elles d'vn <lb/>bran&longs;le &eacute;gal de reciprocation, &amp; que <pb xlink:href="046/01/093.jpg" pagenum="77"/>toute &longs;orte de mouuement violent s'al&shy;<lb/>lentit &amp; diminu&euml; tou&longs;iours &longs;a force <lb/>peu &agrave; peu, depuis &longs;on commencement <lb/>ju&longs;ques &agrave; &longs;a fin. </s>

<s>Et puis il e&longs;t plus ai&longs;&eacute; de <lb/>faire tomber les re&longs;&longs;orts que de les rele&shy;<lb/>uer, &amp; nulle cho&longs;e ne peut monter plus <lb/>haut que &longs;a &longs;ource par &longs;es propres for&shy;<lb/>ces: ce qui arriueroit au mouuement <lb/>perpetuel, qui ne peut e&longs;tre, s'il n'a vn <lb/>principe naturel qui &longs;ub&longs;i&longs;te tou&longs;iours <lb/>dans vne &eacute;galit&eacute;, ou qui &longs;oit plus fort <lb/>que les re&longs;&longs;orts, ou les engins qu'il doit <lb/>mouuoir: car nulle cho&longs;e &eacute;gale n'agit <lb/>&longs;ur ce qui luy e&longs;t &eacute;gal. </s>

<s>C'e&longs;t pourquoy <lb/>il ne &longs;uffit pas de dire que ce mouue&shy;<lb/>ment perpetuel n'e&longs;t pas po&longs;&longs;ible, &agrave; rai&shy;<lb/>&longs;on de la matiere dont on v&longs;e, qui ne <lb/>peut pas tou&longs;iours durer, pui&longs;que les <lb/>rai&longs;ons de &longs;on impo&longs;&longs;ibilit&eacute; &longs;e prennent <lb/>de plus loin, &amp; que l'incorruptibilit&eacute; <lb/>de la matiere ne fait rien &agrave; ce &longs;ujet. </s>

<s><lb/>Mais l'on ne peut pas mon&longs;trer en par&shy;<lb/>ticulier en quoy manque chaque <expan abbr="inu&etilde;-tion">inuen&shy;<lb/>tion</expan>, &longs;i l'on ne rapporte toutes les figu&shy;<lb/>res &amp; tous les de&longs;&longs;eins des differentes <lb/>machines que l'on a trouu&eacute;es, ou qui &longs;e <lb/>peuuent rencontrer, affin d'en expli&shy;<lb/>quer les defauts: car l'vn manque &agrave; la <pb xlink:href="046/01/094.jpg" pagenum="78"/>force de l'eau, l'autre &agrave; la connoi&longs;&longs;ance <lb/>de l'air ou &agrave; celle de la force qu'ont les <lb/>poids &longs;ur chaque plan inclin&eacute;: mais <lb/>quoy qu'il en &longs;oit, l <expan abbr="&otilde;">om</expan> en decouure tou&longs;&shy;<lb/>jours l'erreur, encore que cela ne &longs;e fa&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;e pas tou&longs;iours &longs;ans peine, &amp; &longs;ans des <lb/>labeurs qui &longs;ont quelquefois tre&longs;-en&shy;<lb/>nuieux. </s>

<s>L'on tient que Cornelius <lb/>Drebel a trouu&eacute; vne liqueur qu'il en&shy;<lb/>ferme dans vn canal circulaire de ver&shy;<lb/>re, par laquelle il repre&longs;ente le flux &amp; <lb/>le reflux de la mer, &amp; le mouuement <lb/>perpetuel: il e&longs;t ai&longs;&eacute; d'experimenter &longs;i <lb/>l'eau de la mer enferm&eacute;e dans vn an&shy;<lb/>neau de verre retient le <expan abbr="mouuem&etilde;t">mouuement</expan> de <lb/>l'Ocean, &amp; de iuger &longs;i vn tel mouue&shy;<lb/>ment peut &longs;eruir aux mouuemens per&shy;<lb/>petuels des machines, c'e&longs;t pourquoy <lb/>ie n'en parle pas dauantage </s></p><p type="main">

<s>I'adiou&longs;te &longs;eulement qu'il faudroit <lb/>e&longs;&longs;aier &agrave; remarquer &longs;i la mer a quel que <lb/>repos entre &longs;on flux &amp; &longs;on reflux, com&shy;<lb/>me l'on tient qu'il y a vn point, ou vn <lb/>moment de repos entre le mouuement <lb/>droit &amp; le reflechi, &amp; <expan abbr="c&otilde;bien">combien</expan> dure ce re&shy;<lb/>pos, &amp; quelle force a chaque flot, pour <lb/>faire mouuoir des machines. </s>

<s>L'on <lb/>peut dire la me&longs;me cho&longs;e des ondes de <pb xlink:href="046/01/095.jpg" pagenum="79"/>l'air, ou du vent, quoy qu'il &longs;oit beau&shy;<lb/>coup plus difficile d'en reconnoi&longs;tre les <lb/>flux &amp; les reflux, parce qu'ils ne&longs;ont <lb/>pas vi&longs;ibles comme ceux de la mer. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Or ceux qui <expan abbr="de&longs;ir&etilde;t">de&longs;irent</expan> de &longs;e perfection&shy;<lb/>ner, peuuent s'e&longs;tudier &agrave; reconnoi&longs;tre <lb/>les flots, &amp; le flux &amp; reflux du Sang &amp; <lb/>des <expan abbr="pa&longs;&longs;i&otilde;s">pa&longs;&longs;ions</expan> qui affectent le c&oelig;ur, &amp; des <lb/>affections qui agitent l'e&longs;prit d'vn mou&shy;<lb/>uement continuel, afin d'en v&longs;er &longs;eule&shy;<lb/>ment, ou principalement pour faire <lb/>mouuoir les re&longs;&longs;orts qui donnent le <lb/>mouuement aux vertus, &amp; d'arriuer <lb/>par leur moyen au lieu, o&ugrave; le mouue&shy;<lb/>ment perpetuel de l'ame &amp; de la rai&longs;on <lb/>e&longs;t dans le repos perpetuel, &longs;uiuant co <lb/>beau mot de l'Egli&longs;e, <emph type="italics"/>in labore requies, in <lb/>&aelig;&longs;tu temperies, in fletu &longs;olatium; &ocirc; lux bea&shy;<lb/>ti&szlig;ima reple cordis intima tuorum fidelium.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Si l'on pouuoit connoi&longs;tre euidem&shy;<lb/>ment le re&longs;&longs;ort qui donne le mouue&shy;<lb/>ment perpetuel au c&oelig;ur, &amp; qui le fait <lb/>&eacute;largir &amp; re&longs;tre&longs;&longs;ir, ie ne doute nulle&shy;<lb/>ment que l'on arriueroit &agrave; vne grande <lb/>connoi&longs;&longs;ance de la Diuinit&eacute;, &amp; que, l'on <pb xlink:href="046/01/096.jpg" pagenum="80"/>receuroit vn contentement tre&longs;-parti&shy;<lb/>culier; ce qu'il faut e&longs;tendre aux re&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;orts qui font mouuoir toutes les par&shy;<lb/>ties des plantes, &amp; qui tran&longs;portent la <lb/>ro&longs;&eacute;e &amp; la pluye depuis le pied des ar&shy;<lb/>bres iu&longs;ques au haut des <expan abbr="br&atilde;ches">branches</expan>, pour <lb/>les conuertir en mo&uuml;elle, en bois, en e&longs;&shy;<lb/>corce, en fibres, en fleurs, &amp; en fruits. </s>

<s><lb/>Car c'e&longs;t vne cho&longs;e capable de rauir <lb/>tous les hommes, lors que l'on con&longs;ide&shy;<lb/>re que le petit arti&longs;an qui e&longs;t dans cha&shy;<lb/>que plante, &amp; dans chaque animal, <lb/><expan abbr="tr&atilde;&longs;porte">tran&longs;porte</expan> la viande dans toutes les par&shy;<lb/>tie, &longs;ans aucuns engins, gru&euml;s, mouf. </s>

<s><lb/>fles, &amp; poulies, &amp; qu'il l'arrange auec <lb/>tant d'adre&longs;&longs;e dans chaque lieu, depuis <lb/>le bout des pieds iu&longs;ques au haut de la <lb/>te&longs;te, qu'elle ne peut plus e&longs;tre di&longs;tin&shy;<lb/>gu&eacute;e d'auec les parties du corps. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Certes, puis qu'il n'y a nulle indu&longs;trie <lb/>humaine qui pui&longs;&longs;e faire cela, ni qui <lb/>pui&longs;&longs;e former de tels automates, il faut <lb/>nece&longs;&longs;airement auo&uuml;er que l'arti&longs;an <lb/>qui trauaille &agrave; cet ouurage, e&longs;t plus ex&shy;<lb/>cellent que tous les hommes, &amp; que <lb/>c'e&longs;t &agrave; luy &longs;eul qu'il appartient de faire <lb/>des mouuemens perpetuels, de &longs;orte <lb/>qu'il n'y a rien de viuant qui ne nous <pb xlink:href="046/01/097.jpg" pagenum="81"/>mon&longs;tre la pre&longs;ence de Dieu, agi&longs;&longs;ant <lb/>tou&longs;iours en toutes cho&longs;es, &amp; qui ne <lb/>nous exhorte &agrave; nous &eacute;crier auec le P&longs;al&shy;<lb/>mi&longs;te, <emph type="italics"/>mirabilis facta e&longs;t &longs;cientia tua ex me, <lb/>confortata e&longs;t, &amp; non potero ad eam.<emph.end type="italics"/><lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XVI.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>La quadrature du cercle e&longs;t-clle impo&szlig;ible?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>CE&longs;te que&longs;tion e&longs;t extremement <lb/>difficile, car l'on trouue d'excel&shy;<lb/>lens Geometres qui tiennent qu'il n'e&longs;t <lb/>pas po&longs;&longs;ible de trouuer vn quarr&eacute;, dont <lb/>la &longs;urface &longs;oit &eacute;gale &agrave; celle du cercle, <lb/>&amp; d'autres qui tiennent le contraire: <lb/>parce que les premiers croyent que l'on <lb/>ne peut arriuer &agrave; gette connoi&longs;&longs;ance, &agrave; <lb/>rai&longs;on que nous n'auons nuls principes <lb/>qui y meinent, &amp; que ceprobleme ap&shy;<lb/>partenant aux lieux plans ne peut e&longs;tre <lb/>re&longs;olu par le peu de connoi&longs;&longs;ance que <lb/>nous ont lai&longs;&longs;&eacute; les anciens Geometres. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais les autres con&longs;iderants qu'Ar&shy;<lb/>chimede a demon&longs;tr&eacute; la quadrature de <lb/>la parabole, croyent que l'on peut au&longs;&longs;i <lb/>trouuer celle du cercle, puis que la &longs;ur-<pb xlink:href="046/01/098.jpg" pagenum="82"/>face de ladite parabole e&longs;t au&longs;&longs;i bien <lb/>enuironn&eacute;c d'vne ligne courbe d'vn <lb/>co&longs;t&eacute;, que le demy cercle. </s>

<s>Or l'on de&shy;<lb/>mon&longs;tre que le plan, ou l'aire de la pa&shy;<lb/>rabole e&longs;t plus grande d'vn tiers, que le <lb/>triangle, quia me&longs;me hauteur &amp; me&longs;&shy;<lb/>me ba&longs;e que ladite parabole. </s>

<s>Ce qu'Ar&shy;<lb/>chimede a prouu&eacute; par ce theoreme: <lb/><emph type="italics"/>l'extez, par lequel le plus grand e&longs;pace &longs;ur&shy;<lb/>pa&longs;&longs;e le moindre peut e&longs;tre multipli&eacute;, ou com&shy;<lb/>pos&eacute; tant de fois qu'il &longs;urpa&longs;&longs;era toute autre <lb/>&longs;crte d'e&longs;pace donn&eacute;.<emph.end type="italics"/></s><s> Mais ie traiteray plus <lb/><expan abbr="amplem&etilde;t">amplement</expan> des vtilitez de cette &longs;ection <lb/>parabolique dans la 19. que&longs;tion. </s>

<s>Il <lb/>&longs;uffit maintenant de remarquer que le <lb/>triangle, ou le quarr&eacute;, que l'on dit luy <lb/>e&longs;tre &eacute;gal, n'a pas &longs;on circuit &eacute;gal &agrave; ce&shy;<lb/>luy de la parabole, auquel on ne &longs;&ccedil;au&shy;<lb/>roit donner vne ligne droite &eacute;gale, non <lb/>plus qu'au cercle: de &longs;orte qu'il faut en&shy;<lb/>tendre cette &eacute;galit&eacute; des capacitez de <lb/>leurs figures. </s>

<s>Quant &agrave; la quadrature <lb/>du cercle, nul n'a encore demon&longs;tr&eacute; <lb/>qu'elle &longs;oit po&longs;&longs;ible, ou impo&longs;&longs;ible; ce <lb/>qui donne occa&longs;ion &agrave; plu&longs;ieurs de ne <lb/>perdre pas l'e&longs;perance de la pouuoir <lb/>rencontrer. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Or les moyens qui ont &longs;eruy &agrave; trou-<pb xlink:href="046/01/099.jpg" pagenum="83"/>uer celle de la parabole, ne <expan abbr="peuu&etilde;t">peuuent</expan> &longs;er&shy;<lb/>uir au cercle; &amp; nul n'a trouu&eacute; la qua&shy;<lb/>drature de l'hyperbole, &amp; de l'ellip&longs;e, <lb/>de &longs;orte que le cercle n'e&longs;t pas &longs;eul &longs;ans <lb/>quadrature, &amp; l'on peut donner vne in&shy;<lb/>finit&eacute; de lignes courbes, dont les capa&shy;<lb/>citez ne peuuent e&longs;tre quarr&eacute;es par les <lb/>Geometres: quoy que ie ne doute nul&shy;<lb/>lement que les Anges n'en &longs;&ccedil;achent <lb/>le moyen. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE I.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Il vaut beaucoup mieux &longs;'appliquer <lb/>aux parties de la Geometrie, qui &longs;ont <lb/>vtiles, &amp; dans le&longs;quelles on peut de&shy;<lb/>mon&longs;trer plu&longs;ieurs <expan abbr="excell&etilde;s">excellens</expan> theoremes, <lb/>qu'&agrave; ces quadratures; quoy que <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> die <lb/>que quelques-vns ont trouu&eacute; des veri&shy;<lb/>tez tre&longs;-excellentes en les cherchant, <lb/><expan abbr="c&otilde;me">comme</expan> il arriue que les Chymi&longs;tes <expan abbr="trou-u&etilde;t">trou&shy;<lb/>uent</expan> de beaux &longs;ecrets par hazard en cher <lb/>chant la pierre Phy&longs;ique. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>Or l'on peut <lb/>voir plu&longs;ieurs autres cho&longs;es de la qua&shy;<lb/>drature du cercle, &amp; de la proportion <lb/>des polygones qui luy &longs;ont in&longs;crits, &amp; <lb/>circon&longs;crits, dans le 6. chapitre du 4. <lb/>liure de la Verit&eacute; des &longs;ciences, dans le <pb xlink:href="046/01/100.jpg" pagenum="84"/>Cyclometre de Snellius, &amp; dans plu&shy;<lb/>&longs;ieurs autres lieux. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE II.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Encore que l'on eu&longs;t trouu&eacute; geome&shy;<lb/>triquement la quadrature du cercle, <lb/>neantmoins elle ne &longs;eroit pas plus iu&longs;te, <lb/>&amp; ne &longs;eruiroir pas dauantage que celle <lb/>dont v&longs;e mechaniquement, car l'on ap&shy;<lb/>proche &longs;i pr&eacute;s de la iu&longs;te&longs;&longs;e, qu'il ne s'en <lb/>faut pas la cent millie&longs;me partie d'vne <lb/>ligne que le quarr&eacute; ne &longs;oit &eacute;gal au cer&shy;<lb/>cle, encore que &longs;on diametre &longs;oit cent <lb/>fois plus grand que celuy du Ciel des <lb/>e&longs;toiles. </s>

<s>Or peut e&longs;tre que la demon&shy;<lb/>&longs;tration de la vraye quadrature &longs;e peut <lb/>trouuer par le moyen des lignes, &amp; des <lb/>&longs;ections Coniques, puis qu'elles ont <lb/>&longs;erui &agrave; demon&longs;trer la tri&longs;ection de l'an&shy;<lb/>gle, &amp; la duplication du Cube. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XVII.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Les Tali&longs;mans, &amp; les metaux, on les autres <lb/>corps que l'on graue pour attirer les <lb/>influences du Ciel, ont ils quelque <lb/>vertu particuliere?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>AVant que de re&longs;pondre &agrave; la diffi&shy;<lb/>cult&eacute;, il faut remarquer que le <pb xlink:href="046/01/101.jpg" pagenum="85"/>mot <emph type="italics"/>Tali&longs;man,<emph.end type="italics"/> &longs;ignifie vne lame d'or, <lb/>d'argent, de cuiure, de plomb, ou d'au&shy;<lb/>tre matiere, &longs;ur la quelle on graue quel&shy;<lb/>que figure, ou image, &longs;oit d'vn lion, <lb/>d'vn taureau, d'vn &longs;erpent, de Iupiter, <lb/>de Mars, ou de telle autre cho&longs;e que <lb/>l'on veut, &longs;elon le de&longs;&longs;ein que l'on a, <lb/>pour attirer les <expan abbr="influ&etilde;ces">influences</expan> du Ciel, com&shy;<lb/>me &longs;i la figure de Mars, ou de Iupiter <lb/>grau&eacute; dans l'e&longs;tain, ou dans le fer de&shy;<lb/>uoit attirer la vertu de ces deux planet&shy;<lb/>tes. </s>

<s>Ce qui e&longs;t &longs;i ridicule, &amp; &longs;i inepte <lb/>qu'il n'y a plus que les vieilles, &amp; les <lb/>trop credules qui ne s'en moquent <expan abbr="c&otilde;-me">con&shy;<lb/>me</expan> d'vne pure fable: car outre que l'ex&shy;<lb/>perience fait voir que ces graueures &amp; <lb/>ces figures n'ont nulle force, ou aptitu&shy;<lb/>de pour determiner &amp; pour attirer les <lb/>vertus des A&longs;tres, la rai&longs;on y repugne <lb/>entierement, qui me&longs;me per&longs;uade que <lb/>les a&longs;tres <expan abbr="n'&otilde;t">n'ont</expan> pas la force, ni les influen&shy;<lb/>ces <expan abbr="qu'&otilde;">qu'om</expan> leur attribu&euml;, car chaque a&longs;tre <lb/>n'a point d'autre force &longs;ur nous que cel&shy;<lb/>le qu'il exerce auec &longs;a lumiere, &amp; &longs;a <lb/>chaleur; de &longs;orte que &longs;i l'on di&longs;po&shy;<lb/>&longs;oit autant de chandelles autour de <lb/>la terre, comme il y a d'e&longs;toiles au <lb/>Ciel, dont elle fu&longs;t au&longs;&longs;i illumin&eacute;e, &amp; <pb xlink:href="046/01/102.jpg" pagenum="86"/>&eacute;chauff&eacute;e, comme elle e&longs;t par le&longs;di&shy;<lb/>tes e&longs;toiles, nous &longs;entirions les me&longs;mes <lb/>influences; &amp; &longs;i les chandelles lui&longs;oient <lb/>plus fort, leurs influences &longs;eroient plus <lb/>fortes que celles des e&longs;toiles, qu'il ne <lb/>faut pas &longs;'imaginer auoir <expan abbr="&longs;eulem&etilde;t">&longs;eulement</expan> e&longs;t&eacute; <lb/>cr&eacute;es pour la terre, mais pour plu&longs;ieurs <lb/>autres rai&longs;ons que Dieu s'e&longs;t re&longs;eru&eacute;es, <lb/>&amp; que nous connoi&longs;trons au Ciel. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Il faut e&longs;tre merueilleu&longs;ement cre&shy;<lb/>dule pour &longs;e per&longs;uader que des figures <lb/>&eacute;crites, peintes, ou grau&eacute;es dans telle <lb/>matiere que l'on voudra, &amp; &longs;ouz telle <lb/>con&longs;tellation que l'on choi&longs;ira, ayent <lb/>la pui&longs;&longs;ance de cha&longs;&longs;er les be&longs;tes vene&shy;<lb/>neu&longs;es &longs;oit que les Hebreux, les Chal&shy;<lb/>deans, &amp; les Grees en ayent v&longs;&eacute; (com&shy;<lb/>me tiennent ceux qui tirent la diction <lb/>Tali&longs;man du <emph type="italics"/>T&longs;elen,<emph.end type="italics"/> ou de <emph type="italics"/>Tt&longs;atiman<emph.end type="italics"/> ou <lb/>de <emph type="italics"/>T&longs;ilmenia<emph.end type="italics"/> ou du <foreign lang="greek">te\lesma</foreign>, des Grecs, <lb/>&amp; qui di&longs;ent que le Grec <foreign lang="greek">soixei_a</foreign>, &amp; le <lb/><emph type="italics"/>Magner.<emph.end type="italics"/></s><s> Hebra&iuml;que &longs;ignifient la me&longs;me <lb/>cho&longs;e) &amp; que les anciens s'en &longs;oient <lb/>&longs;eruis pour leurs Dieux Tutelaires, &amp; <lb/>pour mettre &agrave; la pro&uuml;e de leurs nauires, <lb/>afin d'empe&longs;cher la tempe&longs;te, apres les <lb/>auoir grau&eacute;es, &amp; dre&longs;&longs;&eacute;es &longs;ouz le &longs;igne <lb/>des poi&longs;&longs;ons, ou que toutes les hi&longs;toires <pb xlink:href="046/01/103.jpg" pagenum="87"/>que l'on en rapporte &longs;oient fau&longs;&longs;es, car <lb/>ceux qui ont experiment&eacute; la grande <lb/>multitude des fau&longs;&longs;etez qui &longs;ont dans <lb/>les hi&longs;toriens, qui parlent des pierres, <lb/>des plantes, ou des autres cho&longs;es natu&shy;<lb/>relles, ou artificielles, &amp; me&longs;me dans <lb/>les &eacute;crits des Philo&longs;ophes, qui ne de&shy;<lb/>uroient rien &eacute;crire que de bien a&longs;&longs;eur&eacute;, <lb/>ne doiuent pas &longs;e lai&longs;&longs;er &longs;urprendre par <lb/>les di&longs;cours fabuleux que l'on lit de la <lb/>force des caracteres, &amp; des Tali&longs;mans <lb/>dans Albert, Cardan, Galeotus, Para&shy;<lb/>cel&longs;e, Ficin, Crollius, &amp; ailleurs. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais il n'e&longs;t pas nece&longs;&longs;aire d'auertir <lb/>les <expan abbr="&longs;&ccedil;au&atilde;s">&longs;&ccedil;auans</expan> de ces erreurs, puis qu'ils &longs;ont <lb/>a&longs;&longs;ez &longs;ages pour ne croire rien de tous <lb/>ces contes, s'ils ni &longs;ont forcez par l'ex&shy;<lb/>perience, qui nous d&eacute;couure tou&longs;iours <lb/>la fau&longs;&longs;et&eacute; de plu&longs;ieurs cho&longs;es, quoy <lb/>qu'on les aye tenu&euml;s iu&longs;ques &agrave; pre&longs;ent <lb/>pour tre&longs;-veritables, &amp; qui conuaincra <lb/>perpetuellement que les Tali&longs;mans <lb/>n'ont nulle vertu, comme ie pourray <lb/>mon&longs;trer dans le Trait&eacute; de la force de <lb/>l'imagination. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Il y a de certaines per&longs;onnes trop <pb xlink:href="046/01/104.jpg" pagenum="88"/>&longs;crupuleu&longs;es, comme il y en a de trop <lb/>libertines, mais il faut que la rai&longs;on &eacute;&shy;<lb/>clair&eacute;e de la Foy diuine fa&longs;&longs;e reuenir <lb/>les vns &amp; les autres au milieu, dans le&shy;<lb/>quel con&longs;i&longs;te ordinairement la vertu. </s>

<s><lb/>Or puis que l'on rencontre des Philo&shy;<lb/>&longs;ophes, qui maintiennent la force des <lb/>Tali&longs;mans, dont nous venons de par&shy;<lb/>ler, &amp; qui l'appuyent de rai&longs;ons, &amp; <lb/>d'experiences, il n'y a nul doute qu'vn <lb/>Philo&longs;ophe Chre&longs;tien peut expre&longs;&longs;e&shy;<lb/>ment en faire les experiences, afin de <lb/>d&eacute;&longs;abu&longs;er les &longs;imples, qui croyent la <lb/>plus grande partie de tout ce qu'ils li&shy;<lb/>&longs;ent dans les liures, &longs;ans pa&longs;&longs;er &agrave; l'exa&shy;<lb/>men que font les &longs;&ccedil;auans de tout ce <lb/>qu'ils &longs;oup&ccedil;onnent de fau&longs;&longs;et&eacute;; &amp; afin <lb/>qu'il de&longs;trui&longs;e les ob&longs;eruations preten&shy;<lb/>du&euml;s (qui iont pri&longs;es de quelques rela&shy;<lb/>tions hi&longs;toriques, la plu&longs;part fabuleu&shy;<lb/>&longs;es) par de veritables experiences, qui <lb/>&longs;oient &longs;ans reproche, &amp; qui guari&longs;&longs;ent <lb/>la foible&longs;&longs;e des e&longs;prits trop credules. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Si &longs;on fait cela', ie m'a&longs;&longs;eure que l'on <lb/>n'attribu&euml;ra plus de&longs;ormais nulle vertu <lb/>aux Tali&longs;mans, &amp; que leurs deffen&longs;eurs <lb/>confe&longs;&longs;eront ingenu&euml;ment qu'ils n'en <lb/>auoient pas fait l'examen. </s>

<s>Ce qui &longs;e <pb xlink:href="046/01/105.jpg" pagenum="89"/>doit au&longs;&longs;i entendre de la Chiromantie, <lb/>de l'A&longs;trologie Iudiciaire, de la Geo&shy;<lb/>mantie, &amp; de plu&longs;ieurs autres badine&shy;<lb/>ries dont l'e&longs;tude, &amp; l'exercice e&longs;t tout <lb/>&agrave; fait indigne d <gap/>n honne&longs;te homme. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XVIII.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Les Camaieux, ou Gamahez ont-ils quelque <lb/>force, ou quelque &longs;ignification?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'On appelle les Agathes, &amp; les au&shy;<lb/>tres pierres, &longs;ur le&longs;quelles il &longs;e ren&shy;<lb/>contre naturellement des figures gra&shy;<lb/>u&eacute;es, &amp; en bo&longs;&longs;e, <emph type="italics"/>Gamah&eacute;,<emph.end type="italics"/> ou <emph type="italics"/>Camaieux,<emph.end type="italics"/><lb/>&longs;oit que les figures &longs;oient color&eacute;es, ou <lb/>&longs;ans couleur; dont on void plu&longs;ieurs <lb/>experiences en diuers lieux, comme <lb/>dans la &longs;ale des antiques du Louure, <lb/>dans laquelle il y a vne pierre, o&ugrave; l'on <lb/>void la peinture d'vn pigeon, &amp; dans <lb/>plu&longs;ieurs marbres, qui ont des figures <lb/>qui repre&longs;entent en quelque fa&ccedil;on des <lb/>mai&longs;ons, des villes, des images de la <lb/>Vierge, ou de no&longs;tre Seigneur, &amp;c. </s>

<s>I'ay <lb/>dit <emph type="italics"/>en quelque facon,<emph.end type="italics"/> parce qu'elles &longs;ont <lb/>tou&longs;iours &longs;i defectueu&longs;es, qu'il e&longs;t be-<pb xlink:href="046/01/106.jpg" pagenum="90"/>&longs;oin que l'imagination &longs;uppl&eacute;e la plus <lb/>grande partie des traits, &amp; des linea&shy;<lb/>mens. </s>

<s>A quoy l'on peut rapporter les <lb/>differentes lettres Grecques, ou Lati&shy;<lb/>nes, &amp; les mots de Mu&longs;ique que l'on <lb/>remarque &longs;ur les coquilles de mer, &amp; <lb/>&longs;ur les ai&longs;les des papillons, les aigles <lb/>qui &longs;e trouuent &longs;ur le plan des branches <lb/>de fougere apres que l'on les a coup&shy;<lb/>p&eacute;es, &amp; les Soleils qui &longs;ont &longs;ur les pate&shy;<lb/>no&longs;tres faites de guy de che&longs;ne, &amp; mil&shy;<lb/>le autres &longs;ortes de figures qui &longs;e <expan abbr="r&etilde;con-trent">rencon&shy;<lb/>trent</expan> dans les plantes, <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> les animaux, <lb/>&amp; dans les pierres, &longs;uiuant les differents <lb/>degrez de coction de leur matiere, &amp; <lb/>les differents atomes, dont elles &longs;ont <lb/>compo&longs;&eacute;es. </s>

<s>Ie lai&longs;&longs;e les differentes fi&shy;<lb/>gures que font les vapeurs, les fum&eacute;es, <lb/>&amp; les nu&euml;s, parce qu'elles ne &longs;ont pas <lb/>fixes comme les autres, &amp; qu'elles ont <lb/>encore be&longs;oin d'vne plus grande force <lb/>de l'imagination: de l&agrave; vient que l'on <lb/>&longs;e figure qua&longs;i tout ce que l'on veut <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> <lb/>les nu&euml;s, comme dans le &longs;on des clo&shy;<lb/>ches. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais la principale difficult&eacute; qui &longs;e <lb/>rencontre dans les camaieux &amp; dans <lb/>toutes les figures precedentes, con&longs;i&longs;te <pb xlink:href="046/01/107.jpg" pagenum="91"/>&agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir &longs;i elles ont quelque plus gran&shy;<lb/>de vertu que les caracteres, &amp; les figu&shy;<lb/>res des <emph type="italics"/>Tali&longs;mans,<emph.end type="italics"/> dont nous auons par&shy;<lb/>l&eacute;: car encore que l'on pin&longs;&longs;e s'imagi&shy;<lb/>ner que la figure du <expan abbr="Scorpi&otilde;">Scorpiom</expan> empremte <lb/>par la nature &longs;ur vne pierre, pur&longs;&longs;e tirer <lb/>le venin de la playe que le vray <expan abbr="Scorpi&otilde;">Scorpiom</expan> <lb/>a faite, afin qu'elle &longs;e nourri&longs;&longs;e, &amp; s'aug&shy;<lb/>mente tant qu'elle pourra, pour &longs;e <lb/>changer dans la nature de l'animal <lb/>qu'elle repre&longs;ente, comme l'on tient <lb/>qu'il e&longs;t arriue &agrave; plu&longs;ieurs figures de cra&shy;<lb/>paux, qui ont peu &agrave; peu engendr&eacute; ces <lb/>animaux, neantmoins cela e&longs;t d'vne <lb/>trop grande con&longs;equence pour s'arre&shy;<lb/>&longs;ter &agrave; cette rai&longs;on, &amp; &agrave; ces phenomnes <lb/>que l'on n'a pas encore a&longs;&longs;ez bien exa&shy;<lb/>minez: or l'on perd le temps &agrave; faire la <lb/>recherche des rai&longs;ons, &amp; des cau&longs;es d'v&shy;<lb/>ne cho&longs;e, dont on n'e&longs;t pas a&longs;&longs;eur&eacute;, &amp; <lb/>dont on n'a pas remarqu&eacute; vne a&longs;&longs;ez <lb/>grande multitude de circon&longs;tances, car <lb/>le m'a&longs;&longs;eure que nul de tous ceux qui <lb/>s'effor&ccedil;ent de tronuer la rai&longs;on de ces <lb/>phenomenes, n'en a iamais fait l'e&longs;&longs;ay: <lb/>&amp; &longs;i l'on examinoit tout ce que Crol&shy;<lb/>lius, &amp; les autres Chymi&longs;tes &amp; Na&shy;<lb/>turali&longs;tes ont &eacute;crit des differentes &longs;i-<pb xlink:href="046/01/108.jpg" pagenum="92"/>gnatures des plantes, &amp; de leurs effets <lb/>&eacute;s maladies, ie ne doute nullement <lb/>que de cent cho&longs;es qu'ils auancent har&shy;<lb/>diment, l'on n'en trouueroit pas quatre <lb/>de veritables. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE I.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Pali&longs;&longs;y maintient que toutes les fi&shy;<lb/>gures des pierres, &amp; des bois &longs;e forment <lb/>par la de&longs;cente, &amp; l'&eacute;gout des eaux <expan abbr="c&otilde;-gelatiues">con&shy;<lb/>gelatiues</expan>, qui engendrent &amp; nourri&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ent les poi&longs;&longs;ons dans la mer, les ani&shy;<lb/>maux, &amp; les plantes dans la terre, qu'el&shy;<lb/>les conuertiroient toutes en pierre, &longs;i <lb/>elle nageoient <expan abbr="ded&atilde;s">dedans</expan>, &amp; que les pierres <lb/>s'engendrent dans nos corps par la &longs;eu&shy;<lb/>le vertu de cette eau, dont i'ay parl&eacute; <lb/>plus amplement dans la 6. que&longs;tion. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE. II.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Les Peintres appellent <emph type="italics"/>Camaieux,<emph.end type="italics"/> les <lb/>crayons qu'ils font d'vne &longs;eule couleur <lb/>&longs;oit rouge, ou noire, &amp;c. </s>

<s>c'e&longs;t ce que <lb/>Pline appelle <emph type="italics"/>Monochrome,<emph.end type="italics"/> quoy que <lb/>l'on y pui&longs;&longs;e adjou&longs;ter plu&longs;ieurs cou&shy;<lb/>leurs di&longs;tinctes, pourueu qu'elles ne <pb xlink:href="046/01/109.jpg" pagenum="93"/>&longs;oient pas me&longs;l&eacute;es, comme l'on fait aux <lb/>&longs;igures des chartes, qui ne &longs;ont point <lb/>ombrag&eacute;es, car les ombres commen&shy;<lb/>cent &agrave; rendre la peinture plus excellen&shy;<lb/>te, quoy qu'elle manque encore des <lb/>douces tran&longs;itions, qui confondent tel&shy;<lb/>lement les couleurs que l'on n'en peut <lb/>reconnoi&longs;tre la di&longs;tinction. </s>

<s>Surquoy <lb/>Loys de Montioye remarque dans le <lb/>trait&eacute; qu'il a fait de la Peinture, que la <lb/>di&longs;pute qu' Apelles cut auec Protoge&shy;<lb/>ne &agrave; Rhodes, &longs;e doit entendre de cet <lb/>addouci&longs;&longs;ement de couleurs, qui fait <lb/>perdre in&longs;en&longs;iblement les vnes dans les <lb/>autres, &amp; non des &longs;imples lignes, dont <lb/>les plus habiles mai&longs;tres ne <expan abbr="f&otilde;t">font</expan> nul &eacute;tat, <lb/>comme il prouue par l'authorit&eacute; de Mi&shy;<lb/>chel Ange Bonarot, Rapha&euml;l Vrbin, <lb/>Saluiat, Polidore, de Parmes, &amp; du <lb/>Titian: quoy que l'on pui&longs;&longs;e peut-e&longs;tre <lb/>mieux expliquer ce pa&longs;&longs;age du 5. cha&shy;<lb/>pitre du 35. liure de Pline, du traict, qui <lb/>fait reconnoi&longs;tre l'excellente main, &amp; <lb/>l'heureu&longs;e imagination des Peintres. </s>

<s><lb/>Mais il merite d'e&longs;tre leu, afin de con&longs;i&shy;<lb/>derer la lumiere, la &longs;plendeur, ou le <expan abbr="t&otilde;">tom</expan>, <lb/>&amp; ce qu'il appelle <emph type="italics"/>l'Armoge<emph.end type="italics"/> dans les ta&shy;<lb/>bleaux; car il veut que le ton &longs;oit la <pb xlink:href="046/01/110.jpg" pagenum="94"/>partie, o&ugrave; la couleur a plus de force, &amp; <lb/>qu il &longs;oit entre la lumiere ou le clair de <lb/>la couleur, &amp; entre l'ombre, &amp; que l'<emph type="italics"/>Ar&shy;<lb/>moge<emph.end type="italics"/> &longs;erue pour pa&longs;&longs;er d'vne couleur &agrave; <lb/>l'autre, comme le demy ton &longs;ert pour <lb/>pa&longs;&longs;er du ton graue &agrave; l'aigu: c'e&longs;t ce qui <lb/>re&longs;pond aux nuances des Brodeurs, &amp; <lb/>des Tapi&longs;&longs;iers. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XIX.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>A quoy &longs;eruent les &longs;ections Coniques, &amp; <lb/>quel peut e&longs;tre leur v&longs;age?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'V&longs;age des &longs;ections, &amp; des lignes <lb/>Coniques e&longs;t &longs;i general, &amp; &longs;i mer&shy;<lb/>ueilleux, qu'il e&longs;t difficile que ceux qui <lb/><expan abbr="n'&etilde;">n'em</expan> &longs;&ccedil;auent pas la nature &amp; les proprie&shy;<lb/>tez, le croyent, comme il e&longs;t ai&longs;&eacute; de <lb/>conclurre par ce petit di&longs;cours que ie <lb/>commence par la con&longs;ideration de la <lb/>&longs;ection, ou de la ligne hyperbolique, <lb/>dont vne ligne droite s'approche tou&shy;<lb/>&longs;iours de plus en plus, &longs;ans qu'elle pui&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;e iamais la rencontrer. </s>

<s>Elle &longs;ert au&longs;&longs;i <lb/>pour faire, &amp; pour conduire des all&eacute;es, <lb/>des berceaux, &amp; des galleries qui pa-<pb xlink:href="046/01/111.jpg" pagenum="95"/>roi&longs;tront tou&longs;iours d'&eacute;gale largeur, en&shy;<lb/>core que l'&oelig;il &longs;oit &eacute;loign&eacute; de <expan abbr="c&etilde;t">cent</expan> lieu&euml;s, <lb/>ou dauantage de leurs extremitez, ou <lb/>des autres endroits, qui <expan abbr="born&etilde;t">bornent</expan> &longs;a veu&euml;, <lb/>comme Aguilon demon&longs;tre dans le 4. <lb/>liure de &longs;on optique, prop. 

47. ce que <lb/>l'on peut encore appliquer aux autres <lb/>lignes des &longs;ections coniques, qui &longs;ont <lb/>tre&longs;-ai&longs;ees &agrave; d&eacute;crire par les differentes <lb/>manieres que Mon&longs;ieur Mydorge &agrave; <expan abbr="d&otilde;-n&eacute;es">don&shy;<lb/>n&eacute;es</expan> dans &longs;on 2. liure des Coniques. </s>

<s><lb/>Cette ligne &longs;ert encore pour les mi&shy;<lb/>roirs, car elle rama&longs;&longs;e dans &longs;on foyer in&shy;<lb/>terieur tous les rayons de la lumiere, <lb/>qui vont aboutir &agrave; &longs;on foyer exterieur, <lb/>comme la glace parabolique rama&longs;&longs;e <lb/>tous les rayons qu'elle re&ccedil;oit paralle&shy;<lb/>les, dans le &longs;ien; &amp; comme l'elliptique <lb/>renuoie tous ceux qui partent de l'vn <lb/>de &longs;es foyers &agrave; l'autre. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais la ligne hyperbolique e&longs;t enco&shy;<lb/>re plus admirable dans les lunettes, &amp; <lb/>dans la refraction, que dans les miroirs, <lb/>&amp; dans la reflexion, car elle fait dans <lb/>les diafanes ce que fait la parabolique <lb/>dans les opaques, puis qu'elle rama&longs;&longs;e <lb/>dans vn &longs;eul poinct, ou dans vn &longs;eul fo&shy;<lb/>yer tous les rayons paralleles qu'elle <pb xlink:href="046/01/112.jpg" pagenum="96"/>re&ccedil;oit: c'e&longs;t pourquoi les Lunettiers de&shy;<lb/>uroient faire les verres de leurs lunet&shy;<lb/>tes de longue veu&euml; en forme d'hyper&shy;<lb/>bole conuexe, afin de multiplier la <expan abbr="gr&atilde;-deur">gran&shy;<lb/>deur</expan> apparente des objets tant qu'ils <lb/>voudroient, &amp; de nous faire voir claire&shy;<lb/>ment tout ce qui e&longs;t dans le Soleil, &amp; <lb/>dans les autres corps cele&longs;tes. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Quant &agrave; l'v&longs;age de cette ligne, &amp; des <lb/>2 autres (&agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir de la parabolique, &amp; <lb/>de l'elliptique) dans la de&longs;cription des <lb/>lignes horaires, des horloges, &amp; de la <lb/>Gnomonique, ou Scioterique, il e&longs;t tre&longs;&shy;<lb/>grand, &amp; e&longs;t au&longs;&longs;i agreable qu'il e&longs;t <lb/>nece&longs;&longs;aire, comme l'on peut voir dans <lb/>les 3. liures qu'a fait Maurolic des hor&shy;<lb/>loges, &amp; particulierement dans le 3. o&ugrave; <lb/>il donne la maniere de les d&eacute;crire, &amp; <lb/>vne partie de leurs proprietez. </s>

<s>Ie lai&longs;&longs;e <lb/>plu&longs;ieurs autres particularitez de ces <lb/>lignes: par exemple, que l'on en peut <lb/>v&longs;er pour bru&longs;ler iu&longs;ques &agrave; l'infiny, <expan abbr="c&otilde;-me">con&shy;<lb/>me</expan> i'ay remarqu&eacute; ailleurs: qu'elles &longs;er&shy;<lb/>uent pour expliquer la maniere dont &longs;e <lb/>fait la vi&longs;ion, &amp; dont le Soleil, &amp; les <lb/>autres a&longs;tres agi&longs;&longs;ent auec leurs rayons, <lb/>dautant qu'elles meritent vn liure <lb/>entier. </s></p><pb xlink:href="046/01/113.jpg" pagenum="97"/><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'on trouuera plu&longs;ieurs proprietez <lb/>de&longs;dites &longs;ections Coniques dans le 16. <lb/>chap.du 4.liure de la Verit&eacute; des Scien&shy;<lb/>ces; dans le 6. chap. </s>

<s>de la 2. partie de <lb/>l'Impiet&eacute; des Dei&longs;tes, o&ugrave; neuf e&longs;peces <lb/>de miroirs &longs;ont expliqu&eacute;es, &amp; dans le <lb/>13. chap. </s>

<s>de. </s>

<s>la 25. objection que font <lb/>les impies contre l'exi&longs;tence de la Di&shy;<lb/>uinit&eacute;, o&ugrave; les proprietez, &amp; la fabrique <lb/>des miroirs paraboliques &longs;ont expli&shy;<lb/>qu&eacute;es: de &longs;orte qu'il n'e&longs;t pasicy nece&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;aire d'vn plus long di&longs;cours. </s>

<s>Et &longs;i l'on <lb/>veut &longs;'in&longs;truire plus amplement de ces <lb/>lignes, &amp; de tout ce qui leur <expan abbr="apparti&etilde;t">appartient</expan>, <lb/>il faut lire l'Apollonius Perg&aelig;us, &amp; les <lb/>liures des <expan abbr="&longs;ecti&otilde;s">&longs;ections</expan> Coniques de <expan abbr="M&otilde;&longs;ieur">Mon&longs;ieur</expan> <lb/>Mydorge, que tous les &longs;&ccedil;auans de&shy;<lb/>uroient prier de donner les 6. derniers <lb/>liures qu'il a promis, afin de jo&uuml;ir de <lb/>ce chef-d'&oelig;uure, &amp; de s'en &longs;eruir en <lb/>mille occa&longs;ions. <pb xlink:href="046/01/114.jpg" pagenum="98"/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XX.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>A &longs;&ccedil;auoir &longs;i l'on peut lire dans les a&longs;tres par <lb/>le moyen des miroirs, &amp; &longs;i l'on peut <lb/>connoi&longs;tre les cho&longs;es futures <lb/>dans les E&longs;toiles?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>QVelques-vns &longs;e &longs;ont imaginez <lb/>que l'on pouuoit lire dans la Lune <lb/>par le moyen de 2. ou plu&longs;ieurs miroirs, <lb/>dont l'vn porte les characteres ju&longs;ques <lb/>&agrave; cet a&longs;tre, &amp; l'autre les re&ccedil;oit par la re&shy;<lb/>flexion de ladite Lune, &amp; les renuoye <lb/>&agrave; l'&oelig;il; Agrippa s'e&longs;t vant&eacute; dans &longs;es li&shy;<lb/>ures d'en &longs;&ccedil;auoir le &longs;ecret, &amp; plu&longs;ieurs <lb/>autres di&longs;ent qu'on a fait &longs;&ccedil;auoir des <lb/>nouuelles bien &longs;ecretes par ce moyen, <lb/>&agrave; ceux qui e&longs;toient bien &eacute;loignez; mais <lb/>s'ils parlent tout &agrave; bon, ils &longs;e trompent <lb/>lourdement, car encore que l'on peu&longs;t <lb/>enuoyer <expan abbr="l'&otilde;bre">l'ombre</expan>, ou la lumiere des cha&shy;<lb/>racteres que l'on forme &longs;ur les glaces <lb/>des miroirs auec de la cireou du papier, <lb/>&amp; que la Lune fu&longs;t vn corps &longs;i poli, <lb/>qu'elle peu&longs;t renuoyer les me&longs;mes cha&shy;<lb/>racteres ju&longs;ques &agrave; terre, &amp; &longs;ur l'autre <pb xlink:href="046/01/115.jpg" pagenum="99"/>glace, les rayons de&longs;dits characteres <lb/>&longs;eroient &longs;i affoiblis, qu'il &longs;eroit impo&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ible de les apperceuoir. </s>

<s>D'ailleurs, <lb/>encore que l'on &longs;uppo&longs;a&longs;t que la Lune <lb/>fu&longs;t ronde, plate, ou creu&longs;e, l'on ne <lb/>peut e&longs;tablir le lieu pour po&longs;er le miroir <lb/>&longs;i &agrave; propos, que la reflexion de la Lune <lb/>&longs;e face dedans? </s>

<s>Mais il n'e&longs;t pas nece&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;aire de <expan abbr="m'e&longs;t&etilde;dreicy">m'e&longs;tendreicy</expan> plus amplement, <lb/>puis qu'il n'y &agrave; nul homme &longs;&ccedil;auant, &amp; <lb/>judicieux, qui ne &longs;&ccedil;ache que cette ma&shy;<lb/>niere de communiquer les pen&longs;&eacute;es au <lb/>loin, n'e&longs;t pas po&longs;&longs;ible. </s>

<s>Si ces vanteurs <lb/>&longs;&ccedil;auoient le &longs;ecret, &amp; la pui&longs;&longs;ance des <lb/>diaphanes, ils eu&longs;&longs;ent plu&longs;to&longs;t dit que <lb/>l'on eu&longs;t peu lire dans la Lune, &longs;'il s'y <expan abbr="r&etilde;-controit">ren&shy;<lb/>controit</expan> quelque &eacute;criture, quoy que <lb/>I'on pui&longs;&longs;e s'imaginer des miroirs &longs;i <lb/>grands, &amp; &longs;i parfaits, qu'ils repre&longs;ente&shy;<lb/>ront tout ce qui e&longs;t dans les a&longs;tres a&longs;&longs;ez <lb/>di&longs;tinctement pour e&longs;tre apperceu de <lb/>l'&oelig;il: mais l'execution n'e&longs;t pas dans la <lb/>pui&longs;&longs;ance des hommes. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Or la que&longs;tion ayant deux parties, il <lb/>faut &longs;atisfaite &agrave; la &longs;econde, qui appar&shy;<lb/>tient &agrave; l'A&longs;trologie, que quelques-vns <lb/>croyent auoir e&longs;&longs;&eacute; pratiqu&eacute;e par les <lb/>premiers Patriarches, qui ont veu, &amp; <pb xlink:href="046/01/116.jpg" pagenum="100"/>leu, di&longs;ent-ils, les cho&longs;es futures <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> les <lb/>e&longs;toiles: Surquoy ie dy premierement <lb/>que nous n'auons nulle rai&longs;on d'&eacute;tablir <lb/>cette lecture, puis que Iacob l'vn des <lb/>plus grands Patriarches, &amp; amis de <lb/>Dieu, ny ceux de &longs;on temps n'ont point <lb/>leu dans les e&longs;toiles, que la famine <lb/>deu&longs;t durer 7. ans, <expan abbr="autrem&etilde;t">autrement</expan> ils eu&longs;&longs;ent <lb/>fait vne &longs;i bonne proui&longs;ion qu'ils n'eu&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ent pas e&longs;t&eacute; contraints d'enuoyer en <lb/>&AElig;gypte pour achepter du froment. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Quant &agrave; ce qu'on rapporte que Lia <lb/>nomma &longs;on fils <emph type="italics"/>Gad,<emph.end type="italics"/> parce qu'il e&longs;toit <lb/>n&eacute; &longs;ouz Iupiter, que l'on appelle <emph type="italics"/>bonne <lb/>fortune,<emph.end type="italics"/> cela n'e&longs;t pas &longs;i <expan abbr="c&otilde;&longs;tant">con&longs;tant</expan> que l'on <lb/>en pui&longs;&longs;e tirer aucune conclu&longs;ion pour <lb/>l'&eacute;criture des e&longs;toiles: &amp; &longs;i l'on fait re&shy;<lb/>flexion &longs;ur les Cometes, &amp; &longs;ur les figu&shy;<lb/>res que l'on remar que dans le Ciel, ou <lb/>dans les nu&euml;s, l'on aduo&uuml;era qu'elles ne <lb/><expan abbr="fignifi&etilde;t">fignifient</expan> point les cho&longs;es futures, ou que <lb/>cette <expan abbr="&longs;ignificati&otilde;">&longs;ignificatiom</expan> ne peut e&longs;tre connu&euml; <lb/>par les hommes: de l&agrave; vient qu'ils &longs;e <lb/>trompent qua&longs;i tou&longs;iours, <expan abbr="qu&atilde;dils">quandils</expan> pre&shy;<lb/>di&longs;ent ce qui doit arriuer apres tous ces <lb/>&longs;ignes. </s>

<s>Il faut dire la me&longs;me cho&longs;e des <lb/>e&longs;toiles, car encore que les Cieux &longs;oient <lb/>comparez &agrave; des liures, &amp; &agrave; des voix, qui <pb xlink:href="046/01/117.jpg" pagenum="101"/>racontent la gloire de Dieu, &amp; que l'on <lb/>pui&longs;&longs;e s'imaginer que les lettres He&shy;<lb/>bra&iuml;ques, ou Arabe&longs;ques &longs;ont repre&shy;<lb/>&longs;ent&eacute;es par les differentes di&longs;po&longs;itions <lb/>des e&longs;toiles, &amp; des planettes, neant&shy;<lb/>moins il n'y a nul moyen de lire, ou de <lb/>trouuer quelle a e&longs;t&eacute; l'intention de <lb/>Dieu, lors qu'il les a ain&longs;i di&longs;po&longs;&eacute;es; &amp; <lb/>con&longs;equemment elles ne nous peuuent <lb/>&longs;eruir pour &longs;&ccedil;auoir les cho&longs;es futures. </s>

<s><lb/>A quoy <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> peut adjou&longs;ter que les e&longs;toi&shy;<lb/>les e&longs;tant tou&longs;iours en me&longs;me di&longs;po&longs;i&shy;<lb/>tion ne &longs;ignifient qu'vne me&longs;me cho&longs;e, <lb/>&amp; partant que l'on ne peut &longs;&ccedil;auoir &longs;i ce <lb/>qu'elles repre&longs;entent e&longs;t pa&longs;&longs;&eacute;, ou fu&shy;<lb/>tur. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Car encore que l'on pui&longs;&longs;e dire que <lb/>le changement des Planettes change <lb/>les dictions, nous n'auons iamais veu <lb/>d'hommes qui en pui&longs;&longs;ent lire aucunes <lb/>dans les cieux, &amp; nous experimentons <lb/>que les plus &longs;&ccedil;auans du monde &longs;e mo&shy;<lb/>quent de cette lecture, comme d'vne <lb/>fable: ce qui &longs;uffit pour per&longs;uader aux <lb/>bons e&longs;prits que tout ce que les Rabins, <lb/>&amp; les autres ont aduanc&eacute; &longs;ur cette ma&shy;<lb/>tiere, e&longs;t &longs;ans nul fondement. </s>

<s>Mais ie <lb/>parle plus amplement de l'A&longs;trologie <pb xlink:href="046/01/118.jpg" pagenum="102"/>dans vn autre lieu. </s>

<s>Quant aux miroirs, <lb/>l'on peut voir ce qui e&longs;t dans le 13.chap. </s>

<s><lb/>de la 25. objection, que i'ay de&longs;ia cit&eacute; <lb/>dans le Corollaire precedent, &amp; en plu&shy;<lb/>&longs;ieurs autres endroits, o&ugrave; i'en traite. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XXI.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>La lumiere e&longs;t-elle vi&longs;ible, &amp; di&longs;tincte des <lb/>couleurs? </s>

<s>il e&longs;t au&longs;si parl&eacute; des corps <lb/>terre&longs;tres qui ont de la lumie&shy;<lb/>re en eux.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>CEtte que&longs;tion e&longs;t difficile en &longs;es <lb/>deux parties, car encore que la lu&shy;<lb/>miere pour grande qu'elle pui&longs;&longs;e e&longs;tre, <lb/>ne &longs;e voye point dans le foyer des mi&shy;<lb/>roirs ardens, qui bru&longs;lent par reflexion, <lb/>ou par refraction, iu&longs;ques &agrave; ce que l'on <lb/>y applique vn corps opaque, qui le face <lb/>paroi&longs;tre, neantmoins on la void quand <lb/>elle e&longs;t reflechie, lors que l'on regarde <lb/>directement le Soleil. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>Or l'on peut di&shy;<lb/>re qu elle n'e&longs;t pas vi&longs;ible quand elle <lb/>n'e&longs;t pas receu&euml;, ou termin&eacute;e par vn <lb/>corps brute, &amp; opaque, comme l'on ex&shy;<lb/>perimente dans les endroits de l'air, o&ugrave; <pb xlink:href="046/01/119.jpg" pagenum="103"/>elle e&longs;t &longs;i forte qu'elle bru&longs;le, car enco&shy;<lb/>re que toute la lumiere du Soleil, ou <lb/>vne autre plus grande &longs;e trouua&longs;t dans <lb/>le <emph type="italics"/>focus<emph.end type="italics"/> d'vn miroir, il &longs;eroit impo&longs;&longs;ible <lb/>de la voir, &longs;i l'on n'appliquoit quelque <lb/>corps opaque qui la peu&longs;t reflechir iu&longs;&shy;<lb/>ques &agrave; l'&oelig;il. </s>

<s>Mais il faut remarquer <lb/>que ce corps opaque ne doit pas e&longs;tre <lb/>poli, parce que toute &longs;orte de poli&longs;&longs;ure <lb/>repre&longs;ente <expan abbr="&longs;eulem&etilde;t">&longs;eulement</expan> l'image du Soleil, <lb/>particulierement &longs;i elle e&longs;t parfaicte, <lb/>comme l'on experimente aux miroirs <lb/>plats, le&longs;quels e&longs;tant expo&longs;ez aux <expan abbr="rav&otilde;s">ravons</expan> <lb/>du Soleil, en repre&longs;entent tellement <lb/>l'image, que l'on n'apper&ccedil;oit ny lumie&shy;<lb/>re, ny glace de miroir, de &longs;orte que <lb/>ceux qui ne &longs;&ccedil;auent pas &longs;i l'on a e&longs;tably <lb/>ladite glace au lieu o&ugrave; elle e&longs;t, croyent <lb/>que c e&longs;t le corps du Soleil. <!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>D'o&ugrave; il e&longs;t ai&longs;&eacute; de conclurre que &longs;i <lb/>tous les corps opaques e&longs;toient parfai&shy;<lb/>tement polis, que l'on ne verroit que la <lb/>&longs;eule image du Soleil en quelque lieu <lb/>que l'on peu&longs;t regarder: de &longs;orte qu'il <lb/>n'y a que l'&eacute;galit&eacute; des &longs;urfaces qui em&shy;<lb/>pe&longs;che que cette image ne &longs;e forme di&shy;<lb/>&longs;tinctement, car elle e&longs;t la &longs;ource de la <lb/>confu&longs;ion, comme l'&eacute;galit&eacute; l'e&longs;t de la <pb xlink:href="046/01/120.jpg" pagenum="104"/>di&longs;tinction, dautant qu'elle rompt, &amp; <lb/>di&longs;&longs;ipe tellement les rayons du Soleil, <lb/>qu'ils n'ont pas a&longs;&longs;ez de force pour re&shy;<lb/>pre&longs;enter leur origine, quoy qu'ils n'a&shy;<lb/>yent point, ce &longs;emble, d'autre de&longs;&longs;ein. </s>

<s><lb/>Ce qui a fait <expan abbr="p&etilde;&longs;er">pen&longs;er</expan> &agrave; quelques-vns que <lb/>la lumiere n'e&longs;toit autre cho&longs;e que l'i&shy;<lb/>mage du corps lumineux, &amp; que les <lb/>hommes ne paroi&longs;troient qu'vne pure <lb/>image de Dieu, s'ils n'apportoient nul&shy;<lb/>le re&longs;i&longs;tance &agrave; &longs;es faueurs, &amp; s'ils refle&shy;<lb/>chi&longs;&longs;oient tous les ray ons de &longs;es graces <lb/>&longs;ur leur prochain, &amp; con&longs;equemment <lb/>qu'ils ne con&longs;idereroient autre cho&longs;e <lb/>dans toutes les creatures, que la &longs;eule <lb/>image de Dieu. <!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ie ne veux pas obmettre vne con&longs;i&shy;<lb/>deration tre&longs;-particuliere touchant les <lb/>corps lumineux, qui con&longs;i&longs;te &agrave; remar&shy;<lb/>quer tous ceux qui ont de la lumiere <lb/>en eux-me&longs;mes, a&longs;in que l'on pui&longs;&longs;e <lb/>mieux conjecturer quelle e&longs;t &longs;a nature, <lb/>lors que l'on aura examin&eacute; tous les &longs;u&shy;<lb/>jets, o&ugrave; elle &longs;e rencontre. </s>

<s>Or nous ex&shy;<lb/>perimentons que les vers lui&longs;ans, l'A&shy;<lb/>garic, le che&longs;ne pourry, &amp; plu&longs;ieurs au&shy;<lb/>tres bois, &amp; que le Haran, le Merlan, <lb/>&amp; plu&longs;ieurs autres poi&longs;&longs;ons illuminent, <pb xlink:href="046/01/121.jpg" pagenum="105"/>auant qu'ils &longs;oient cuits, &amp; &eacute;caillez. </s>

<s>Il <lb/>arriue la me&longs;me cho&longs;e &agrave; la Raye cuite <lb/>&amp; bo&uuml;illie, qui luit &longs;i fort que l'on peut <lb/>qua&longs;i lire &agrave; &longs;a lumiere. </s>

<s>A quoy <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> peut <lb/>adjou&longs;ter l'eau de la mer, qui produit <lb/>mille e&longs;tincelles par &longs;on mouuement. </s>

<s><lb/>Et quelques-vns tiennent que le c&oelig;ur <lb/>entretient vne flam me perpetuelle <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> <lb/>&longs;es &longs;eins ou ventricules, tandis qu'il a <lb/>de la vie, &amp; du mouuement. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Quant aux couleurs, il e&longs;t certain <lb/>qu'elles ont quelque cho&longs;e di&longs;tinct de <lb/>la lumiere, dont les rayons prennent la <lb/>reinture des &longs;urfaces differentes, lors <lb/>qu ils entrent dans leurs pores, &amp; qu'ils <lb/>en &longs;ortent par differentes reflexions. </s>

<s><lb/>Mais l'on peut dire que ces &longs;urfaces <expan abbr="n'&otilde;t">n'ont</expan> <lb/>nulle couleur en &longs;oy, &amp; que les <expan abbr="differ&etilde;-tes">differen&shy;<lb/>tes</expan> couleurs s <expan abbr="eng&etilde;drent">engendrent</expan> actuellement <lb/>par les diuer&longs;es refractions, &amp; <expan abbr="reflexi&otilde;s">reflexions</expan>, <lb/>qui &longs;e font <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> les corps qui <expan abbr="re&ccedil;oiu&etilde;t">re&ccedil;oiuent</expan> &amp; <lb/>qui renuoyent la lumiere: quoy qu'il <lb/>&longs;oit <expan abbr="bi&etilde;">biem</expan> difficile de determiner le nom&shy;<lb/>bre des rayons, ou la grandeur de la lu&shy;<lb/>miere, qui e&longs;t nece&longs;&longs;aire pour faire pa&shy;<lb/>roi&longs;tre le blanc, le rouge, ou les autres <lb/>couleurs; &amp; combien de fois vn me&longs;me <lb/><expan abbr="ray&otilde;">rayom</expan> doit e&longs;tre rompu, ou reflechy pour <pb xlink:href="046/01/122.jpg" pagenum="106"/>faire paroi&longs;tre telle couleur que <expan abbr="l'&otilde;vou-dra">l'onvou&shy;<lb/>dra</expan>, car ce &longs;ecret &longs;upo&longs;e vne <expan abbr="&longs;peculati&otilde;">&longs;peculatiom</expan> <lb/>tre&longs; &longs;ubtile, &amp; tre&longs;-exacte de la figure, <lb/>&amp; de la grandeur de chaque pore, qui <lb/>&longs;e rencontre dans la &longs;urface des corps, <lb/>pui&longs;que chaque pore e&longs;t &longs;emblable &agrave; <lb/>vn petit miroir concaue, dont la glace <lb/>a &longs;a figure differente de celle des autres <lb/>pores. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Or les pri&longs;mes, ou triangles de chry&shy;<lb/>&longs;tal, &amp; les verres taillez en differentes <lb/>manieres peuuent ayder &agrave; &longs;urmonter <lb/>cette difficult&eacute;, car leurs refractions, <lb/>qui produi&longs;ent le bleu, le vert, le iaune, <lb/>&amp; plu&longs;ieurs autres couleurs, peuuent <lb/>e&longs;tre me&longs;ur&eacute;es: &amp; l'on peut &longs;&ccedil;auoir <expan abbr="c&otilde;-bien">con&shy;<lb/>bien</expan> il &longs;e perd de lumiere par les diffe&shy;<lb/>rentes immer&longs;ions du rayon dans les <lb/>corps diafanes, encore qu'il &longs;oit diffi&shy;<lb/>cile d'en faire l'application &agrave; la perte <lb/>qui s'en fait par le moyen des pores de <lb/>chaque corps opaque. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ceux qui compo&longs;ent tous les corps <lb/>d'atomes de <expan abbr="differ&etilde;tes">differentes</expan> figures, peuuent <lb/>rapporter les couleurs aux differentes <lb/>reflexions, qui &longs;e font par leur moyen, <lb/>&amp; dire que l'eau &longs;e teint de couleur de <lb/>rubi par l'or, &amp; de couleur d'azur par <pb xlink:href="046/01/123.jpg" pagenum="107"/>l'argent, &amp; de plu&longs;ieurs autres &longs;ortes de <lb/>couleurs par les autres metaux &amp; mi&shy;<lb/>neraux, &amp; par les <expan abbr="differ&etilde;s">differens</expan> &longs;ucs des her&shy;<lb/>bes, &agrave; rai&longs;on des differencs atomes de <lb/>ces corps, qui &longs;e me&longs;lent parmy ladite <lb/>eau, &amp; qui font que &longs;a &longs;urface rompt <lb/>&amp; reflechit differcmment les rayons <lb/>qu'elle re&ccedil;oit, &amp; <expan abbr="con&longs;equemm&etilde;t">con&longs;equemment</expan> qu'el&shy;<lb/>le fait paroi&longs;tre toutes les differentes <lb/>couleurs que nous voyons. </s>

<s>Mais il fau&shy;<lb/>droit determiner quelle figure doiuent <lb/>auoir les atomes pour engendrer le <lb/>blanc, le noir, &amp;c. </s>

<s>&amp; comme ils doi&shy;<lb/>uent e&longs;tre di&longs;po&longs;ez pour re&longs;lechir, &amp; <lb/>pour rompre la lumiere en telle manie&shy;<lb/>re que l'on voudra. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'on peut voir toutes les proprietez <lb/>de la lumiere, qui &longs;ont expliqu&eacute;es dans <lb/>la 4. que&longs;tion &longs;ur la Gene&longs;e, &amp; dans le <lb/>2. liure de la Mu&longs;ique. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>Mais il faut re&shy;<lb/>marquer que quand ie dis que la lumie&shy;<lb/>re e&longs;t inui&longs;ible dans le foyer des miroirs <lb/>qui bru&longs;lent, ou en tel autre lieu que <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> <lb/>voudra, que cela arriue parce qu'elle ne <lb/>peut enuoyer de <expan abbr="ray&otilde;s">rayons</expan> &agrave;l'&oelig;il, car elle e&longs;t <pb xlink:href="046/01/124.jpg" pagenum="108"/>&longs;terile, de &longs;a nature, n'ayant rien que ce <lb/>qu'elle re&ccedil;oit du corps lumineux, qui <lb/>la fait reflechir &agrave; la rencontre des corps <lb/>opaques, de &longs;orte que &longs;i l'&oelig;il ne &longs;e ren&shy;<lb/>contre vis &agrave; vis de la ligne droite du ra&shy;<lb/>yon direct, reflechy ou rompu, il ne <lb/>peut rien voir; &amp; toutes &amp; quantes&shy;<lb/>fois qu'il s'y rencontre, il void le Soleil, <lb/>ou les autres corps lumineux parfaite&shy;<lb/>ment, ou imparfaitement, &longs;uiuant les <lb/>&longs;urfaces brutes, ou polies qui reflechi&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ent, ou rompent les rayons. </s>

<s>Car l'on <lb/>peut dire que toutes les couleurs &longs;ont <lb/>les tableaux, &amp; les images du Soleil, ou <lb/>des autres corps lumineux: par exem&shy;<lb/>ple, de la flamme des chandelles, com&shy;<lb/>me i'ay dit dans cette que&longs;tion. </s>

<s>Or il <lb/>y a plu&longs;icurs autres difficultez dans la <lb/>lumiere, dont il faudra traiter ailleurs: <lb/>par exemple, comme elle peut &longs;e rare&shy;<lb/>fier, &amp; &longs;e conden&longs;er iu&longs;ques &agrave; l'infiny; <lb/>comment &longs;on infinie pui&longs;&longs;ance, &amp; ra&shy;<lb/>diation e&longs;tant renferm&eacute;e dans vne pe&shy;<lb/>tite chambre, ne la peut a&longs;&longs;ez &eacute;clairer <lb/>poury pouuoir lire, nonob&longs;tant l'infi&shy;<lb/>nit&eacute; de reflexions qu'elle y fait: pour&shy;<lb/>quoy la lumiere, ou la flamme d'vne <lb/>chandelle paroi&longs;t plus grande &agrave; propor-<pb xlink:href="046/01/125.jpg" pagenum="109"/>tion que l'on s'en &eacute;loigne dauantage: <lb/>&longs;i le feu que l'on void e&longs;t different de <lb/>la rarefraction de l'air, &amp;c. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XXII.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Quelles &longs;ont les vertus occultes, &amp; la &longs;ym&shy;<lb/>pathie, &amp; antipathie, &amp; d'o&ugrave; <lb/>elles viennent.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'On appelle ordinairement les <lb/>vertus occultes, celles dont on <lb/>apper&ccedil;oit les effects, &amp; dont on ne <lb/>&longs;&ccedil;ait pas la rai&longs;on; par exemple, l'on <lb/>dit que l'Ay mant attire le fer par vne <lb/>vertu occulte, mais l'on ne &longs;&ccedil;ait pas <lb/>pourquoy, ny comment &longs;e fait cette at&shy;<lb/>traction: par o&ugrave; l'on void que les ver&shy;<lb/>tus occultes &longs;e rapportent &agrave; leur effect, <lb/>qui nous en&longs;eigne qu'elles &longs;ont, mais <lb/>ils ne nous font pas connoi&longs;tre quelles <lb/>elles &longs;ont. </s>

<s>Quant &agrave; la &longs;ympathie, &amp; &agrave; <lb/>l'antipathie, dont l'vne rend deux ou <lb/>plu&longs;ieurs cho&longs;es amies, &amp; l'autre enne&shy;<lb/>mies, elles procedent au&longs;&longs;i des quali&shy;<lb/>litez, que l'on appelle occultes; parce <lb/>que l'on ne &longs;&ccedil;ait pas l'origine des rap-<pb xlink:href="046/01/126.jpg" pagenum="110"/>ports, &amp; des re&longs;&longs;emblances, qui&longs;e ren&shy;<lb/>contrent entre les corps, &amp; les e&longs;prits. </s>

<s><lb/>Or ces qualitez ne viennent pas de la <lb/>di&longs;po&longs;ition des a&longs;tres, puis qu'elles &longs;ont <lb/>differentes dans vn me&longs;me climat, &longs;ur <lb/>lequel les me&longs;mes a&longs;tres ont vn me&longs;&shy;<lb/>me a&longs;pect, comme l'on remarque dans <lb/>les plantes, dans les animaux, &amp; <lb/>dans les pierres de me&longs;me e&longs;pece, <lb/>dont les qualitez &longs;ont differentes, quoy <lb/>que les a&longs;tres les regardent e&longs;gale&shy;<lb/>ment. </s>

<s>C'e&longs;t pourquoy il e&longs;t plus rai&shy;<lb/>&longs;onnable de dire qu'elles ont leur &longs;our&shy;<lb/>ce dans le different m&eacute;lange des ele&shy;<lb/>mens, ou des atomes, dont les corps <lb/>&longs;ont compo&longs;ez, ou dans la quantit&eacute; du <lb/>&longs;el, du &longs;ouffre, &amp; du mercure, qui&longs;ont <lb/>les principes &longs;en&longs;ibles des corps. </s>

<s>Mais <lb/>il faut remarquer que ces qualitez &longs;ont <lb/>&longs;eulement occultes aux ignorans, car <lb/>les doctes qui &longs;&ccedil;auent l'origine des <lb/>actions, que le vulgaire nomme <emph type="italics"/>&longs;ympa&shy;<lb/>thie,<emph.end type="italics"/> ou <emph type="italics"/>antipathie,<emph.end type="italics"/> n'v&longs;ent point de ces <lb/>termes, &amp; mon&longs;trent que ce qu'on ap&shy;<lb/>pelle <emph type="italics"/>occulte,<emph.end type="italics"/> leur e&longs;t euident: &amp; s'il ya <lb/>des qualitez qu'ils ne connoi&longs;&longs;ent pas, <lb/>ils auou&euml;nt librement leur ignorance <lb/>en cela. </s>

<s>de &longs;orte que l'on peut conclure <pb xlink:href="046/01/127.jpg" pagenum="111"/>que tous les hommes &longs;ont fort <expan abbr="ignor&atilde;s">ignorans</expan>, <lb/>puis qu'ils &longs;ont contraints d'auo&uuml;er que <lb/>plu&longs;ieurs qualitez leurs &longs;ont occultes, <lb/>&amp; qu ils ont be&longs;oin de la &longs;ympathie <lb/>pour couurir leur d&eacute;faur. </s>

<s>Car encore <lb/>que les Chymi&longs;tes e&longs;&longs;ayent &agrave; per&longs;uader <lb/>qu'ils &longs;&ccedil;auent la rai&longs;on de tous les effets <lb/>de la nature, neantmoins &longs;i on les pre&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;e, &amp; qu'on leur demande pourquoy <lb/>tel &longs;el, &longs;ouffre, ou mercure a vne telle <lb/>vertu, &amp; dequoy il e&longs;t compo&longs;&eacute;: pour&shy;<lb/>quoy la fecondit&eacute; de la <expan abbr="&longs;em&etilde;ce">&longs;emence</expan> d&eacute;pend <lb/>plu&longs;to&longs;t de l'vn des principes que d'vn <lb/>autre: qni a contraint les principes &agrave; &longs;e <lb/>me&longs;ler auec les excremens des corps, <lb/>qu'ils appellent, <emph type="italics"/>Caput mortuum,<emph.end type="italics"/> &amp; mil&shy;<lb/>le autres cho&longs;es &longs;emblables, l'on trouue <lb/>qu'ils ne &longs;&ccedil;auent rien, &amp; l'on e&longs;t con&shy;<lb/>traint d'auo&uuml;er que l'homme n'e&longs;t pas <lb/>capable de &longs;&ccedil;auoir la <expan abbr="rais&otilde;">raisom</expan> d'autre cho&shy;<lb/>&longs;e que de ce qu'il peut faire, ny d'autres <lb/>&longs;ciences, que de celles, dont il fait luy&shy;<lb/>me&longs;me les principes, comme l'on peut <lb/>demon&longs;trer en con&longs;iderant les Mathe&shy;<lb/>matiques. <pb xlink:href="046/01/128.jpg" pagenum="112"/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XXIII.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>D'o&ugrave; vient le grand contentement que l'on <lb/>re&ccedil;oit, lors que l'on croit auoir trouu&eacute; <lb/>quelque nouuelle demon&longs;tration, <lb/>ou verit&eacute;?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'On peut con&longs;iderer deux cho&longs;es <lb/>en cette que&longs;tion, &agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir pour&shy;<lb/>quoy, nous &longs;entons des tran&longs;ports d'vn <lb/>contentement extraordinaire, au me&longs;&shy;<lb/>me temps que nous auons trouu&eacute; quel&shy;<lb/>que verit&eacute;, &amp; pourquoy ce contente&shy;<lb/>ment &longs;e pa&longs;&longs;e tout au&longs;&longs;i to&longs;t, de &longs;orte <lb/>qu'il &longs;emble que l'on a beaucoup plus <lb/>de <expan abbr="contentem&etilde;t">contentement</expan> en cerchant la verit&eacute; <lb/>qu'apres que l'on la trouu&eacute;e. </s>

<s>Quant &agrave; <lb/>la premiere partie, il e&longs;t ai&longs;&eacute; d'y &longs;atisfai&shy;<lb/>re, &agrave; rai&longs;on que l'aqui&longs;ition des perfe&shy;<lb/>ctions augmente en quelque maniere <lb/>no&longs;tre e&longs;tre, car puis que la connoi&longs;&longs;an&shy;<lb/>ce de la verit&eacute; e&longs;t le plus bel ornement <lb/>de l'e&longs;prit, &amp; qu'elle luy donne comme <lb/>vne &longs;econde vie, il e&longs;t certain qu'elle <lb/>e&longs;t la plus grande de &longs;es perfections: de <lb/>l&agrave; vient que la felicit&eacute; des Saincts con-<pb xlink:href="046/01/129.jpg" pagenum="113"/>&longs;i&longs;te dans la parfaite connoi&longs;&longs;ance de <lb/>Dieu. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>D'o&ugrave; il e&longs;t ai&longs;&eacute; de conclure qu'il <lb/>n'y a nul thre&longs;or, dont la jo&uuml;i&longs;&longs;ance <lb/>pui&longs;&longs;e donner autant de &longs;atisfaction <lb/>comme fait la po&longs;&longs;e&longs;&longs;ion d'vne verit&eacute;, <lb/>lors qu'elle <expan abbr="r&etilde;contre">rencontre</expan> l'e&longs;prit d'vn hom&shy;<lb/>me qui pri&longs;e dauantage l'honne&longs;tet&eacute; <lb/>que le gain. </s>

<s>Car chaque verit&eacute; repre&shy;<lb/>&longs;ente la beatitude, dont elle e&longs;t vne <lb/>participation, &amp; vn rayon, ou vne ima&shy;<lb/>ge; &amp; parce que nous cherchons tous <lb/>la felicit&eacute;, comme no&longs;tre derniere fin, <lb/>&amp; que toute &longs;orte de connoi&longs;lance, &amp; <lb/>de demon&longs;tration &longs;emble en e&longs;tre vne <lb/>partie, nous receuons vn particulier <lb/><expan abbr="contentem&etilde;t">contentement</expan> dans la po&longs;&longs;e&longs;&longs;ion de cha&shy;<lb/>que connoi&longs;&longs;ance, lequel a cou&longs;tume <lb/>d'e&longs;tre d'autant plus grand, que la ve&shy;<lb/>rit&eacute; que nous auons acqui&longs;e, e&longs;t plus <lb/>rare, plus excellente, &amp; plus releuee. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais l'autre partie me &longs;emble plus <lb/>difficile, &agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir pourquoy l'on a plus <lb/>de feu, &amp; d'ardeur &agrave; la recherche de la <lb/>verit&eacute;, que l'on ne re&ccedil;oit de plai&longs;ir de <lb/>l'auoir trouu&eacute;e: quoy qu'il &longs;oit nece&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;aire de &longs;&ccedil;auoir &longs;i cela e&longs;tveritable, <expan abbr="au&amacr;t">auant</expan> <lb/>que <expan abbr="d'&etilde;">d'em</expan> rechercher la <expan abbr="rais&otilde;">raisom</expan>, carpuis que <lb/>l'on n'entreprend point le trauail, que <pb xlink:href="046/01/130.jpg" pagenum="114"/>pourarriuer au but que <expan abbr="l'&otilde;s'e&longs;t">l'ons'e&longs;t</expan> propo&longs;&eacute;, <lb/>il &longs;emble que le plai&longs;ir que l'on a d'e&longs;tre <lb/>arriu&eacute; &agrave; ce que l'on de&longs;iroit, doit e&longs;tre <lb/>beaucoup plus <expan abbr="gr&atilde;d">grand</expan> que celuy que l'on <lb/>&longs;ent dans le trauail: quoy que l'on pui&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;e dire qu'il a quelque &longs;orte de plai&longs;ir <lb/>actuel, qui ne &longs;e rencontre pas dans la <lb/>po&longs;&longs;e&longs;&longs;ion, &agrave; cau&longs;e du mouuement qui <lb/>l'accompagne, &amp; qui appartient &agrave; la vie <lb/>actuelle, au lieu que la jo&uuml;i&longs;&longs;ancere&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;emble &agrave; l'habitude, &amp; au repos, qui e&longs;t <lb/>pre&longs;que <expan abbr="ins&etilde;&longs;ible">insen&longs;ible</expan>. </s>

<s>Et puis <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> de&longs;ire tou&shy;<lb/>&longs;iours pa&longs;&longs;er outre, de &longs;orte que les ve&shy;<lb/>ritez acqui&longs;es ne &longs;eruent que de degrez <lb/>pour arriuer &agrave; d'autres: c'e&longs;t pourquoy <lb/>l'on n'en tient non plus de conte, qu'vn <lb/>homme auare des thre&longs;ors qu'il a dans <lb/>&longs;es coffres, car l'homme croid que tout <lb/>luy appartient, &amp; que tout a e&longs;t&eacute; fait <lb/>pour luy: d'o&ugrave; il arriue qua&longs;i tout ce <lb/>que nous con&longs;iderons dans &longs;es actions, <lb/>&amp; d'o&ugrave; l'on peut tirer des nouuelles rai&shy;<lb/>&longs;ons pour la Morale. <pb xlink:href="046/01/131.jpg" pagenum="115"/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XXIV.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Pourquoy le chri&longs;tal, le verre, le talc, la cor&shy;<lb/>ne, &amp; plu&longs;ieurs autres corps &longs;ont-ils <lb/>diaphanes, ou tran&longs;parens?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>CE&longs;te difficult&eacute; e&longs;t l'vne des plus <lb/>grandes de toute la Philo&longs;ophie, <lb/>car quelques rai&longs;ons que l'on apporte <lb/>pour la per&longs;picuit&eacute;, ou la tran&longs;parence <lb/>des corps diafanes, ou pour l'opacit&eacute; <lb/>des autres, il n'y en a point qui &longs;atisfa&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ent <expan abbr="entierem&etilde;t">entierement</expan>: puis qu'il y a plu&longs;ieurs <lb/>corps, dans le&longs;quels l'eau &amp; l'air pre&shy;<lb/>dominent dauantage que dans le chry&shy;<lb/>&longs;tal, &amp; dans les autres diaphanes qui <lb/>&longs;ont opaques: c'e&longs;t pourquoy l'on ne <lb/>peut, ce &longs;emble, re&longs;pondre que la tran&longs;&shy;<lb/>parence des corps vient de l'abondan&shy;<lb/>ce de l'eau, ou de l'air. </s>

<s>Quant &agrave; la re&shy;<lb/>ctitude des pores, que l'on s'imagine <lb/>e&longs;tre vis &agrave; vis les vns des autres lors <lb/>que la lumiere les penetre, il s'en&longs;ui&shy;<lb/>uroit que ces corps &longs;eroient percez de <lb/>part en part, &amp; qu'ils auroient autant <lb/>de trous, qu'il y a de rayons qui pa&longs;&longs;ent <pb xlink:href="046/01/132.jpg" pagenum="116"/>&agrave; trauers; ce qui n'a nulle apparence de <lb/>verit&eacute;. </s>

<s>Et certes la matiere, &amp; les <lb/>qualitez des corps diaphanes &longs;ont &longs;i <lb/>differentes, qu'elles nous empe&longs;chent <lb/>de trouuer vn principe vniforme de <lb/>leur <expan abbr="tran&longs;par&etilde;ce">tran&longs;parence</expan>, car &longs;i elle venoit d'v&shy;<lb/>ne parfaite mixtion, ou d'vne me&longs;me <lb/>nature des parties, il &longs;emble que l'or <lb/>deuroit e&longs;tre le plus diaphane de tous <lb/>les corps: &amp; &longs;i elle venoit de l'eau, la <lb/>glace &longs;eroit plus diaphane que le chry&shy;<lb/>&longs;tal: finalement &longs;i elle venoit de l'air, <lb/>les cho&longs;es qui &longs;ont plus rares, &amp; plus le&shy;<lb/>geres, &longs;eroient plus <expan abbr="tran&longs;par&etilde;tes">tran&longs;parentes</expan>, ce qui <lb/>e&longs;t contraire &agrave; l'experience, car la pier&shy;<lb/>re ponce, le liege, &amp; plu&longs;ieurs autres <lb/>corps fort legers &longs;ont opaques; &amp; le <lb/>talc, quoy que rama&longs;&longs;&eacute;, &amp; terre&longs;tre, e&longs;t <lb/>diaphane; de &longs;orte qu'il &longs;emble que la <lb/>duret&eacute;, la molle&longs;&longs;e, la pe&longs;anteur, la le&shy;<lb/>geret&eacute;, la froideur, la chaleur, &amp; toutes <lb/>les autres qualitez &longs;ont compatibles <lb/>auec la tran&longs;parence, &amp; l'opacit&eacute;; &amp; <lb/>que nous n'auons nul moyen de &longs;&ccedil;auoir <lb/>le vray principe de l'vne, ny de l'autre; <lb/>dont il ne faut pas s'e&longs;tonner, puis que <lb/>la me&longs;me cho&longs;e arriue qua&longs;i tou&longs;iours, <lb/>lors que nous e&longs;&longs;ayons &agrave; trouuer la rai-<pb xlink:href="046/01/133.jpg" pagenum="117"/>&longs;on primitiue, &amp; originaire des Pheno&shy;<lb/>menes de la nature, dautant que nous <lb/>n'e&longs;tions pas, quand l'on a po&longs;&eacute; &longs;es fon&shy;<lb/>demens, &amp; que &longs;es effets ne nous mei&shy;<lb/>nent pas a&longs;&longs;ez euidemrnent &agrave; la &longs;ource <lb/>pour nous conuaincre, &amp; pour nous <lb/>contraindre de nous y arre&longs;ter par la <lb/>force d'vne parfaite demon&longs;tration. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XXV.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="italics"/>Le froid e&longs;t-il &longs;eulement vne priuation de <lb/>la chaleur, ou vn e&longs;tre po&longs;itif? </s>

<s>ce que l'on <lb/>peut e&longs;tendrc &agrave; la lumiere, &agrave; l'o, nbre, &amp; &agrave; <lb/>plu&longs;ieurs autres cho&longs;es.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'On peut faire la me&longs;me que&longs;tion <lb/>de l'ombre &agrave; l'&eacute;gard de la lumiere, <lb/>&amp; de la &longs;eichere&longs;&longs;e compar&eacute;e &agrave; l'humi&shy;<lb/>dit&eacute;, car il &longs;emble que le froid n'e&longs;t rien <lb/>autre cho&longs;e que la priuation de la cha&shy;<lb/>leur, comme l'ombre e&longs;t la priuation de <lb/>la lumiere; car &longs;i to&longs;t que la chalcur <lb/>manque, le froid &longs;uccede, qui accom&shy;<lb/>pagne le re&longs;tre&longs;&longs;i&longs;&longs;ement, &amp; la con&shy;<lb/>den&longs;ation des corps, qui auoient e&longs;t&eacute; <lb/>rarefiez par la chaleur. </s>

<s>Or <expan abbr="c&otilde;me">comme</expan> l'om-<pb xlink:href="046/01/134.jpg" pagenum="118"/>bre n'e&longs;t pas vne entiere priuation de la <lb/>lumiere, mais &longs;eulement d'vne plus <lb/>grande lumiere, puis qu'elle e&longs;t di&longs;tin&shy;<lb/>cte des tenebres, qui cha&longs;&longs;ent toute &longs;or&shy;<lb/>te de lumiere, le froid n'e&longs;t pas au&longs;&longs;i <lb/>pour l'ordinaire vne priuation de toute <lb/>&longs;orte de chaleur, car il n'y a peut-e&longs;tre <lb/>nul corps au monde qui n'en ayt quel&shy;<lb/>que degr&eacute;. </s>

<s>Mais parce que l'on ne &longs;&ccedil;ait <lb/>pas encore quelle e&longs;t la nature de la <lb/>chaleur, il e&longs;t difficile d'expliquer com&shy;<lb/>me arriue le froid, qui depend particu&shy;<lb/>lierement des vents du Septentrion: <lb/>&longs;urquoy l'on peut voir le trait&eacute; que <lb/>Verulamius a fait des <expan abbr="v&etilde;ts">vents</expan>. </s>

<s>De l&agrave; vient <lb/>que l'ob&longs;curit&eacute; de la nature, &amp; l'igno&shy;<lb/>rance des rai&longs;ons veritables lai&longs;&longs;ent la <lb/>libert&eacute; de &longs;'imaginer que la lumiere, la <lb/>chaleur, &amp; les &longs;ons, ou les <expan abbr="mouuem&etilde;s">mouuemens</expan> <lb/>peuuent au&longs;&longs;i bien e&longs;tre appellez priua&shy;<lb/>tions des tenebres, du froid, &amp; du &longs;ilen&shy;<lb/>ce, ou du repos, comme le &longs;ilence, le <lb/>froid, &amp; l'ombre, ou les tenebres &longs;ont <lb/>appell&eacute;es priuations du &longs;on, du chaud, <lb/>&amp; de la lumiere. </s>

<s>Car &longs;i la chaleur &longs;e de&shy;<lb/>finit, ou &longs;e connoi&longs;t par la <expan abbr="rarefacti&otilde;">rarefactiom</expan>, &amp; <lb/>par d'autres effets r&eacute;els, la me&longs;me cho&shy;<lb/>&longs;e arriue au froid, lequel on <expan abbr="c&otilde;noi&longs;t">connoi&longs;t</expan> par <pb xlink:href="046/01/135.jpg" pagenum="119"/>la <expan abbr="c&otilde;den&longs;ation">conden&longs;ation</expan>, &amp; par &longs;es autres effets: <lb/>&amp; l'&oelig;il, ou l'oreille ne nous mon&longs;trent <lb/>pas mieux <expan abbr="l'e&longs;s&etilde;ce">l'e&longs;sence</expan> de la lumiere, &amp; des <lb/>&longs;ons, que celle de l'ombre, &amp; du &longs;ilence. </s>

<s><lb/>Neantmoins ie ne veux pas icy faire le <lb/>panegyrique de l'ombre, comme a fait <lb/>Vouuerius dans &longs;on iour d'E&longs;t&eacute;, ou dans <lb/>&longs;on <emph type="italics"/>P&aelig;gnion,<emph.end type="italics"/> auquel il e&longs;t ai&longs;&eacute; d'ajou&longs;ter <lb/>plu&longs;ieurs cho&longs;es: quoy qu'il &longs;uffi&longs;e de <lb/>lire cet excellent Autheur, pour com&shy;<lb/>prendre la grande vtilit&eacute;, &amp; la nece&longs;&longs;i&shy;<lb/>t&eacute; des ombres, puis que c'e&longs;t d'elles que <lb/><expan abbr="dep&etilde;dent">dependent</expan> la Gnomonique, &amp; l'vne des <lb/>principales parties de la Per&longs;pectiue, de <lb/>l'Architecture, &amp; de la Geode&longs;ie. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Or encore que nous ne &longs;&ccedil;achions pas <lb/>la nature de la lumiere, &amp; que l'on ne <lb/>pui&longs;&longs;e demon&longs;trer qu'elle e&longs;t plus po&longs;i&shy;<lb/>tiue, que l'ombre, ou les tenebres, par&shy;<lb/>ce que l'on n'a pas de rai&longs;on a&longs;&longs;ez eui&shy;<lb/>dente pour ioindre les deux extremi&shy;<lb/>tez qui doiuent entrer dans la demon&shy;<lb/>&longs;tration, neantmoins nous &longs;entons dans <lb/>nous-me&longs;mes quelque &longs;orte de con&shy;<lb/>trainte, qui nous fait croire que la cha&shy;<lb/>lcur, &amp; la lumiere &longs;ont des e&longs;tres po&longs;i&shy;<lb/>tifs, &amp; que leurs conttaires meritent le <lb/>nom de priuation. </s>

<s>L'on peut dire la <pb xlink:href="046/01/136.jpg" pagenum="120"/>me&longs;me cho&longs;e de l'humidit&eacute;, &agrave;l'&eacute;gard de <lb/>la &longs;eichere&longs;&longs;e, qui &longs;uit nece&longs;&longs;airement <lb/>dans les corps, dont on o&longs;te l'humidit&eacute;, <lb/>&amp; mediter ce qui &longs;e peut dire de l'e&longs;tre <lb/>compar&eacute; au neant, qui a e&longs;t&eacute; mis par <lb/>quelques Philo&longs;ophes pour le principe <lb/>de toutes cho&longs;es, au contraire de ceux <lb/>qui ont tenu que nulle cho&longs;e ne &longs;e peut <lb/>faire de rien, <emph type="italics"/>ex nihilo nihil<emph.end type="italics"/>: ce qui peut <lb/>e&longs;tre veritable en vn &longs;ens, parce que <lb/>chaque crcature e&longs;t tir&eacute;e de l'e&longs;tre en <lb/>pui&longs;&longs;ance, qui n'e&longs;t pas vn rien, ou vn <lb/>neant &longs;i ab&longs;olu, que le non e&longs;tre, qui <lb/>n'a pas me&longs;me la pui&longs;&longs;ance d'e&longs;tre, c'e&longs;t <lb/>&agrave; dire qui n'enferme nulle po&longs;&longs;ibilit&eacute;, &amp; <lb/>qui n'a nul ordre, ou rapport &agrave; la pui&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ance de Dieu. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XXVI.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Des inuentions &amp; des &longs;ecrets que l'on re&shy;<lb/>cherche, ou que l'on de&longs;ire dauantage <lb/>dans les arts, &amp; dans les &longs;ciences.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'On &longs;&ccedil;ait que les Chymi&longs;tes re&shy;<lb/>cherchent, &amp; de&longs;irent particulie&shy;<lb/>ment la pierre Phy&longs;ique, &amp; la poudre, <pb xlink:href="046/01/137.jpg" pagenum="121"/>qui aille &longs;ur le blanc, ou &longs;ur le rouge, <lb/>pour conuertir le mercure, le plomb, &amp; <lb/>les autres metaux en or, ou en argent, <lb/>&amp; que pour ce &longs;ujet ils e&longs;&longs;ayent &agrave; tirer <lb/>le mercure du plomb pour le fixer, &amp; <lb/>l'e&longs;prit, ou la teinture de l'or, dont vne <lb/>goute pui&longs;&longs;e penetrer &amp; teindre vne <lb/>grande quantit&eacute; de vif argent, quoy <lb/>qu'ils y perdent tout le temps qu'ils y <lb/>employent. </s>

<s>Les T'einturiers cherchent <lb/>la pourpre des anciens, qu ils appellent <lb/>&longs;ouuent <emph type="italics"/>Murex, &amp; conc<gap/>yliurn,<emph.end type="italics"/> comme <lb/>l'on peut voir <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> les notes de Salmuth <lb/>&longs;ur Pancirolle; &amp; les Vitriers e&longs;&longs;ayent <lb/>de trouuer vn rouge <expan abbr="tran&longs;par&etilde;r">tran&longs;parerr</expan>, &amp; vne <lb/>maniere de teindre le verre en couleur <lb/>de Rubi par le moyen de la poudre, ou <lb/>de l'e&longs;prit de l'or. </s>

<s>Ceux qui trauaillent <lb/>&agrave; la Mechanique, cherchent le mou&shy;<lb/>uement perpetuel dans l'eau, dans les <lb/>ro&uuml;&euml;s, &amp; dans toutes &longs;ortes de re&longs;&longs;orts, <lb/>&amp; la maniere de cheminer &longs;ur l'eau &longs;ans <lb/>enfoncer, &amp; de voler en l'air. </s>

<s>A quoy <lb/>l'on peut adiou&longs;ter les Ingenieurs, qui <lb/>de&longs;irent vne place &longs;i <expan abbr="bi&etilde;">biem</expan> fortifi&eacute;e qu'el&shy;<lb/>le &longs;oit imprenable, comme e&longs;t celle, <lb/>que propo&longs;e Bernard Pali&longs;&longs;y dans le li&shy;<lb/>ure qu'il a fait &longs;ur ce &longs;uiet; &amp; les Archi-<pb xlink:href="046/01/138.jpg" pagenum="122"/>tectes, qui n'ont pas encore trouu&eacute;, ou <lb/>prouu&eacute; par rai&longs;on, quel doit e&longs;tre le ba&shy;<lb/>&longs;timent, dans lequel l'on ne pui&longs;&longs;e rien <lb/>adjou&longs;ter, ni <expan abbr="qu&atilde;t">quant</expan> &agrave; la beaut&eacute;, ni quant <lb/>&agrave; l'vtilit&eacute;. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ceux qui font le verre de &longs;alicor, &amp; <lb/>des autres matieres, de&longs;irent <expan abbr="r&etilde;contrer">rencontrer</expan> <lb/>la maleabilit&eacute;, quoi qu'elle ait cou&longs;t&eacute; la <lb/>vie &agrave; ceux qui <expan abbr="l'auoi&etilde;t">l'auoient</expan> trouu&eacute;e, &longs;i les hi&shy;<lb/>&longs;toires ne nous trompent: finalement il <lb/>n'y a nul art qui n'ait &longs;es preten&longs;ions, <lb/>qui &longs;urpa&longs;&longs;ent tou&longs;iours l'indu&longs;trie des <lb/>hommes, comme il e&longs;t ay&longs;&eacute; de <expan abbr="m&otilde;&longs;trer">mon&longs;trer</expan> <lb/>par vne longue induction, que ie lai&longs;&longs;e <lb/>&agrave; ceux qui la voudront faire. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Quant aux &longs;ciences, elles ne &longs;ont pas <lb/>plus parfaites que les arts, car l'on n'a <lb/>encore peu demon&longs;trer &longs;i la quadratu&shy;<lb/>re du cercle e&longs;t impo&longs;&longs;ible, ou &longs;i elle <lb/>peut e&longs;tre trouu&eacute;e: &amp; il y a mille pro&shy;<lb/>blemes qui concement la quantit&eacute; <expan abbr="c&otilde;-tinu&euml;">con&shy;<lb/>tinu&euml;</expan>, &amp; la di&longs;crete, dont plu&longs;ieurs <lb/>Mathematiciens recherchent en vain <lb/>la &longs;olution, parce qu'ils ne &longs;&ccedil;auent pas <lb/>le chemin qu'il y faut tenir. </s>

<s>Nul Mu&shy;<lb/>&longs;icien n'a encore trouu&eacute; la maniere de <lb/>produire les effets dont &longs;e vantent les <lb/>Grecs, &amp; nul Catoptricien ou Miro&uuml;et-<pb xlink:href="046/01/139.jpg" pagenum="123"/>tier n'a fait de miroirs qui ayent l'effet <lb/>de ceux d'Archimede, ou de Proclus. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s><lb/>Les Dioptriciens, ou Lunettiers n'ont <lb/>peu rencontrer de lunettes &agrave; longue <lb/>veu&euml;, qui fa&longs;&longs;ent voir les traits du vi&longs;a&shy;<lb/>&longs;e de 7. ou 8. lieu&euml;s, &amp; qui &longs;eruent &agrave; <lb/>lire, ou &agrave; voir ce qui e&longs;t &longs;ur la Lune, ou <lb/>&longs;ur les autres a&longs;tres, encore que la <expan abbr="&longs;ci&etilde;-ce">&longs;cien&shy;<lb/>ce</expan> leur en&longs;eigne que <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> peut repre&longs;en&shy;<lb/>ter vn ciron au&longs;&longs;i gros qu'vne mai&longs;on, <lb/>&amp; vne mai&longs;on au&longs;&longs;i petite qu'vn ciron. </s>

<s><lb/>Ceux qui de&longs;irent &longs;&ccedil;auoir ce que les <lb/>anciens ont eu dauantage que nous <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> <lb/>les arts, &amp; ce que l'on a trouu&eacute; de nou&shy;<lb/>ueau dans nos derniers &longs;iecles, peuuent <lb/>lire Pancirolle, qui a fait deux volumes <lb/>&longs;ur ce &longs;ujet. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XXVII.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Combien la pierre d' Aymant a-elle de <lb/>proprietez?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>ENcore que nous ne pui&longs;&longs;ions &longs;&ccedil;a&shy;<lb/>uoir toutes les proprietez des corps <lb/>naturels, parce que nous ne &longs;&ccedil;auons pas <lb/>le principe, &amp; la &longs;ource d'o&ugrave; elles deri-<pb xlink:href="046/01/140.jpg" pagenum="124"/>uent, ny toutes les differentes rencon&shy;<lb/>tres qui modifient, &amp; qui empe&longs;chent, <lb/>ou aydent leurs effects, neantmoins il <lb/>e&longs;t ay&longs;&eacute; de remarquer tous les pheno&shy;<lb/>menes, qui nous paroi&longs;&longs;ent dans les <lb/>corps differens, comme ie fais icy dans <lb/>la pierre d'Aymant, qui peut e&longs;tre con&shy;<lb/>&longs;ider&eacute;e &agrave; l'&eacute;gard du Ciel, vers lequel <lb/>elle &longs;e tourne, ou du fer qu'elle attire. </s>

<s><lb/>Quant &agrave; l'&eacute;gard du Ciel, toutes &longs;es par&shy;<lb/>ties en regardent vn certain point, ce <lb/>qui d&eacute;pend de &longs;a conuer&longs;ion vers le po&shy;<lb/>le Arctique, car lors qu'on fait nager <lb/>cette pierre &longs;ur l'eau par le moyen du <lb/>liege, ou en quelqu'autre maniere, elle <lb/>tourne l'vn de &longs;es co&longs;tez vers le Septen&shy;<lb/>trion: mais il e&longs;t difficile de &longs;&ccedil;auoir &longs;i ce <lb/>co&longs;t&eacute; de la pierre e&longs;t Meridional, ou <lb/>Septentrional, d'autant qu'il faut frot&shy;<lb/>ter le bout des aiguilles du co&longs;t&eacute; qu'el&shy;<lb/>le tourne vers le Midy, pour les faire <lb/>tourner vers le Septentrion, car &longs;'il e&longs;t <lb/>frott&eacute; du co&longs;t&eacute; de la pierre, qui va vers <lb/>le <expan abbr="Sept&etilde;trion">Septentrion</expan>, il ira vers le Midy. </s>

<s>Mais <lb/>elle ne tourne pas tou&longs;iours l'vn de ces <lb/>co&longs;tez iu&longs;tement vers le Pole, car elle <lb/>decline tanto&longs;t vers l'Orient, &amp; d'au&shy;<lb/>tresfois vers l'Occident, &longs;elon qu'il y a <pb xlink:href="046/01/141.jpg" pagenum="125"/>vne plus grande ma&longs;&longs;e de terre, ou plus <lb/>ou moins de mer d'vn co&longs;t&eacute;, ou d'au&shy;<lb/>tre. </s>

<s>Ce qui arriue &longs;emblablement aux <lb/>aiguilles qui en &longs;ont touch&eacute;es, &amp; qui <lb/>deuiennent plus pe&longs;antes que deuant <lb/>d'vn grain, ou enuiron, &longs;elon la bont&eacute; <lb/>de la pierre, qui les touche, &longs;oit que &longs;es <lb/>e&longs;prits corporels s'in&longs;inu&euml;nt dans les <lb/>pores des aiguilles, ou qu'elle leur don&shy;<lb/>ne vne vertu particuliere de de&longs;cendre <lb/>en bas. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Or quand on les veut toucher, il faut <lb/>choi&longs;ir la ligne de la pierre, qui va du <lb/>Midy au Septentrion, &amp; la conduire <lb/>&longs;elon cette ligne par de&longs;&longs;us l'aiguille, <lb/>ju&longs;ques &agrave; ce que l'on &longs;oit au bout, &longs;ur <lb/>lequelil faut demeurer vn peu de <expan abbr="t&etilde;ps">temps</expan>, <lb/>afin que la pierre luy communique vne <lb/>plus grande vertu: car encore que les <lb/>bonnes pierres la communiquent &agrave; l'a&shy;<lb/>cier, &amp; au fer &longs;ans les toucher, neant&shy;<lb/>moins il e&longs;t meilleur de les toucher, <lb/>comme j'ay dit. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Quant &agrave; la traction du fer, elle en ti&shy;<lb/>re d'autant plus pe&longs;ant qu'elle e&longs;t meil&shy;<lb/>leure, comme i'ay experiment&eacute; auec <lb/>vne, qui leue 2. fois au&longs;&longs;i pe&longs;ant de fer <lb/>comme elle e&longs;t, encore qu'elle ne &longs;oit <pb xlink:href="046/01/142.jpg" pagenum="126"/>pas arm&eacute;e: &amp; l'on en rencontre qui le&shy;<lb/>uent 8. ou 10. fois au&longs;&longs;i pe&longs;ant comme <lb/>elles &longs;ont. </s>

<s>Quand elles &longs;ont arm&eacute;es, <lb/>ou <expan abbr="acc&otilde;pagn&eacute;es">accompagn&eacute;es</expan> de 2. petits morceaux <lb/>d'acier par leurs 2. poles, elles deuien&shy;<lb/>nent cent fois plus fortes qu'elles n'e&shy;<lb/>&longs;toient deuant: ce qui e&longs;t &longs;i veritable <lb/>que i'en ay veu qui ne peuuent qua&longs;i le&shy;<lb/>uer vne petite aiguille <expan abbr="e&longs;t&atilde;t">e&longs;tant</expan> de&longs;arm&eacute;es, <lb/>encore qu'elles leuent plus d'vne liure <lb/>de fer, &longs;i to&longs;t qu'elles &longs;ont arm&eacute;es: o&ugrave; <lb/>l'on doit remarquer que la pierre, &amp; le <lb/>fer n'ayant nulle force d'attirer d'autre <lb/>fer, con&ccedil;oiuent cette force par la con&shy;<lb/>jonction de l'vn auec l'autre, comme il <lb/>arriue &agrave; la matiere, &amp; &agrave; la forme. </s>

<s>L'vn <lb/>des plus gentils effets de cette pierre &longs;e <lb/>void lors qu'elle enleue deux ou 3. pi&shy;<lb/>ro&uuml;ettes, que l'on fait tourner &longs;ur vne <lb/>table, car elle les tient en l'air, tandis <lb/>qu'elles continu&euml;nt leur mouuement, <lb/>qui dure 5. ou 6. fois dauantage qu'il <lb/>n'eu&longs;t fait &longs;ur la table: &amp; &longs;i l'on en fait <lb/>tourner vne autre &agrave; rebours, elle la leue <lb/>encore, &amp; l'entretient dans ce mouue&shy;<lb/>ment contraire &agrave; celuy de la premiere: <lb/>&amp; finalement &longs;i on luy pre&longs;ente vne <lb/>troi&longs;ie&longs;me piro&uuml;ette immobile, elle la <pb xlink:href="046/01/143.jpg" pagenum="127"/>leue au&longs;&longs;i, &amp; la fait tourner comme la <lb/>piro&uuml;ette, &agrave; l'e&longs;&longs;ieu de laquelle elle s'at&shy;<lb/>tache: mais cette derniere piro&uuml;ette <lb/>continu&euml; &longs;on mouuement long temps <lb/>apres que celle dont elle l'a re&ccedil;eu, a fini <lb/>le &longs;ien: ce qui e&longs;t a&longs;&longs;ez merueilleux. </s>

<s><lb/>Ie lai&longs;&longs;e plu&longs;ieurs particularitez de cet&shy;<lb/>te pierre: par exemple, que le fer qu'el&shy;<lb/>le aura touch&eacute; en la menant d'A &agrave; B. <lb/>perd &longs;a vertu d'attraction, &longs;i to&longs;t que <lb/><figure id="id.046.01.143.1.jpg" xlink:href="046/01/143/1.jpg"/><lb/>l'on remeine <expan abbr="l'Aym&atilde;t">l'Aymant</expan> <lb/>de B &agrave; A; que &longs;i ce fer <lb/>AB e&longs;t leu&eacute; perpendiculairement, de <lb/>&longs;orte que B &longs;oit en haut, &amp; A en bas, <lb/>qu'en condui&longs;ant l'&eacute;guille d'A &agrave; B, elle <lb/>&longs;e retourne &longs;i to&longs;t qu'elle arriue vers le <lb/>milieu C, &amp; plu&longs;ieurs autres, dont ie ne <lb/>veux pas parler iu&longs;ques &agrave; ce que i'aye <lb/>verifi&eacute; les experiences de Gilbert, &amp; de <lb/>Cabeus, &amp; que i'en aye remarqu&eacute; de <lb/>nouuelles. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XXVIII.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Peut-on prouuer, ou confirmer les my&longs;teres <lb/>de la Religion Chre&longs;tienne par les opera&shy;<lb/>tions, &amp; les principes de l'Alchymie?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>PLu&longs;ieurs &longs;e &longs;ont efforcez de confir&shy;<lb/>mer les my&longs;teres de la Religion <pb xlink:href="046/01/144.jpg" pagenum="128"/>Chre&longs;tienne par les operations, &amp; par <lb/>les principes de l'Alchymie, dont ils &longs;e <lb/>&longs;ont &longs;eruis pour tirer des comparai&longs;ons, <lb/>qui &longs;ont meilleures, &agrave; leur aduis, pour <lb/>faire comprendre les articles de la Foy, <lb/>que celles dont S. <!-- REMOVE S-->Chry&longs;o&longs;tome &amp; les <lb/>autres Peres de l'Egli&longs;e ont v&longs;&eacute; pour le <lb/>me&longs;me &longs;ujet. </s>



<s>De l&agrave; vient qu'ils ont dit <lb/>que le &longs;el, ou le mercure de la nature, <lb/>qui demeure tou&longs;iours incorruptible, <lb/>&amp; qui con&longs;erue, &amp; nourrit tous les in&shy;<lb/>diuidus corporels, repre&longs;ente Dieu; &amp; <lb/>que &longs;a chaleur naturelle, qui engendre <lb/>l humide radical, e&longs;t la figure du Pere, <lb/>qui engendre le Fils; &amp; finalement que <lb/>le &longs;ec vnit l'vn &amp; l'autre, comme le S. <!-- REMOVE S--><lb/>E&longs;prit vnit le Pere &amp; le Fils: de &longs;orte <lb/>qu'ils croyent que ce&longs;te premiere ma&shy;<lb/>tiere contient beaucoup de proprietez <lb/>de la Trinit&eacute;: ce qu'ils confirment par <lb/>le nom du &longs;el, que les Hebreux appel&shy;<lb/>lent <emph type="italics"/>Melach,<emph.end type="italics"/> qui vaut 78. lequel diui&longs;&eacute; <lb/>par 3. donne le nombre 26. qui e&longs;t &longs;a&shy;<lb/>cr&eacute;, &agrave; rai&longs;on qu'il e&longs;t &longs;ignifi&eacute; par le nom <lb/>Tetragramme <emph type="italics"/>Ichoua.<emph.end type="italics"/></s>

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<s>A quoy ils adjou&longs;tent que l'e&longs;prit du <lb/>monde, qui de&longs;cend du premier mobi&shy;<lb/>le par le Firmament, &amp; par les Planet-<pb xlink:href="046/01/145.jpg" pagenum="129"/>tes, dont il attire la vertu, vients' incor&shy;<lb/>porer auec la ma&longs;&longs;e terre&longs;tre, qu'il pur&shy;<lb/>ge de &longs;es imperfections en endurant la <lb/>mort, &amp; en deuenant apres plus clair, &amp; <lb/>plus glorieux pour engendrer d'autres <lb/>indiuidus plus excellens, &amp; pour pur&shy;<lb/>ger l'ordure des metaux imparfaicts, <lb/>afin de les conuertir en vn or tre&longs;-pur, <lb/>comme le Fils de Dieu de&longs;cend dans <lb/>les entrailles de la Vierge, pour mourir <lb/>pour nous, &amp; pour re&longs;u&longs;citer plus glo&shy;<lb/>rieux, afin de nous transformer par le <lb/>diuin aliment de l'Euchari&longs;tie, &amp; de <lb/>nous rendre &longs;emblables &agrave; luy. </s>

<s>Ie lai&longs;&longs;e <lb/>ce qu'ils di&longs;ent des operations de leur <lb/>laboratoire, pour prouuerles 7. Sacre&shy;<lb/>mens, la re&longs;urrection des morts, &amp; plu&shy;<lb/>&longs;ieuts autres cho&longs;es, <expan abbr="d'aut&atilde;t">d'autant</expan> que ie n'e&shy;<lb/>&longs;time pas que ces comparai&longs;ons pui&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ent apporter plus de clart&eacute; &agrave; nos my&shy;<lb/>&longs;teres, que les comparai&longs;ons ordinaires, <lb/>que l'on prend de la lumiere des a&longs;tres, <lb/>&amp; de la propriet&eacute; des Elemens, &amp; des <lb/>mixtes. </s>

<s>Et puis l'ay experiment&eacute; que <lb/>plu&longs;ieurs Chymi&longs;tes &longs;e perdent telle&shy;<lb/>ment dans ces caprices, qu'au lieu de <lb/>demeurer dans la &longs;eule comparai&longs;on, <lb/>ils s'imaginent que leur &longs;ec, leur chaud, <pb xlink:href="046/01/146.jpg" pagenum="130"/>&amp; leur humide, c'e&longs;t &agrave; dire le &longs;el, le &longs;oul&shy;<lb/>fre, &amp; le Mercure, doiuent principale&shy;<lb/>ment e&longs;tre entendus par le my &longs;tere de <lb/>la Trinit&eacute;, &amp; que leur agent vniuer&longs;el <lb/>d&eacute;gag&eacute; des impuretez tant &longs;pecifiques, <lb/>qu indiuiduelles e&longs;t Dieu: que les im&shy;<lb/>puretez &longs;ont les e&longs;prits malins; &amp; que <lb/>les f&ecirc;ces, ou le <emph type="italics"/>Caput mortuum,<emph.end type="italics"/> &longs;ont l'en&shy;<lb/>fer: de &longs;orte qu'ils ont voulu donner vn <lb/>&longs;ens naturel &agrave; l'E&longs;criture &longs;aincte, com&shy;<lb/>me ont fait Kunrath dans &longs;on Amphi&shy;<lb/>teatre, Flud dans tous &longs;es liures, &amp; plu&shy;<lb/>&longs;ieurs autres, comme &longs;i le &longs;eul vray &longs;ens <lb/>de l'E&longs;criture ne &longs;e deuoit entendre <lb/>que de la poudre, ou de la pierre Phy&longs;i&shy;<lb/>que, ce qu'ils di&longs;ent, &amp; e&longs;&longs;ayentauec <lb/>vne impiet&eacute; d'autant plus grande qu'ils <lb/>la cachent auec plus d'accorti&longs;e, &amp; d'a&shy;<lb/>dre&longs;&longs;e &longs;ouz le voile de la piet&eacute;. </s>

<s>C'e&longs;t <lb/>pourquoy il faut y prendre garde, &amp; <lb/>&longs;uiure en ce&longs;ujet la <expan abbr="c&etilde;&longs;ure">cen&longs;ure</expan> que les Do&shy;<lb/>cteurs de Sorbonne ont fait des &oelig;uures <lb/>dudit Kunrath, &amp; croire que la Reli&shy;<lb/>gion Chre&longs;tienne n'a pas affaire de la <lb/>Chymie pour &longs;a confirmation, ou pour <lb/>&longs;a deffence, &amp; qu'elle luy nui&longs;t plus en <lb/>la bouche de ceux qui <expan abbr="cherch&etilde;t">cherchent</expan> le &longs;ens <lb/>alchymi&longs;te dans les paroles de Dieu, <pb xlink:href="046/01/147.jpg" pagenum="131"/>dans le liure de Thomas &agrave; Kempis de <lb/>l'Imitation de Ie&longs;us-Chri&longs;t, ou me&longs;me <lb/>dans les liures Sacrez, qu'elle ne luy <lb/>&longs;ert, comme l'on aduo&uuml;era librement, <lb/>quand on l'aura experiment&eacute;. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ie ne veux pas neantmoins condam&shy;<lb/>ner tous les Chymi&longs;tes, qui comparent <lb/>le Bapte&longs;me &agrave; la calcination, &amp; &agrave; la lo&shy;<lb/>tion, dont ils v&longs;ent pour &eacute;purer les mix&shy;<lb/>tes: ni ceux qui trouuent de la re&longs;&longs;em&shy;<lb/>blance entre la Confirmation &amp; la fixa&shy;<lb/>tion; entre l'Euchari&longs;tie, &amp; la pierre <lb/>Phy&longs;ique: entre la Penitence, la cal&shy;<lb/>cination, la putrefaction, &amp; la di&longs;&longs;olu&shy;<lb/>tion; entre l'Extreme <expan abbr="Oncti&otilde;">Onctiom</expan>, &amp; l'hui&shy;<lb/>le de vie, par le moyen de laquelle ils <lb/>di&longs;ent que les metaux imparfaits &longs;e <expan abbr="c&otilde;-uerti&longs;&longs;ent">con&shy;<lb/>uerti&longs;&longs;ent</expan> en or, comme ils prouuent <lb/>par le clou du cabinet de <expan abbr="Flor&etilde;ce">Florence</expan>, qu'ils <lb/>di&longs;ent e&longs;tre moiti&eacute; fer &amp; moiti&eacute; or: en&shy;<lb/>tre les Ordres &longs;acrez, &amp; l'huile me&longs;l&eacute; <lb/>auec les cendres du &longs;el tre&longs;-parfaict, <lb/>qu'ils appellent le <emph type="italics"/>&longs;auon des &longs;ages<emph.end type="italics"/>; &amp; fi&shy;<lb/>nalement entre le mariage, &amp; le &longs;oulfre <lb/>metallique rouge, &amp; blanc, d'o&ugrave; ils ti&shy;<lb/>rent leur Elixir Arabique: parce que ie <lb/>ne doute <expan abbr="nullem&etilde;t">nullement</expan> qu'il n'y en ait quel&shy;<lb/>ques-vns qui le font &agrave; bonne intention, <pb xlink:href="046/01/148.jpg" pagenum="132"/>&amp; qui ne prennent les operations Chy&shy;<lb/>miques que pour de &longs;imples comparai&shy;<lb/>&longs;ons, &amp; des ombres de nos my &longs;teres. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais il n'y a pas grande apparence <lb/>des'imaginer que l'on les pui&longs;&longs;e prou&shy;<lb/>uer, ou per&longs;uader parcette voye, atten&shy;<lb/>du qu'il y a plu&longs;ieurs Caluini&longs;tes, Lu&shy;<lb/>theriens, Iuifs, Turcs, Arabes, &amp;c. </s>

<s>qui <lb/>&longs;&ccedil;auent au&longs;&longs;i bien la Chymie que les <lb/>Catholiques, quoy qu'ils ne vueillent <lb/>pas embra&longs;&longs;er les 7. Sacremens, ny les <lb/>autres my &longs;teres de no&longs;tre Foy. <!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Or il faudroit examiner &longs;i Dieu a tel&shy;<lb/>lement compo&longs;&eacute; la nature des corps, <lb/>que leur di&longs;&longs;olution, &amp; tout ce qu'ils <lb/>peuuent faire, ou endurer, repre&longs;ente <lb/>tout ce qui appartient &agrave; la Religion <lb/>Chre&longs;tienne: car il n'y a nul doute qu'il <lb/>l'a peu faire; mais il n'y a pas moyen de <lb/>connoi&longs;tre s'il l'a fait, s'il ne le reuele, <lb/>parce que nous ne <expan abbr="&longs;&ccedil;au&otilde;s">&longs;&ccedil;auons</expan> pas la manie&shy;<lb/>re qu'il a tenu&euml; &agrave; la compo&longs;ition, &amp; &agrave; <lb/>l'arrengement des parties du monde, <lb/>&amp; de chaque indiuidu. </s></p><pb xlink:href="046/01/149.jpg" pagenum="133"/><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>De la Cen&longs;ure de la Sorbonne, contre le <lb/>liure de Kunrath.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>I'ay creu que ceux qui re&longs;pectent la <lb/>Sacr&eacute;e Facult&eacute; de la Sorbonne &longs;eront <lb/>bien ay&longs;es de con&longs;iderer le iugement, <lb/>&amp; la cen&longs;ure qu'elle a fait de l' Amphi&shy;<lb/>teatre de Henri Kunrath, &amp; que l'on <lb/>connoi&longs;tra par cet aduis en quoy pe&longs;&shy;<lb/>chent les liures de Chymie, c'e&longs;t pour&shy;<lb/>quoy ie le mets icy. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>La Sacr&eacute;e Facult&eacute; de la Theologie de Paris, <lb/>&agrave; tous les Catholiques.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>PVi&longs;que l'Apo&longs;tre nous enjoint d'&eacute;&shy;<lb/>prouuer toutes cho&longs;es, &amp; de rete&shy;<lb/>nir ce qui e&longs;t bon, ayant apperceu que <lb/>depuis quelques mois les Catholiques <lb/>ont vn certain liure tre&longs;-pernicieux en&shy;<lb/>tre les mains, dans lequel il y a premie&shy;<lb/>rement quelques figures, &amp; puis plu&shy;<lb/>&longs;ieurs <expan abbr="explicati&otilde;s">explications</expan> de diuers pa&longs;&longs;ages de <lb/>la &longs;aincte E&longs;criture di&longs;po&longs;&eacute;es par &longs;ept <pb xlink:href="046/01/150.jpg" pagenum="134"/>degrez, &amp; finalement quelques corol&shy;<lb/>laires, &amp; dont le tiltre e&longs;t, <emph type="italics"/>l'Amphiteatre <lb/>Chri&longs;tianocabali&longs;tique Dinin<gap/>que, <lb/>Phy&longs;ico-chymique, Tertriun-<gap/>uque, de <lb/>la &longs;age&longs;&longs;e eternelle &longs;eule veritable, par Henri <lb/>Kunrath de Lip&longs;e, amaicur &longs;idelle de la Theo&shy;<lb/>&longs;ophie, &amp; Doctcur d<gap/> l'vne, &amp; l'autre Me&shy;<lb/>decine:<emph.end type="italics"/> La &longs;u&longs;dite Facult&eacute; de Theologie <lb/>ayant leu exactement, &amp; examin&eacute; le li&shy;<lb/>ure entier par quelques pocteurs qu'el&shy;<lb/>le a &longs;pecialement deputez pour ce &longs;u&shy;<lb/>iet, a iug&eacute; que les explications e&longs;tant <lb/>pri&longs;es &agrave; la lettre, &amp; tous les corollaires <lb/>pris <expan abbr="c&otilde;me">comme</expan> ils &longs;ont, auec le liure me&longs;me, <lb/>doiuent e&longs;tre condamn&eacute;s, particuliere&shy;<lb/>ment parce qu'e&longs;tant remply d'impie&shy;<lb/>tez, d'erreurs, &amp; d'here&longs;ies, &amp; d'vne <lb/>perpetuelle profanation &longs;acrilege des <lb/>pa&longs;&longs;ages de la &longs;aincte E&longs;criture, il abu&longs;e <lb/>des plus &longs;aints my&longs;teres de la Religion <lb/>Catholique, &amp; conduit les lecteurs aux <lb/>arts deffendus, &amp; abominables, C'e&longs;t <lb/>pourquoy elle a iug&eacute; qu'vn liure &longs;i con&shy;<lb/>tagieux ne peut e&longs;tre leu, ny expo&longs;&eacute; en <lb/>public &longs;ans perte de la Foy, de la Reli&shy;<lb/>gion, &amp; de la piet&eacute;. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Fait &agrave; Paris dans no&longs;tre a&longs;&longs;embl&eacute;e ge&shy;<lb/>neralle, celebr&eacute;e &longs;olemnellement au <pb xlink:href="046/01/151.jpg" pagenum="135"/>College de Sorbonne, l'an de no&longs;tre <lb/>Seigneur 1625.le 1. iour de Mars. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Par le commandement de Mon&longs;ieur <lb/>le Doyen, &amp; des Mai&longs;tres de la dite Sa&shy;<lb/>cr&eacute;e Facult&eacute; de la Theologie de Paris. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s><lb/>Ph. </s>

<s>Bouuot. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XXIX.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Puis qu'il e&longs;t certain que le Soleil a beaucoup <lb/>de taches, ou de macules, &amp; de facu&shy;<lb/>les, qu'en peut-on inferer?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>IL n'e&longs;t pas be&longs;oin de prouuer qu'il y <lb/>a plu&longs;ieurs macules dans le Soleil, <lb/>puis qu'il y a peu de per&longs;onnes &longs;tudieu&shy;<lb/>&longs;es qui ne les <expan abbr="ay&etilde;t">ayent</expan> ob&longs;eru&eacute;es, ce&longs;t pour&shy;<lb/>quoy i'explique &longs;eulement icy leurs <lb/>proprietez, &amp; l'vtilit&eacute; que l'on en peut <lb/>tirer, &longs;uiuant la &longs;peculation de Schei&shy;<lb/>ner, qui a remarqu&eacute; dans la 580. page <lb/>de &longs;on Soleil, que &longs;on diametre luy a <lb/>&longs;ouuent paru de 51&prime;. </s>

<s>d'o&ugrave; il infere qu'il <lb/>e&longs;t &eacute;loign&eacute; de la terre de 87, de &longs;es dia&shy;<lb/>metres: &amp; d'autrefois il a veu &longs;on dia&shy;<lb/>metre de 55&prime;. </s>

<s>&agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir le 19. du mois <lb/>d'Octobre de l'an 1626. &amp; de 56&prime;. </s>

<s>l'an <pb xlink:href="046/01/152.jpg" pagenum="136"/>&longs;uiuant le 23. de Septembre. </s>

<s>Oril e&longs;t <lb/>certain que les macules, qui paroi&longs;&longs;ent <lb/>dans le Soleil, &longs;ont d'autant plus gran&shy;<lb/>des, qu'il paroi&longs;t plus grand, &amp; qu'il e&longs;t <lb/>plus &eacute;loigu&eacute; de nous. </s>

<s>Mais afin de &longs;&ccedil;a&shy;<lb/>uoir leur grandeur a&longs;&longs;ez preci&longs;&eacute;ment, <lb/>il faut &longs;uppo&longs;er que le rayon, ou le de&shy;<lb/>midiametre de la terre e&longs;t de 860. lieu&euml;s <lb/>d'Allemagne, dont chacune e&longs;t com&shy;<lb/>po&longs;&eacute;e de 4000. pas Geometriques, &amp; <lb/>con&longs;equemment que &longs;on circuit e&longs;t de <lb/>(5403 2152/4000) lieu&euml;s, c'e&longs;t &agrave; dire que le tour <lb/>de la terre a 21614152. pas Geometri&shy;<lb/>ques &amp; <expan abbr="s&otilde;">som</expan> demidiametre 3440000. Et <lb/>puis il faut &longs;upo&longs;er que le demidiame&shy;<lb/>tre du Soleil a (4602 16119/4000) lieues, &amp; &longs;a cir&shy;<lb/>conference (28920 36<gap/>2/4000) Cecy e&longs;tant po&shy;<lb/>&longs;&eacute;, il a remar qu&eacute; plu&longs;ieurs macules, <expan abbr="d&otilde;t">dont</expan> <lb/>les vnes &longs;ont &longs;i grandes que leur diame&shy;<lb/>tre e&longs;tau demidiametre du Soleil, com&shy;<lb/>me 1. &agrave; 10. ou &agrave; 7. &amp; con&longs;equemment <lb/>elles ont 660. lieu&euml;s de grandeur. </s>

<s>Ily <lb/>en a d'autres qui &longs;urpa&longs;&longs;ent la grandeur <lb/>de l'Europe, ou de l'Afrique, encore <lb/>que l'on &longs;uppo&longs;e <expan abbr="&longs;eulem&etilde;t">&longs;eulement</expan> la grandeur, <lb/>&amp; l'&eacute;loignement que Tycho donne au <lb/>Soleil, &amp; que le diametre de la terre &longs;oit <lb/>&agrave; celuy du Soleil, comme 1. &agrave; 12. ou &agrave; 13. </s></p><pb xlink:href="046/01/153.jpg" pagenum="137"/><p type="main">

<s>Il en remarque d'autres qui &longs;ont <lb/>plus grandes que la terre, car elles ont <lb/>2410. lieu&euml;s en diametre, mais elles &longs;e <lb/>font de plu&longs;ieurs petites macules, qui <lb/>s'ama&longs;&longs;ent peu &agrave; peu en&longs;emble, de &longs;or&shy;<lb/>te que le Soleil e&longs;t tou&longs;iours me&longs;l&eacute; de <lb/>tenebres; d'o&ugrave; il conclud que l'Eclyp&shy;<lb/>&longs;e du Soleil, qui arriua &agrave; la Pa&longs;&longs;ion de <lb/>no&longs;tre Seigneur, &longs;e fi&longs;t par l'entremi&longs;e <lb/>d'vne grande quantit&eacute; de ces macules, <lb/>puis que la Lune ne peut nous la rendre <lb/>vniuer&longs;elle comme elle fut. </s>

<s>Or ces <lb/>macules paroi&longs;&longs;ent &longs;ouuent 13. iours ou <lb/>enuiron dans le Soleil, &amp; con&longs;equem&shy;<lb/>ment font leur tour en 26. ou 27. iours, <lb/>plus ou moins: mais elles ne font nul <lb/>parallaxe, d'o&ugrave; l'on conclud qu'elles le <lb/>touchent &amp; parce qu'elles &longs;cuano&uuml;i&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ent, &amp; di&longs;paroi&longs;&longs;ent &longs;ouuent dans le <lb/>milieu du Soleil, il e&longs;t difficile de iuger <lb/>quelle e&longs;t leur matiere, &longs;i l'on ne dit <lb/>qu'elles &longs;ont des nu&euml;s, qui &longs;'&eacute;leuent du <lb/>corps du Soleil, comme celles de la ter&shy;<lb/>re, car elles vont quelquesfois en &longs;e <lb/>gro&longs;&longs;i&longs;&longs;ant, &amp; d'autresfois en &longs;e dimi&shy;<lb/>nuant depuis l'vn des bords du Soleil <lb/>iu&longs;ques &agrave; l'autre; &amp; d'ob&longs;cures elles de&shy;<lb/>uiennent claires <expan abbr="c&otilde;me">comme</expan> des flambeaux, <pb xlink:href="046/01/154.jpg" pagenum="138"/>apres qu'elles &longs;e &longs;ont termin&eacute;es en fu&shy;<lb/>m&eacute;e. </s>

<s>car le Soleil e&longs;t comme vn grand <lb/>bra&longs;ier, qui les enflamme, &longs;i to&longs;t qu'el&shy;<lb/>les &longs;ont a&longs;&longs;ez rarefi&eacute;es. </s>

<s>Mais il faut re&shy;<lb/>marquer que les facules, ou flambeaux <lb/>du Soleil &longs;e conuerti&longs;&longs;ent au&longs;&longs;i bien en <lb/>macules, que les macules en facules &amp; <lb/>que les vnes &longs;uccedent aux autres, ou <lb/>qu'elles &longs;e me&longs;lent &longs;ouuent en&longs;emble: <lb/>&amp; finalement qu'elles commencent <lb/>tou&longs;iours &agrave; l'horizon de l'Orient du So&shy;<lb/>leil, &amp; fini&longs;&longs;ent &agrave; <expan abbr="l'horiz&otilde;">l'horizom</expan> de <expan abbr="l'Occid&etilde;t">l'Occident</expan>. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'on peut encore dire que ces macu&shy;<lb/>les &longs;e tournent quelquefois en Come&shy;<lb/>tes, &amp; que la Comete de l'an 1618. &amp; <lb/>les autres e&longs;toient des macules &longs;orties <lb/>du Soleil: quoy que toutes ces ob&longs;er&shy;<lb/>uations ne preuuent pas a&longs;&longs;ez euidem&shy;<lb/>ment que le Soleil &longs;oit corruptible, &amp; <lb/>qu'il re&ccedil;oiue des alterations, comme <lb/>la terre, &amp; particulierement comme le <lb/>mont Ve&longs;uue, pour obliger les <expan abbr="h&otilde;mes">hommes</expan> <lb/>&agrave; embra&longs;&longs;er cette opinion, car Claude <lb/>Berigard maintient que l'on peut enco&shy;<lb/>re retenir l'incorruptibilit&eacute;, &amp; me&longs;me <lb/>la &longs;olidit&eacute; des cieux, dans le hure qu'il <lb/>a fait contre les Dialogues de Gali&shy;<lb/>lee du mouuement de la terre. </s></p><pb xlink:href="046/01/155.jpg" pagenum="139"/><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Il e&longs;t ay&longs;&eacute; de verifier les ob&longs;eruations <lb/>&amp; les experiences des macules du So&shy;<lb/>leil, parce que Malaperta <expan abbr="d&otilde;n&eacute;">donn&eacute;</expan> les ob&shy;<lb/>&longs;eruations qu'il en a faites depuis l'an <lb/>1618. ju&longs;ques &agrave; 1627. dans le liure qu'il <lb/>intitule <emph type="italics"/>Heliocyclia,<emph.end type="italics"/> en me&longs;me temps <lb/>que Scheiner a donn&eacute; les &longs;iennes dans <lb/>&longs;a Ro&longs;e Vr&longs;ine, car celuy-cy les a ob&longs;er&shy;<lb/>u&eacute;es &agrave; Ingol&longs;tad, &amp; &agrave; Rome, &amp; celuy&shy;<lb/>la &agrave; Arras, o&ugrave; il m'a fait voir &longs;es in&longs;tru&shy;<lb/>mens, &amp; la maniere dont il a ob&longs;eru&eacute; <lb/>les macules. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XXX.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Quelle vtilit&eacute; peut-on tirer des lunettes de <lb/>longue veu&euml; pour les &longs;ciences, <lb/>&amp; pour la vie?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>IL faut <expan abbr="premierem&etilde;t">premierement</expan> remarquer que <lb/>les lunettes &longs;ont faites de verre, ou <lb/>de chry&longs;tal, &amp; qu'elles gro&longs;&longs;i&longs;&longs;ent, ou <lb/>diminuent les objects; elles les gro&longs;&longs;i&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ent, quand les verres &longs;ont conuexes <pb xlink:href="046/01/156.jpg" pagenum="140"/>d'vn co&longs;t&eacute;, &amp; plats de l'autre, ou qu'ils <lb/>&longs;ont conuexes des deux co&longs;tez: mais <lb/>elles les diminu&euml;nt, lors que les verres <lb/>&longs;ont creux ou concaues d'vn, ou deux <lb/>co&longs;tez. </s>

<s>Orauant que de parler des lu&shy;<lb/>nettes de longue veu&euml;, dont on rappor&shy;<lb/>te l'inuention &agrave; Galil&eacute;e, ou aux Hol&shy;<lb/>landois, ou &agrave; quelques autres plus an&shy;<lb/>ciens, il faut remarquer en &longs;econd lieu <lb/>que les verres creux &longs;eruent &agrave; ceux qui <lb/>ont la veu&euml; courte, d'autant que leur <lb/>humeur chry&longs;tallin fait la portion d'v&shy;<lb/>ne &longs;i petite Sphere, qu'il r'acourcit trop <lb/>le cone des rayons vi&longs;uels, de &longs;orte qu'il <lb/>ne peut arriuer iu&longs;ques &agrave; la retine, qui <lb/>en doit e&longs;tre peinte di&longs;tinctement pour <lb/>nous faire voir. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Et parce que ce racourci&longs;&longs;ement de <lb/>la pointe du cone e&longs;t plus grand, quand <lb/>il vient des objects &eacute;loignez, il faut ap&shy;<lb/>pliquer le verre concaue &agrave; l'&oelig;il, afin <lb/>d'allonger ladite pointe, iu&longs;ques &agrave; ce <lb/>qu'elle arriue di&longs;tinctement &agrave; la retine: <lb/>quoy que l'on n'en ayt pas be&longs;oin, lors <lb/>que les objects <expan abbr="s&otilde;t">sont</expan> proches, parce qu'ils <lb/>font la pointe du cone a&longs;&longs;ez longue. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais il faut autant de differentes lu&shy;<lb/>nettes creu&longs;es, comme il &longs;e rencontre <pb xlink:href="046/01/157.jpg" pagenum="141"/>de differents <expan abbr="c&otilde;uexes">conuexes</expan> dans les humeurs <lb/>chry&longs;talins, &amp; de differens <expan abbr="&eacute;loignem&etilde;s">&eacute;loignemens</expan> <lb/>de&longs;dits chry&longs;talins iu&longs;ques au fond de <lb/>la retine: &amp; l'on experimente tou&longs;iours <lb/>que la differente concauit&eacute;, ou conue&shy;<lb/>xit&eacute; des verres a des effets differens, <expan abbr="t&atilde;t">tant</expan> <lb/>pour l'&oelig;il que pour la lumiere: c'e&longs;t <lb/>pourquoy chacun peut iuger de la figu&shy;<lb/>re de l'humeur chry&longs;talin qu'il a dans <lb/>l'vn, ou l'autre &oelig;il, dans le&longs;quels il e&longs;t <lb/>le plus &longs;ouuent different, de l&agrave; vient <lb/>&longs;ouuent que l'on void mieux d'vn &oelig;il, <lb/>que de l'autre. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>En troi&longs;ie&longs;me lieu, il faut dire tout le <lb/>contraire de ceux qui ont leur chry&longs;ta&shy;<lb/>lin &longs;i plat, ou &longs;i peu courbe, ou fait d'v&shy;<lb/>ne &longs;i grande portion de &longs;phere, qu'il al&shy;<lb/>longe trop le cone de la pyramide ra&shy;<lb/>dieu&longs;e, car ils doiuent v&longs;er de verres <lb/>d'autant plus conuexes, qu'ils ont ledit <lb/>chry&longs;talin moins conuexe. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Cecy e&longs;tant po&longs;&eacute;, ie dis que les lunet&shy;<lb/>tes de <expan abbr="l&otilde;gue">longue</expan> veu&euml; &longs;ont compo&longs;ees d'vn <lb/>verre conuexe, que l'on met au bout <lb/>du tuyau, qui regarde l'object, &amp; d'vn <lb/>concaue, que l'on applique &agrave; l'&oelig;il, &amp; <lb/>qu'elles gro&longs;&longs;i&longs;&longs;ent d'autant plus l'ob&shy;<lb/>ject que la portion du conuexe e&longs;t pri&longs;e <pb xlink:href="046/01/158.jpg" pagenum="142"/>&longs;ur vne plus grande &longs;phere, &amp; celle du <lb/>concaue &longs;ur vne moindre. </s>

<s>Del&agrave; vient <lb/>qu'il faut faire les tuyaux d'autant plus <lb/>longs que le&longs;dits conuexes approchent <lb/>dauantage d'vn plan droit, &amp; d'autant <lb/>plus courte, que la portion de leurs ver&shy;<lb/>res conuexes e&longs;t pri&longs;e d'vne moindre <lb/>&longs;phere. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Orces lunettes &longs;eruent <expan abbr="premierem&etilde;t">premierement</expan> <lb/>pour connoi&longs;tre ce qui e&longs;t, ou ce qui &longs;e <lb/>fait &agrave; vne, ou deux lieu&euml;s, d'o&ugrave; l'on e&longs;t, <lb/>quand elles &longs;ont <expan abbr="b&otilde;nes">bonnes</expan>, &amp; con&longs;e quem&shy;<lb/>ment elles peuuent &longs;uppl&eacute;er le chemm <lb/>qu'il faudroit faire pour &longs;&ccedil;auoir la me&longs;&shy;<lb/>me cho&longs;e, &amp; aydent &agrave; &eacute;uiter vne infi&shy;<lb/>nit&eacute; de dangers, &amp; de mauuai&longs;es ren&shy;<lb/>contres: mais il faut d'autant plus ac&shy;<lb/>courcir les lunettes, que l'on a la veu&euml; <lb/>plus courte: del&agrave; <expan abbr="vi&etilde;t">vient</expan> qu'elles ont qua&longs;i <lb/>aurant de differents points comme il <lb/>y a de differens chry&longs;talins. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>En deuxie&longs;me lieu, elles &longs;eruent pour <lb/>remarquer plu&longs;ieurs cho&longs;es dans les <lb/>a&longs;tres, que l'on ne peut voir &longs;ans leur <lb/>ayde, comme l'on experimente aux <lb/>macules du Soleil, donti'ay parl&eacute; dans <lb/>la que&longs;tion precedente, car quand on <lb/>applique les lunettes au trou que l'on <pb xlink:href="046/01/159.jpg" pagenum="143"/>fait dans la fene&longs;tre d'vne chambre, <lb/>qui n'a nulle lumiere d'ailleuts, &amp; que <lb/>l'on &eacute;loigne vne charte <expan abbr="bl&atilde;che">blanche</expan> du ver&shy;<lb/>re concaue, iu&longs;ques &agrave; ce que l'on voye <lb/>di&longs;tinctement la repre&longs;entation, ou l'i&shy;<lb/>mage du Soleil &longs;ur ladite charte, <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> re&shy;<lb/>marque ay&longs;&eacute;ment la multitude, la figu&shy;<lb/>re, &amp; la grandeur des macules, qui &longs;ont <lb/>quelquefois en grand nombre, &amp; d'au&shy;<lb/>trefois il y en a peu, ou il n'en paroi&longs;t <lb/>point du tout. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Troi&longs;i&eacute;mement, elles mon&longs;trent que <lb/>le Soleil e&longs;t plus proche de la terre &agrave; <lb/>l'Hyuer, qu'&agrave; l'E&longs;t&eacute;, car la me&longs;me lu&shy;<lb/>nette fait paroi&longs;tre &longs;on image beau&shy;<lb/>coup plus grande dans le &longs;igne du Ca&shy;<lb/>pricorne, que dans celuy de l'Ecreui&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;e, del&agrave; vient qu'il faut vn peu l'acour&shy;<lb/>cir &agrave; l'E&longs;t&eacute;, car elle doit e&longs;tre plus lon&shy;<lb/>gue pour voir di&longs;tinctement les obiects <lb/>qui &longs;ont plus proches, &amp; plus courte <lb/>quand ils &longs;ont plus &eacute;loignez: d'o&ugrave; il ar&shy;<lb/>riue que l'on doit plus &eacute;loigner la char&shy;<lb/>te de la lunette &agrave; l'Hyuer, qu'&agrave; l'E&longs;t&eacute;, <lb/>pour voir &eacute;galement ce que l'on veut <lb/>remarquer. </s>

<s>Finalement elles &longs;eruent <lb/>pour remarquer le <expan abbr="Croi&longs;s&atilde;t">Croi&longs;sant</expan>, le decours, <lb/>&amp; les autres apparences de Venus, qui <pb xlink:href="046/01/160.jpg" pagenum="144"/>imite toutes les figures de la Lune; <lb/>pour d&eacute;couurir plu&longs;ieurs nouuelles <lb/>E&longs;toiles, que l'on ne peut apperceuoir <lb/>auec les yeux, pour en remarquer les <lb/>diametres, &amp; pour plu&longs;ieurs autres cho&shy;<lb/>&longs;es, qui meritent vn trait&eacute; particulier, <lb/>&longs;ans lequel on ne peut expliquer a&longs;&longs;ez <lb/>clairement tous les differents effets des <lb/>lunettes compo&longs;&eacute;es de deux ou plu&shy;<lb/>&longs;ieurs conuexes, &amp; concaues, qui ren&shy;<lb/>dent les rayons paralleles, &amp; concur&shy;<lb/>rents, &amp; qu'ils &eacute;cartent quand ils con&shy;<lb/>current, ou qu'ils &longs;ont paralleles, com&shy;<lb/>me il arriue aux miroirs. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XXXI.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="italics"/>Peut-on trouuer en France de la matiere pour <lb/>entretenir le feu, &amp; pour &longs;e chauffer &longs;ans <lb/>v&longs;er de bois? </s>

<s>&amp; peut-on faire du &longs;alpe&shy;<lb/>&longs;tre par artifice?<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>IL e&longs;t certain que l'on v&longs;e de mottes, <lb/>ou de <expan abbr="gaz&otilde;s">gazons</expan> de terre en <expan abbr="Holl&atilde;de">Hollande</expan>, que <lb/>l'on appelle tourbes, &amp; de la <emph type="italics"/>Ho&uuml;ille<emph.end type="italics"/> au <lb/>pays du Liege, pour faire du feu, &amp; <lb/>pour &longs;e chauffer: cette <emph type="italics"/>Ho&uuml;ille<emph.end type="italics"/> e&longs;t vne <pb xlink:href="046/01/161.jpg" pagenum="145"/>e&longs;pece de charbon de terre que l'on ti&shy;<lb/>re des mines tre&longs;-profondes, &amp; qui e&longs;t <lb/>&longs;emblable &agrave; l'&eacute;cume du fer. </s>

<s>Or l'on a <lb/>vne grande quantit&eacute; de terres en Fran&shy;<lb/>ce, qui &longs;ont propres &agrave; bru&longs;ler, &amp; qui <lb/>&longs;ont proches des riuieres; qui peuuent <lb/>e&longs;tre trauaill&eacute;es depuis le commence&shy;<lb/>ment d'Apuril ju&longs;ques &agrave; la &longs;ainct Mar&shy;<lb/>tin. </s>

<s>Etelles peuuent &longs;uppl&eacute;er aux fo&shy;<lb/>re&longs;ts, dont la couppe, &amp; la degradation <lb/>apporte de grandes pertes, comme a <lb/>mon&longs;tr&eacute; le &longs;ieur de Lamberuille, qui <lb/>donne les <expan abbr="moy&etilde;s">moyens</expan> de &longs;e &longs;eruir des Aby&longs;&shy;<lb/>mes, Croullieres, &amp; Mollieres, qui <lb/>viennent des Tourbieres, dans &longs;es di&longs;&shy;<lb/>cours Politiques. </s>

<s>Certainement s'il y <lb/>a a&longs;&longs;ez de cette terre propre &agrave; bru&longs;ler, &amp; <lb/>&agrave; chauffer toutes &longs;ortes de fourneaux, <lb/>&longs;ur les rui&longs;&longs;eaux, &amp; les petites riuieres, <lb/>qui de&longs;cendent dans les grandes riuie&shy;<lb/>res de France, &amp; &longs;i elle e&longs;t plus propre <lb/>que le bois &agrave; faire cuire tout ce que l'on <lb/>veut, il faudroit re&longs;eruer le bois pour <lb/>ba&longs;tir, &amp; pour meubler les mai&longs;ons, &amp; <lb/>pour tous les autres v&longs;ages de la Me&shy;<lb/>chanique; or il maintient qu'il y en a <lb/>a&longs;&longs;ez proche d'Aultre, Canche, Thare, <lb/>Therin, Nounete, Ai&longs;e, Leyt, &amp; Lyane, <pb xlink:href="046/01/162.jpg" pagenum="146"/>qui de&longs;cendent dans la Somme, &amp; pro&shy;<lb/>che des riuieres &amp; rui&longs;&longs;eaux qui en&shy;<lb/>trent dans la Seine, &agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir, Aube, <lb/>Aubete, Or&longs;e, Creu&longs;e, Legnes, Ar&longs;e, <lb/>Lozain, Voire, Amane, Au&longs;on, Lui&shy;<lb/>&longs;tre, Bar&longs;an, Ardu&longs;&longs;on, Sorme, Doruin, <lb/>Yonne, Senin, Arman&longs;on, Serain, Cu&shy;<lb/>re, Cou&longs;in, O&longs;erain, Loze, Sault, Vil&shy;<lb/>lenoce, Lamboye, Vannes, Loin, du <lb/>Biez, Durtan, la Iuyne, Yrre, Loet, <lb/>Orge, Remande, Yuete, Marne, Sui&shy;<lb/>ze, Vennory, Sault, Roignon, Blai&longs;e, <lb/>Ourc, Morin, Bieure, Crou&longs;t, Oy&longs;e <lb/>Somme, Aine, Vele, Bione, Tourbe, <lb/>Valie, Ardilie, Nore, Epte, Vegre, <lb/>Blai&longs;e, Hadre, Iton, Andele, Olne, <lb/>Oudon, Eure, Drome, Vire, la Done, <lb/>Ardre, Burd, Yue, Rille, Somme. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ie veux encore mettre les rui&longs;&longs;eaux <lb/>qui de&longs;cendent dans la Loire, dans le <lb/>Ro&longs;ne, dans la Garonne, &amp; dans la <lb/>Charante, afin que l'on admire la dili&shy;<lb/>gence de cet Autheur. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Dans la Loire, Colence, Dolizon, <lb/>Borne, Cheneualet, Ve&longs;i&longs;&longs;e, An&longs;e, Li&shy;<lb/>gnon, De, Argent, Or, E&longs;cu, I&longs;able, <lb/>Vs, Coy&longs;e, Donzi, Verne&longs;an, Neiron&shy;<lb/>de, Soruin, Renai&longs;on, Recon&longs;e, Aroux, <pb xlink:href="046/01/163.jpg" pagenum="147"/>Alier, Alamon, Sumare, Thieure, la <lb/>Iordane, la Sole, Drogne, Bedac, Do&shy;<lb/>re, Chi&longs;&longs;on, Iolare, Vrile, Oeuf, Loiret, <lb/>Cire, le <expan abbr="Br&atilde;le">Bralle</expan>, le Cher, Auuron, Theol. </s>

<s><lb/>Yeure, Naon, le Sauldre, petite Saul&shy;<lb/>dre, Po&longs;o, Indre, E&longs;chandron, Indrois, <lb/>la Diue, Theoret, le Thon, Briaude, <lb/>Bu&longs;&longs;e, Laution, le Layon, Oudon, Se&shy;<lb/>nure, le Latan, Lirome, Mayene, Vo&shy;<lb/>lon, Sarte, la Vigne, Aigre, Aurule, <lb/>Eidre, Huyne, Beuuron, Cu&longs;&longs;on, Vie&shy;<lb/>ne, Creu&longs;e, la Crau&longs;e, petite Crau&longs;e, <lb/>la Gartampe, Vincon, la Ba&longs;ile, la Vi&shy;<lb/>gnane, Taurion, Aurance, Brance, <lb/>Goere, le Clan, la Vone, la Cloere, <lb/>Moi&longs;&longs;an, Thoe, <expan abbr="Tyr&otilde;">Tyrom</expan>, Mu&longs;&longs;uue, Braye, <lb/>Ardre, la Vilaine, Aou&longs;t, Blauet, Oder, <lb/>Rance, Minete, Coe&longs;non, les Conies. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Dans le Ro&longs;ne, Ain, Saune, Vencel&shy;<lb/>le, la Tylle, Be&longs;ne, Ou&longs;che, Su&longs;on, Na&shy;<lb/>uigenne, Therin, Bur&longs;ure, le Doux, <lb/>Grone, Pianete, Mourgon, A&longs;ergue, <lb/>Saene, le Garon, Giers, la Gere, Bar, <lb/>Salize, Clomar, Furan, le Dorbe, la <lb/>Can&eacute;e, Cani&longs;e, Dome, Li&longs;ere, Ayre, <lb/>Grye, Drac, Die, Acha&longs;&longs;e, la Ru&longs;&longs;e, la <lb/>Durance, Ozon, Charny. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Dans la Garonne, Bai&longs;e, Ciron, La-<pb xlink:href="046/01/164.jpg" pagenum="148"/>rod, Ladour, le Luis, le Gaue, Ourth, <lb/>Oleron, le Nes, O&longs;&longs;eau, A&longs;pe, le Vert, <lb/>Haum, Vidoux, Bidou&longs;e, le Nine, le <lb/>Salat, la Cre&longs;te, la Riege, le Gers, Hi&shy;<lb/>cis, Salat, Aigue la Vaul, la Sane, le <lb/>Tarn, Ta&longs;con, la Drot, Dordoigne, <lb/>Gironde, la Somme, Leyre, Lers, le <lb/>Lot, Li&longs;le, la Drone, Agou&longs;t, Dauey&shy;<lb/>ron, la Lous, la Douce, Mydon, le <lb/>Nibe. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Dans la Charante, la Peru&longs;e, Argent, <lb/>Or, Son, Sonnete, la <expan abbr="B&otilde;nuyre">Bonnuyre</expan>, la Tar&shy;<lb/>doere, les Gaues, de Rancogne, le <lb/>Gaue, Churet, Toulure, Anguyene, <lb/>la Noere, la Boeme, le Ne, Suyne, <lb/>Che&longs;boulonne, Indre, Gironde, la Se&shy;<lb/>pure, Aultize, la Vandeze. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ce qui peut &longs;eruir &agrave; ceux qui pren&shy;<lb/>dront la peine de cheminer au long de <lb/>ces riuieres, pour &longs;&ccedil;auoir le nom des <lb/>rui&longs;&longs;eaux que l'on rencontre, &amp; pour <lb/>&eacute;prouuer s'il &longs;e trouue des Tourbes <lb/>propres &agrave; faire dufeu dans tous ces en&shy;<lb/>droits. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Le &longs;ieur Guillain a au&longs;&longs;i propo&longs;&eacute; la <lb/>maniere de faire tant de &longs;alpe&longs;tre que <lb/>l'on voudra, par le moyen de l'vrine, &amp; <lb/>des autres excremens des cheuaux, &amp; <pb xlink:href="046/01/165.jpg" pagenum="149"/>de la cendre qui a de&longs;ia &longs;erui &agrave; la le&longs;&longs;iue; <lb/>d'o&ugrave; l'on peut tirer plu&longs;ieurs vtilitez, <lb/>tant pour la poudre &agrave; canon, que pour <lb/>faire de l'eau &longs;alpe&longs;tr&eacute;e, qui ne gele ia&shy;<lb/>mais, encore qu'elle rafraichi&longs;&longs;e <expan abbr="dau&atilde;-tage">dauan&shy;<lb/>tage</expan> que la glace, &amp; pour tirer plu&longs;ieurs <lb/>medecines qui &longs;e peuuent faire de &longs;a <lb/>fleur, qui ne vaut plus rien, quand le &longs;el <lb/>en e&longs;t o&longs;t&eacute;. </s>

<s>Or cette fleur &longs;ert &agrave; faire <lb/>vegeter la terre, &amp; &agrave; l'engrai&longs;&longs;er, &amp; <expan abbr="c&otilde;-uertit">con&shy;<lb/>uertit</expan> le ciment envne &longs;emblable fleur. </s>

<s><lb/>A quoy il adjou&longs;te que la ro&longs;&eacute;e de May, <lb/>&amp; de Septembre engendre du poi&longs;&longs;on <lb/>dans l'eau morte, &longs;i l'on prend des ga&shy;<lb/>zons couuerts d'herbe, &amp; remplis de <lb/>ro&longs;&eacute;e, &amp; que l'on les mette &longs;ur des ba&shy;<lb/>&longs;tons, ou des clayes, l'herbe en bas, car <lb/>la ro&longs;&eacute;e qui tombera dans l'eau engen&shy;<lb/>drera des poi&longs;&longs;ons, dont l'experience <lb/>e&longs;t &longs;i ay&longs;&eacute;e &agrave; faire aux lieux o&ugrave; l'on a de <lb/>l'eau morte, qu'il vaut mieux la faire, <lb/>que <expan abbr="d'&etilde;">d'em</expan> rechercher la rai&longs;on auant que <lb/>d'en &longs;&ccedil;auoir la verit&eacute;. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'on trouuera plu&longs;ieurs cho&longs;es excel&shy;<lb/>lentes de l'eau, &amp; du &longs;el, qui &longs;eruent &agrave; <pb xlink:href="046/01/166.jpg" pagenum="150"/>la generation des poi&longs;&longs;ons, &amp; de toutes <lb/>les autres cho&longs;es dans les traitez que <lb/>Pali&longs;&longs;y en a faits, car ils &longs;ont pleins de <lb/>rares experiences. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XXXII.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="italics"/>Si le &longs;el engrai&longs;&longs;e la terre, pour quoy les an&shy;<lb/>ciens ont-ils fait paroi&longs;tre la malediction <lb/>qu il luy donnoient en &longs;emant du &longs;el de&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;us pour la rendre &longs;terile?<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'Experience de la marne, &amp; dufu&shy;<lb/>mier fait voir que leur &longs;el engrai&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;e la terre, &amp; qu'ils &longs;onr inutiles &agrave; cet <lb/>effet, lors qu'ils en &longs;ont d&eacute;po&uuml;illez, <expan abbr="c&otilde;-me">con&shy;<lb/>me</expan> en&longs;eigne Pali&longs;&longs;y dans &longs;on trait&eacute; de <lb/>la marne, &amp; du fumier, qu'il appelle le <lb/>thre&longs;or des champs. </s>

<s>Or la marne e&longs;t <lb/>vne terre argilleu&longs;e, qui &longs;e tourne &longs;ou&shy;<lb/>uent en pierres propres &agrave; e&longs;tre calcinees <lb/>&amp; en craye: elle &longs;ert 10. ou trente ans <lb/>&agrave; engrai&longs;&longs;er la terre, lors qu'elle a e&longs;t&eacute; <lb/>di&longs;&longs;oute par la pluye, qui tire l'eau de la <lb/>marne, qu'il appelle congelatiue, gene&shy;<lb/>ratiue, &amp; cinquie&longs;me Element, quine <lb/>s'&eacute;uapore pas comme l'eau commune, <pb xlink:href="046/01/167.jpg" pagenum="151"/>qui luy &longs;ert de vehicule; elle engen&shy;<lb/>dre au&longs;&longs;i les &eacute;cailles des poi&longs;&longs;ons, les os, <lb/>les pierres, &amp; tout ce qui e&longs;t dur dans <lb/>les plantes, &amp; dans les animaux. </s>

<s>C'e&longs;t <lb/>elle qui congele les liqueurs, &amp; qui &longs;e <lb/>di&longs;&longs;out, quand la pluye tombe de&longs;&longs;us la <lb/>marne, pour engrai&longs;&longs;er la terre: ce qui <lb/>arriueroit &agrave; toute &longs;ortes de pierres, &longs;i la <lb/>pluye les pouuoit di&longs;&longs;oudre pour en <lb/>porter le cinquie&longs;me Element aux ra&shy;<lb/>cines des plantes. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'on peut au&longs;&longs;i v&longs;er de l'argille au lieu <lb/>de la marne pour engrai&longs;&longs;er les terres, <lb/>comme les foulons en v&longs;ent pour de&shy;<lb/>gre&longs;&longs;er leurs draps: finalement le &longs;el <lb/>de toutes &longs;ortes de plantes a cou&longs;tume <lb/>de rendre la terre plus feconde, de &longs;or&shy;<lb/>te qu'il faut, ce &longs;emble, re&longs;pondre &agrave; la <lb/>difficult&eacute; du &longs;el qu' Abimelec fei&longs;t jet&shy;<lb/>ter dans Sichen, &amp; que plu&longs;ieurs ont <lb/>fait ietter en d'autres endroits de la ter&shy;<lb/>re, qu'ils ont voulu rendre &longs;terile, que <lb/>le &longs;el commun e&longs;t trop cau&longs;tique, &amp; <lb/>bru&longs;lant, &amp; con&longs;equemment qu'il con&shy;<lb/>&longs;omme l'humide radical, le &longs;el naturel, <lb/>ou la partic oleagineu&longs;e de la terre, qui <lb/>contribu&euml; dauantage aux generations <lb/>des indiuidus que les autres parties. </s></p><pb xlink:href="046/01/168.jpg" pagenum="152"/><p type="main">

<s>Or ceux qui croyent que la duret&eacute; <lb/>des corps vient du &longs;el, ou de l'eau con&shy;<lb/>gelatiue, qui e&longs;t dans l'eau commune, <lb/>di&longs;ent que le fer, ou l'acier que l'on <expan abbr="tr&etilde;-pe">tren&shy;<lb/>pe</expan> dans les forges pour l'endurcir, tire <lb/>le &longs;el des liqueurs, dans le&longs;quelles on <lb/>le trempe, &amp; que c'e&longs;t pour ce &longs;uiet que <lb/>l'on me&longs;le du verre broy&eacute;, du vinaigre, <lb/>du &longs;el, &amp;c. </s>

<s>parmi l'eau de la trempe, &amp; <lb/>nient que la marne, &amp; l'argille &longs;oient <lb/>oleagineu&longs;es, <expan abbr="d'aut&atilde;t">d'autant</expan> qu'elles &longs;ont &longs;eu&shy;<lb/>lement pateu&longs;es, comme la farine m&eacute;&shy;<lb/>l&eacute;e auec de l'eau. </s>

<s>Mais quoy que l'on <lb/>pui&longs;&longs;e s'imaginer pour expliquer la ma&shy;<lb/>niere dont &longs;e fait la generation des in&shy;<lb/>diuidus par le <expan abbr="moy&etilde;">moyem</expan> de la marne, &amp; des <lb/>autres cho&longs;es qui engrai&longs;&longs;ent la terre, il <lb/>e&longs;t fort difficile d'en expliquer les <lb/>actions, &amp; les circon&longs;tances particulie&shy;<lb/>res: &amp; la plus grande difficult&eacute; demeu&shy;<lb/>re tou&longs;iours, &agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir ce qui rend cet <lb/>cau plus <expan abbr="c&otilde;gelatiue">congelatiue</expan> que les autres par&shy;<lb/>ties qui s'exalent; d'o&ugrave; vient l'a crimo&shy;<lb/>nie, &amp; la fecondit&eacute; du &longs;el, puis qu'il &longs;e <lb/>peut encore re&longs;oudre en d'autres par&shy;<lb/>ties, &amp; en d'autres principes, &longs;i ce n'e&longs;t <lb/>que l'on die que les premiers principes <lb/>que Dieu fei&longs;t au commencement du <pb xlink:href="046/01/169.jpg" pagenum="153"/>monde ayent e&longs;t&eacute; le &longs;el, le &longs;oulphre &amp; <lb/>le mercure, &amp; que ces trois pieces de <lb/>chaque compo&longs;&eacute; ne pui&longs;&longs;ent e&longs;tre diui&shy;<lb/>&longs;&eacute;es, ou re&longs;olu&euml;s en d'autres principes: <lb/>ce que les Peripateticiens n'auo&uuml;eront <lb/>pas, puis qu'ils re&longs;oluent toures les cho&shy;<lb/>&longs;es corporelles en forme &amp; en matiere, <lb/>dont l'vne, &amp; l'autre e&longs;t inui&longs;ible, &amp; in&shy;<lb/>diui&longs;ible, puis que la vi&longs;ibilit&eacute; vient de <lb/>la couleur, ou de la lumiere, &amp; la diui&shy;<lb/>&longs;ibilit&eacute; de la quantit&eacute;, qui ne &longs;ont pas <lb/>nece&longs;&longs;aire &agrave; l'e&longs;&longs;ence de ladite forme, <lb/>ou de la matiere. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLL AIRE.<emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Le &longs;el peut rendre la terre &longs;terile, par&shy;<lb/>ce qu'il empe&longs;che les corruptions or&shy;<lb/>dinaires, qui &longs;e font dans &longs;a &longs;urface, car <lb/>la generation n'ariue pas &longs;ans la cor&shy;<lb/>ruption: Mais le di&longs;cours des &longs;els meri&shy;<lb/>te vn trait&eacute; particulier, puis qu'il ya <lb/>autant de difference de &longs;els, qu'il y a <lb/>de <expan abbr="differ&etilde;tes">differentes</expan> e&longs;peces de mixtes: ce que <lb/>l'on peut au&longs;&longs;i dire des differents &longs;oul&shy;<lb/>phres, &amp; mercures. <pb xlink:href="046/01/170.jpg" pagenum="154"/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XXXIII.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>A quoy &longs;eruent les rai&longs;ons, &amp; les propor&shy;<lb/>tions de la Geometrie? </s>

<s>o&ugrave; l'on void la <lb/>quadrature de la Parabole.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>CEux qui &longs;e contentent de &longs;&ccedil;auoir <lb/>le nom, &amp; la &longs;ignification des rai&shy;<lb/>&longs;ons, &amp; des proportions, ne croyent pas <lb/>que l'on en pui&longs;&longs;e tirer de grandes vtili&shy;<lb/>tez, c'e&longs;t pourquoy ils les negligent: <lb/>mais s'ils con&longs;iderent que la plus <expan abbr="excel-l&etilde;te">excel&shy;<lb/>lente</expan> partie de la Logique d'Ari&longs;tote d&eacute;&shy;<lb/>pend de ces rai&longs;ons, &amp; que l'on ne &longs;cau&shy;<lb/>roit <expan abbr="ent&etilde;dre">entendre</expan> ou expliquer aucune cho&shy;<lb/>&longs;e parfaictement &longs;ans leur aide, comme <lb/>il e&longs;t ay&longs;&eacute; de prouuer par toutes les par&shy;<lb/>ties de la Philo&longs;ophie, ils quitteront <lb/>leur opinion. </s>

<s>Or encore que la diui&shy;<lb/>&longs;ion, &amp; la compo&longs;ition des rai&longs;ons, &amp; <lb/>que les differentes analogies, ou pro&shy;<lb/>portions &longs;eruent plus &longs;onuent &agrave; la Geo&shy;<lb/>metrie, qu'aux autres parties de la Phy&shy;<lb/>&longs;ique, elles &longs;ont <expan abbr="ne&atilde;tmoins">neantmoins</expan> tre&longs;-necef&shy;<lb/>&longs;aires pour entendre la proportion des <lb/>mouuemens naturels, &amp; des violens, <pb xlink:href="046/01/171.jpg" pagenum="155"/>comme ie mon&longs;treray dans vn di&longs;cours <lb/>particulier, dans lequel i'expliqueray <lb/>la proportion des vi&longs;te&longs;&longs;es de la pierre, <lb/>ou des autres corps qui <expan abbr="de&longs;c&etilde;dent">de&longs;cendent</expan> vers <lb/>le centre de la terre, &longs;oit dans l'air, ou <lb/>dans l'eau. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Elles &longs;eruent au&longs;&longs;i pour la per&longs;pecti&shy;<lb/>ue, &amp; pour toutes les parties de l'Opti&shy;<lb/>que: &amp; ceux qui &longs;uiuent l'&eacute;galit&eacute; des <lb/>tons, &amp; des demitons dans la Mu&longs;ique, <lb/>&longs;ont contraints de trouuer 11. lignes <lb/>moyennes proportionnelles entre les <lb/>2. qui font l'octaue, dont i'explique <lb/>l'inuention dans le trait&eacute; du Luth, &amp; <lb/>dans celuy du diapa&longs;on des Orgues. </s>

<s>Fi&shy;<lb/>nalement les Mechaniques ne peuuent <lb/>e&longs;tre enten du&euml;s &longs;ans les rai&longs;ons, &amp; les <lb/><expan abbr="proporti&otilde;s">proportions</expan>, dont i'ay trait&eacute; fort ample&shy;<lb/>ment dans vn liure entier: Mais il faut <lb/>&longs;&ccedil;auoir le 5. liure des Elemens d Eucli&shy;<lb/>de pour les entendre en perfection. </s>

<s>I'a&shy;<lb/>jou&longs;te &longs;eulementicy l'vtilit&eacute; de ces rai&shy;<lb/>&longs;ons, qu' Archimede a demon&longs;tr&eacute;es en <lb/>quarrant la parabole, dont l'vne e&longs;t que <lb/>&longs;i l'on d&eacute;crit vne ligne perpendiculaire <lb/>&agrave; la ba&longs;e de la &longs;ection parabolique, par <lb/>le milieu de ladite ba&longs;e, &amp; vne autre par <lb/>le milieu du re&longs;te de la ba&longs;e, c'e&longs;t &agrave; dire <pb xlink:href="046/01/172.jpg" pagenum="156"/>par le quart de la ba&longs;e, iu&longs;ques &agrave; la <expan abbr="&longs;e-cti&otilde;">&longs;e&shy;<lb/>ctiom</expan>, la plus grande ligne e&longs;t &longs;e&longs;quitier&shy;<lb/>ce de la moindre, par la 19. propo&longs;ition: <lb/>La 2. vtilit&eacute; &longs;e prend du triangle in&longs;crit <lb/>dans ladite &longs;ection, (qu'il appelle por&shy;<lb/>tion compri&longs;e &longs;ouz vne ligne droite, &amp; <lb/>&longs;ouz la &longs;ection d'vn cone rectangle) qui <lb/>a la me&longs;me ba&longs;e, &amp; la me&longs;me hauteur <lb/>que ladite &longs;ection, lequel e&longs;t octuple <lb/>des 2. triangles, qui &longs;ont in &longs;cripts dans <lb/>les 2. petites portions de la &longs;ection qu'il <lb/>lai&longs;&longs;e &agrave; &longs;es 2. co&longs;tez: Et chacun de &longs;es <lb/>triangles e&longs;t octuple des 2. autres, que <lb/>l'on d&eacute;crit dans les 2. petites portions <lb/>qu'ils lai&longs;&longs;ent &agrave; leurs co&longs;tez: ce qui arri&shy;<lb/>ue &agrave; tous les autres petits triangles que <lb/>l'on peut d&eacute;crire dans les petites <expan abbr="por-ti&otilde;s">por&shy;<lb/>tions</expan>, qui re&longs;tent tou&longs;iours ju&longs;ques &agrave; l'in&shy;<lb/>fini, comme il demon&longs;tre dans la 21. <lb/>propo&longs;ition. </s>

<s>La 3. vtilit&eacute; e&longs;t, que ledit <lb/>triangle d&eacute;crit dans la &longs;ection parabo&shy;<lb/>lique e&longs;t &longs;ouz&longs;e&longs;quitierce de ladite &longs;e&shy;<lb/>ction, par la 24. prop. 

&amp; que &longs;i l'on <expan abbr="pr&etilde;d">prend</expan> <lb/>tant de gran deurs que l'on voudra, qui <lb/>&longs;e &longs;uiuent en rai&longs;on quadruple, <expan abbr="qu'e&longs;t&atilde;t">qu'e&longs;tant</expan> <lb/>adjou&longs;t&eacute;es auec le tiers de la moindre, <lb/>elles &longs;ont &longs;e&longs;quitierces de la plus <expan abbr="gr&atilde;de">grande</expan>, <lb/><expan abbr="c&otilde;me">comme</expan> l'on void dans ces 4. <expan abbr="n&otilde;bres">nombres</expan> 3. 12. <pb xlink:href="046/01/173.jpg" pagenum="157"/>48. 192. car l'vnit&eacute;, qui e&longs;t le tiers de 3. <lb/>adjou&longs;t&eacute;e &agrave; la &longs;omme de ces 4. <expan abbr="n&otilde;bres">nombres</expan>, <lb/>fait 256. qui e&longs;t &longs;e&longs;quitierce de 192. <expan abbr="L'&otilde;">L'om</expan> <lb/>trouue qua&longs;i la me&longs;me cho&longs;e dans le <lb/>tiers du quart, car &longs;i on les adiou&longs;te en&shy;<lb/>&longs;emble, ils font le tiers du total; par <lb/><expan abbr="ex&etilde;ple">exemple</expan>, l'vnit&eacute; qui e&longs;t le tiers du quart <lb/>de 12. c'e&longs;t &agrave; dire de 3. adiou&longs;tee &agrave; 3. fait <lb/>4. qui e&longs;t 1/3 de 12. ce qui peut &longs;eruir aux <lb/>Mu&longs;iciens pour l'interualle, ou la rai&shy;<lb/>&longs;on du Diate&longs;&longs;aron, qu'ils appellent la <lb/>Quarte, car cette rai&longs;on, &amp; ce tiers ont <lb/>&longs;erui &agrave; Archimede pour la quadrature <lb/>de la parabole, laquelle il a trouu&eacute;e en <lb/>&longs;uppo&longs;ant que <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> peut <expan abbr="tellem&etilde;t">tellement</expan> adiou&shy;<lb/>&longs;ter, ou <expan abbr="c&otilde;po&longs;er">compo&longs;er</expan> l'e&longs;pace, dont le plus <lb/><expan abbr="gr&atilde;d">grand</expan> &longs;urpa&longs;&longs;e le moindre, qu'il &longs;era plus <lb/>grand que tout autre e&longs;pace <expan abbr="d&otilde;n&eacute;">donn&eacute;</expan>, dont <lb/>les autres Geometres plus <expan abbr="anci&etilde;s">anciens</expan> qu' Ar&shy;<lb/>chimede ont &longs;emblablement v&longs;&eacute; pour <lb/>demon&longs;trer que tous les cercles &longs;ont en <lb/>rai&longs;on doubl&eacute;e, &amp; les &longs;pheres en rai&longs;on <lb/>tripl&eacute;e de leurs diametres: que toutes <lb/>les pyramides &longs;ont le tiers du pri&longs;me, <lb/>quia la me&longs;me ba&longs;e, &amp; la me&longs;me hau&shy;<lb/>teur: &amp; que tout cone e&longs;t le tiers du cy&shy;<lb/>lindre, qui a me&longs;me ba&longs;e, &amp; me&longs;me <lb/>hauteur. <pb xlink:href="046/01/174.jpg" pagenum="158"/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XXXIV.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Quelles rai&longs;ons a-t'on pour prouuer, &amp; pour <lb/>per&longs;uader le mouuement de la terre, <lb/>autour de &longs;on axe, dans l'e&longs;pace <lb/>de vingt-quatre heures<emph.end type="italics"/>?<emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>LA premiere rai&longs;on <expan abbr="d&otilde;t">dont</expan> on v&longs;e pour <lb/>prouuer que la terre &longs;e meut, &amp; <lb/>qu'elle fait chaque iour &longs;on tour en&shy;<lb/>tier, &longs;e prend de ce qu'il n'y a nulle ap&shy;<lb/>parence que toute la grande machine <lb/>de l'vniuers &longs;e remu&euml;, &amp; que le <expan abbr="firma-m&etilde;t">firma&shy;<lb/>ment</expan>, ou les e&longs;toiles facent chaque iour <lb/>6000. lieu&euml;s, ce qui &longs;emble incompre&shy;<lb/>hen&longs;ible: au lieu que &longs;i la terre &longs;e meut, <lb/>elle fait <expan abbr="&longs;eulem&etilde;t">&longs;eulement</expan> 7200. lieu&euml;s par iour, <lb/>c'e&longs;t &agrave; dire 14000. moins que les e&longs;toi&shy;<lb/>les. </s>

<s>2. L'ordre de la nature &longs;emble <lb/>mieux e&longs;tabli &longs;i les moindres corps &longs;e <lb/>meuuent plus vi&longs;te, &amp; les plus grands <lb/>plus lentement: par exemple, &longs;i <figure id="id.046.01.174.1.jpg" xlink:href="046/01/174/1.jpg"/> fait <lb/>&longs;on tour en 30. ans, <figure id="id.046.01.174.2.jpg" xlink:href="046/01/174/2.jpg"/> en 12. <figure id="id.046.01.174.3.jpg" xlink:href="046/01/174/3.jpg"/> en 2. <lb/><figure id="id.046.01.174.4.jpg" xlink:href="046/01/174/4.jpg"/> en 9. mois, <figure id="id.046.01.174.5.jpg" xlink:href="046/01/174/5.jpg"/> en 80. iours, la <figure id="id.046.01.174.6.jpg" xlink:href="046/01/174/6.jpg"/> en vn <lb/>mois, la premiere <expan abbr="c&otilde;pagne">compagne</expan> de <figure id="id.046.01.174.7.jpg" xlink:href="046/01/174/7.jpg"/> en 24. <lb/>heur. </s>

<s>la 2. en 3. iours &amp; 1/2; la 3. en 7. iours, <pb xlink:href="046/01/175.jpg" pagenum="159"/>&amp; la 4. en 16. <expan abbr="ioursc&otilde;me">iourscomme</expan> remarque cali&shy;<lb/>l&eacute;e, &amp; <expan abbr="finalem&etilde;t">finalement</expan> la terre <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> vn iour, ou <lb/><expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> vn an, de &longs;orte que les e&longs;toiles, &amp; le <lb/>Soleil demeurent immobiles &longs;i l'on ex&shy;<lb/>cepte le mouuement du Soleil, qui &longs;e <lb/>fait dans 27. iours ou enuiron, &longs;ur &longs;on <lb/>axe d'Occident en Orient, &amp; celuy des <lb/>e&longs;toiles pour expliquer la <expan abbr="prece&longs;&longs;i&otilde;">prece&longs;&longs;iom</expan> des <lb/>&eacute;quinoxes. </s>

<s>3. Pui&longs;que la terre a be&shy;<lb/>&longs;oin du Soleil, elle doit l'aller chercher, <lb/>comme nous cherchons le feu, dont <lb/>nous auons be&longs;oin: car &longs;i nous ne <expan abbr="de&longs;i-r&otilde;s">de&longs;i&shy;<lb/>rons</expan> pas que les villes, &amp; les campagnes <lb/>&longs;e tournent, quand nous montons au <lb/>haut des tours pour les <expan abbr="cont&etilde;pler">contempler</expan>, au&longs;&longs;i <lb/>ne deuons nous pas de&longs;irer que le So&shy;<lb/>leil, &amp; les e&longs;toiles &longs;e tournent pour en&shy;<lb/>ui&longs;ager la terre. </s>

<s>4. Il n'e&longs;t pas &agrave; pro&shy;<lb/>pos d'attribuer 2. <expan abbr="mouuem&etilde;ts">mouuements</expan> contrai&shy;<lb/>res &agrave; vn me&longs;me corps, ce que font <expan abbr="ne&atilde;t-moins">neant&shy;<lb/>moins</expan> ceux qui di&longs;ent que les e&longs;toiles, <lb/>&amp; les autres a&longs;tres &longs;e meuuent, &amp; que <lb/>la terre e&longs;t immobile, car il e&longs;t beau&shy;<lb/>coup pl<emph type="sup"/>9<emph.end type="sup"/> facile de tenir qu'elle &longs;e meut <lb/>d'Occident en Orient, tandis que la <lb/>Lune, &amp; les autres planettes &longs;e meu&shy;<lb/>uent &longs;eulement de leur propre mouue&shy;<lb/>ment. </s>

<s>Lan&longs;berge croid que la premie-<pb xlink:href="046/01/176.jpg" pagenum="160"/>re rai&longs;on e&longs;t demon&longs;tratiue, qui con&longs;i&shy;<lb/>&longs;te en ce que le Soleil e&longs;t &eacute;loign&eacute; de la <lb/>terre de 1498 1/2 &longs;emidiametres terre&shy;<lb/>&longs;tres, lors qu'il e&longs;t en &longs;a <expan abbr="moy&etilde;ne">moyenne</expan> di&longs;tan&shy;<lb/>ce, &amp; que les e&longs;toiles en &longs;ont &eacute;loign&eacute;es <lb/>de 10302927. &longs;emidiam etres; d'o&ugrave; il ar&shy;<lb/>riue que les e&longs;toiles font chaque heure <lb/>23178529692. lieu&euml;s d'Allemagne, &amp; <lb/>dans vn battement de l'attere, ou dans <lb/>vne &longs;econde minute, 643848. lieu&egrave;s, <lb/>ou enuiron: au lieu que la terre, dontil <lb/>met le circuit de 400. lieu&euml;s, ne fait <lb/>que la &longs;ezie&longs;me partie d'vne lieu&euml;, c'e&longs;t <lb/>&agrave; dire 250. pas dans vne &longs;econde: qui <lb/>n'e&longs;t guere dauantage que ce que fait <lb/>vne bale d'ar quebu&longs;e en me&longs;me temps. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ie lai&longs;&longs;e plu&longs;ieurs autres rai&longs;ons, que <lb/>l'on apporte pour le mouuement de la <lb/>terre: par exemple, qu'il explique tou&shy;<lb/>tes les apparences, ou les phenomenes <lb/>plus clairement, &amp; plus briefuement; <lb/>qu'il s'enfuit me&longs;me qu'elle &longs;e meut, &longs;i <lb/>les cieux &longs;e meuuent, parce qu'ils la <lb/>doiuent rauir auec eux, puis qu'elle n'a <lb/>nulle re&longs;i&longs;tence, &agrave; rai&longs;on qu'elle ne s'&eacute;&shy;<lb/>loigne point de &longs;on centre, &amp; plu&longs;ieurs <lb/>autres, au&longs;quelles Mon&longs;ieur Morin <pb xlink:href="046/01/177.jpg" pagenum="161"/>Profe&longs;&longs;eur royal a r&eacute;pondu dans vn li&shy;<lb/>ure particulier; de &longs;orte qu'il n'y a nulle <lb/>rai&longs;on qui prouue le mouuement de la <lb/>terre, car puis que Dieu a enuoy&eacute; &longs;on <lb/>Fils pour nous &longs;auuer par &longs;a mort, l'on <lb/>ne doit pas s'&eacute;tonner s'il fait rouller les <lb/>cieux pour nous, &amp; s'il a cre&eacute; tout le <lb/>monde corporel pour l'v&longs;age, &amp; pour le <lb/>plai&longs;ir des hommes. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais nous n'en &longs;&ccedil;auons point au&longs;&longs;i <lb/>iu&longs;ques &agrave; pre&longs;ent qui prouue &longs;on im&shy;<lb/>mobilit&eacute;, car il n'y a pas plus d'ab&longs;ur&shy;<lb/>dit&eacute; de faire les e&longs;toiles de la premiere <lb/>grandeur 127. fois plus grandes que le <lb/>grand orbe terre&longs;tre, &amp; 1575473627. <lb/>fois plus grandes que le Soleil, que de <lb/>faire aller les e&longs;toiles &longs;i vi&longs;te qu'elles fa&shy;<lb/>cent &longs;ix cent mille lieu&euml;s dans le temps <lb/>d'vn battement d'artere. </s>

<s>Et bien que <lb/>nous ne &longs;&ccedil;achions pas pourquoy il y a <lb/>59967010. lieues, entre <figure id="id.046.01.177.1.jpg" xlink:href="046/01/177/1.jpg"/> &amp; les e&longs;toi&shy;<lb/>les, il ne s'en&longs;uit pas que cet e&longs;pace no <lb/>&longs;oit veritable. </s>

<s>Il n'e&longs;t pas au&longs;&longs;i nece&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;aire de &longs;&ccedil;auoir la cau&longs;e dumouuement <lb/>de la terre, pour aduo&uuml;er qu'elle &longs;e <lb/>meut, pui&longs;que ceux qui <expan abbr="mett&etilde;t">mettent</expan> le mou&shy;<lb/>uement des e&longs;toiles, n'en connoi&longs;&longs;ent <lb/>pas la cau&longs;e. </s>

<s>Quant &agrave; l'A&longs;trologie lu-<pb xlink:href="046/01/178.jpg" pagenum="162"/>diciaire, elle demeure en &longs;on entier, <lb/>encore que l'on mette la terre mobile, <lb/>car il n'e&longs;t pas nece&longs;&longs;aire qu'elle &longs;e re&shy;<lb/>po&longs;e pour receuoir les influences du <lb/>Ciel, qui ont vne moindre force au <expan abbr="c&etilde;-tre">cen&shy;<lb/>tre</expan> qu'&eacute;s autres endroits: car &longs;i l'on di&longs;&shy;<lb/>po&longs;e plu&longs;ieurs chandelles en rond, le <lb/>centre &longs;era le moins illumin&eacute; de tous <lb/>les points, qui &longs;eront dans le cercle. </s>

<s>Et <lb/>quand cet art &longs;eroit o&longs;t&eacute; d'entre les au&shy;<lb/>tres, l'on n'auroit perdu nulle &longs;cience, <lb/>puis qu'il n'a nulle demon&longs;tration. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Les autres rai&longs;ons que l'on apporte <lb/>pour prouuer &longs;on immobilit&eacute;, ne &longs;ont <lb/>pas meilleures: car les corps pe&longs;ans, qui <lb/>de&longs;cendent du haut d'vne tour, tom&shy;<lb/>bent au&longs;&longs;i bien perpendiculairement <lb/>&longs;ur la terre, que &longs;i elle e&longs;toit &longs;table, par&shy;<lb/>ce que toutes les cho&longs;es corporelles, <lb/>qui &longs;ont proches de la terre, &longs;ont por&shy;<lb/>t&eacute;es en rond comme elle, &amp; &longs;ont tou&shy;<lb/>&longs;iours &eacute;galement &eacute;loign&eacute;es du me&longs;me <lb/>point de la terre. </s>

<s>Et lors que l'on jette <lb/>vne pierre, ou que l'on tire le canon <lb/>vers l'Orient, il va au&longs;&longs;i loin que du co&shy;<lb/>&longs;t&eacute; de l'Occident, encore que l'on &longs;up&shy;<lb/>po&longs;e que la terre &longs;e meuue vers <expan abbr="l'Ori&etilde;t">l'Orient</expan>, <lb/>&amp; qu elle face 250. pas Geometriques <pb xlink:href="046/01/179.jpg" pagenum="163"/>dans vne <expan abbr="&longs;ec&otilde;de">&longs;econde</expan> minute d'heure, d'au&shy;<lb/>tant que le boulet e&longs;t port&eacute; du me&longs;me <lb/>mouuement que la terre, &amp; outre ce <lb/>mouuement commun, il a le violent, <lb/>qui le porte tou&longs;iours &eacute;galement loin <lb/>de quelque co&longs;t&eacute; que l'on le pui&longs;&longs;e ti&shy;<lb/>rer: &amp; s'il fait 250. pas vers l'Occident <lb/>dant vne &longs;econde minute, comme fait <lb/>la terre vers l'Orient, <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> peut dire qu'il <lb/>demeure dans vn me&longs;me lieu, encore <lb/>qu'il abbatte les murailles, <expan abbr="d'aut&atilde;t">d'autant</expan> qu'il <lb/>n'importe que la muraille &longs;e meuue <lb/>vers le boulet, ou le boulet vers la mu&shy;<lb/>raille, pourueu qu'il tienne ferme &agrave; la <lb/>rencontre: de &longs;orte que &longs;i l'on tiroit vn <lb/>coup de mou&longs;quet vers l'Occident, <lb/>dans vn parallele de la terre, qui alla&longs;t <lb/>de me&longs;me vi&longs;te&longs;&longs;e vers l'Occident, &longs;i la <lb/>bale alloit tou&longs;iours d'vne me&longs;me vi&shy;<lb/>&longs;te&longs;&longs;e, elle demeureroit tou&longs;iours dans <lb/>vn me&longs;me lieu au regard des e&longs;toiles, <lb/>ou de quelqu'autre point immobile. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ie lai&longs;&longs;e plu&longs;ieurs autres rai&longs;ons, com&shy;<lb/>me e&longs;t celle que l'on prend du mouue&shy;<lb/>ment droit, que l'on &longs;uppo&longs;e le plus <lb/>&longs;imple de tous, car il n'e&longs;t nullement <lb/>nece&longs;&longs;aire que les pierres tombent au <lb/>centre par vn mouuement droict, puis <pb xlink:href="046/01/180.jpg" pagenum="164"/>que le circulaire leur e&longs;t au&longs;&longs;i propre, &amp; <lb/>au&longs;&longs;i ai&longs;&eacute;, comme ie mon&longs;treray dans <lb/>vn di&longs;cours particulier, dans lequel on <lb/>verra, que toutes cho&longs;es &longs;e meuuent <lb/>circulairement, ou par helices, dans la <lb/>&longs;uppo&longs;ition du mouuement de la terre. </s>

<s><lb/>Et puis l'on peut dire que le <expan abbr="mouuem&etilde;t">mouuement</expan> <lb/>circulaire e&longs;t le plus &longs;imple de tous, puis <lb/>que le cercle e&longs;t la plus &longs;imple de tou&shy;<lb/>tes les figures, &amp; que la &longs;phere e&longs;t le <lb/>plus &longs;imple de tous les corps. </s>

<s>Ie lai&longs;&longs;e <lb/>encore la 4. &amp; 5. rai&longs;on de Mon&longs;ieur <lb/>Morin, par le&longs;quelles il combat la ver&shy;<lb/>tu magnetique, ou attractrice de la ter&shy;<lb/>re, d'autant qu'elles meritent vn exa&shy;<lb/>men plus particulier, qui ne &longs;e peut fai&shy;<lb/>re dans la brieuet&eacute; que ie me &longs;uis pro&shy;<lb/>po&longs;&eacute;e dans cette petite que&longs;tion, par la&shy;<lb/>quelle on void qu'il n'y a point de de&shy;<lb/>mon&longs;tration naturelle qui contraigne <lb/>d'embra&longs;&longs;er la &longs;tabilit&eacute;, ou la mobilit&eacute; <lb/>de la terre. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE I.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>La rai&longs;on fondamentale dont on a <lb/>v&longs;&eacute; iu&longs;ques &agrave; pre&longs;ent pour prouuer la <lb/>mobilit&eacute; de la terre, n'e&longs;t pas bonne, <pb xlink:href="046/01/181.jpg" pagenum="165"/>parce qu'elle prouue trop, ou qu'elle <lb/>&longs;uppo&longs;e beaucoup d'ignorance car puis <lb/>que Dieu n'a pas &longs;uiuy dans l'e&longs;tat de la <lb/>grace le chemin le plus court de tous <lb/>les po&longs;&longs;ibles, pour nous &longs;auuer attendu <lb/>qu'il le pouuoit faire d'vn &longs;eul acte de <lb/>volont&eacute;, pourquoy conclurons nous <lb/>qu'il a gard&eacute; le chemin leplus court <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> <lb/>la nature? </s>

<s>Ne &longs;eroit-ce pas le plus <lb/>court pour la &longs;ant&eacute;, ou pour la guari&shy;<lb/>&longs;on des corps, qu'il y eu&longs;t quelque trou <lb/>vers le talon, par lequel toutes les hu&shy;<lb/>meurs &longs;uperflu&euml;s peu&longs;&longs;ent &longs;ortir <expan abbr="s&atilde;sv&longs;er">sansv&longs;er</expan> <lb/>de tant de medecines? </s>

<s>Certes &longs;i l'on <lb/>veut s'amu&longs;er &agrave; con&longs;iderer toutes les <lb/>&oelig;uures de la nature, &amp; &agrave; epiloguer de&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;us, l'on y trouuera tou&longs;iours &agrave; repren&shy;<lb/>dre, mais ce &longs;era auec les rai&longs;ons de <lb/>Momus, qui &longs;eront fond&eacute;es &longs;ur la pre&shy;<lb/>&longs;omption de l'homme, &amp; &longs;ur l'ignoran&shy;<lb/>ce de celles que Dieu &agrave; eu&euml;s en e&longs;tabli&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ant la fermet&eacute; de la terre, &amp; la mobili&shy;<lb/>t&eacute; des a&longs;tres, ou en fai&longs;ant quelqu'autre <lb/>piece de l'vniuers, dont tous admire&shy;<lb/>roient beaucoup plus l'artifice, que l'on <lb/>ne fait celuy des or ai&longs;ons de Ciceron, <lb/>des Po&euml;mes de Virgile, ou des propo&longs;i&shy;<lb/>tions d'Euclide, (encore que quelques-<pb xlink:href="046/01/182.jpg" pagenum="166"/>vns maintiennent que l'on n'en peut <lb/>o&longs;ter vne diction, ou vne lettre, que <lb/>l'on ne ga&longs;te tout, ou que l'on n'en o&longs;te <lb/>la grace) s'ils en connoi&longs;&longs;oient les rai&shy;<lb/>&longs;ons, &amp; les re&longs;&longs;orts, que nous verrons <lb/>tre&longs; clairement, quand celuy qui gou&shy;<lb/>uerne la grande machine de ce monde, <lb/>nous en d&eacute;couurira les &longs;ecrets, &amp; la <lb/>&longs;cience. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE. II.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ie parleray encore du mouuement <lb/>de la terre dans la que&longs;tion 44. &amp; 45. <lb/>qui <expan abbr="conti&etilde;nent">contiennent</expan> l'abreg&eacute; des Dialogues <lb/>que Galil&eacute;e a faits dudit mouuement, <lb/>pour confirmer les Hypothe&longs;es d'Ari&shy;<lb/>&longs;tarque, &amp; de Copernic. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>Or l'on peut <lb/>s'imaginet de nouuelles rai&longs;ons en fa&shy;<lb/>ueur du mouuement journalier de la <lb/>terre, qui ne &longs;eruent de rien pour l'an&shy;<lb/>nuel, dont ie parleray dans la 37. que&shy;<lb/>&longs;tion: par exemple, que &longs;i les e&longs;toiles, <lb/>&amp; les planettes &longs;e meuuent, qu'il e&longs;t <lb/>nece&longs;&longs;aire que la terre, qui n'a nul apuy, <lb/>ou empe&longs;chement qui <expan abbr="l'ex&etilde;pte">l'exempte</expan> d'e&longs;tre <lb/>rauie par le&longs;dits a&longs;tres pour tourner &longs;ur <lb/>&longs;on axe, face tou&longs;iours &longs;on tour; &amp; plu-<pb xlink:href="046/01/183.jpg" pagenum="167"/>fieurs autres que i'obmets, de peur d'e&shy;<lb/>&longs;tre trop long. </s>

<s>Mais l'on trouuera tou&shy;<lb/>&longs;iours de nouuelles &longs;olutions aux nou&shy;<lb/>uelles rai&longs;ons, d'autant que nous ne <lb/><expan abbr="&longs;&ccedil;aur&otilde;s">&longs;&ccedil;aurons</expan> iamais la maniere dont les pie&shy;<lb/>ces de l'vniuers ont e&longs;t&eacute; e&longs;tablies, iu&longs;&shy;<lb/>ques &agrave; ce qu'il plai&longs;e &agrave; Dieu de nous la <lb/>reueler: de &longs;orre que nous <expan abbr="pouu&otilde;s">pouuons</expan> tou&shy;<lb/>&longs;iours dire auec S. Paul, <emph type="italics"/>nunc per &longs;pecu&shy;<lb/>lum, &amp; in &aelig;nigmate, tunc autena facie ad <lb/>faciem.<emph.end type="italics"/><lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XXXV.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="italics"/>Pourquoy fait-il plus chaud &agrave; l'E&longs;t&eacute; qu'&agrave; <lb/>l'Hyuer, veu que le Soleil e&longs;t beaucoup <lb/>plus proche de nous &agrave; l'Hyuer qu'&agrave; l'E&longs;t&eacute;? <lb/><!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>&amp; pourquoy fait-il froid &agrave; l'ombre?<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>ENtre mille cho&longs;es que l'on peut di&shy;<lb/>re du Soleil, il faut remarquer qu'il <lb/>illumine &amp; e&longs;chauffe la terre par 3. &longs;or&shy;<lb/>tes de rayons en me&longs;me temps, dont le <lb/>plus fort e&longs;t perpendiculaire, le 2. e&longs;t le <lb/>rayen, qui tombe obliquement, &amp; qui <lb/>&longs;e rompt dans les vapeurs, qui font <lb/>l'atmo&longs;phere, &amp; le 3. e&longs;t celuy que les <pb xlink:href="046/01/184.jpg" pagenum="168"/>planettes, &amp; les e&longs;toiles reflechi&longs;&longs;ent, <lb/>de &longs;orte que la partiedu Soleil que nous <lb/>ne voyons point, &amp; qui e&longs;t tourn&eacute;e vers <lb/>le <expan abbr="firmam&etilde;t">firmament</expan>, nous &eacute;claire par le moyen <lb/>de la reflexion, &amp; que l'hemi&longs;phere du <lb/>Soleil que nous voyons, illumine au&longs;&longs;i <lb/>nos Antipodes. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>Or il y en a qui tien&shy;<lb/>nent que la rai&longs;on pourquovil &eacute;chauffe <lb/>dauantage en E&longs;t&eacute; qu'en Hyuer, ne &longs;e <lb/>doit pas prendre de ce que les rayons <lb/>tombent plus <expan abbr="obliquem&etilde;t">obliquement</expan>, ou en moin&shy;<lb/>dre nombre &agrave; l'Hyuer, puis que les co&shy;<lb/>nes radicux qui &longs;e terminent &agrave; chaque <lb/>point de la terre, &longs;ont d'vne &eacute;gale for&shy;<lb/>ce, &amp; que le Soleil nous frappe per&shy;<lb/>pendiculairement en &longs;e leuant &amp; en &longs;e <lb/>couchant. </s>

<s>C'e&longs;t pourquoy nous &longs;enti&shy;<lb/>rions plus de chaleur au leuer, &amp; au <lb/>coucher du Soleil, qu'&agrave; &longs;on midy, s'il <lb/>n'y auoit nulles vapeurs Ce que l'on <lb/>peut confirmer par les bords de la Lu&shy;<lb/>ne qui &longs;ont au&longs;&longs;i lui&longs;ans que &longs;on milieu, <lb/>encore qu'ils &longs;oient illuminez par des <lb/>rayons plus obliques. </s>

<s>Et puis la terre <lb/>n'e&longs;t pas parfaitement ronde, car elle <lb/>e&longs;t <expan abbr="r&etilde;plie">remplie</expan> d'inegalit&eacute;s, qui arre&longs;tent les <lb/>rayons, qui &longs;ont &longs;eulement debilitez <lb/>par la quantit&eacute; des vapeurs, qui &longs;ont <pb xlink:href="046/01/185.jpg" pagenum="169"/>remplies de plu&longs;ieurs petits corps opa&shy;<lb/>ques. </s>

<s>Neantmoins les autres main&shy;<lb/>tiennent que le Soleil &eacute;chauffe dauan&shy;<lb/>tage &agrave; l'E&longs;t&eacute; qu'&agrave; l'Hyuer, &agrave; rai&longs;on que <lb/>&longs;es rayons frappent la terre plus <expan abbr="perp&etilde;-diculairement">perpen&shy;<lb/>diculairement</expan>, &amp; que les rayons refle&shy;<lb/>chis &longs;e ioignans aux droits les redou&shy;<lb/>blent, &amp; les renforcent; ce qui e&longs;t fort <lb/>probable, car encore que l'on pui&longs;&longs;e di&shy;<lb/>re que l'atmo&longs;phere e&longs;t beau coup plus <lb/>&eacute;pai&longs;&longs;e &agrave; l'Hyuer qu'&agrave; l'E&longs;t&eacute;, <expan abbr="ne&atilde;t">neant</expan> moins <lb/>&longs;i les rayons e&longs;toient au&longs;&longs;i perpendicu&shy;<lb/>laires &agrave; l'Hyuer, ie croy qu'il feroit au&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;i chaud qu'&agrave; l'E&longs;t&eacute;, car l'experience <lb/>fait voir que les rayons bru&longs;lent au&longs;&longs;i <lb/>bien, &amp; &eacute;clairent au&longs;&longs;i fort &agrave; trauers vn <lb/>chry&longs;tal bien &eacute;pais, qu'&agrave; trauers celuy <lb/>qui e&longs;t beaucoup plus mince. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Or l'on peut voir les 2. lettres de Be&shy;<lb/>nedictus a Rapha&euml;l d'Auria &longs;ur ce &longs;u&shy;<lb/>iet, o&ugrave; il explique la maniere de trou&shy;<lb/>uer combien le rayon fait plus de che&shy;<lb/>min par les vapeurs, lors qu'il les pene&shy;<lb/>tre obliquement, que quand il tombe <lb/>de&longs;&longs;us perpendiculairement. </s>

<s>Quant &agrave; <lb/>la moindre <expan abbr="di&longs;t&atilde;ce">di&longs;tance</expan> qu'a le Soleil &agrave; l'Hy&shy;<lb/>uer, l'experience en&longs;eigne qu'elle n'e&longs;t <lb/>pas &longs;uffi&longs;ante pour nous &eacute;chauffer, en-<pb xlink:href="046/01/186.jpg" pagenum="170"/>core qu'il &longs;oit plus proche de nous qu'&agrave; <lb/>l'E&longs;t&eacute; de 80. demidiametres terre&longs;tres. </s>

<s><lb/>A quoy l'on peur adiou&longs;ter qu'il mon&shy;<lb/>&longs;tre &longs;es 2. hemi&longs;pheres 13. fois &amp; demie <lb/>chaque ann&eacute;e, d'autant qu'il fait &longs;on <lb/>tour en 27. iours; d'o&ugrave; il arriue de <expan abbr="gr&atilde;ds">grands</expan> <lb/>changemens, &amp; d'e&longs;tranges alterations <lb/>dans la terre, car &longs;a &longs;urface e&longs;t <expan abbr="conti-nuellem&etilde;t">conti&shy;<lb/>nuellement</expan> alter&eacute;e par plu&longs;ieurs macu&shy;<lb/>les, &amp; flambeaux, dont il v en a quel&shy;<lb/>quefois 50. ou 60. &amp; plu&longs;ieurs taches <lb/>&longs;ont au&longs;&longs;i gro&longs;&longs;es que la Lune, comme <lb/>Schener a remarqu&eacute; dans &longs;on Soleil. <!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'on peut dire qu'il y a cinq rai&longs;ons <lb/>qui &longs;ont cau&longs;es qu'il fait plus chaud &agrave; <lb/>l'E&longs;t&eacute; qu'&agrave; l'Hyuer: dont la premiere <lb/>e&longs;t que le Soleil demeure plus long&shy;<lb/>temps &longs;ur l'horizon; la 2. que &longs;es <expan abbr="ray&otilde;s">rayons</expan> <lb/>reflechis s'vni&longs;&longs;ent dauantage auec &longs;es <lb/>rayons incidens: la 3. qu'il y a moindre <lb/>re&longs;i&longs;tence des vapeurs, qui &longs;ont moins <lb/>&eacute;pai&longs;les &agrave; l'E&longs;t&eacute;: la 4. que la lumiere e&longs;t <lb/>plus grande, parce que les rayons &longs;ont <lb/>plus perpendiculaires, &amp; qu'ils &longs;ont ay&shy;<lb/>dez par ceux de la Canicule, &amp; de quel-<pb xlink:href="046/01/187.jpg" pagenum="171"/>ques autres grandes e&longs;toiles: la 5. parce <lb/>que la grande impre&longs;&longs;ion de la chaleur <lb/>que le Soleil a engendr&eacute;e les iours pre&shy;<lb/>cedens dans la terre &longs;e ioint auec la <lb/>nouuelle chaleur qu'il produit les au&shy;<lb/>tres iours &longs;uiuans. </s>

<s>A quoy l'on peut ad&shy;<lb/>iouter que la plus <expan abbr="gr&atilde;de">grande</expan> multitude des <lb/>facules du Soleil ayde &agrave; engendrer les <lb/>plus grandes chaleurs. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XXXVI.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Comment les nu&euml;s peuuent-elles nager, ou &longs;e <lb/>pourmener dans l'air &longs;ans tomber, puis <lb/>qu'elles &longs;ont &longs;i pe&longs;antes?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>PVis que les nu&euml;s &longs;e &longs;ou&longs;tiennent <lb/>dans l'air, il &longs;emble qu'elles doi&shy;<lb/>uent e&longs;tre plus legeres puis que les cho&shy;<lb/>&longs;es pe&longs;antes de&longs;cendent au fond des <lb/>plus legeres, comme l'ay dit dans vn <lb/>autre lieu, o&ugrave; i'ay expliqu&eacute; les princi&shy;<lb/>pes de la nauigation, &amp; de la &longs;ubmer&shy;<lb/>&longs;ion. </s>

<s>Car elles ne monteroientiamais <lb/>plus haut que l'air, &longs;i elles n'e&longs;toient <lb/>plus rares, &amp; con&longs;equemment plus le&shy;<lb/>geres. </s>

<s>Or il n'importe <expan abbr="nullem&etilde;t">nullement</expan> qu'el-<pb xlink:href="046/01/188.jpg" pagenum="172"/>les &longs;oient plus opaques &amp; renebreu&longs;es <lb/>que l'air, d'autant que la raret&eacute; &amp; l'o&shy;<lb/>pacit&eacute; conuiennent au&longs;&longs;i ay&longs;&eacute;ment en&shy;<lb/>&longs;emble, que la den&longs;it&eacute; &amp; la per&longs;picui&shy;<lb/>t&eacute;, qui rend les corps diaphanes. </s>

<s>Et par&shy;<lb/>ce que les nu&euml;s ont plus de parties opa&shy;<lb/>ques que l'air, elles &longs;erarefient dauan&shy;<lb/>tage par les rayons du Soleil, qui n'e&shy;<lb/>chauffent guere les corps <expan abbr="parfaictem&etilde;t">parfaictement</expan> <lb/>diaphanes, &agrave; rai&longs;on qu'ils penetrent &agrave; <lb/>trauers, &longs;ans aucune reflexion &amp; &longs;ans <lb/>empe&longs;ch&eacute;ment. </s>

<s>Mais lors que les nu&euml;s <lb/>rencontrent des parties de l'air plus ra&shy;<lb/>res, elles ne pa&longs;&longs;ent pas outre, &amp; de&shy;<lb/>meurent &longs;u&longs;pendu&euml;s iu&longs;ques &agrave; ce qu'el&shy;<lb/>les &longs;e re&longs;oluent en pluye, en neige, ou <lb/>en gre&longs;le, &amp; qu'elles deuiennent plus <lb/>pe&longs;antes que l'air, qui a des differents <lb/>degrez de raret&eacute;, &amp; de pe&longs;anteur, &longs;oit <lb/>de &longs;oy-me&longs;me, ou par le m&eacute;lange des <lb/>vapeurs; dont il arriue que de plu&longs;ieurs <lb/>nu&euml;s, les vnes montent plus haut que <lb/>les autres, &amp; qu'il e&longs;t tre&longs;-difficile de <lb/>&longs;&ccedil;auoir iu&longs;ques o&ugrave; elles peuuent mon&shy;<lb/>ter, &longs;i l'on ne &longs;&ccedil;ait tous les degrez de la <lb/>raret&eacute; de l'air, &amp; tous ceux que la cha&shy;<lb/>ieur peut donner aux nu&euml;s, qui paroi&shy;<lb/>&longs;troient &agrave; l'&oelig;il mis dans la Lune, com-<pb xlink:href="046/01/189.jpg" pagenum="173"/>me les macules du Soleil. <!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Il faut encore remarquer que le vent <lb/>meut ai&longs;&eacute;ment les nu&euml;s, parce qu'elles <lb/>ne luy font qua&longs;i nulle re&longs;i&longs;tence: &amp; <lb/>qu'il e&longs;t nece&longs;&longs;aire qu'il &longs;e <expan abbr="c&otilde;den&longs;e">conden&longs;e</expan> au&shy;<lb/>tant d'air, comme elles en occupent, <lb/>puis que les loix de l'vniuers ne <expan abbr="pouu&atilde;t">pouuant</expan> <lb/>permettre le vuide ni la <expan abbr="penetrati&otilde;">penetratiom</expan> des <lb/>corps, ne permettent au&longs;&longs;i iamais de ra&shy;<lb/>refaction, qu'elles ne luy oppo&longs;ent la <lb/>conden&longs;ation, afin de faire &longs;ub&longs;i&longs;ter la <lb/>nature par vn perpetuel &eacute;quilibre, qui <lb/>ne perd rien d'vn co&longs;t&eacute; qu'il ne le gai&shy;<lb/>gne de l'autre, &amp; qui &longs;ert &agrave; expliquer <lb/>vne infinit&eacute; de difficultez dans la Phy&shy;<lb/>&longs;ique. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>Quant &agrave; la fum&eacute;e, l'on peut dire <lb/>qu'elle e&longs;t vne e&longs;pece de nu&euml;; mais il ne <lb/>faut pas s'imaginer qu'elle &longs;e change, <lb/>car elle retombe &agrave; terre au&longs;&longs;i to&longs;t qu'el&shy;<lb/>le deuient plus den&longs;e, &amp; plus pe&longs;ante <lb/>que luy: &longs;i ce n'e&longs;t que l'on compo&longs;e <lb/>no&longs;tre air de toutes les vapeuts, &amp; fu&shy;<lb/>m&eacute;es, qui &longs;'exhalent de la terre &amp; de <lb/>tous &longs;es mixtes &amp; indiuidus. </s>

<s>Neant&shy;<lb/>moins l'on peut dire que les nu&euml;s ne <lb/>tombent pas &longs;i to&longs;t qu'elles &longs;ont plus <lb/>pe&longs;antes, &amp; plus den&longs;es que l'air, puis <lb/>que l'on experimente qu'vne fueille <pb xlink:href="046/01/190.jpg" pagenum="174"/>d'or, ou d'argent mi&longs;e &longs;ur l'eau, ou en&shy;<lb/>fonc&eacute;e <expan abbr="ded&atilde;s">dedans</expan> ne va pas au fond, &amp; con&shy;<lb/>tinu&euml; &longs;a nauigation, encore qu'elle &longs;oit <lb/>beaucoup plus pe&longs;ante, parce qu'elle <lb/>n'a pas a&longs;&longs;ez de force pour diui&longs;er l'eau, <lb/>&amp; pour la faire fuir de deuant &longs;oy, pour <lb/>aller au fond: ce qui e&longs;t grandement <lb/>con&longs;iderable pour l'hydraulique; quoy <lb/>que l'on pui&longs;&longs;e dire que cet <expan abbr="enfonce-m&etilde;t">enfonce&shy;<lb/>ment</expan> &longs;oit empe&longs;ch&eacute; par des petites par&shy;<lb/>ticules d'air, qui &longs;ont dans les pores de <lb/>ces fueilles. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XXXVII.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Quelle rai&longs;on peut on auoir pour croire que <lb/>la terre &longs;e meut au tour du Soleil, que l'on <lb/>met au centre du monde<emph.end type="italics"/>?<emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>ENcore que i'aye parl&eacute; du mouue&shy;<lb/>ment journalier de la terre dans la <lb/>34 que&longs;tion, &amp; que l'on pui&longs;&longs;e s'imagi&shy;<lb/>ner que la cau&longs;e, pour laquelle elle &longs;e <lb/>tient <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> &longs;on lieu &longs;ans aller d&eacute;&ccedil;a ny de&shy;<lb/>l&agrave;, &longs;e doit prendre de ce mouuement, <lb/>comme il arriue que les pierres qui <lb/>cournent &longs;i vi&longs;te dans l'air, qu'elles <pb xlink:href="046/01/191.jpg" pagenum="175"/>ne peuuent tomber, &amp; que les verres, <lb/>&amp; les autres vai&longs;&longs;eaux, qui &longs;ont pleins <lb/>de vin, ou de quelqu'autre liqueur, ne <lb/>l'&eacute;panchent pas, lors <expan abbr="qu'&otilde;">qu'om</expan> les fait tour&shy;<lb/>ner a&longs;&longs;ez vi&longs;te, neantmoins il faut con&shy;<lb/>&longs;iderer &longs;on autre mouuement, que l'on <lb/>appelle <emph type="italics"/>annuel,<emph.end type="italics"/> par lequel l'on s'imagine <lb/>dans l'&eacute;chole d'Ari&longs;tarque, qu'elle &longs;up&shy;<lb/>pl&eacute;e le mouuement du Soleil; dont <lb/>i'explique icy les rai&longs;ons. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>La premiere &longs;e tire de ce que Mars <lb/>e&longs;t quelquefois de&longs;&longs;us, &amp; d'autresfois <lb/>de&longs;&longs;ouz le Soleil, ce qui ne peut arriuer <lb/>&longs;ans e&longs;tablir vn &eacute;picycle d'vne e&longs;trange <lb/>grandeur, &longs;i la terre ne &longs;e meut pas au <lb/>tour du Soleil: or le mouuement an&shy;<lb/>nuel de la terre abolit ces epicycles. </s>

<s>La <lb/>2. rai&longs;on e&longs;t fond&eacute;e &longs;ur ce qu'il e&longs;t plus &agrave; <lb/>propos que le Soleil &longs;oit au milieu du <lb/>monde pour departir &eacute;gallement &longs;a lu&shy;<lb/>miere &agrave; tout l'vniuers. </s>

<s>Ie lai&longs;&longs;e les au&shy;<lb/>tres rai&longs;ons, parce que l'on peut les lire <lb/>dans Lan&longs;berge, &amp; dans Kepler, afin <lb/>d'adiouter &longs;eulement que l'on n'a don&shy;<lb/>n&eacute; iu&longs;ques icy nulle rai&longs;on, qui demon&shy;<lb/>&longs;tre que le Soleil &longs;oit au centre du <expan abbr="m&otilde;-de">mon&shy;<lb/>de</expan>, ou que la terretourne au lieu du <lb/>Soleil: &amp; con&longs;equemment qu'il e&longs;t au&longs;-<pb xlink:href="046/01/192.jpg" pagenum="176"/>&longs;i &agrave; propos d'embra&longs;&longs;er les hypothe&longs;es <lb/>de Tycho &amp; des autres qui &longs;auuent <lb/>tous les phenomenes &longs;ans le mouue&shy;<lb/>ment terre&longs;tre annuel, que de &longs;uiure <lb/>celles d'Ari&longs;tarque; quoy qu il &longs;oit li&shy;<lb/>bre &agrave; vn chacun de &longs;e &longs;eruir de telle <lb/>hypothe&longs;e qu'il voudra pour expliquer <lb/>les apparences du Ciel, &amp; pour le cal&shy;<lb/>cul: &amp; peut e&longs;tre que quelques-vns <lb/>nous donneront bien-to&longs;t d'autres hy&shy;<lb/>pote&longs;es differentes de toutes celles qui <lb/>ont e&longs;t&eacute; propo&longs;&eacute;es iu&longs;ques &agrave; pre&longs;ent, qui <lb/>&longs;eront au&longs;&longs;i &longs;imples, &amp; au&longs;&longs;i ai&longs;&eacute;es &agrave; <expan abbr="c&otilde;-prendre">con&shy;<lb/>prendre</expan> que celles de Copernic, &amp; qui <lb/>pourront e&longs;tre plus veritables. </s>

<s>A quoy <lb/>l'Harmonicon de Viete peut apporter <lb/>de la lumiere, pourueu que l'on ne la <lb/>luy refu&longs;e pas, comme <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> a fait iu&longs;ques <lb/>&agrave; pre&longs;ent. </s>

<s>Or cette difficult&eacute; peut &longs;er&shy;<lb/>uir &agrave; nous faire faire des reflexions &longs;ur <lb/>les principes de<gap/>utres &longs;ciences, qui ne <lb/>&longs;ont que des hy<gap/>nc&longs;es, le&longs;quelles ne <lb/>&longs;ont peut-e&longs;tre pas plus veritables que <lb/>celles de l'A&longs;tronomic, car elles ne <lb/>nous &longs;ont pas plus euidentes. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'on peut remarquer la me&longs;me cho&longs;e <pb xlink:href="046/01/193.jpg" pagenum="177"/>dans cette que&longs;tion que celle dont i'ay <lb/>parl&eacute; dans le 2. Corollaire de la 34. &agrave; <lb/>&longs;&ccedil;auoir que l'on peut tou&longs;iours s'imagi&shy;<lb/>ner de nouuelles rai&longs;ons pour fauori&longs;er <lb/>le <expan abbr="mouuem&etilde;t">mouuement</expan> annuel de la terre au tour <lb/>du Soleil: par exemple, que &longs;i le Soleil <lb/>n'e&longs;toit le centre de l'vniuers, &amp; de la <lb/>terre, que nous verrions tou&longs;iours la <lb/>Lune illumin&eacute;e, d'autant que la lumie&shy;<lb/>re du Soleil ne &longs;e perdant point, &amp; ren&shy;<lb/>contrant la derniere &longs;urface du monde, <lb/>&longs;e reflechiroit tellement &longs;ur la Lune, <lb/>qu'elle l'illumineroit toujours, me&longs;mes <lb/>&agrave; no&longs;tre &eacute;gard, &longs;uppo&longs;&eacute; que le monde <lb/>&longs;oit finy; car encore que l'on s'imagi&shy;<lb/>na&longs;t le vuide apres les e&longs;toiles, il &longs;erui&shy;<lb/>roit d'vn parfait miroir pour renuoyer <lb/>tous les rayons du Soleil, comme il e&longs;t <lb/>ay&longs;&eacute; de demon&longs;trer par les loix, &amp; les <lb/>regles inflexibles de la Catoptr&igrave;que. </s>

<s>Et <lb/>&longs;i l'on replique que la derniere &longs;urface <lb/>du monde n'e&longs;t pas polie, il s'en&longs;uit <lb/>qu'elle &longs;era veu&euml;, comme il arriue aux <lb/>autres corps brutes. </s>

<s>Mais outre que <lb/>nous ne &longs;&ccedil;auons pas &longs;i le monde e&longs;t infi&shy;<lb/>ny, puis que plu&longs;ieurs <expan abbr="Theologi&etilde;s">Theologiens</expan> e&longs;ti&shy;<lb/>ment que Dieu e&longs;tant tout pui&longs;&longs;ant la <lb/>peu faire infiny en e&longs;tendu&euml;, &amp; qu'ils <pb xlink:href="046/01/194.jpg" pagenum="178"/>e&longs;tabli&longs;&longs;ent des e&longs;paces imaginaires in&shy;<lb/>finis, qu'ils appellent reels, &amp; que le <lb/>Createur de la grande <expan abbr="e&longs;t&etilde;du&euml;">e&longs;tendu&euml;</expan> de l'air, <lb/>qui s'apelle <emph type="italics"/>Rachia<emph.end type="italics"/> <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> la &longs;ainte langue, <lb/>ne nous a pas reuel&eacute; s'il la cre&eacute;e finie, ou <lb/>infinie, la rai&longs;on precedente n'a pas la <lb/>force d'vne demon&longs;tration. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XXXVIII.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Les principes, &amp; les fondemens de l'Optique <lb/>&longs;ont-ils plus certains que ceux de <lb/>la Mu&longs;ique?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>CEs d<gap/>x parties de Mathemati&shy;<lb/>que n'ont pas la puret&eacute;, ni con&longs;e&shy;<lb/>quemment la certitude de la Geome&shy;<lb/>trie, dautant qu'elles &longs;uppo&longs;ent la Phy&shy;<lb/>&longs;ique, car encore que les principes de <lb/>la nature fu&longs;&longs;ent au&longs;&longs;i euidens &amp; au&longs;&longs;i <lb/>certains en eux me&longs;mes que ceux de <lb/>l'Arithmetique, neantmoins ils n'ont <lb/>pas ce degr&eacute; de certitude&agrave;no&longs;tre &eacute;gard, <lb/>comme auo&uuml;ent tous ceux qui &longs;&ccedil;auent <lb/>l'art de la rai&longs;on, &amp; qui &longs;e plaignent de <lb/>ne pouuoir trouuer des principes de <lb/>connoi&longs;&longs;ance dans la Phy&longs;ique, qui n'a <pb xlink:href="046/01/195.jpg" pagenum="179"/>qua&longs;i nulle certitude en comparai&longs;on <lb/>de celle des pures Mathematiques, <expan abbr="c&otilde;-me">con&shy;<lb/>me</expan> il e&longs;t ai&longs;&eacute; de conclure par les diffe&shy;<lb/>rentes opinions des Philo&longs;ophes, qui <lb/>ne s'accordent iamais &longs;i parfaitement <lb/>&longs;ur vn me&longs;me &longs;ujet, que l'on n'y recon&shy;<lb/>noi&longs;&longs;e de la matiere, &amp; des occa&longs;ions <lb/>de douter. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais afin de comparer la certitude <lb/>de l'Optique auec celle de la Mu&longs;ique, <lb/>ie dy premierement qu'elles n'ont tou&shy;<lb/>tes deux nuls principes &longs;i clairs, &amp; &longs;i <lb/>certains que l'on n'en pui&longs;&longs;e douter, <expan abbr="t&atilde;t">tant</expan> <lb/>parce qu'elles pre&longs;uppo&longs;ent les &longs;ens, &amp; <lb/>leurs operations, dont la maniere nous <lb/>e&longs;t <expan abbr="inc&otilde;nu&euml;">inconnu&euml;</expan>, que parce qu'elles me&longs;lent <lb/>tou&longs;iours la Phy&longs;ique dans leurs rai&longs;on&shy;<lb/>nemens, laquelle ne nous donne pas les <lb/>principes de connoi&longs;&longs;ance, ou d'effet. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Neant moins &longs;i l'on fait comparai&longs;on <lb/>de la certitude de ces deux Arts, il &longs;em&shy;<lb/>ble que celle de l'Optique e&longs;t plus <expan abbr="gr&atilde;-de">gran&shy;<lb/>de</expan>, ou pour mieux dire, que &longs;es princi&shy;<lb/>pes &longs;ont moins douteux, &amp; incertains, <lb/>ce qui n'arriue pas &agrave; rai&longs;on qu'elle e&longs;t <lb/>&longs;ubalterne &agrave; la Geometrie, &amp; que la <lb/>Mu&longs;ique e&longs;t &longs;ubalterne &agrave; l'Arithmeti&shy;<lb/>que, car ces &longs;ubalternations n'appor-<pb xlink:href="046/01/196.jpg" pagenum="180"/>tent rien aux &longs;ciences <emph type="italics"/>&longs;ubaltern&eacute;es,<emph.end type="italics"/> qui <lb/>doiuent auoir des principes propres &amp; <lb/>particuliers, qui &longs;oient au&longs;&longs;i certains &amp; <lb/>euidens, que celles que l'on appelle <emph type="italics"/>&longs;u&shy;<lb/>balternantes.<emph.end type="italics"/></s><s> Et peut e&longs;tre que cette <lb/>&longs;ubalternation n'a pas encore e&longs;t&eacute; bien <lb/>entendu&euml;, &amp; qu'il &longs;eroit plus expedient <lb/>de dire que la Geometrie, &amp; l'Arith&shy;<lb/>metique &longs;ont les regles generales, qui <lb/>feruent pour dre&longs;&longs;er les <expan abbr="demon&longs;trati&otilde;s">demon&longs;trations</expan>, <lb/>&amp; pour tirer toutes les conclu&longs;ions des <lb/>autres &longs;ciences, lors que l'on en donne <lb/>les vrays principes: car encore que l'on <lb/>attribue cet office &agrave; la Logique, neant&shy;<lb/>moins l'on peut dire qu'elle emprunte <lb/>de la Geometrie tout ce qu'elle a de <lb/>plus ferme, &amp; de plus a&longs;&longs;eur&eacute;. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais voyons quelques principes de <lb/>ces deux &longs;ciences, (&longs;i tant e&longs;t qu'elles <lb/>meritent ce nom, que l'on ne donne, &agrave; <lb/>proprement parler, qu'&agrave; la Geometrie, <lb/>&amp; &agrave; l'Arithmetique) afin de con&longs;eruer <lb/>leurs certitudes. </s>

<s>L'vn des principes de <lb/>l'Optique e&longs;t, que tout ce qui &longs;e void, <lb/>paroi&longs;t &longs;ouz vn angle; &amp; que ce qui &longs;e <lb/>void &longs;ouz vn plus grand angle, paroi&longs;t <lb/>plus grand; &amp; l'vn de ceux de la Mu&longs;i&shy;<lb/>que e&longs;t, que l'Octaue e&longs;t de 2. &agrave; <emph type="italics"/>1.<emph.end type="italics"/> &amp; la <pb xlink:href="046/01/197.jpg" pagenum="181"/>Quinte de 3. &agrave; 2. &amp; que les con&longs;onan&shy;<lb/>ces &longs;ont agreables, &amp; les di&longs;&longs;onances <lb/>de&longs;-agreables. </s>

<s>Or l'on peut douter &longs;i <lb/>la vi&longs;ion &longs;e doit regler <expan abbr="&longs;uiu&atilde;t">&longs;uiuant</expan> les angles, <lb/>ou plu&longs;to&longs;t &longs;elon la maniere que la <expan abbr="ra-diati&otilde;">ra&shy;<lb/>diatiom</expan> de la lumiere affecte lestuniques, <lb/>&amp; les humeurs de l'&oelig;il, &amp; particuliere&shy;<lb/>ment l'arance ou la Retine, <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> laquel&shy;<lb/>le le cone de la pyramide Optique <lb/>n'e&longs;t pas tel que l'on &longs;e l'imagine pour <lb/>l'ordinaire, comme l'on mon&longs;tre dans <lb/>la vraye Optique: &amp; plu&longs;ieurs croyent <lb/>que l'object paroi&longs;t d'autant plus grand <lb/>qu'il e&longs;t veu par vne plus grande quan&shy;<lb/>tit&eacute; de <expan abbr="ray&otilde;s">rayons</expan>, encore qu'ils &longs;oient com&shy;<lb/>pris par vn moindre angle. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Quant aux con&longs;onances, il y en a qui <lb/>les nient, &amp; qui maintiennent que les <lb/>di&longs;&longs;onances peuuent donner plus de <expan abbr="&longs;a-tisfacti&otilde;">&longs;a&shy;<lb/>tisfactiom</expan> &agrave; de certaines oreilles que le&longs;&shy;<lb/>dites con&longs;onances. </s>

<s>Et puis tous ne con&shy;<lb/>fe&longs;&longs;ent pas que l'Octaue &longs;oit de 2. &agrave; 1. &amp; <lb/>la Quinte de 3. &agrave; 2. tant parce qu'elles <lb/>paroi&longs;&longs;ent <expan abbr="b&otilde;nes">bonnes</expan> &longs;ouz d'autres termes, <lb/>&amp; que leurs <expan abbr="rais&otilde;s">raisons</expan> &longs;ont peut e&longs;tre &longs;our&shy;<lb/>des, ineffables, &amp; irrationnelles, que <lb/>parce qu'il ne s'en&longs;uit pas que les &longs;ons <lb/>ayent me&longs;me rai&longs;on entr'eux que le&longs;-<pb xlink:href="046/01/198.jpg" pagenum="182"/>dites cordes, puis qu'en bonne Logi&shy;<lb/>que, il n'e&longs;t pas permis de pa&longs;&longs;er d'vn <lb/>genre &agrave; l'autre &longs;ans enfraindre la loy <lb/>des Homogenes. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>A quoy l'on peut adjou&longs;ter que tout <lb/>ce qui depend de l'&oelig;il &amp; de l'oreille ne <lb/>peut e&longs;tre plus certain que leurs opera&shy;<lb/>tions, qui &longs;ont &longs;uiettes &agrave; plu&longs;ieurs <expan abbr="tr&otilde;-peries">tron&shy;<lb/>peries</expan>, &amp; illu&longs;ions: de &longs;orte que l'on <lb/>peut conclurre que la &longs;cience, qui ap&shy;<lb/>partient au &longs;ens, dont l'action e&longs;t plus <lb/>certaine, &auml; &longs;emblablement plus de cer&shy;<lb/>titude. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Or ie ne veux pas maintenant decider <lb/>&longs;i l'oreille e&longs;t plus certaine que l'&oelig;il, <lb/>d'autant que ie fais vn trait&eacute; de l'excel&shy;<lb/>lence de l'vn &amp; de l'autre dans vn autre <lb/>en droit, o&ugrave; i'explique les manieres de <lb/>tromper, &amp; de de&longs;abu&longs;er ces deux &longs;ens, <lb/>qui &longs;ont de&longs;tinez aux arts &amp; aux &longs;cien&shy;<lb/>ces. </s>

<s>Et &longs;i l'on prend leur certitude de <lb/>celles dont on les fait &longs;ubalternes, elles <lb/>auront vn pareil degr&eacute; de certitude, <lb/>parce que l'Arithmetique, d'o&ugrave; l'on fait <lb/>nai&longs;tre la Mu&longs;ique, e&longs;t au&longs;&longs;i certaine <lb/>que la Geometrie, dont on tire l'Opti&shy;<lb/>que: quoy qu'il &longs;emble que l'Optique <lb/>&longs;oit plus generale, &amp; plus proche de la <pb xlink:href="046/01/199.jpg" pagenum="183"/><expan abbr="dem&otilde;&longs;tration">demon&longs;tration</expan>, &agrave; rai&longs;on qu'elle n'e&longs;t pas <lb/>&longs;uiette aux mouuemens de l'air, qui <lb/>&longs;eruent de &longs;uiet, &amp; d'object &agrave; la Mu&longs;i&shy;<lb/>que, &amp; qu'elle embra&longs;&longs;e toutes &longs;ortes <lb/>de reflexions &amp; de refractions, qui &longs;e <lb/>font dans vn moment, lequel approche <lb/>de la dur&eacute;e des operations de l'e&longs;prit. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XXXIX.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>De quelles matieres &longs;e &longs;eruent les Teintu&shy;<lb/>riers pour teindre la laine, ou le <lb/>drap, &amp; la &longs;oye de toutes <lb/>&longs;ortes de coubeurs?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>SI les arti&longs;ans aymoient les &longs;ciences, <lb/>ils pourroient aider les Philo&longs;ophes <lb/>en plu&longs;ieurs manieres, &amp; particuliere&shy;<lb/>ment en leur donnant plu&longs;ieurs expe&shy;<lb/>riences, qu'ils font ordinairement, &amp; <lb/>plu&longs;ieurs <expan abbr="ob&longs;eruati&otilde;s">ob&longs;eruations</expan> qui peuuent don&shy;<lb/>ner de l'entr&eacute;e aux difficultez de la <lb/>Phy&longs;ique, &amp; &agrave; leur &longs;olution. </s>

<s>Or encore <lb/>que les Orfeures, les Lapidaires, les <lb/>Affincurs, les Chymi&longs;tes, les Apoti&shy;<lb/>quaires, les Tireurs d'or, &amp; tous ceux <lb/>qui manient les metaux, pui&longs;&longs;ent, ce <pb xlink:href="046/01/200.jpg" pagenum="184"/>&longs;emble, donner plus de lumiere &longs;ur ce <lb/>&longs;uiet que les Peintres, les Sculpteurs, <lb/>les Teinturiers, &amp; les autres arti&shy;<lb/>&longs;ans, neantmoins il n'y a nul art, ou me&shy;<lb/>&longs;tier qui ne pui&longs;&longs;e &longs;eruir en quelque <lb/>cho&longs;e: par exemple, la con&longs;ideration <lb/>des drogues, des bois, des racines, des <lb/>&eacute;corces, des herbes, &amp; des autres ingre&shy;<lb/>diens, dont v&longs;ent les Teinturiers en lai&shy;<lb/>ne &amp; en &longs;oye, peuuent ayder &agrave; com&shy;<lb/>prendre la nature, &amp; les proprietez des <lb/>couleurs, qu'ils donnent aux draps par <lb/>le moyen des bre&longs;ils de Farnambour; de <lb/>Laual, de &longs;ainte Marie, &amp; de S. Mar&shy;<lb/>the, dont le premter e&longs;t le meilleur. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ils v&longs;ent au&longs;&longs;i du bois d'Inde, qu'ils <lb/>appellent <emph type="italics"/>Compeche,<emph.end type="italics"/> du fu&longs;tel de Sa&shy;<lb/>uoye, de Dauphin&eacute;, &amp; de Ro&uuml;en: du <lb/>bois iaune; de l'&eacute;corce de che&longs;neaux en <lb/>taillis, &amp; de plu&longs;ieurs auttes bois, com&shy;<lb/>me des racines de noyer, de l'&eacute;corce, &amp; <lb/>des coquilles des noix vertes: des Gau&shy;<lb/>des franches &amp; ba&longs;tardes: de gene&longs;trol&shy;<lb/>les, ou gene&longs;tron, de &longs;oumac, de galles <lb/>vertes, &amp; &longs;eiches de Tours: d'aluns de <lb/>Rome, &amp; de roche; de couperozes; de <lb/>gommes, tant de Per&longs;e, que d'Arabie, <lb/>de Venize &amp; d'ailleurs: du &longs;auon de <pb xlink:href="046/01/201.jpg" pagenum="185"/>Cenes, de Ca&longs;tres, &amp; de celuy qui e&longs;t <lb/>noir, &amp; liquide: d'or&longs;eille de Lyon, de <lb/>Flandre, d'Angleterre, &amp; d'ailleurs: de <lb/>cendres communes, &amp; de grauel&eacute;e: de <lb/>&longs;oude d'alitarbe, &amp; de la blanche, de la <lb/>potac&eacute;e: de la chaux communc: de la <lb/>garence de Flandre, &amp; d'Angleterre, <lb/>de la cochenille: de la graine d'&eacute;carla&shy;<lb/>te, &amp; de &longs;on pa&longs;tel: de la graine d'Aui&shy;<lb/>gnon: du tartre de Montpelier: du &longs;af&shy;<lb/>fran d'Allemagne: de la bourre de <expan abbr="Fl&atilde;-dre">Flan&shy;<lb/>dre</expan>, d'Angleterre, &amp; de Paris: d'&eacute;cor&shy;<lb/>ces de grenades auec leur fruict &longs;ec: de <lb/>la limaille de fer, &amp; d'acier: de la terre <lb/>qu'ils appellent <emph type="italics"/>Terra merita,<emph.end type="italics"/> &amp; de plu&shy;<lb/>&longs;ieuts autres drogues, donti'explique&shy;<lb/>rois icy les coulcurs, le prix, le poids, &amp; <lb/>les m&eacute;langes, &longs;i ie ne iugeois qu'il e&longs;t <lb/>nece&longs;&longs;aire d'en voit l'e&longs;&longs;ay, &amp; l'expe&shy;<lb/>rience chez les Teinturiers, pour les <lb/>comprendre ai&longs;&eacute;ment. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Quant aux coulcurs des Peintres, des <lb/>Enlumineurs, &amp; des Miniateurs, elles <lb/>meritent vn di&longs;cours particulier, au&longs;&longs;i <lb/>bien que celles dont v&longs;ent les Verriers, <lb/>les Emailleurs, les Vitriers, &amp; les Po&shy;<lb/>tiers, qui employent l'argent, l'e&longs;tain, <lb/>le plomb, le cuiure, &amp; les autres me-<pb xlink:href="046/01/202.jpg" pagenum="186"/>taux, &amp; les mineraux pour colorer leurs <lb/>ouurages; c'e&longs;t pourquoy i'adiou&longs;te <lb/>&longs;eulement icy que les Chymi&longs;tes de&shy;<lb/>uroient s'e&longs;tudier &agrave; la recherche des <lb/>rai&longs;ons de la grande multitude de cou&shy;<lb/>leurs, qui &longs;e font dans les. </s>

<s>differents de&shy;<lb/>grez de la coction, de la generation, ou <lb/>de la corruption des matieres qu'ils en&shy;<lb/>ferment dans les Athenors, les retor&shy;<lb/>tes, &amp; les autres Alembics, dont ils <lb/>v&longs;ent en toutes leurs operations, afin de <lb/>voir &longs;i l'on peut rapporter toutes &longs;ortes <lb/>de couleurs &agrave; la differente reflexion, <lb/>refraction, &amp; immer&longs;ion de la lumiere. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE I.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Les Peintres &longs;e &longs;eruent de plu&longs;ieurs <lb/>couleurs pour acheuer leurs tableaux, <lb/>&amp; pour peindre en gomme, en huile, &amp; <lb/>&agrave; l'eau, &longs;oit &longs;ans trituration, &amp; broye&shy;<lb/>ment, ou autrement. </s>

<s>Ie mets <expan abbr="&longs;eulem&etilde;t">&longs;eulement</expan> <lb/>icy celles dont ils v&longs;ent &agrave; l'eau, &agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir <lb/>le noir de cerf bru&longs;l&eacute;, de Flandre, de <lb/>pierre noire, &amp; d'ancre: dont les tan&shy;<lb/>nez bruns approchent de bien pi&eacute;s, car <lb/>le tann&eacute; mourant en e&longs;t plus &cacute;loign&eacute;. </s>

<s><lb/>Et puis ils <expan abbr="vs&etilde;t">vsent</expan> du violet noir, de l'inde, <pb xlink:href="046/01/203.jpg" pagenum="187"/>du tourne&longs;ol: du violet de bois de Per&longs;e <lb/>di&longs;till&eacute;, &amp; cuit en vinaigre: du pa&longs;le; <lb/>qui &longs;e fait d'vn peu de blanc me&longs;l&eacute; auec <lb/>le precedent: de l'azur, qui a plu&longs;ieurs <lb/>degrez de prix, &amp; de viuacit&eacute;: de celuy <lb/>que <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> appelle blanchette, &amp; <expan abbr="mour&atilde;te">mourante</expan>; <lb/>du bleu <expan abbr="bl&atilde;c">blanc</expan>, &amp; cele&longs;te: du rouge brun, <lb/>de la laque pure commune, de la cou&shy;<lb/>leur d'armure, qui &longs;e compo&longs;e de ladi&shy;<lb/>te laque, &amp; du &longs;affran auec l'vrine: de <lb/>la gomme goutte, &amp; de la laque cou&shy;<lb/>leur de bois, du vermillon pur, de la mi&shy;<lb/>ne tant commune, que blanchette, &amp; <lb/>de celle que <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> apelle rouge-blanc: de <lb/>la laque <expan abbr="bl&atilde;chette">blanchette</expan> forte auec ou &longs;ans la <lb/>ceru&longs;e, de la couleur de chair vermil&shy;<lb/>lonn&eacute;e compo&longs;&eacute;e de vermillon, de la&shy;<lb/>que, &amp; de blanc: de la mine, &amp; vermil&shy;<lb/>lon blanc: de la vraye couleur de chair, <lb/>de la couleur de chair morte: de la gom&shy;<lb/>me goutte; de la graine d'Auignon, du <lb/>&longs;affran, que l'on me&longs;le auec le ma&longs;&longs;icot: <lb/>du iaune pa&longs;le, &amp; du dor&eacute;: du minime <lb/>brun, &amp; cendr&eacute;, &amp; de la fueille morte: <lb/>du vert de ve&longs;&longs;ie, du calcin&eacute;, du mou&shy;<lb/>rant, du vert de mer &amp; du gay: du &longs;a&shy;<lb/>fran&eacute;, du vert iaune, du compo&longs;&eacute; auec <lb/>la graine <expan abbr="d'Auign&otilde;">d'Auignon</expan>: du di&longs;till&eacute;, de vert <pb xlink:href="046/01/204.jpg" pagenum="188"/>bleu, &amp; de montagne, du vert de terre<gap/><lb/>du gris brun, du gris blanc &amp; noir, du <lb/>torne-&longs;ol &amp; <expan abbr="bl&atilde;c">blanc</expan>, &amp; de plu&longs;ieurs autres <lb/>compo&longs;ez: du blanc de ceru&longs;e de Ve&shy;<lb/>ni&longs;e, du blanc de plomb, &amp; du blanc <lb/>de craye. </s>

<s>Ie lai&longs;&longs;e plu&longs;ieurs autres cou&shy;<lb/>leurs, qui &longs;ont di&longs;till&eacute;es, &amp; que l'on tire <lb/>des mineraux, &amp; des metaux, &amp; toutes <lb/>celles qui &longs;ont &agrave; huille, dont les diffe&shy;<lb/>rentes compo&longs;itions meritent vn liure <lb/>entier. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE II.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'on v&longs;e au&longs;&longs;i de l'or, &amp; de l'argent <lb/>d'Allemagne, de Flandre, &amp; de Paris <lb/>dans les couleurs, &amp; peintures &agrave; l'eau; <lb/>mais il faut remarquer que l'or &longs;appli&shy;<lb/>que tellement &longs;ur le bois, &longs;ur le fer, &amp; <lb/>&longs;ur le cuiure, qu'il faut premierement <lb/>mettre deux couches de blanc &longs;ur le <lb/>bois, &amp; qu'il faut polir l'or auec la dent <lb/>de chien, ou de loup: &amp; &longs;i on le couche <lb/>en huille, il faut mettre vne couche de <lb/>blanc, 2. de rouge, &amp; puis l'or de cou&shy;<lb/>leur, &longs;ur lequel on met l'or. </s>

<s>Quant &agrave; <lb/>l'or en fueille, on l'applique auec le pin&shy;<lb/>ceau fait de poil de blereau, &amp; auec le <lb/>coton. </s></p><pb xlink:href="046/01/205.jpg" pagenum="189"/><p type="main">

<s>Pour employer l'or poly &amp; bruny &longs;ur <lb/>le cuiure, il faut premierement polir <lb/>ledit cuiure, &amp; le faire rougir, affin d'ap&shy;<lb/>pliquer l'or auec le caillou; &amp; puis il le <lb/>faut recuire: ce que l'on fait en met&shy;<lb/>tant 2. ou 3. couches, l'vne &longs;ur l'autre, &amp; <lb/>en le remettant tou&longs;iours &agrave; feu de char&shy;<lb/>bon leger pour le polir! &amp; lors que l'on <lb/>l'applique &longs;ur de la charte, ou &longs;ur du <lb/>papier, la dent de b&oelig;uf du deuant y <lb/>doit &longs;eruir. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XL.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Pourquoy l'haleine que l'on pou&longs;&longs;e du poul&shy;<lb/>mon, &longs;e void-elle plus ays&eacute;ment &agrave; <lb/>l'Hyuer qu'&agrave; l'E&longs;t&eacute;; &amp; qu'e&longs;t&shy;<lb/>ce que le vent?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>SI ce que l'on pou&longs;&longs;e hors de l'e&longs;to&shy;<lb/>mac par le <expan abbr="mouuem&etilde;t">mouuement</expan> du poulmon <lb/>n'e&longs;toit autre cho&longs;e que de l'air, ou du <lb/>vent, qui &longs;e fait par &longs;on mouuement, &amp; <lb/>par &longs;a conden&longs;ation, nous ne verrions <lb/>pas l'haleine &agrave; l'Hyuer, pui&longs;que l'on n'a <lb/>iamais veu l'air, quoy qu'il ayt e&longs;t&eacute; tre&longs;&shy;<lb/>chaud, ou tre&longs;-froid, &amp; con&longs;equem-<pb xlink:href="046/01/206.jpg" pagenum="190"/>ment tre&longs; rare, ou tre&longs;-den&longs;e. </s>

<s>C'e&longs;t <lb/>pourquoy il faur conclure que l'on ne <lb/>void autre cho&longs;e dans l'haleine qui pa&shy;<lb/>roi&longs;t &agrave; l'Hyuer, que les vapeurs, &amp; les <lb/>excremens qui &longs;ortent du poulmon, &amp; <lb/>qui s'epai&longs;&longs;i&longs;&longs;ent, &amp; &longs;e <expan abbr="c&otilde;den&longs;ent">conden&longs;ent</expan> <expan abbr="telle-m&etilde;t">telle&shy;<lb/>ment</expan> &agrave; la &longs;ortie de la bouche, ou du nez, <lb/>qu'ils &longs;e rendent vi&longs;ibles, comme la fu&shy;<lb/>m&eacute;e, par la reflexion de la lumiere, qui <lb/>n'e&longs;t pas a&longs;&longs;ez forte &agrave; l'E&longs;t&eacute;, ou lors que <lb/>l'on e&longs;t expo&longs;&eacute; &agrave; la chaleur, &agrave; rai&longs;on que <lb/>les vapeurs qui &longs;ortent de la bouche <lb/>&longs;ont trop rarefi&eacute;es, &amp; trop e&longs;tendu&euml;s, &amp; <lb/>renuoyent trop peu de rayons &agrave; l'&oelig;il <lb/>pour e&longs;tre apperceu&euml;s. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Quant &agrave; la 2. partie de ce&longs;te <expan abbr="que&longs;ti&otilde;">que&longs;tiom</expan>, <lb/>il y a grande <expan abbr="appar&etilde;ce">apparence</expan> que le vent n'e&longs;t <lb/>pas different de l'agitation de l'air, &amp; <lb/>qu'il e&longs;t dautant plus froid qu'il le con&shy;<lb/>den&longs;e dauantage, comme l'on experi&shy;<lb/>mente dans toutes &longs;ortes de &longs;oufflets, <lb/>&amp; d'euentails; mais il e&longs;t difficile de &longs;&ccedil;a&shy;<lb/>uoir pourquoy le vent du Midy n'e&longs;t <lb/>pas &longs;i froid que celuy de la bize, lors <lb/>qu'ils &longs;ont &eacute;galement forts, &amp; qu'ils <lb/>conden&longs;ent l'air &eacute;galement, &longs;i l'on n'en <lb/>rapporte la cau&longs;e aux vapeurs, &amp; aux <lb/>exi lai&longs;ons chaudes, qui &longs;ont me&longs;l&eacute;es <pb xlink:href="046/01/207.jpg" pagenum="191"/>auec le vent du midy, &longs;ans le&longs;quelles il <lb/>&longs;eroit au&longs;&longs;i froid que le vent du &longs;epten&shy;<lb/>trion. </s>

<s>A quoy l'on peut adiou&longs;ter que <lb/>les vapeurs, ou les e&longs;prits qui &longs;ortent <lb/>des lieux &longs;alpe&longs;treux refroidi&longs;&longs;ent l'air, <lb/>&amp; que celuy du midy e&longs;t quelquefois <lb/>au&longs;&longs;i froid que celuy du &longs;eptentrion. </s>

<s>Or <lb/>l'on peut voir le liure que Bacon a fait <lb/>des vents, &amp; experimenter toutes les <lb/>manieres, dont on les peut produire <lb/>auec le &longs;alpe&longs;tre, l'&AElig;olipile, ou au&shy;<lb/>trement. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XLI.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="italics"/>E&longs;t-il vray que de toutes les figures I&longs;operi&shy;<lb/>metres de me&longs;ine nature, celle qui e&longs;t la <lb/>mieux ordonn&eacute;e, &amp; que de toutes les he&shy;<lb/>terogenes ordonn&eacute;es, celle qui e&longs;t la plus <lb/>termin&eacute;e e&longs;t la plus grande?<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>IL y a long-temps que l'on a demon&shy;<lb/>&longs;tr&eacute; que la figure circulaire e&longs;t la plus <lb/>grande de toutes les I&longs;operimetres, par&shy;<lb/>ce qu'elle contient vne infinit&eacute; <expan abbr="d'&atilde;gles">d'angles</expan>, <lb/>au lieu que les autres n'en contiennent <lb/>qu'vn certain nombre, qui donne tou-<pb xlink:href="046/01/208.jpg" pagenum="192"/>&longs;iours vne plus grande figure reguliere, <lb/>lors qu'il e&longs;t plus grand. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais la difficult&eacute; e&longs;t plus grande <lb/>quand il e&longs;t que&longs;tion de comparer les <lb/>triangles, &amp; les autres figures de diffe&shy;<lb/>rente e&longs;pece, &amp; heterogenes. </s>

<s>Or il e&longs;t <lb/>certain que le triangle &eacute;quilateral e&longs;t le <lb/>plus grand de tous les triangles, dont le <lb/>circuit e&longs;t &eacute;gal: &amp; con&longs;equemment <lb/>qu'il e&longs;t plus grand que l'Equicrure, ou <lb/>I&longs;ocele lequel e&longs;t au&longs;&longs;i &longs;ouuent plus <lb/>grand que ceux dont tous les co&longs;tez <lb/>&longs;ont inegaux, que l'on appelle <emph type="italics"/>&longs;calenes,<emph.end type="italics"/><lb/>quoy que cela n'arriue pas tou&longs;iours, <lb/>car le &longs;calene, dont les co&longs;tez &longs;ont 11. <lb/>18. 21. e&longs;t plus grand que l'l&longs;ocele, qui a <lb/>10. 20. 20. pour &longs;es co&longs;tez, car la gran&shy;<lb/>deur, ou l'aire de ce&longs;tuy cy e&longs;t <expan abbr="&longs;eulem&etilde;t">&longs;eulement</expan> <lb/>&rx; 9375. &amp; l'aire de celuy-l&agrave; e&longs;t &rx; 9800. <lb/>Quant &agrave; l'Equilateral I&longs;operimetre, <lb/>dont chacun des co&longs;tez a 16 2/3, &longs;on aire <lb/>e&longs;t &rx; (14467 16/27). Mais quand les figures <lb/>I&longs;operimetres Homogenes ne &longs;ont pas <lb/>ordonn&eacute;es, il peut arriuer que la moins <lb/>ordonn&eacute;e &longs;oit moin dre, &eacute;gale, ou plus <lb/>grande; par exemple, &longs;i l'on con&longs;idere <lb/>les 3. parallelogrammes, &amp; les 3. trape&shy;<lb/>zes I&longs;operimetres, quepropo&longs;e Camille <pb xlink:href="046/01/209.jpg" pagenum="193"/>Glorieux, le premier parallelogramme <lb/>a 15.15.9.9. pour &longs;es 4. co&longs;tez, le 2. a 12. <lb/>12. 3 1/2. 3 1/2. &amp; le 3. a 12. 12. 4. 4. Les 4. <lb/>co&longs;tez du premier trapeze &longs;ont 15 6. 10. <lb/>17. ceux du &longs;econd, 12.8.6.5. &amp; ceux du <lb/>troi&longs;ie&longs;me 12.4.6.10. or l'aire, ou la ca&shy;<lb/>pacit&eacute; du premier parallelogramme e&longs;t <lb/>135. celle du 2. e&longs;t 42. celle du 3. e&longs;t 48. <lb/>celle du premier trapeze a 84. celle du <lb/>2. a &rx; (2460 15/16). &amp; celle du 3. a 48. d'o&ugrave; <lb/>il e&longs;t ai&longs;&eacute; de conclure que le premier <lb/>parallelogramme e&longs;t plus grand que le <lb/>premier trapeze: que le 2. e&longs;t moindre <lb/>que le 2. &amp; que le 3. e&longs;t &eacute;gal au 3. tra&shy;<lb/>peze. </s>

<s>Le me&longs;me autheur demon&longs;tre <lb/>que la figure, qui e&longs;t la plus terminee <lb/>entre les I&longs;operimetres ordonn&eacute;es de <lb/>differente nature, e&longs;t la plus grande: <lb/>par exemple, le triangle &eacute;quilateral, <lb/>dont le co&longs;t&eacute; e&longs;t 16 2/3, a pour &longs;on aire &rx; <lb/>(14467 16/27). &amp; le quarr&eacute; dont le co&longs;t&eacute; e&longs;t <lb/>12 1/2. a 156 2/4 p<gap/> &longs;a capacit&eacute;. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais quand ces figures ne &longs;ont pas <lb/>ordonn&eacute;es, il peut arriuer que la plus <lb/>termin&eacute;e &longs;era plus <expan abbr="gr&atilde;de">grande</expan>, ou moindre, <lb/>ou &eacute;gale: par exemple, &longs;i le triangle <lb/>&longs;calene a 10. 17. 21. pour &longs;es 3. co&longs;tez, <lb/>&longs;a capacit&eacute; e&longs;t 84. laquelle e&longs;t &eacute;gale au <pb xlink:href="046/01/210.jpg" pagenum="194"/>parallelogramme, dont le plus grand <lb/>co&longs;t&eacute; e&longs;t &rx;60 + 12. &amp; le moindre 12. <lb/>&rx;60. &amp; toutesfois le me&longs;me triangle <lb/>e&longs;t moindre que le parallelogramme <lb/>i&longs;operimetre, dont les co&longs;tez &longs;ont 14. <lb/>&amp; 10. car &longs;on aire e&longs;t de 140. mais il e&longs;t <lb/>plus grand que le parallelogramme, <lb/>dont les co&longs;tez &longs;ont 20. &amp; 4, car &longs;on ai&shy;<lb/>re n'e&longs;t que de 80. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Finalement il prouue que la figure, <lb/>qui approche dauantage de l'ordonn&eacute;e <lb/>e&longs;t tou&longs;iours la plus grande des figures <lb/>i&longs;operimetres de me&longs;me nature qui ne <lb/>&longs;ont pas ordonn&eacute;es: &amp; que quand elles <lb/>conuiennent, ou qu'elles &longs;ont differen&shy;<lb/>tes en angles, ou en co&longs;tez, celle dont <lb/>les co&longs;tez, ou les angles approchent <lb/>dauantage des co&longs;tez, ou des angles de <lb/>l'ordonn&eacute;e e&longs;t plus grande. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'on appelle la figure <emph type="italics"/>ordonn&eacute;e,<emph.end type="italics"/> ou <emph type="italics"/>re&shy;<lb/>guliere,<emph.end type="italics"/> quand &longs;es co&longs;tez, &amp; &longs;es angles <lb/>&longs;ont &eacute;gaux, commeil artine au triangle <lb/>&eacute;quilateral, au quarr&eacute;, &agrave; l'exagone, &amp;c. </s>

<s><lb/>de &longs;orte que la regularit&eacute; des figures <lb/>leur donne d'au&longs;&longs;i grands auantages, <pb xlink:href="046/01/211.jpg" pagenum="195"/>que celle que l'on ob&longs;erue dans toutes <lb/>les autres cho&longs;es: del&agrave; vient que cha&shy;<lb/>que figure reguliere e&longs;t la plus grande <lb/>de toutes les i&longs;operimetres de me&longs;me <lb/>nature, &amp; que celle d'entre les irregu&shy;<lb/>lieres qui approche dauantage de la re&shy;<lb/>guliere, e&longs;t la plus grande. </s>

<s>Mais l'on <lb/>ne peut rien determiner, quand les co&shy;<lb/>&longs;tez de l'vne s'approchent dauantage <lb/>de la reguliere, &amp; que les angles s'en <lb/>&eacute;loignent dauantage. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XLII.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>La blancheur e&longs;t elle la plus excellente de <lb/>toutes les couleurs?<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>ENcore que les Peintres, ou les Tein&shy;<lb/>turiers ne mettent pas le blanc, &amp; <lb/>le noir entre les couleurs, parce que le <lb/>blanc e&longs;t vne table d'attente, qui e&longs;t in&shy;<lb/>differente &agrave; receuoir toutes &longs;ortes de <lb/>couleurs, dont il &longs;emble qu'elle e&longs;t le <lb/>principe: &amp; que le noir, qui re&longs;&longs;emble <lb/>&agrave; la priuation de toutes les couleurs, <lb/>n'en pui&longs;&longs;e receuoir aucune, <expan abbr="ne&atilde;tmoins">neantmoins</expan> <lb/>il n'y a nul doute que la blancheur e&longs;t <pb xlink:href="046/01/212.jpg" pagenum="196"/>vne couleur, que l'on peut appeller vne <lb/>lumiere diminuee, ou commen&ccedil;ante: <lb/>car elle luy e&longs;t plus &longs;emblable que tou&shy;<lb/>tes les autres couleurs, tant en ce qu'el&shy;<lb/>le fait vne plus forte <expan abbr="impre&longs;&longs;i&otilde;">impre&longs;&longs;iom</expan> &longs;ur l'&oelig;il, <lb/>qu'elle ble&longs;&longs;e en di&longs;&longs;ipant &longs;a force, &amp; &longs;a <lb/>viuacit&eacute;, <expan abbr="qu'&etilde;">qu'em</expan> ce qu'elle e&longs;t &longs;u&longs;ceptible <lb/>de toutes &longs;ortes de couleurs, comme le <lb/>rayon du Soleil, qui en repre&longs;ente les <lb/>principales, lors qu'il pa&longs;&longs;e &agrave; trauers les <lb/>triangles, ou les pri&longs;mes de chry&longs;tal, &amp; <lb/>de verte, ou qu'il &longs;e rompt dans les au&shy;<lb/>tres diafanes. </s>

<s>Or il faut remarquer que <lb/>la blancheur re&longs;i&longs;te dauantage &agrave; la cha&shy;<lb/>leur, ou au feu de la lumiere, que les <lb/>autres couleurs, comme l'on remar que <lb/>dans le papier blanc, qui ne bru&longs;le pas <lb/>&longs;i ay&longs;&eacute;ment que le papier noir, rouge, <lb/>verd, &amp;c. </s>

<s>lors que l'on y veut mettre le <lb/>feu auec vn miroir ardent, &longs;oit que ce&shy;<lb/>cy arriue &agrave; cau&longs;e que chaque cho&longs;e agit <lb/>plus fort &amp; plus ay&longs;&eacute;ment &longs;ur &longs;on con&shy;<lb/>traire, ou que le noir, &amp; les autres cou&shy;<lb/>leurs rendent le papier, &amp; les autres <lb/>corps plus gras, plus huileux, &amp; plus <lb/>propres &agrave; conceuoir le feu. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais l'on peut propo&longs;er plu&longs;ieurs dif&shy;<lb/>ficultez &longs;ur ce &longs;ujet, qui de&longs;irent d'au-<pb xlink:href="046/01/213.jpg" pagenum="197"/>tres lieux: par exemple, que le blanc <lb/>e&longs;t le plus imparfait, puis qu'il attire, &amp; <lb/>re&ccedil;oit toutes les autres conleurs, qui <lb/>&longs;ont comme les actes &agrave; l'&eacute;gard de la <lb/>pui&longs;&longs;ance: &amp; qu'il di&longs;&longs;ipe la veu&euml;, au <lb/>lieu que le noir la reunit, lequel on peut <lb/>appeller le plus parfait, puis qu'il refu&longs;e <lb/>toutes les autres couleurs (comme l'on <lb/>dit que la matiere des cicux refu&longs;e tou&shy;<lb/>tes les autres formes) d'autant que le <lb/>noir les contient toutes en &eacute;minence. </s>

<s><lb/>D'ailleurs, l'on peut dire que le noir <lb/>dilate la veu&euml;, puis que la paupiere s'&eacute;&shy;<lb/>largit dans les tenebres, &amp; qu'elle &longs;e re&shy;<lb/>&longs;treint &agrave; la pre&longs;ence de la lumiere. </s>

<s>Or <lb/>il y a plu&longs;ieurs &longs;ortes de <expan abbr="bl&atilde;cs">blancs</expan>, dont les <lb/>vns viennent, ce &longs;emble, de la &longs;eule re&shy;<lb/>flexion de la lumiere, comme il arriue <lb/>&agrave; la blancheur de la neige, qui n'e&longs;t au&shy;<lb/>tre cho&longs;e qu'vne quantit&eacute; de rayons re&shy;<lb/>flechis en mille manieres, par les diffe&shy;<lb/>rentes parties, tant concaues que con&shy;<lb/>uexes de la neige: mais la blancheur du <lb/>drap, du laict, du lis, &amp;c. </s>

<s>&longs;ont fort dif&shy;<lb/>&longs;erentes de la precedente. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Sile noir, on quelqu'autre couleur <pb xlink:href="046/01/214.jpg" pagenum="198"/><expan abbr="r&etilde;dle">rendle</expan> papier plus rude, ou plus poreux, <lb/>cela peut e&longs;tre cau&longs;e qu'il bru&longs;le plus <lb/>ay&longs;&eacute;ment que lors qu'il e&longs;t plus poly, <lb/>ear plus vn corps e&longs;t poly, &amp; moins <lb/>poreux, &amp; plus ay&longs;&eacute;ment il re&longs;i&longs;te aux <lb/>agens contraires, qui ne peuuent im&shy;<lb/>primer leurs qualit&eacute;s &longs;ur leurs &longs;urfaces, <lb/>quoy que l'on remarque le contraire <lb/>dans l'aymant, lequel agit <expan abbr="d'aut&atilde;t">d'autant</expan> plus <lb/>pui&longs;&longs;amment &longs;ur le fer, qu'il e&longs;t plus po&shy;<lb/>lv, car vn me&longs;me morceau de fer, qui <lb/>ne peut e&longs;tre attir&eacute; par <expan abbr="l'Aym&atilde;t">l'Aymant</expan> brute, <lb/>e&longs;t attir&eacute; &longs;i to&longs;t que l'on a poly l'vn ou <lb/>l'autre, ou tous deux, aux endroits par <lb/>le&longs;quels l'vn doit attirer, &amp; l'autre doit <lb/>e&longs;treattir&eacute;: ce qui e&longs;t tre&longs;-remarquable <lb/>pour plu&longs;ieurs rai&longs;ons. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XLIII.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="italics"/>Pourquoy les recreations que l'on prend en la <lb/>pre&longs;ence des mai&longs;tres, &amp; des &longs;upericurs ne <lb/>&longs;ont elles-pas &longs;i agreables que calles que <lb/>l'on prond en lcur ab&longs;cence?<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>LA nature, &amp; la propriet&eacute; de la re&shy;<lb/>creation e&longs;t, ce &longs;emble, tellement <pb xlink:href="046/01/215.jpg" pagenum="199"/>conjointe auec la libert&eacute;, que l'vne ne <lb/>peut &longs;e <expan abbr="renc&otilde;trer">rencontrer</expan> &longs;ans l'autre, ou qu'el&shy;<lb/>le e&longs;t d'autant moindre qu'elle a moins <lb/>de libert&eacute;, &amp; plus de contrainte, com&shy;<lb/>me l'on experimente dans les pri&longs;ons, <lb/>o&ugrave; les plai&longs;irs que l'on peut receuoir, ne <lb/>&longs;ont iamais &longs;i grands, quoy que l'on n'y <lb/><expan abbr="renc&otilde;tre">rencontre</expan> quelquefois de meilleurs trai&shy;<lb/>temens qu'ailleurs, comme ils &longs;ont lors <lb/>que l'on e&longs;t en pleine libert&eacute;: car toute <lb/>&longs;orte de contrainte, &amp; de retenue e&longs;t <lb/>vne e&longs;pece de douleur, qui attaque l'e&longs;&shy;<lb/>prit, ou le corps, &amp; qui nous captiue <lb/>contre no&longs;tre volont&eacute;. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Or quand les mai&longs;tres, ou ceux qui <lb/>v&longs;ent d'vne pareille authorit&eacute; &longs;ur nous, <lb/>&longs;e trouuent pre&longs;ens &agrave; nos recreations, <lb/>nous <expan abbr="craign&otilde;s">craignons</expan> qu'ils ne remarquent nos <lb/>pa&longs;&longs;ions, &amp; nos imperfections, &amp; qu'ils <lb/>ne diminu&euml;nt la bonne opinion qu'ils <lb/>pouuoient auoir conceu&euml; de no&longs;tre bon <lb/>naturel, de nos bonnes inclinations, &amp; <lb/>de nos vertus: ce qui ne peut arriuer <lb/>&longs;ans la perte de l'e&longs;time que nous <expan abbr="aui&otilde;s">auions</expan> <lb/>acqui&longs;e dans leur e&longs;prit. </s>

<s>Et parce que <lb/>les hommes ne font pas moins de cas <lb/>de leur reputation que de leur vie, &amp; <lb/>de leur e&longs;tre, ils &longs;ont portez d'vne me&longs;-<pb xlink:href="046/01/216.jpg" pagenum="200"/>me pa&longs;&longs;ion, &amp; d'vne me&longs;me violence &agrave; <lb/>deffendre leur honneur, &amp; leur vie; <lb/>qu'ils e&longs;timent auoir perdu&euml; dans la <expan abbr="p&etilde;-&longs;&eacute;e">pen&shy;<lb/>&longs;&eacute;e</expan> de ceux qui les m&eacute;pri&longs;ent. </s>

<s>Del&agrave; <lb/>vient qu'ils ne craignent &longs;eulement pas <lb/>la pre&longs;ence des &longs;uperieurs, &amp; de tous <lb/>ceux qui peuuent aduertir le&longs;dits &longs;upe&shy;<lb/>rieurs de leurs imperfections, mais au&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;i celle de tous les honne&longs;tes hommes, <lb/>dontils peuuent receuoir du bla&longs;me, &amp; <lb/>du me&longs;pris. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>I'en excepte ceux qui &longs;ont bien ay&longs;es <lb/>que l'on remarque <expan abbr="&longs;oigneu&longs;em&etilde;t">&longs;oigneu&longs;ement</expan> leurs <lb/>actions, afin qu'ils en pui&longs;&longs;ent corriger <lb/>les d&eacute;fauts; mais l'on en rencontre fort <lb/>peu de ceux-l&agrave;, car nul ne veut e&longs;tre <lb/>reprimand&eacute;; &amp; lors que l'on en trouue, <lb/>l'on peut conclurre que s'ils ne &longs;ont &longs;o&shy;<lb/>lidement vertueux, qu'ils &longs;ont bien <lb/>auant dans le chemin de la vertu, dont <lb/>ils jo&uuml;iront bien to&longs;t, puis qu'elle ne re&shy;<lb/>butte nul de ceux qui la recherchent <lb/>auec ferueur. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Et ie ne doute nullement qu'ils ne <lb/>&longs;oient bien ay&longs;es de ne prendre nul&shy;<lb/>le recreation qu'en la pre&longs;ence de <lb/>ceux qui ont charge, ou droit de les re&shy;<lb/>prendre, &amp; de veiller &longs;ur leurs actions, <pb xlink:href="046/01/217.jpg" pagenum="201"/>dautant qu'ils de&longs;irent de &longs;e recreer <lb/>honne&longs;tement, ce qui ne peut e&longs;tre re&shy;<lb/>pris de ceux qui ont du iugement, &amp; de <lb/>la vertu, &amp; qui &longs;&ccedil;auent que les plai&longs;irs <lb/>innocens, dont on v&longs;e pour dela&longs;&longs;er, &amp; <lb/>pour renforcer l'e&longs;prit, ou le corps, afin <lb/>qu'il fa&longs;&longs;e mieux &longs;es fonctions, ne &longs;ont <lb/>pas moins agreables &agrave; Dieu, ny moins <lb/>honne&longs;tes, que les affaires les plus &longs;e&shy;<lb/>rieu&longs;es, &amp; les plus grands employs que <lb/>l'on pui&longs;&longs;e auoir. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XLIV.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Quia-il de plus notable dans les Dialogues <lb/>que Galil&eacute;e a faits du mouuement de la <lb/>terre? </s>

<s>cette que&longs;tion contient tout <lb/>&longs;on premier Dialogue.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>CE di&longs;cours &longs;eruira pour ceux qui <lb/>n'ont pas, ou qui n'entendent pas <lb/>les quatre Dialogues que Galil&eacute;e a faits <lb/>des mouuemens de la terro, car il con&shy;<lb/>tient tout ce qu'ils ont de plus remar&shy;<lb/>quable. </s>

<s>Or il commence par la com&shy;<lb/>parai&longs;on du mouuement droit auec le <lb/>circulaire; &amp; dit que les principales <pb xlink:href="046/01/218.jpg" pagenum="202"/>parties de l'vniuers n'ont pas deu auoir <lb/>d'autre mouuement que le circulaire, <lb/>dautant qu'elles ont deu e&longs;tre di&longs;po&shy;<lb/>&longs;&eacute;es &longs;i parfaitement, qu'elles n'ayent eu <lb/>nul be&longs;oin de changer de place, ce qui <lb/>ne pourroit arriuer &longs;i elles &longs;e <expan abbr="mouuoi&etilde;t">mouuoient</expan> <lb/>en ligne droite, qui n'e&longs;t point termi&shy;<lb/>n&eacute;e, &amp; quine &longs;ert que pour &eacute;loigner les <lb/>parties dn monde de le ur propre lieu. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais le circulaire les con&longs;eruant tou&shy;<lb/>&longs;iours dans vne &eacute;gale di&longs;tance d'auec <lb/>leur centre n'a nul point qui ne &longs;oit &longs;on <lb/><expan abbr="commencem&etilde;t">commencement</expan> &amp; &longs;a fin; del&agrave; vient qu'il <lb/>e&longs;t &eacute;gal par tout, au lieu que le mouue&shy;<lb/>ment droit e&longs;t plus vi&longs;te au commence&shy;<lb/>ment, lors qu'il e&longs;t violent, ou &agrave; la fin, <lb/>quand il e&longs;t naturel. </s>

<s>De plus, le circu&shy;<lb/>laire e&longs;tant perpetuellement termin&eacute; <lb/>peut e&longs;tre in finy par le moyen de la re&shy;<lb/>petition de &longs;es tours; ce qui ne peut ar&shy;<lb/>riuer au mouuement droit, car la natu&shy;<lb/>re ne donne nul mouuement qui ne <lb/>pui&longs;&longs;e paruenir &agrave; <expan abbr="s&otilde;">som</expan> terme: or &longs;i le mou&shy;<lb/>uement droit va s'allenti&longs;&longs;ant, il &longs;era <lb/>violent, donc il ne &longs;era pas perpetuel: <lb/>s'il va s'accroi&longs;&longs;ant, il finira &agrave; &longs;on terme, <lb/>donc il ne durera pas tou&longs;iours, de &longs;or&shy;<lb/>te que le &longs;eul mouuement circulaire <pb xlink:href="046/01/219.jpg" pagenum="203"/>e&longs;t propre pour l'&eacute;ternit&eacute;. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>A quoy l'on peut adiou&longs;ter que &longs;i la <lb/>pen&longs;&eacute;e de <expan abbr="Plat&otilde;">Platom</expan> e&longs;t veritable, que l'Au&shy;<lb/>theur de l'vniuers a lai&longs;&longs;&eacute; tomber les <lb/>a&longs;tres d'vn certain lieu &longs;i haut, que <lb/>quand ils ont eu a&longs;&longs;ez de vi&longs;te&longs;&longs;e, il a <lb/>chang&eacute; leur mouuement droit au cir&shy;<lb/>culaire qu'ils <expan abbr="c&otilde;&longs;eruent">con&longs;eruent</expan> encore, de &longs;or&shy;<lb/>te que l'on peut &longs;upputer d'o&ugrave; ils ont <lb/>deu tomber pour acquerir les mouue&shy;<lb/>mens qu'ils ont en <expan abbr="demeur&atilde;t">demeurant</expan> dans leurs <lb/>propres lieux. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>D'o&ugrave; il e&longs;t ay&longs;&eacute; de conclurre que le <lb/>mouuement circulaire, &amp; le repos &longs;ont <lb/>tre&longs;-propres pour la con&longs;eruation de <lb/>l'vniuers, &amp; que le droit e&longs;t vtile pour <lb/>renuoyer les parties en leurs lieux na&shy;<lb/>turels, par vn chemin tre&longs; court. </s>

<s>Et &longs;i <lb/>Ari&longs;tote a bien definy la nature, il a deu <lb/>mettre des corps qui &longs;e repo&longs;ent natu&shy;<lb/>rellement, comme il en a mis qui &longs;e <lb/>meuuent, puis qu'il dit qu'elle e&longs;t le <lb/>principe du mouuement &amp; du repos. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Or il faut remarquer que la pierre <lb/>qui quitte &longs;on repos, &longs;e meut par tous <lb/>les degrez po&longs;&longs;ibles de tardiuet&eacute;, &amp; <lb/>qu'elle acquiert tou&longs;iours de nou&shy;<lb/>ueaux degrez de vi&longs;te&longs;&longs;e. </s>

<s>Apres ces <pb xlink:href="046/01/220.jpg" pagenum="204"/>di&longs;cours qu'il e&longs;tend iu&longs;ques &agrave; la 39. pa&shy;<lb/>ge de &longs;on premier dialogue: il combat <lb/>l'incorruptibilit&eacute; qu'Ari&longs;tote a mi&longs;e <lb/>dans les cieux, dautant que &longs;i l'on e&longs;toit <lb/>dans la Lune, ou dans le Soleil, on n'ap&shy;<lb/>perceuroit pas mieux les petites <expan abbr="cor-rupti&otilde;s">cor&shy;<lb/>ruptions</expan> de la terre: par exemple, l'em, <lb/>bra&longs;ement des fore&longs;ts, &amp; des villes, &amp;c. </s>

<s><lb/>que celles qui peuuent arriuer au So&shy;<lb/>leil, dans lequel Schener a remarqu&eacute; <lb/>tant de corruptions, de macules, &amp; de <lb/>flammes, qu'il nous a fait douter s'il en&shy;<lb/>dure autant ou plus de corruptions, &amp; <lb/>de changemens que la terre, comme ie <lb/>mon&longs;tre dans vne autre. </s>

<s>Si Ari&longs;to&shy;<lb/>te eu&longs;t veu les nouuelles e&longs;toiles de <lb/>l'an 1572. &amp; 1604. il eu&longs;t peut e&longs;tre <lb/>chang&eacute; d'auis, <expan abbr="particulierem&etilde;t">particulierement</expan> s'il eu&longs;t <lb/>ob&longs;eru&eacute; le lieu des Cometes au&longs;&longs;i haut <lb/>que celuy du Soleil, comme Tycho, <lb/>Kepler, &amp; plu&longs;ieurs autres ont remar&shy;<lb/>qu&eacute;, quov que Claramontius &longs;e &longs;oit ef&shy;<lb/>forc&eacute; de demon&longs;trer le contraire par les <lb/>me&longs;mes ob&longs;ernations, &amp; les me&longs;mes <lb/>parallaxes, dont les autres &longs;e &longs;ont &longs;er&shy;<lb/>uis. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Dans la 46. page, il remarque que <lb/>les macules du Soleil, nai&longs;&longs;ent &amp; &longs;e di&longs;-<pb xlink:href="046/01/221.jpg" pagenum="205"/>&longs;ipent &longs;ouuent au milieu du Soleil, o&ugrave; <lb/>elles paroi&longs;&longs;ent pl<emph type="sup"/>9<emph.end type="sup"/> larges qu'aux bords, <lb/>au&longs;quels leur <expan abbr="mouuem&etilde;t">mouuement</expan> e&longs;t plus lent, <lb/>d'o&ugrave; il <expan abbr="c&otilde;clud">conclud</expan> qu'elles ne &longs;ont pas &longs;phe&shy;<lb/>riques, &amp; qu'elles ne &longs;ont pas port&eacute;es <lb/>par des cercles <expan abbr="c&otilde;centriques">concentriques</expan> au Soleil. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s><lb/>Il adjou&longs;te en &longs;uite que l'incorruptibi&shy;<lb/>lit&eacute; n'e&longs;t pas vne qualit&eacute; qui annobli&longs;&longs;e <lb/>les corps, puis qu'vne &longs;tatu&euml;, qui ne &longs;e <lb/>corrompr point par la generation, ny <lb/>par les autres mouuemens, e&longs;t moins <lb/>noble, &amp; moins excellente que ne &longs;ont <lb/>les hommes. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>D'ailleurs nous ne pouuons &longs;&ccedil;auoir s'il <lb/>a des generations dans les a&longs;tres &longs;em&shy;<lb/>blables ou di&longs;&longs;emblables &agrave; celles de la <lb/>terre, &amp; que nous n'en pouuons pas <lb/>auoir de plus grandes conjectures, que <lb/>celles qu'vn homme nourry au milieu <lb/>d'vne fore&longs;t auroit de la mer, des poi&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ons, &amp; des nauires, dont il n'auroit ia&shy;<lb/>mais o&uuml;y parler, n'y ayant nulle pen&longs;&eacute;e <lb/>rai&longs;onnable qui nous pui&longs;&longs;e faire con&shy;<lb/>iecturer autre cho&longs;e &longs;inon que s'il y a <lb/>des creatures viuantes &amp; intelligentes <lb/><expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> les a&longs;tres, qu'elles lo&uuml;ent &amp; adorent <lb/>le Createur de l'vniuers. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Quant &agrave; la comparai&longs;on de la terre <pb xlink:href="046/01/222.jpg" pagenum="206"/>&amp; de la Lune, il remarque premiere&shy;<lb/>ment que l'vne &amp; l'autre e&longs;t &longs;pherique, <lb/>opaque, &amp; d'vne matiere dure, &amp; &longs;oli&shy;<lb/>de, comme l'on prouue par les inegali&shy;<lb/>tez, &amp; les montagnes que l'on d&eacute;cou&shy;<lb/>ure dans la Lune auec les lunettes. </s>

<s>2, <lb/>qu'elle a deux parties comme la terre, <lb/>&agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir celle de l'eau qui paroi&longs;t plus <lb/>ob&longs;cure, &agrave; rai&longs;on qu'elle reflechit vne <lb/>moindre quantit&eacute; de rayons. </s>

<s>3. que la <lb/>terre &longs;e void comme vne Lune, &longs;i l'on <lb/>s'imagine vn &oelig;il dans la Lune, car lors <lb/>qu'elle e&longs;t en tenebres, la terre e&longs;t plei&shy;<lb/>ne, c'e&longs;t &agrave; dire que le contraire s'ob&longs;er&shy;<lb/>ueroit dans la terre. </s>

<s>Mais il remarque <lb/>que de la terre l'on nevoid que l'hemi&longs;&shy;<lb/>phere inferieur de la Lune, au lieu que <lb/>de la Lune l'on verroit toutes les faces <lb/>de la terre; encore qu'elle ne peu&longs;t e&longs;tre <lb/>veu&euml; de tous les endroits de la Lune. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s><lb/>4. &longs;i le me&longs;me co&longs;t&eacute; de la Lune regarde <lb/>tou&longs;iours la terre, la ligne qui pa&longs;&longs;e par <lb/>les centres de la terre &amp; de la Lune pa&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;e par le me&longs;me point de la &longs;urface de <lb/>la Lune, mais l'on ne void pas la me&longs;me <lb/>face de la Lune quand on e&longs;t &longs;ur la &longs;ur&shy;<lb/>face de la terre, car l'on apper&ccedil;oit vn <pb xlink:href="046/01/223.jpg" pagenum="207"/>peu dauantage de &longs;a partie Occidenta&shy;<lb/>le, &amp; vn peu moins de l'Orientale, lors <lb/>qu'elle &longs;e leue, &amp; au contraire quand <lb/>elle &longs;e couche. </s>

<s>Or l'on prouue par les <lb/>lunettes qu'elle paroi&longs;t en cette fa&ccedil;on, <lb/>car de 2. macules qu'elle a, l'vne regar&shy;<lb/>de le vent Me&longs;tral, <expan abbr="qu&atilde;d">quand</expan> elle e&longs;t en-&longs;on <lb/>midy, &amp; l'autre luy e&longs;t oppo&longs;ee, &amp; elle <lb/>peut e&longs;tre veu&euml; &longs;ans lunettes, comme <lb/>la premiere dont la figure paroi&longs;t en <lb/>ellip&longs;e, ou en ouale, &amp; e&longs;t &longs;epar&eacute;e des <lb/>plus grandes macules: or elles paroi&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ent tanto&longs;t deux ou trois fois plus pro&shy;<lb/>ches, &amp; d'autresfois plus &eacute;loign&eacute;es du <lb/>bord. </s>

<s>Il remarque en 5. lieu que la Lu&shy;<lb/>ne re&ccedil;oit vne plus grande lumiere de la <lb/>terre, quand elle e&longs;t &agrave; demy pleine, de <lb/>&longs;orte que la lumiere reflechie par la ter&shy;<lb/>re e&longs;t cau&longs;e que nous voyons la partie <lb/>de la Lune qui n'e&longs;t point illumin&eacute;e du <lb/>Soleil. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>6. ces 2. corps s'eclip&longs;ent l'vn <lb/>l'autre reciproquement. </s>

<s>7. &longs;i le corps <lb/>de la Lune e&longs;toit poly <expan abbr="c&otilde;me">comme</expan> vn miroir, <lb/>elle ne nous paroi&longs;troit iamais illumi&shy;<lb/>n&eacute;e qu'en vne partie fort petite, com&shy;<lb/>me il e&longs;t ay&longs;&eacute; de demon&longs;trer par la gla&shy;<lb/>ce d'vn miroir <expan abbr="c&otilde;uexe">conuexe</expan>: c'e&longs;t pourquoy <pb xlink:href="046/01/224.jpg" pagenum="208"/>les inegalitez de la Lune nous &longs;eruent <lb/>pour nous la fairevoir en &longs;es differentes <lb/>illuminations par le moyen d'vne infi&shy;<lb/>nit&eacute; de plans, qui reflechi&longs;&longs;ent la lu&shy;<lb/>miere de rous co&longs;tez. </s>

<s>Et parce que l'eau <lb/>que l'on r&eacute;pand &longs;urvn corps remplit &longs;es <lb/>pores, &amp; &longs;es cauitez, &amp; que &longs;a &longs;urface <lb/>perd &longs;es inegalit&eacute;s, nous le voyons plus <lb/>noir, &amp; plus ob&longs;cur, comme l'on expe&shy;<lb/>rimente &longs;ur les carreaux illuminez du <lb/>Soleil, &longs;ur le&longs;quels on ver&longs;e de l'eau. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>En 7. lieu, l'on remarque que la lu&shy;<lb/>miere de la terre reflechie &longs;ur la Lune <lb/>paroi&longs;t beaucoup plus claire 2. ou trois <lb/>iours deuant, qu'apres &longs;a conjonction <lb/>auec le Soleil, comme l'on experimen&shy;<lb/>te en la regardant vers l'Orient, auant <lb/>que l'Aurore paroi&longs;&longs;e, car elle paroi&longs;t <lb/>mieux qu'&agrave; l'Occident: ce qui arriue &agrave; <lb/>rai&longs;on de l'hemi&longs;phere terre&longs;tre, qui e&longs;t <lb/>oppo&longs;&eacute; &agrave; la Lune d'Orient, car ce co&longs;t&eacute; <lb/>de la terre contient toute l'A&longs;ie, &amp; a <lb/>plus de terre que de mer: mais l'autre <lb/>hemi&longs;phere, qui <expan abbr="c&otilde;tient">contient</expan> le grand <expan abbr="Oce&atilde;">Oceam</expan> <lb/>Atlantique, e&longs;t oppo&longs;&eacute; &agrave; la Lune Occi&shy;<lb/>dentale, &amp; l'experience en&longs;eigne que <lb/>la reflexion de l'eau e&longs;t plus foible que <lb/>celle de la terre. </s>

<s>D'o&ugrave; l'on ne peut pas <pb xlink:href="046/01/225.jpg" pagenum="209"/>conclurre que la Lune &longs;oit compo&longs;ee <lb/>de terre &amp; d'eau, d'autant que la dif&shy;<lb/>ference de ces lumieres peut arriuer <lb/>pour d'autres rai&longs;ons. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>En 8. lieu les parties de la Lune les <lb/>plus polies &longs;ont les moins claires, &amp; <expan abbr="f&otilde;t">font</expan> <lb/>&longs;es macules, comme l'on remarque aux <lb/>lignes des bords qui &longs;eparent la partie <lb/>illumin&eacute;e d'auec l'autre, car les lieux <lb/>o&ugrave; il n'y a point de macules, paroi&longs;&longs;ent <lb/>merueilleu&longs;ement inegales, &amp; comme <lb/>remplies d'herbes, d'arbres, ou de <expan abbr="m&otilde;-tagnes">mon&shy;<lb/>tagnes</expan>, au lieu que les lieux des macu&shy;<lb/>les paroi&longs;&longs;ent tre&longs;-egaux. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>En 9. lieu, il conclud qu'il n'y a point <lb/>d'habitans dans la Lune, ou que s'il y <lb/>en a qu'ils &longs;ont entierement differens <lb/>d'auec ceux de la terre, &agrave; rai&longs;on qu'elle <lb/>e&longs;t differemment illumin&eacute;e par le So&shy;<lb/>leil, car toute &longs;a &longs;urface n'e&longs;t illumin&eacute;e <lb/>qu'vne fois le mois, durant lequel elle <lb/>a &longs;es 4. &longs;ai&longs;ons, au lieu que la plus gran&shy;<lb/>de partie de la terre qui e&longs;t illumin&eacute;e <lb/>chaque iour, n'a les &longs;iennes que dans vn <lb/>an. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>Et puis les Tropiques de la terre <lb/>&longs;ont &eacute;loignez de 47. degrez, &amp; ceux <lb/>de la Lune n'ont que 10. degrez, qui <lb/>font la largeur du ventre du Dragon: <pb xlink:href="046/01/226.jpg" pagenum="210"/>&amp; finalement l'on n'a iamais ob&longs;eru&eacute; <lb/>de nu&eacute;c dans la Lune, comme dans la <lb/>terre. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XLV.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Qui a-il de remarquable dans le &longs;econd <lb/>Dialogue de Galil&eacute;e.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>IL s'efforce de per&longs;uader le mouue&shy;<lb/>ment annuel de la terre dans cette 2. <lb/>partie par les rai&longs;ons qui &longs;uiuent, car <lb/>puis qu'il a fallu pour le bien des hom&shy;<lb/>mes que tout l'vniuers, &amp; <expan abbr="particuliere-m&etilde;t">particuliere&shy;<lb/>ment</expan> les e&longs;toiles, &amp; le Soleil enui&longs;agea&longs;t <lb/>les differentes parties de la terre, il &longs;em&shy;<lb/>ble qu'il e&longs;t plus rai&longs;onnable qu'elle <lb/>fa&longs;&longs;e &longs;on tour en 24. heures, que de fai&shy;<lb/>re tourner le Soleil, &amp; les e&longs;toiles en <lb/>me&longs;me temps, puis que le circuit, &amp; le <lb/>chemin de la terre e&longs;t quatorze mille <lb/>fois plus court, &amp; que <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> &longs;e mocqueroit <lb/>de celuy qu&igrave; feroit tourner vne ville <lb/>toute entiere au tour de &longs;oy, pour en <lb/>voir toutes les mai&longs;ons, au lieu de &longs;e <lb/>tourner &longs;oy me&longs;me &longs;ur vne tour pour <lb/>la voir. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Dans la 109. page, il remarque que <pb xlink:href="046/01/227.jpg" pagenum="211"/>le mouuement des corps e&longs;t &longs;eulement <lb/>&agrave; l'&eacute;gard des autres corps qui &longs;ont <lb/>priuez de ce me&longs;me mouuement, &amp; <lb/>qu'Ari&longs;tote a peruerti cet axiome en <lb/>&longs;ub&longs;tituant que tout ce qui a mouue&shy;<lb/>ment, &longs;e doit mouuoir &longs;urvne cho&longs;e im&shy;<lb/>mobile; d'o&ugrave; il conclud que le grand <lb/>mouuement qu'ont les a&longs;tres de l'O&shy;<lb/>rient &agrave; l'Occident ne peut e&longs;tre appell&eacute; <lb/>mouuement &agrave; leur &eacute;gard, mais &longs;eule&shy;<lb/>ment en le <expan abbr="compar&atilde;t">comparant</expan> auec la terre, par&shy;<lb/>ce qu'il &longs;e fait pour elle &longs;eule; or elle <lb/>peut &longs;uppleer tous ces mouuemens en <lb/>&longs;e tournant elle me&longs;me, &amp; la nature <lb/>cherche tou&longs;iours, &amp; &longs;uit le chemin le <lb/>plus court. </s>

<s>Et puis &longs;i la terre e&longs;toit im&shy;<lb/>mobile, il faudroit que les a&longs;tres eu&longs;&longs;ent <lb/>deux <expan abbr="mouuem&etilde;s">mouuemens</expan> contraires en me&longs;me <lb/>temps, &agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir le diurne d'Orient en <lb/>Occident, &amp; le propre d'Occident en <lb/>Orient, lequel ils ont &longs;eulement en <lb/>mettant la mobilit&eacute; de la terre: quey <lb/>que l'on luy pui&longs;&longs;e r&eacute;pondre que les <lb/>a&longs;tres qui &longs;e meuuent plus vi&longs;te de me&longs;&shy;<lb/>me co&longs;t&eacute;, ont du mouuement &agrave; l'&eacute;gard <lb/>de ceux dont le <expan abbr="mouuem&etilde;t">mouuement</expan> e&longs;t plus tar&shy;<lb/>dif, &amp; que &longs;i l'on &longs;&ccedil;auoit toutes les rai&shy;<lb/>&longs;ons que Dieu cognoi&longs;t, &amp; tous les ef-<pb xlink:href="046/01/228.jpg" pagenum="212"/>fets &amp; les rencontres qui doiuent e&longs;tre <lb/>dans tout l'vniuers, que l'on iugeroit <lb/>qu'il e&longs;t plus &agrave; propos que la terre &longs;oit <lb/>immobile. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais il adiou&longs;te que les plus grands <lb/>cercles, ou &longs;pheres du monde &longs;ont plus <lb/>de temps &agrave; faire leur circuit que les <lb/>moindres, car Saturne fait le &longs;ien en 30. <lb/>ans, Iupiter en 12. Mars en 2. le Soleil <lb/>en vn, la Lune dans vn mois; &amp; &longs;i l'on <lb/>con&longs;idere les &longs;atellites de Mars, le pre&shy;<lb/>mier fait &longs;on cours dans 42. heures, le <lb/>2. en trois iours &amp; demy, le 3. en 7. &amp; le <lb/>4. en &longs;eize. </s>

<s>Or la terre ne peut e&longs;tre <lb/>immobile &longs;ans troubler cet ordre, car <lb/>il faut pa&longs;&longs;er tout d'vn coup iu&longs;ques <lb/>aux e&longs;toiles qui &longs;e meuuent en 24. heu&shy;<lb/>res, au lieu que leur mouuement de&shy;<lb/>uroit e&longs;tre fort tardif, puis que leur <lb/>&longs;phere e&longs;t beaucoup plus grande que <lb/>celle de Saturne, &amp; con&longs;equemment <lb/>qu'elle deuroit e&longs;tre immobile, de peur <lb/>que l'on &longs;oit contraint d'auo&uuml;er que les <lb/>e&longs;toiles, qui pa&longs;&longs;ent par l'&eacute;quinoctial, <lb/>&longs;e meuuent tre&longs;-vi&longs;te, &amp; que celles qui <lb/>approchent du pole &longs;e meuuent tre&longs;&shy;<lb/>lentement. </s>

<s>Certes ces rai&longs;ons ne per&shy;<lb/>&longs;uadent nullement, dautant qu'il n'y a <pb xlink:href="046/01/229.jpg" pagenum="213"/>nulle ab&longs;urdit&eacute; que les a&longs;tres, qui ont <lb/>les plus grandes &longs;pheres, aillent plus vi&shy;<lb/>&longs;te; &amp; l'ordre fixe, &amp; permanent qu'ils <lb/>tiennent dans le firmament &longs;olide, ou <lb/>liquide, ne prouue autre cho&longs;e <expan abbr="&longs;in&otilde;l'ad-mirable">&longs;inoll'ad&shy;<lb/>mirable</expan> &longs;age&longs;&longs;e de l'Ouurier qui les a &longs;i <lb/>bien di&longs;po&longs;ez, qu'ils ne peuuent iamais <lb/>abandonner leur rang. </s>

<s>L'autre rai&longs;on <lb/>pri&longs;e de la facilit&eacute; qu'il y a de mouuoir <lb/>la terre in <expan abbr="differ&etilde;te">differente</expan> au repos &amp; au mou&shy;<lb/>uement, puis qu'elle na point d'autre <lb/>&longs;u&longs;pen&longs;ion que &longs;on propre poids, ou <lb/>&eacute;quilibre, &amp; qu'il n'e&longs;t pas po&longs;&longs;ible que <lb/>le premier mobile raui&longs;&longs;e tous les au&shy;<lb/>tres cieux, que quant &amp; quant il n'&eacute;&shy;<lb/>branle la terre, qui n'a nul appuy hors <lb/>de &longs;oy, &longs;emble e&longs;tre plus forte; encore <lb/>que l'on pui&longs;&longs;e <expan abbr="r&eacute;p&otilde;dre">r&eacute;pondre</expan> que Dieu l'em&shy;<lb/>pe&longs;che de &longs;e mouuoir, &amp; que &longs;on <expan abbr="c&etilde;tre">centre</expan> <lb/>affermit tellement toutes &longs;es parties <lb/>qu'il les tient tou&longs;iours dans vn me&longs;me <lb/>lieu: &amp; il n'e&longs;t pas plus difficile &agrave; Dieu <lb/>de rendre chaque partie de la circonfe&shy;<lb/>rence immobile, que le centre. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Iclai&longs;&longs;e maintenant plu&longs;ieurs autres <lb/>cho&longs;es, dont il traite dans ce 2. Dialo&shy;<lb/>gue, &amp; dans le 3. &amp; le 4. dautant que <lb/>i'en re&longs;eruele di&longs;cours, &amp; <expan abbr="l'exam&etilde;">l'examen</expan> par-<pb xlink:href="046/01/230.jpg" pagenum="214"/>ticulier pour vn liure entier, c'e&longs;t pour&shy;<lb/>quoy j'adiou&longs;te &longs;eulement icy le iuge&shy;<lb/>ment, &amp; la cen&longs;ure que les Cardinaux <lb/>ont fait &agrave; Rome, de &longs;on liure, &amp; de &longs;es <lb/>opinions, afin que nul ne &longs;e lai&longs;&longs;e &longs;ur&shy;<lb/>prendre dans ces matieres. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>COROLLAIRE.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Il n'e&longs;t pas nece&longs;&longs;aire d'expliquer icy <lb/>les rai&longs;ons pour le&longs;quelles Galil&eacute;e a e&longs;t&eacute; <lb/>condamn&eacute;, tant parce que l'hi&longs;toire en <lb/>&longs;eroit trop longue, que parce que la <lb/>&longs;entence, &amp; le procez qui &longs;uit en de&shy;<lb/>clare vne partie, comme l'on verra &agrave; la <lb/>&longs;uite du di&longs;cours, qui contient premie&shy;<lb/>rement les noms des Cardinaux qui y <lb/>ont a&longs;&longs;i&longs;t&eacute;. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Sentence contre Galil&eacute;e, &amp; contre &longs;es Dialo&shy;<lb/>gues du mouuement de la terre.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>NOus Ga&longs;par du titre de &longs;aincte <lb/>Croix en Ieru&longs;alem, Borgia. </s>

<s><lb/>Frere F&oelig;lix Centino du titre de &longs;ainct <lb/>Ana&longs;ta&longs;e dit d A&longs;coli. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Guido du titre de &longs;ainte Marie du Peu&shy;<lb/>ple, Bennuoglio. </s></p><pb xlink:href="046/01/231.jpg" pagenum="215"/><p type="main">

<s>F. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>De&longs;ir&eacute; Scaglia de &longs;ainct Charles, dit <lb/>Cremone. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>F. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>Anthoine Barberin dit de S. Onu&shy;<lb/>phre. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Laudiuius Zacchia du titre de S. <!-- REMOVE S-->Pier&shy;<lb/>re &eacute;s Liens, dit de S. Sixte. </s>

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<s>Berlingerius du titre de S. <!-- REMOVE S-->Augu&longs;tin <lb/>Ge&longs;&longs;o. </s>

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<s>Fabrice du titre de S. <!-- REMOVE S-->Laurent in pane <lb/>&amp; perna Vero&longs;pi, appellez Pre&longs;tres. </s>

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<s>Fran&ccedil;ois de S. <expan abbr="Laur&etilde;t">Laurent</expan> in Dama&longs;o Bar&shy;<lb/>berin, &amp; Martius de Ste Marie neufue <lb/>Ginetto, Dlicres par la mi&longs;ericorde de <lb/>Dieu, Cardinaux de la &longs;aincte Egli&longs;e <lb/>Romaine, Inqui&longs;iteurs Generaux de la <lb/>&longs;aincte Foy Apo&longs;tolique, en toute la <lb/>Republique Chre&longs;tienne, <expan abbr="&longs;pecialem&etilde;t">&longs;pecialement</expan> <lb/>deputez contre l'here&longs;ie. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Comme ain&longs;i &longs;oit que toy Galil&eacute;e, <lb/>fils de feu Vincent Galil&eacute;e Florentin <lb/>&acirc;g&eacute; de 70. ans, as e&longs;t&eacute; denonc&eacute; en ce S. <!-- REMOVE S--><lb/>Office d&eacute;s l'ann&eacute;e 1613. que tu tenois <lb/>pour vraye la fau&longs;&longs;e doctrine en&longs;eign&eacute;e <lb/>par quelques-vns, &agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir que le So&shy;<lb/>leil e&longs;t le centre du monde, &amp; qu'il e&longs;t <lb/>immobile, &amp; que la terre &longs;e meut au&longs;&longs;i <lb/>d'vn mouuement journalier; que tu <lb/>auois quelques di&longs;ciples au&longs;quels tu <pb xlink:href="046/01/232.jpg" pagenum="216"/>en&longs;eignois la me&longs;me doctrine; que tou&shy;<lb/>chant la me&longs;me cho&longs;e tu entretenois <lb/>corre&longs;pondance auec quelques Mathe&shy;<lb/>maticiens d'Allemagne: que tu auois <lb/>fait imprimer quelques lettres intitu&shy;<lb/>l&eacute;es, <gap/>, dans le&longs;quel&shy;<lb/>les tu expliquois la me&longs;me doctrine <lb/>comme vraye: qu'aux obiections ti&shy;<lb/>r&eacute;es de la &longs;aincte E&longs;criture que quel&shy;<lb/>quefois l'on tefai&longs;oit, tu re&longs;pondois en <lb/>glo&longs;ant ladite E&longs;criture <expan abbr="conform&eacute;m&etilde;t">conform&eacute;ment</expan> <lb/>&agrave; ton &longs;entiment: &amp; qu'en &longs;uite la co&shy;<lb/>pie d'vn &eacute;crit en forme de lettre fut <lb/>pre&longs;ent&eacute;e, que l'on di&longs;oit auoir e&longs;t&eacute; e&longs;&shy;<lb/>crite par toy &agrave; vn certain ton di&longs;ciple, <lb/>en laquelle &longs;uiuant l'expo&longs;ition de Co&shy;<lb/>pernic, &longs;ont contenu&euml;s diuer&longs;es propo&shy;<lb/>&longs;itions contre le vray &longs;ens, &amp; l'authori&shy;<lb/>t&eacute; de la &longs;aincte E&longs;criture. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

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<s>Pour ce &longs;uiet le &longs;ainct Office voulant <lb/>pouruoir au de&longs;ordre, &amp; au dommage <lb/>qui prouenoit de l&agrave;, &amp; qui s'alloit <expan abbr="aug-ment&atilde;t">aug&shy;<lb/>mentant</expan> an preiudice de la &longs;aincte Foy. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s><lb/>Par l'ordonnance de &longs;a Sainctet&eacute;, &amp; <lb/>des Eminenti&longs;&longs;imes &amp; Reuerendi&longs;&longs;i&shy;<lb/>mes Seigneurs Cardinaux de cette &longs;ou&shy;<lb/>ueraine. </s>

<s>&amp; vniuer&longs;elle Inqui&longs;ition, les <lb/>deux propo&longs;itions de la &longs;tabilit&eacute; du So-<pb xlink:href="046/01/233.jpg" pagenum="217"/>leil, &amp; du mouuement de la terre, ont <lb/>e&longs;t&eacute; qualifi&eacute;es par les <expan abbr="Theologi&etilde;s">Theologiens</expan> Qua&shy;<lb/>lificateurs, &agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir, </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Que cette <expan abbr="propo&longs;iti&otilde;">propo&longs;itiom</expan>, <emph type="italics"/>La terre n'e&longs;t point <lb/>le centre du monde, <gap/>i immohile, mais elle &longs;e <lb/>meut, me&longs;me du mouuement iournalier,<emph.end type="italics"/> e&longs;t <lb/>vne propo&longs;ition ab&longs;urde, &amp; fau&longs;&longs;e en la <lb/>Philo&longs;ophie, &amp; que con&longs;ider&eacute;e en <lb/>Theologie, elle e&longs;t au moins erron&eacute;e <lb/>en la Foy. <!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais parce que l'on vouloit alors <lb/>proceder enuers toy auec douceur, il <lb/>fut decret&eacute; dans la <expan abbr="Congregati&otilde;">Congregatiom</expan> tenu&euml; <lb/>en la pre&longs;ence de &longs;a Sainctet&eacute; le 29. de <lb/>Feburier 1616. que l'Eminenti&longs;&longs;ime <lb/>Seigneur Cardinal Bellarmin t'enioi&shy;<lb/>gni&longs;t que tu eu&longs;&longs;e &agrave;quitter entierement <lb/>ladite fau&longs;&longs;e opinion, &amp; qu'au cas que <lb/>tu refu&longs;a&longs;&longs;e de ce faire, le Commi&longs;&longs;aire <lb/>du S. <!-- REMOVE S-->Office te fei&longs;t commandement <lb/>de quitter ladite doctrine, &amp; que tu ne <lb/>continua&longs;&longs;e plus &agrave; l'en&longs;eigner aux au&shy;<lb/>tres, ni &agrave; la deffendre, ni &agrave; en traiter. </s>



<s><lb/>que &longs;i tu n'aquie&longs;&longs;ois &agrave; ce commande&shy;<lb/>ment, tu fu&longs;&longs;e mis en pri&longs;on, &amp; en exe&shy;<lb/>cution du me&longs;me Decret, le iour &longs;ui&shy;<lb/>uant dans le Palais, &amp; en la pre&longs;ence <lb/>du &longs;u&longs;dit Eminenti&longs;&longs;ime &longs;eigneur Car-<pb xlink:href="046/01/234.jpg" pagenum="218"/>dinal Bellarmin, apres auoir e&longs;t&eacute; beni&shy;<lb/>gnement aduerti &amp; admone&longs;t&eacute; par le <lb/>me&longs;me &longs;eigneur Cardinal, il te fut fait <lb/>commandement par le Pere Commi&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;aire du S. Office, qui e&longs;toit pour lors <lb/>auec vn Notaire, &amp; des te&longs;moins, que <lb/>tu eu&longs;&longs;e &agrave; quitter du tout ladite fau&longs;&longs;e <lb/><expan abbr="opini&otilde;">opiniom</expan>, qu'&agrave; l'aduenir tu ne peu&longs;&longs;e plus <lb/>la tenir, ni la def&longs;endre, ny l'en&longs;eigner <lb/>en fa&ccedil;on quelconque, ny de viue voix, <lb/>ny par &eacute;crit; ce qu'ayant promis tu fus <lb/>licenti&eacute;. </s>

<s>Et afin d'abolir entierement <lb/>vne &longs;i pernicieu&longs;e doctrine, &amp; d'empe&longs;&shy;<lb/>cher qu'elle n'alla&longs;t &longs;e gli&longs;&longs;ant plus <expan abbr="au&atilde;t">auant</expan> <lb/>au grand preiudice de la verit&eacute; Catho&shy;<lb/>lique, il emana vn Decret de la Con&shy;<lb/>gregation de l'Index, par lequel les li&shy;<lb/>ures qui traitent d'vne telle doctrine <lb/>furent deffendus, &amp; cette me&longs;me do&shy;<lb/>ctrine declar&eacute;e fau&longs;&longs;e, &amp; du tout con&shy;<lb/>traire &agrave; la &longs;aincte E&longs;criture. <!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Et dernierement ayant icy paru vn <lb/>liure imprim&eacute; &agrave; Florence l'an pa&longs;&longs;&eacute;, <lb/>dont l'in&longs;cription mon&longs;troit que tu en <lb/>e&longs;tois l'autheur, letitre e&longs;tant tel, Dia&shy;<lb/>logues de Galil&eacute;e Galilei des deux prin&shy;<lb/>cipaux &longs;y&longs;temes du monde Ptolemai&shy;<lb/>que, &amp; Copernique, &amp; en &longs;uite la &longs;ain-<pb xlink:href="046/01/235.jpg" pagenum="219"/>te Congregation e&longs;tant inform&eacute;e que <lb/>par <expan abbr="l'impre&longs;&longs;i&otilde;">l'impre&longs;&longs;iom</expan> dudit liure la fau&longs;&longs;e opi&shy;<lb/>nion du mouuement de laterre, &amp; de <lb/>l'immobilit&eacute; du Soleil prenoit plus de <lb/>pied de iour en iour, &amp; s'e&longs;tendoit de <lb/>plus en plus; apres que ledit liure fut <expan abbr="di-ligemm&etilde;t">di&shy;<lb/>ligemment</expan> con&longs;ider&eacute;, l'on y trouua l'ex&shy;<lb/>pre&longs;&longs;e tran&longs;gre&longs;&longs;ion du &longs;u&longs;dit comman&shy;<lb/>dement, qui t'auoit e&longs;t&eacute; fait, le me&longs;me <lb/>liure deffendu continuant ladite opi&shy;<lb/>nion de&longs;ia <expan abbr="c&otilde;damn&eacute;e">condamn&eacute;e</expan>, &amp; declar&eacute;e pour <lb/>telle en ta pre&longs;ence, encore que tut'ef&shy;<lb/>forces dans ledit liure de per&longs;uader par <lb/>differentes rai&longs;ons que tu la lai&longs;&longs;e, com&shy;<lb/>me indetermin&eacute;e, &amp; expre&longs;&longs;&eacute;ment pro&shy;<lb/>bable, ce qui &longs;emble vn erreur (vne <lb/>opinion declar&eacute;e, &amp; definie pour con&shy;<lb/>traire &agrave; la &longs;ainte E&longs;criture, ne pouuant <lb/>en nulle fa&ccedil;on e&longs;tre probable) </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Et pour ce &longs;uiet par no&longs;tre <expan abbr="ord&otilde;nan-cetu">ordonnan&shy;<lb/>cetu</expan> as e&longs;t&eacute; appell&eacute; &agrave; ce S. Office, o&ugrave; <lb/>apres ton &longs;erment e&longs;tant examin&eacute; tu as <lb/>reconnu que tu as compo&longs;&eacute;, &amp; fait im&shy;<lb/>primer le liure, &amp; as confe&longs;&longs;&eacute; qu'il y a <lb/>enuiron 10. ou 12. ans, qu'aprez que <lb/>l'on t'eut fait le &longs;u&longs;dit <expan abbr="comm&atilde;dement">commandement</expan>, <lb/>cu <expan abbr="c&otilde;men&ccedil;as">commen&ccedil;as</expan> &agrave; &eacute;crire ledit liure, lequel <lb/>cu as <expan abbr="dem&amacr;d&eacute;">demand&eacute;</expan> cong&eacute; de faire imprimer, <pb xlink:href="046/01/236.jpg" pagenum="220"/>&longs;ans toutesfois notifier &agrave; ceux qui t'ont <lb/>donn&eacute; cette licence, que tu auois com&shy;<lb/>mandement de ne point tenir, ni en&shy;<lb/>&longs;eigner en aucune maniere vne tello <lb/>doctrine. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Tu as pareillement confe&longs;&longs;&eacute; que ce <lb/>qui e&longs;t contenu audit liure e&longs;t <expan abbr="tellem&etilde;t">tellement</expan> <lb/>deffendu en plu&longs;ieurs lieux que le le&shy;<lb/>cteur peut &longs;e former cette pen&longs;ee que <lb/>les argumens rapportez pour la partie <lb/>fau&longs;&longs;e e&longs;tant deduis, &amp; enoncez en tel&shy;<lb/>le maniere, ils &longs;ont plus pui&longs;&longs;ans pour <lb/>conuaincre, que faciles &agrave; &longs;oudre, t'ex&shy;<lb/>cu&longs;ant d'e&longs;tre tomb&eacute; en cet erreur (&longs;i <lb/>&eacute;loign&eacute; comme tu as dit) de ton inten&shy;<lb/>tion, pour auoir &eacute;crit en forme de dia&shy;<lb/>logues, &amp; par la naturelle complai&longs;an&shy;<lb/>ce que chacun a en &longs;es propres &longs;ubtili&shy;<lb/>tez, &amp; &agrave; &longs;e faire paroi&longs;tre plus &longs;ubtil que <lb/>le commun des hommes, &amp; me&longs;mes &agrave; <lb/>trouuer des di&longs;cours ingenieux, &amp; des <lb/>rai&longs;onnemens probables en apparence, <lb/>pour appuyer des propo&longs;irions fau&longs;&longs;es. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Et t'ayant e&longs;t&eacute; determin&eacute; vn temps <lb/>conuenable pour faire tes deffences, <lb/>tu as produit vne Atte&longs;tation &eacute;crite de <lb/>la main de l'Eminenti&longs;&longs;ime Cardinal <lb/>Bellarmin que tu auois procur&eacute;e, com-<pb xlink:href="046/01/237.jpg" pagenum="221"/>me tu as dit, pour te deffendre des ca&shy;<lb/>lomnies de tes ennemis, qui di&longs;oient <lb/>que tu auois fait vne abjuration, &amp; que <lb/>tu auois e&longs;t&eacute; penitenti&eacute; par le S. Office; <lb/>par laqueile atte&longs;tation il e&longs;t dit que tu <lb/>n'auois fait aucune abjuration, &amp; que <lb/>tu n'auois point au&longs;&longs;i e&longs;t&eacute; penitenci&eacute;, <lb/>mais que l'on t'auoit <expan abbr="&longs;eulem&etilde;t">&longs;eulement</expan> pronon&shy;<lb/>c&eacute; la declaration faite par &longs;a Sainctet&eacute;, <lb/>&amp; publi&eacute;e par la Sacr&eacute;e Congregation <lb/>de l'Index, <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> laquelle il e&longs;t port&eacute; que <lb/>la doctrine du mouuement de la terre, <lb/>&amp; de l'immobilit&eacute; du Soleil e&longs;t contrai&shy;<lb/>re aux &longs;aintes E&longs;critures, partant qu'el&shy;<lb/>le ne &longs;e peut deffendre, ni tenir, &amp; que <lb/>par con&longs;equent n'y e&longs;tant faite aucune <lb/>mention des deux parties du comman&shy;<lb/>dement, &agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir <emph type="italics"/>docere,<emph.end type="italics"/> &amp; <emph type="italics"/>quouis modo,<emph.end type="italics"/><lb/>l'on doit croire que dans le cours de 14. <lb/>ou 16. ans tu en auois perdu toute me&shy;<lb/>moire, &amp; que pour la me&longs;me rai&longs;on tu <lb/>auois teu le commandement, quand tu <lb/>as demand&eacute; la licence de pouuoir faire <lb/>imprimer le liure, &amp; que tu di&longs;ois tout <lb/>cela, non pour excu&longs;er ta faute, mais <lb/>afin que l'on ne l'attribu&euml; <expan abbr="n&otilde;">non</expan> &agrave; vne ma&shy;<lb/>lice, mais &agrave; vne ambition. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais tu es demeur&eacute; plus charg&eacute; par <pb xlink:href="046/01/238.jpg" pagenum="222"/>l'atte&longs;tation que tu as produite pour ta <lb/>deffence, puis qu'il e&longs;t port&eacute; par icelle <lb/>que ladite opinion e&longs;t contraire &agrave; la <lb/>&longs;amcte E&longs;criture, tu as neantmoins o&longs;&eacute; <lb/>en traiter, &amp; la deffendre comme pro&shy;<lb/>bable, la licence que tu as extorqu&eacute;e <lb/>auec artifice, &amp; fine&longs;&longs;e, ne te peut e&longs;tre <lb/>fauorable, n'ayant pas notifi&eacute; le com&shy;<lb/>mandement que tu auois. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Et nous e&longs;tant auis que tu n'auois pas <lb/>dit entierement la verit&eacute; touchant ton <lb/>intention, nous iugea&longs;ines qu'il e&longs;toit <lb/>nece&longs;&longs;aire de proceder contre toy &agrave; l'e&shy;<lb/>xamen rigoureux, auquel &longs;ans aucun <lb/>preiudice des cho&longs;es par toy <expan abbr="c&otilde;fe&longs;&longs;&eacute;es">confe&longs;&longs;&eacute;es</expan>, <lb/>&amp; deduites contre toy, comme cy de&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;us, tu as r&eacute;pondu catholiquement &longs;e&shy;<lb/>lon ta dite intention. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Partant veu meurement, &amp; examin&eacute; <lb/>l'importance de cette <expan abbr="ti&etilde;ne">tienne</expan> cau&longs;e auec <lb/>te&longs;dires confe&longs;&longs;ions &amp; excu&longs;es, &amp; tel&shy;<lb/>le que l'on deuoit rai&longs;onnablement <lb/>voir, &amp; con&longs;iderer, nous auons proce&shy;<lb/>d&eacute; contre toy &agrave; la &longs;entence definitiue <lb/>e&longs;crite cy apres. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>A yant donc inuoqu&eacute; le Tre&longs;-&longs;ainct <lb/>nom de no&longs;tre Seigneur Ie&longs;us-Chri&longs;t, <lb/>&amp; de la tre&longs;-glorieu&longs;e Mere tou&longs;iours <pb xlink:href="046/01/239.jpg" pagenum="223"/>Vierge Marie, par cette no&longs;tre &longs;enten&shy;<lb/>ce deffinitiue, laquelle &longs;eansicy en no&shy;<lb/>&longs;tre Tribunal, du con&longs;eil &amp; aduis des R. <lb/>P. <!-- REMOVE S-->Mai&longs;tres en la &longs;aincte Theologie, &amp; <lb/>Docteurs de l'vn &amp; l'autre droit nos <lb/>con&longs;ulteurs, nous <expan abbr="profer&otilde;s">proferons</expan> en ces &eacute;cri&shy;<lb/>tures en la cau&longs;e &amp; &eacute;s cau&longs;es agit&eacute;es <lb/><expan abbr="pardeu&atilde;t">pardeuant</expan> nous entre l'honorable Char&shy;<lb/>les Syncero Docteur de l'vn, &amp; l'autre <lb/>droit, Procureur Fi&longs;cal de ce &longs;ainct Of&shy;<lb/>&longs;ice d'vne part, &amp; toy Galil&eacute;e Galilei <lb/>&longs;u&longs;dit coupableicy pre&longs;ent&eacute;, interrog&eacute;, <lb/>pour&longs;uiuy, &amp; confe&longs;&longs;&eacute; comme de&longs;&longs;us <lb/>de l'autre. </s>



<s>Nous di&longs;ons, pronon&ccedil;ons, <lb/>&amp; <expan abbr="decern&otilde;s">decernons</expan>, que toy calil&eacute;e &longs;u&longs;dit pour <lb/>les cho&longs;es deduites au procez, &amp; par toy <lb/>confe&longs;&longs;&eacute;es commede&longs;&longs;us, t'es rendu <lb/>grandement &longs;u&longs;pect d'here&longs;ie &agrave; ce S. <lb/>Office, &agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir d'auoir tenu, &amp; creu <lb/>la doctrine fau&longs;&longs;e, &amp; <expan abbr="c&otilde;traire">contraire</expan> aux &longs;ain&shy;<lb/>tes &amp; diuines E&longs;critures, que le Soleil <lb/>e&longs;t le centre du monde, &amp; qu'il ne &longs;e <lb/>meut pas d'Orient en Occident, &amp; que <lb/>la terre &longs;e meut, &amp; n'e&longs;t pas le centre <lb/>du monde, &amp; que <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> peut tenir &amp; def&shy;<lb/>fendre pour probable vne <expan abbr="opini&otilde;">opiniom</expan> apres <lb/>auoir e&longs;t&eacute; declar&eacute;e, &amp; definie pour con&shy;<lb/>traire &agrave; l'E&longs;criture &longs;aincte, &amp; qu'en &longs;ui-<pb xlink:href="046/01/240.jpg" pagenum="224"/>te tu as encouru toutes les cen&longs;ures, &amp; <lb/>peines des &longs;acrez Canons, &amp; autres <lb/>con&longs;titutions generales, &amp; particulieres <lb/>impo&longs;&eacute;es, &amp; promulgn&eacute;es contre &longs;em&shy;<lb/>blables delinquans, dont nous <expan abbr="con-&longs;ent&otilde;s">con&shy;<lb/>&longs;entons</expan> que tu &longs;ois ab&longs;ous, pourueu que <lb/>tu abiure, &amp; maudi&longs;&longs;e, &amp; dete&longs;te de&shy;<lb/>uant nous auec vn c&oelig;ur &longs;incere, &amp; vne <lb/>foy non <gap/>e les &longs;u&longs;dites erreurs, &amp; <lb/>here&longs;ies, &amp; toute autre erreur, &amp; here&shy;<lb/>&longs;ie contraire &agrave; l'Egli&longs;e Apo&longs;tolique &amp; <lb/>Catholique, en la maniere &amp; en la for&shy;<lb/>me que nous te donnerons. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Et afin que ce&longs;te grande erreur, &amp; <lb/>cette tran&longs;gre&longs;&longs;ion que tu as commis <lb/>ne demeure pas entierement impunie, <lb/>&amp; que tu &longs;ois plus adui&longs;&eacute; &agrave; l'aduenir, &amp; <lb/>que tu &longs;erue d'exemple aux autres, afin <lb/>qu'ils s'ab&longs;tiennent de &longs;emblables fau&shy;<lb/>tes, Nous ordonnons que par vn Edit <lb/>public, le liure des Dialogues de Gali&shy;<lb/>l&eacute;e Galilei &longs;oit deffendu, te condam&shy;<lb/>nons aux pri&longs;ons formelles de ce no&longs;trc <lb/>&longs;ainct Office pour le temps qu'il nous <lb/>plaira, &amp; pour penitence &longs;alutaire t'im&shy;<lb/>po&longs;ons que durant les trois ann&eacute;es &longs;ui&shy;<lb/>uantes tu die vne fois la &longs;emaine les 7. <lb/>P&longs;eaumes Penitentiels, nous re&longs;eruans <pb xlink:href="046/01/241.jpg" pagenum="225"/>le pouuoir de moderer, changer, &amp; le&shy;<lb/>uer du tout, ou en partie les peines, &amp; <lb/>penitences &longs;u&longs;dites. </s>

<s>Et ain&longs;i di&longs;ons, <lb/>pronon&ccedil;ons, decernons, declarons, or&shy;<lb/>donnons, condamnons, &amp; re&longs;eruons en <lb/>ce&longs;te, &amp; en toute autre meilleure ma&shy;<lb/>niere, &amp; forme que derai&longs;on nous pou&shy;<lb/>uons, &amp; deuons, <emph type="italics"/>Ita pronunciamus nos <lb/>Cardinales infra&longs;cripti.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="italics"/>Fr. <!-- REMOVE S-->Cardinalis de A&longs;culo.<emph.end type="italics"/></s>

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<s><emph type="italics"/>G. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>Gardinalis Bentiuolus.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="italics"/>Fr. <!-- REMOVE S-->D. <!-- KEEP S--></s>



<s>Cardinalis de Cremona.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="italics"/>Fr. <!-- REMOVE S-->Ant. <!-- REMOVE S-->Cardinalis S. Onofrij.<emph.end type="italics"/></s>



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<s><emph type="italics"/>B. </s>

<s>Cardinalis Gyp&longs;ius.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="italics"/>F. <!-- KEEP S--></s>

<s>Cardinalis Vero&longs;pius.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="italics"/>M. </s>

<s>Cardinalis Gine&longs;tus.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ie Galil&eacute;e fils de feu Vincent Galilet <lb/>&acirc;g&eacute; de 70. ans, con&longs;titu&eacute; per&longs;onnelle&shy;<lb/>ment en iugement, &amp; ageno&uuml;ill&eacute; de&shy;<lb/>uant vous Eminenti&longs;&longs;imes, &amp; <expan abbr="Reuer&etilde;-di&longs;&longs;imes">Reueren&shy;<lb/>di&longs;&longs;imes</expan> Seigneurs Cardinaux Inqui&longs;i&shy;<lb/>teurs Generaux en toute la Republi&shy;<lb/>que Chre&longs;tienne contre la malignit&eacute; <lb/>heretique, ayant deuant mes yeux les <lb/>Sacro &longs;aincts <expan abbr="Eu&atilde;giles">Euangiles</expan>, le&longs;quels ie tou&shy;<lb/>che de mes propres mains, iure que i'ay <lb/>tou&longs;iours creu, crois maintenant, &amp; <lb/>moyennant l'ayde de Dieu croiray &agrave; <pb xlink:href="046/01/242.jpg" pagenum="226"/>l'aduenir tout ce que la &longs;aincte Egli&longs;e <lb/>Catholique, Apo&longs;tolique, &amp; Romai&shy;<lb/>ne tient, pre&longs;che, &amp; en&longs;eigne; mais dau&shy;<lb/>tant que par ce &longs;ainct Office, pour auoir <lb/>dit qu'il n'auoit e&longs;t&eacute; de &longs;a part me&longs;me <lb/>iuridiquement inthim&eacute; auec comman&shy;<lb/>dement que i'eu&longs;&longs;e &agrave; quiter <expan abbr="entierem&etilde;t">entierement</expan> <lb/>la fau&longs;&longs;e opinion, que le Soleil e&longs;t le <lb/>centre du monde, &amp; qu'il ne &longs;e meut <lb/>point, &amp; que i'eu&longs;&longs;e &agrave; ne point tenir, ny <lb/>deffendre, ny en&longs;eigner en &longs;a&ccedil;on quel&shy;<lb/>conque, ny de viue voix, ny par &eacute;crit <lb/>ladite fau&longs;&longs;e doctrine, &amp; dit qu'il m'a&shy;<lb/>uoit e&longs;t&eacute; notifi&eacute; que ladite doctrine e&longs;t <lb/>contraire &agrave; la &longs;aincte E&longs;criture, &amp; fait <lb/>imprimer vn liure, dans lequel le traite <lb/>la me&longs;me doctrine de&longs;ia condamn&eacute;e, &amp; <lb/>apporte des <expan abbr="rais&otilde;s">raisons</expan> auec beaucoup d'ef&shy;<lb/>ficace en &longs;a faueur, &longs;ans donner aucune <lb/>&longs;olution, i'ay e&longs;t&eacute; iug&eacute; grandement &longs;u&longs;&shy;<lb/>pect d'here&longs;ie, &agrave; &longs;&ccedil;auoir d'auoir tenu, &amp; <lb/>creu que le Soleil e&longs;t le centre du mon&shy;<lb/>de, &amp; immobile, &amp; que la terre n'e&longs;t <lb/>point le centre, &amp; qu'elle &longs;e meut. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Partant voulant o&longs;ter de l'e&longs;prit de <lb/>vos <expan abbr="Emin&etilde;ces">Eminences</expan>, &amp; de tout fidelle Chre&shy;<lb/>&longs;tien ce vehement &longs;oup&ccedil;on, rai&longs;onna&shy;<lb/>blement con&ccedil;eu contre moy, Ieiure, ie <pb xlink:href="046/01/243.jpg" pagenum="227"/>dete&longs;te, &amp; maudis d'vn c&oelig;ur &longs;incere, &amp; <lb/>d'vne foy <expan abbr="n&otilde;">non</expan> feinte les &longs;u&longs;dites erreurs, <lb/>&amp; here&longs;ies, &amp; generalement toutes &amp; <lb/>chacune autre erreur, here&longs;ie, &amp; &longs;ecte <lb/>contraire &agrave; la &longs;u&longs;dite Sce Egli&longs;e, &amp; iure <lb/>qu'&agrave; l'aduenir ie ne diray ny n'affirme&shy;<lb/>ray plus iamais de voix, ou par e&longs;crit <lb/>telles cho&longs;es, &agrave; rai&longs;on de&longs;quelles on <lb/>pui&longs;&longs;e auoir vn &longs;emblable &longs;oup&ccedil;on de <lb/>moy. </s>

<s>Que plu&longs;to&longs;t &longs;i ie viens &agrave; connoi&shy;<lb/>&longs;tre quelque heretique, ou quelqu'vn <lb/>qui en &longs;oit &longs;u&longs;pect, ie le d&eacute;nonceray &agrave; <lb/>ce &longs;ainct Office, ou bien &agrave; l'Inqui&longs;iteur, <lb/>ou &agrave; l'ordinaire du lieu o&ugrave; il &longs;era. </s>

<s>Ie iu&shy;<lb/>re au&longs;&longs;i, &amp; promets d'accomplir, &amp; gat&shy;<lb/>der entierement toutes les penitences <lb/>qui m'ont e&longs;t&eacute;, ou me&longs;eront impo&longs;ees <lb/>par ce.S. Office. </s>

<s>Et auant que ie con&shy;<lb/>treuienne &agrave; aucune de me&longs;dites pro&shy;<lb/>me&longs;&longs;es &amp; iuremens (ce que Dieu ne <lb/>vueille) ie me &longs;ou&longs;mets &agrave; toutes les pei&shy;<lb/>nes, &amp; les punitions, qui &longs;ont impo&longs;&eacute;es, <lb/>&amp; promulgu&eacute;es par les &longs;acrez Canons, <lb/>&amp; autres Con&longs;titutions generales, &amp; <lb/>particulieres contre &longs;emblables delin&shy;<lb/>quans. </s>

<s>Ain&longs;i Dieu m'a&longs;&longs;i&longs;te, &amp; ce &longs;ont <lb/>les &longs;ainctes Euangiles que ie touche. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ie Galil&eacute;e Galilei &longs;u&longs;dit ay abjur&eacute;, <pb xlink:href="046/01/244.jpg" pagenum="228"/>iur&eacute;, promis, &amp; me &longs;uis oblig&eacute; comme <lb/>de&longs;&longs;us, &amp; en t&eacute;moignage de la verit&eacute;, <lb/>l'ay &longs;ou&longs;crit de ma propre main la pre&shy;<lb/>&longs;ente cedule de mon abiuration, &amp; <lb/>l'ay recit&eacute;e de mot &agrave; mot &agrave; Rome dans <lb/>le Conuent de la Mineure ce iourd'huy <lb/>22. de Iuin 1633. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ie Gahl&eacute;e Galilei ay abiur&eacute; comme <lb/>de&longs;&longs;us de ma propre main. <lb/><gap desc="hr tag"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>QVESTION XLVI.<emph.end type="center"/><!-- KEEP S--></s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>A &longs;&ccedil;auoir &longs;i la Nature &amp; les &longs;ens &longs;e plai&longs;ent <lb/>&agrave; la variet&eacute;, &amp; &agrave; la diuer&longs;it&eacute; des ob&shy;<lb/>iects, &amp; pour quelles rai&longs;ons elle <lb/>y prend plai&longs;ir.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main">

<s>BIen que cette que&longs;tion &longs;emble n'a&shy;<lb/>uoir pas be&longs;oin d'e&longs;tre prouu&eacute;e <expan abbr="c&otilde;-me">con&shy;<lb/>me</expan> e&longs;tant conced&eacute;e de tout le monde, <lb/>neantmoins elle e&longs;t plus difficile que <lb/>plu&longs;ieurs ne &longs;e l'imaginent, car la rai&longs;on <lb/>n'en e&longs;t pas connue; c'e&longs;t pourquoy le <lb/>temps qui &longs;era employ&eacute; &agrave; l'expliquer, <lb/>ne &longs;era pas perdu, pourueu que nous <lb/>pui&longs;&longs;ions produire les rai&longs;ons, &amp; les cau&shy;<lb/>&longs;es de &longs;a verit&eacute;, puis qu'elle e&longs;t l'vn des <pb xlink:href="046/01/245.jpg" pagenum="229"/>principaux fondemens de la compo&longs;i&shy;<lb/>tion de Mu&longs;ique, &amp; de l'att que les <lb/>Grecs appellent Melopo&eacute;e. </s>

<s>Or cette <lb/>propo&longs;ition &longs;ignifie pre&longs;que vne me&longs;me <lb/>cho&longs;e que ce qui &longs;e dit aux &eacute;coles, <emph type="italics"/>Na&shy;<lb/>tura diuer&longs;o gaudet.<emph.end type="italics"/></s><s> Mais on peut parler <lb/>de la nature en plu&longs;ieurs manieres, car <lb/>elle &longs;e <expan abbr="pr&etilde;d">prend</expan> quelquefois pour celuy qui <lb/>a fait la nature, c'e&longs;t &agrave; dire pour l'Au&shy;<lb/>theur de l'vniuers, &amp; e&longs;t appell&eacute;e dans <lb/>les &eacute;coles <emph type="italics"/>Nature Naturante,<emph.end type="italics"/> <expan abbr="c&otilde;me">comme</expan> tout <lb/>ce qui a e&longs;t&eacute; fait, e&longs;t appell&eacute; <emph type="italics"/>Nature Na&shy;<lb/>tur&eacute;e:<emph.end type="italics"/> D'autrefois elle &longs;e prend pour <lb/>l'e&longs;&longs;ence de chaque cho&longs;e, particuliere&shy;<lb/>ment pour celle de l'homme qui e&longs;t <lb/>l'abreg&eacute; du monde, &amp; qui contient la <lb/>nature intellectuelle, la &longs;en&longs;itiue, &amp; la <lb/>vegetante. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Si nous parlons de la nature qui &longs;igni&shy;<lb/>&longs;ie l'Autheur de l'vniuers, c'e&longs;t cho&longs;e <lb/>a&longs;&longs;eur&eacute;e qu'il &longs;e plai&longs;t &agrave; la diuer&longs;it&eacute;, puis <lb/>qu'il a fait toutes les differances des <lb/>e&longs;tres, &amp; des natures qui compo&longs;ent les <lb/>cieux, &amp; les elemens, car il ne peut fai&shy;<lb/>re que ce qu'il luy plai&longs;t: De l&agrave; vient <lb/>que nous pouuons meriter la vie eter&shy;<lb/>nelle par le plai&longs;ir que nous prenons &agrave; <lb/>contempler toutes les riche&longs;&longs;es &amp; les <pb xlink:href="046/01/246.jpg" pagenum="230"/>diuer&longs;itez qui &longs;ont au monde, &longs;i toutes&shy;<lb/>fois nous le rapportons &agrave; celuy de Dieu, <lb/>&amp; &longs;i nous le conformons &agrave; celuy duquel <lb/>le no&longs;tre e&longs;t l'image. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Si nous prenons la nature pour l'e&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ence, ou les facultez de chaque cho&longs;e, <lb/>il n'y a que celles qui ont du &longs;entiment, <lb/>ou la vie &longs;en&longs;itiue, qui pui&longs;&longs;ent recenoir <lb/>du plai&longs;ir. </s>

<s>Nous ne &longs;&ccedil;auons pas me&longs;me <lb/>&longs;i les oy&longs;eaux, &amp; les autres animaux qui <lb/>n'ont que l'ame &longs;en&longs;itiue, prennent du <lb/>plai&longs;ir &agrave; ce qu'ils font &agrave; <expan abbr="proprem&etilde;t">proprement</expan> par&shy;<lb/>ler; caril &longs;emble que le plai&longs;ir con&longs;i&longs;te <lb/>en la reflexion que fait l'e&longs;prit &longs;ur les <lb/>operations des &longs;ens, qui luy &longs;ont agrea&shy;<lb/>bles &amp; qu'il &longs;oit be&longs;oin de quelque li&shy;<lb/>bert&eacute;, &longs;i on veut que l'action ou la pa&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;ion &longs;oit plai&longs;ante, car &longs;i nous e&longs;tions <lb/>contraints de <expan abbr="m&atilde;ger">manger</expan>, de flairer les bon&shy;<lb/>nes odcurs, ou d'entendre la Mu&longs;ique, <lb/>ces actions contraintes &longs;e <expan abbr="c&otilde;uertiroient">conuertiroient</expan> <lb/>en d&eacute;plai&longs;irs. </s>

<s>Non que <gap/>e veuille icy <lb/>determiner &longs;i les oy&longs;eaux ont du plai&longs;it <lb/>&agrave; chanter, &amp; les autres animaux &agrave; &longs;e <lb/>jo&uuml;er en&longs;emble, ou s'ils en ont, quel il <lb/>peut e&longs;tre, dautant que cette difficult&eacute; <lb/>merite vn traict&eacute; particulier; il me &longs;uf&shy;<lb/>fit de dire &longs;eulement qu'ils ne &longs;ont pas <pb xlink:href="046/01/247.jpg" pagenum="231"/>contraints &agrave; faire ce qu'ils font encore <lb/>qu ils le fa&longs;&longs;ent nece&longs;&longs;airement: car le <lb/>ro&longs;&longs;ignol, par exemple, ne peut quitter <lb/>&longs;on chant, s'il n'arriue quelque cho&longs;e <lb/>de nouueau qui le nece&longs;&longs;ite de ce&longs;&longs;er: <lb/>&amp; ne peut commencer, s'il ne re&longs;&longs;ant <lb/>quelque aiguillon, dont il e&longs;t <expan abbr="tellem&etilde;t">tellement</expan> <lb/>picqu&eacute;, qu'il ne peut y re&longs;i&longs;ter, &longs;embla&shy;<lb/>ble aux fleurs<gap/> qui s'ouurent nece&longs;&longs;aire&shy;<lb/>ment &agrave; la pre&longs;ence du Soleil, &amp; qui &longs;e <lb/>ferment en &longs;on ab&longs;ence; autiement il <lb/>faudroit aduo&uuml;er que les be&longs;tes <expan abbr="&longs;eroi&etilde;t">&longs;eroient</expan> <lb/>libres en leurs actions, ce qui n'appar&shy;<lb/>rient qu'&agrave; la nature intelle ctuelle &amp; rai&shy;<lb/>&longs;onnable, qui porte la re&longs;&longs;emblance de <lb/>la libert&eacute; Diuine, &amp; qui par la preroga&shy;<lb/>tiue de &longs;a libert&eacute; e&longs;t au&longs;&longs;i &eacute;loign&eacute;e de <lb/>l'imperfection des animaux, que le ciel <lb/>e&longs;t &eacute;loign&eacute; de la terre. </s>

<s>Par con&longs;equent <lb/>on peut dire que le ro&longs;&longs;ignol, ou les au&shy;<lb/>tres oy&longs;eaux ne peuuent re&longs;i&longs;ter &agrave; la <lb/>douceur, &amp; au charme des voix &amp; des <lb/>luths, qu'ils &longs;uiuent dans les bois, ou <lb/>ailleurs, <expan abbr="d&otilde;t">dont</expan> ils &longs;ont au&longs;&longs;i <expan abbr="pui&longs;&longs;amm&etilde;tou">pui&longs;&longs;ammentou</expan> <lb/>du moins au&longs;&longs;inece <expan abbr="&longs;&longs;airem&etilde;t">&longs;&longs;airement</expan> attir&eacute;s que <lb/>les carro&longs;&longs;es le &longs;ont par les cheuaux qui <lb/>les meinent: Ce qu'il faut encore con&shy;<lb/>clurre des autres objects, au&longs;quels &longs;e <pb xlink:href="046/01/248.jpg" pagenum="232"/>portent, ou plu&longs;to&longs;t &longs;ont portez les ani&shy;<lb/>maux, qui &longs;uiuent ce qui leur e&longs;t conue&shy;<lb/>nable, comme le fer &longs;uit l'aymant. </s>

<s>Ce <lb/>qui n'e&longs;t pas de me&longs;me en la nature rai&shy;<lb/>&longs;onnable, qui a vn contentement plein <lb/>de libert&eacute;, &amp; &agrave; qui ie veux appliquer <lb/>cette propo&longs;ition, car c'e&longs;t pour les <expan abbr="h&otilde;-mes">hon&shy;<lb/>mes</expan> que i'&eacute;cris de la mu&longs;ique, <expan abbr="bi&etilde;">biem</expan> qu'el&shy;<lb/>le face de grands effects &longs;ur les autres <lb/>cho&longs;es anim&eacute;es, &amp; inanim&eacute;es, comme <lb/>i'av dit &amp; demon&longs;tr&eacute; aux autres liures. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Ce que nous cerchons donc, ce &longs;ont <lb/>les rai&longs;ons pourquoi nous nous plai&longs;ons <lb/>&agrave; la diuer&longs;it&eacute; des obiects, &amp; nomm&eacute;&shy;<lb/>ment, pourquoy la &longs;uite de differents <lb/>accords nous plai&longs;t dauantage, que la <lb/>continuation d'vn me&longs;me accord, en&shy;<lb/>core que cettuy-cy &longs;oit le plus agreable <lb/>de toute la Mu&longs;ique: par <expan abbr="ex&etilde;ple">exemple</expan>, pour&shy;<lb/>quoy la continuation de l'octaue, ou de <lb/>la quinte, qui&longs;ont les deux <expan abbr="c&otilde;&longs;onances">con&longs;onances</expan> <lb/>les plus excellentes, &amp; les plus agrea&shy;<lb/>bles, ne nous contente autant ou da&shy;<lb/>uantage que le <expan abbr="m&eacute;l&amacr;ge">m&eacute;lange</expan> des tierces, des <lb/>&longs;extes, &amp;c. </s>

<s>auec la quinte &amp; l'octaue. </s>

<s><lb/>Il en e&longs;t de me&longs;me des autres obiects, <lb/>car on remarque que le &longs;ucre qui e&longs;t &longs;i <lb/>agreable nous d&eacute;plai&longs;t &longs;i nous en v&longs;ons <pb xlink:href="046/01/249.jpg" pagenum="233"/>&longs;ouuent, &amp; le verd ne nous e&longs;t pas &longs;i <lb/>agreable, que nous n'aimions mieux le <lb/>quitter pour voir d'autres couleurs qui <lb/>ne nous &longs;ont pas &longs;i conformes. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Certainement &longs;i nous con&longs;iderons le <lb/>plus parfait obiect de chaque &longs;ens com&shy;<lb/>me &longs;a fin derniere, &amp; que, par exemple, <lb/>le doux &longs;oit la felicit&eacute; du gou&longs;t, le verd <lb/>des yeux, l'odeur de l'&oelig;illet du flairer, <lb/>le parfait poly du toucher, &amp; l'octaue <lb/>de l'o&uuml;ie, il &longs;era, ce me &longs;emble, a&longs;&longs;ez <lb/>difficile de dire pourquoy nos &longs;ens &longs;e <lb/>plai&longs;ent &agrave; la diuer&longs;it&eacute;, puis qu'ils doi&shy;<lb/>uent &longs;e repo&longs;er dans la po&longs;&longs;e&longs;&longs;ion de ce <lb/>qui leur e&longs;t le plus conforme, &amp; de ce <lb/>qui leur apporte la plus grande perfe&shy;<lb/>ction qu'ils pui&longs;&longs;ent receuoir: &longs;i ce n'e&longs;t <lb/>qu'on die que le parfait obiect de cha&shy;<lb/>que &longs;ens doit contenir toutes les cho&shy;<lb/>&longs;es <expan abbr="d&otilde;til">dontil</expan> e&longs;t capable: Par exemple, que <lb/>l'obiect de l'oreille, ou de l'o&uuml;ie, doit <lb/>contenit toutes les con&longs;onances, &amp; <lb/>me&longs;me toutes les di&longs;&longs;onances <expan abbr="formel-lem&etilde;t">formel&shy;<lb/>lement</expan>, ou en &eacute;mmance: que l'obiect du <lb/>gou&longs;t doit <expan abbr="c&otilde;tenirtoutes">contenirtoutes</expan> les&longs;aueurs, <expan abbr="c&otilde;-me">con&shy;<lb/>me</expan> on dit de la <expan abbr="m&atilde;ne">manne</expan> que Dien enuoya <lb/>aux enfans d'I&longs;rael; que l'obiect de la <lb/>veu&euml; doit embra&longs;&longs;er toutes les couleurs <pb xlink:href="046/01/250.jpg" pagenum="234"/>&amp; toute la lumiere, &amp;c. </s>

<s>ce qui n'arriue&shy;<lb/>ra qu'en Paradis, ou l'e&longs;&longs;ence Diuine <lb/>&longs;era le parfait obiect de l'entendement <lb/>des bien-heureux, &amp; ou les &longs;ens io&uuml;i&shy;<lb/>ront de la perfection de leurs obiects, <lb/>dont il &longs;era trait&eacute; plus amplement dans <lb/>le dernier liure, qui &longs;era de la Mu&longs;ique <lb/>des bien-heureux. </s>

<s>Il &longs;uffit de &longs;&ccedil;auoir <lb/>&amp; d'experimenter que les obiects de <lb/>nos &longs;ens n'ont pas icy leur perfection, <lb/>ou que les &longs;ens <expan abbr="s&otilde;t">sont</expan> priuez de celle qu'ils <lb/>auront apres la re&longs;urrection: Mais par&shy;<lb/>lant <expan abbr="&longs;eulem&etilde;t">&longs;eulement</expan> des &longs;ens dont nous nous <lb/>&longs;eruons maintenant, nous <expan abbr="pouu&otilde;s">pouuons</expan> dire <lb/>qu'ils &longs;e plai&longs;ent &agrave; lavariet&eacute; de leurs ob&shy;<lb/>iects, afin qu'ils pui&longs;&longs;ent trouuer &longs;epa&shy;<lb/>r&eacute;ment, ce qu'ils ne peuuent rencon&shy;<lb/>trer en vne cho&longs;e, &amp; qu'ils &longs;e forment <lb/>quelque id&eacute;e de la perfection &agrave; laquelle <lb/>ils a&longs;pirent. </s>

<s>D'abondant les organes <lb/>des &longs;ens &longs;ont compo&longs;ez des quatre ele&shy;<lb/>mans, &amp; ont leurs quatre qualitez, &amp; <lb/>celles qui en nai&longs;&longs;ent qu'on appelle &longs;e&shy;<lb/>condes, de l&agrave; vient qu'ils ont be&longs;oin de <lb/>toutes les &longs;ortes d'obiects pour leur &longs;a&shy;<lb/>tisfaction, dont les vns &longs;ont plus terre&shy;<lb/>&longs;tres, les autres ont plus d'eau, &amp;c. </s>

<s>afin <lb/>qu'ils trouuent aux vns, ce qui n'e&longs;t pas <lb/>aux autres. </s></p><pb xlink:href="046/01/251.jpg" pagenum="235"/><p type="main">

<s>Mais il faut &agrave; mon aduis tirer la prin&shy;<lb/>cipale rai&longs;on de l'e&longs;prit, puis que c'e&longs;t <lb/>luy qui re&ccedil;oit le plai&longs;ir par le moien des <lb/>&longs;ens qui n'ont nulle connoi&longs;&longs;ance, &amp; <lb/>qui &longs;eruent &longs;eulement de matiere, &amp; <lb/><expan abbr="d'in&longs;trum&etilde;t">d'in&longs;trument</expan> &agrave; l'ame. </s>

<s>L'e&longs;prit de l'hom&shy;<lb/>me qui e&longs;t capable de connoi&longs;tre tout <lb/>ce qui e&longs;t intelligible, de&longs;ire tou&longs;iours <lb/><expan abbr="d'appr&etilde;dre">d'apprendre</expan> cho&longs;es nouuelles, del&agrave; vient <lb/>que &longs;i to&longs;t qu'il a entendu la quinte ou <lb/>l'octaue, &amp; qu'il a io&uuml;y de tout le plai&longs;ir <lb/>qui s'y rencontre, il de&longs;ire incontinent <lb/>de s'appliquer &agrave; d'autres connoi&longs;&longs;ances, <lb/>&amp; de gou&longs;ter le plai&longs;ir qui e&longs;t aux autres <lb/>con&longs;onances, encore qu'il &longs;oit plus im&shy;<lb/>parfaict que celuy dont il io&uuml;i&longs;&longs;oit au&shy;<lb/>parauant; afin que &longs;a perfection &longs;oit <lb/>augment&eacute;e, qui con&longs;i&longs;te dans vne con&shy;<lb/>noi&longs;&longs;ance qui &longs;oit plus grande en &longs;on <lb/>e&longs;tendu&euml; ou en &longs;a <expan abbr="perfecti&otilde;">perfectiom</expan>, qu'elle n'e&shy;<lb/>&longs;toit auparauant. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>A quoy il faut adiou&longs;ter que l'e&longs;prit <lb/>de l'homme luy a e&longs;t&eacute; baill&egrave; en partage <lb/>en contre-&eacute;change de plu&longs;ieurs autres <lb/>cho&longs;es, qui &longs;ont tomb&eacute;es au lot des au&shy;<lb/>tres animaux, pour &longs;uppl&eacute;er qua&longs;i &agrave; tout <lb/>ce qui luy pourroit manquer; &amp; com&shy;<lb/>me toute &longs;orte de cho&longs;es ne peuuent <pb xlink:href="046/01/252.jpg" pagenum="236"/>pas e&longs;tre employ&eacute;es &agrave; me&longs;me v&longs;age, il <lb/>ta&longs;che &agrave; les connoi&longs;tre toutes pour s'en <lb/>&longs;eruir &agrave; l'occa&longs;ion; que &longs;i vne &longs;eule cho&shy;<lb/>&longs;e luy &longs;uffi&longs;oit, il &longs;eroit content de &longs;a <lb/>&longs;eule connoi&longs;&longs;ance, mais e&longs;tant en la <lb/>nature comme vn Roy <expan abbr="d&atilde;s">dans</expan> vn Royau&shy;<lb/>me, qui comme &eacute;leu&eacute; plus &longs;plendide&shy;<lb/>ment, &amp; nourry plus delieatement a <lb/>be&longs;oin pour &longs;a per&longs;onne de beaucoup <lb/>de cho&longs;es, dont &longs;es &longs;ujets, &amp; le re&longs;te du <lb/>peuple &longs;e pa&longs;&longs;ent, il a <expan abbr="n&otilde;bre">nombre</expan> d'officiers, <lb/>de valets, &amp; de pouruoieurs; au&longs;&longs;i l'e&longs;&shy;<lb/>prit de l'homme employe tous les &longs;ens, <lb/>&amp; les enuoye &agrave; la proui&longs;ion de tout ce <lb/>que la nature a e&longs;tably icy bas, pour s'en <lb/>&longs;eruir, non &longs;eulement en &longs;es nece&longs;&longs;itez, <lb/>mais au&longs;&longs;i &agrave; &longs;es plai&longs;irs &amp; <expan abbr="c&otilde;tentemens">contentemens</expan>. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Di&longs;ons d'abondant que les hommes <lb/>ayment la diuer&longs;it&eacute; comme infirmes, &amp; <lb/>peri&longs;&longs;ables, pui&longs;que la vie des hommes <lb/>ne &longs;e con&longs;erue qu'en peri&longs;&longs;ant. </s>

<s>Du pre&shy;<lb/>mier iour qu'il commence, il court &agrave; &longs;a <lb/>fin, &amp; quoy que toutes &longs;es actions ten&shy;<lb/>dent &agrave; &longs;on <expan abbr="augm&etilde;tation">augmentation</expan>, <expan abbr="c&otilde;me">comme</expan> actions, <lb/>neantmoins elles <expan abbr="c&otilde;&longs;omment">con&longs;omment</expan> vne par&shy;<lb/>tie de luy me&longs;me. </s>

<s>Tous les &longs;ens &longs;ub&longs;i&shy;<lb/>&longs;tent par les e&longs;prits, qui &longs;ont portez par <lb/>les nerfs &agrave; l'organe du &longs;ens, &amp; les e&longs;prits <pb xlink:href="046/01/253.jpg" pagenum="237"/>&longs;e con&longs;omment en l'action, de &longs;orte <lb/>qu'il e&longs;t be&longs;oin de repos pour les repa&shy;<lb/>rer. </s>

<s>Or les vnes des actions &longs;ont repos <lb/>&agrave; proportion des autres, le trop long re&shy;<lb/>pos e&longs;t oi&longs;if, &amp; le trop long trauail e&longs;t <lb/>de&longs;trui&longs;ant, il faut <expan abbr="d&otilde;c">donc</expan> qu'ils &longs;uccedent <lb/>l'vn &agrave; l'autre, &amp; de cette &longs;ucce&longs;&longs;ion nai&longs;t <lb/>la diuer&longs;it&eacute;, &amp; de cette diuer&longs;it&eacute; le plai&shy;<lb/>&longs;ir, comme en la Mu&longs;ique, l'octaue &longs;e <lb/>peut dire le repos entier, la quinte vn <lb/>grand &longs;oulagement, la quarte vn tra&shy;<lb/>uail leger, la tierce vn plus court, la <lb/>&longs;exte vn moindre, la &longs;econde &amp; <lb/>&longs;eptie&longs;me des trauaux in&longs;uppor&shy;<lb/>tables, &amp; qui accablent. </s>

<s>Or comme <lb/>celuy qui e&longs;t charg&eacute; d'vn lourd far&shy;<lb/>deau, &amp; qui luy fait ployer les reins, &amp; <lb/>flechir les genoux, s'e&longs;time e&longs;tre dans <lb/>le contentement parfait de &longs;on corps, <lb/>lors qu'il en e&longs;t d&eacute;charg&eacute; tout &agrave; coup, <lb/>au&longs;&longs;i celuy qui apres auoir o&uuml;y vne &longs;e&shy;<lb/>conde, ou vne &longs;eptie&longs;me, vient &agrave; enten&shy;<lb/>dre promptement vne octaue, croit <lb/>e&longs;tre dans le plus grand plai&longs;ir que l'e&longs;&shy;<lb/>prit &longs;e pui&longs;&longs;e imagmer pouuoir receuoir <lb/>par l'oreille. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Or l'on peut conclurre plu&longs;ieurs cho&shy;<lb/>&longs;es de ce di&longs;cours, <expan abbr="particulierem&etilde;t">particulierement</expan> que <pb xlink:href="046/01/254.jpg" pagenum="238"/>tout ce qui e&longs;t trop &longs;imple, &amp; tout ce <lb/>qui n'a point de diuer&longs;it&eacute; ne plai&longs;t pas <lb/>aux &longs;ens, ny &agrave; l'imagination. </s>

<s>De l&agrave; <lb/>vient que &longs;i le &longs;on le plus agreable du <lb/>monde, &longs;oit de la voix ou des <expan abbr="in&longs;tru-m&etilde;s">in&longs;tru&shy;<lb/>mens</expan>, e&longs;t long temps continu&eacute;, qu'il e&longs;t <lb/>de&longs;agreable, dautant qu'il n'a point de <lb/>variet&eacute;: s'il e&longs;t interrompu, comme il <lb/>e&longs;t quand l'on fait quclque po&longs;e, qu'il <lb/>e&longs;t plus agreable, encore qu'il &longs;oit au&longs;&longs;i <lb/>bien &agrave; l'vni&longs;&longs;on, que quand il e&longs;t conti&shy;<lb/>nu&eacute;, parce que l'interruption apporte <lb/>quelque maniere de variet&eacute;: Si auec <lb/>ces po&longs;es il e&longs;t accompagn&eacute; de differen&shy;<lb/>tes &longs;yllabes, &amp; parolles, qu'il e&longs;t plus <lb/>agreable que quand il e&longs;t &longs;eulement in <lb/>terrompu: Si le &longs;on change de qua ntit&eacute; <lb/>&longs;e fai&longs;ant plus aigu, comme il a riue au <lb/>plain chant, qu'il e&longs;t plus agreable que <lb/>le &longs;on vni&longs;&longs;on qui a des &longs;yllabes, com&shy;<lb/>me e&longs;t le chant de quelques Religieux; <lb/>&amp; finalement, &longs;i auec l'interruption, &amp; <lb/>la difference des &longs;yllabes, &amp; le change&shy;<lb/>ment du graue &agrave; l'aigu, il a les differens <lb/>mouuemens de la Rythmique, ou de la <lb/>Metrique, qu'il e&longs;t &longs;ouuerainement <lb/>agreable, dautant qu'il a toutes les <lb/>beautez que l'on luy peut donner pour <lb/>le varier. </s></p><pb xlink:href="046/01/255.jpg" pagenum="239"/><p type="main">

<s>Il ne faut pourtant pas que la diuer&shy;<lb/>&longs;it&eacute; &longs;oit trop grande pour plaire, com&shy;<lb/>me nous dirons au trait&eacute; des di&longs;&longs;onan&shy;<lb/>ces, ou nous mon&longs;trerons qu'elles ne <lb/>plai&longs;ent pas, mais qu'elles &longs;ont de&longs;a&shy;<lb/>greables &agrave; cau&longs;e de leur trop grande di&shy;<lb/>uer&longs;it&eacute;: encore qu'il &longs;oit tre&longs;-difficile <lb/>de dire combien la diuer&longs;it&eacute; doit e&longs;tre <lb/>grande en toutes cho&longs;es pour <expan abbr="comm&etilde;-cer">commen&shy;<lb/>cer</expan> &agrave; d&eacute;plaire, &amp; qu'il y ayt d'autres <lb/>cau&longs;es du deplai&longs;ir que l'imagination <lb/>con&ccedil;oit des objects. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>L'on peut encore conclurre de ce <lb/>di&longs;cours, que ce que l'on appelle beau, <lb/>ou beaut&eacute;, ne doit pas e&longs;tre indiui&longs;ible, <lb/>ou trop &longs;imple, mais qu'il doit auoir de <lb/>la diuer&longs;it&eacute;: par exemple, &longs;i toutes les <lb/>parties du vi&longs;age e&longs;toient &longs;emblables, il <lb/>ne &longs;eroit pas &longs;i beau qu'il e&longs;t: &amp; &longs;i l'on <lb/>ne remar quoit l'ordre des differentes <lb/>parties d'vn ba&longs;timent, &amp; qu'il fu&longs;t tout <lb/>vniforme, <expan abbr="l'&otilde;">l'om</expan> ne le trouueroit pas beau. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>Mais il e&longs;t difficile de &longs;&ccedil;auoir quelle <lb/>doit e&longs;tre la diuer&longs;it&eacute; de l'obiect: par <lb/>exemple, quels lineamens, quelle figu&shy;<lb/>re, quelle grandeur, quelle couieur, &amp; <lb/>quel poly doit auoir le vi&longs;age, pour e&longs;tre <lb/>raui&longs;&longs;ant: &amp; ce ie ne &longs;&ccedil;ay quoy qui nous <pb xlink:href="046/01/256.jpg" pagenum="240"/>attire, &amp; qui s'empare de no&longs;tre affe&shy;<lb/>ction, quand nous regardons quelque <lb/>vi&longs;age qui nous plai&longs;t, ne peut e&longs;tre ex&shy;<lb/>pliqu&eacute;, ny entendu. </s></p><p type="main">

<s>La me&longs;me difficult&eacute; &longs;e rencontre en <lb/>plu&longs;ieurs autres cho&longs;es, <expan abbr="c&otilde;me">comme</expan> aux edi&shy;<lb/>fices, aux colomnes, aux figures, &amp; en <lb/>tous les autres corps du monde, de &longs;or&shy;<lb/>te qu'il n'y a, ce&longs;emble, que Dieu qui <lb/>&longs;&ccedil;ache le vray point de la perfection, &amp; <lb/>de la beaut&eacute; de chaque cho&longs;e, &amp; qui <lb/>connoi&longs;&longs;e <expan abbr="parfaitem&etilde;t">parfaitement</expan> quelle doit e&longs;tre <lb/>la diuer&longs;it&eacute; de chaque object pour rauir <lb/>l'e&longs;prit, ou les &longs;ens: de &longs;orte que la plus <lb/>grande <expan abbr="e&longs;t&etilde;du&euml;">e&longs;tendu&euml;</expan> de l'e&longs;prit humain con&shy;<lb/>&longs;i&longs;te &agrave; remarquer les apparences de la <lb/>nature, &amp; particulierement celles qui <lb/>frappent, &amp; qui contentent les &longs;ens; <lb/>quoy que l'e&longs;prit <expan abbr="e&longs;t&atilde;t">e&longs;tant</expan> l'image de Dieu <lb/>&longs;e doiue &eacute;leuer, tant qu'il peut par de&longs;&shy;<lb/>&longs;us les &longs;ens iu&longs;ques &agrave; la Diuinit&eacute;, dans <lb/>laquelle il n'y a plus de variet&eacute;. </s></p><p type="main">

<s><emph type="center"/>FIN.<emph.end type="center"/></s></p>
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