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Show . Ofthe 4juttncemtfd o/11earning,_ ; ·fl , gtolfe end ~~lie Monkes , ·and the. opmt. OO of 'Epi6U.YIM, an[wearable tO the . fan1e 10 hea. tbenifme, who filppofed the Gods .to bee of .hu .. ..l l)ane Shape . And th~refot.e 'f'' e/!etu-J the Eptcu- . i.a ~ neale<i not tP haue aske~, w~y God fh?uld 'haue adorned the Heauens \VHh ·Starre), as tf he .had beene an LAediJis : One that fhould haue { .t foorth /fotne mag "ficent (hewes or playes? for ~ that great:·WOrkc-mafier h!d beene of an H\1~ mane ~itpofition, bee woulde ha~e cane the ·ftatrres iQtO fome pl.~afant and ~eallttfull workes, '&tld riroers, like .the fre't'l~s 111 the Roofes of . Neufes' whereas one can fcarc~ finde a PoHure it\ ~ · t \: iaAgte.; m ftreight lin·e among eft JU" . "'In ;nfin~ ru , (o ~i~ering an Har· monie tlier~ is betweene the fptrtte of Man, and ) . ~ the fpirit~ d Nature. 1£¢t~e •s confider againe, the fal[e a~pe~r~nces imptSf~vpon v~ liy cuerie Mans o\vne tndnud.uall Natur·e and Cuftome in that fayned fupp~fiuo~, · tllft Pla·t() maketh of the Catle : for certatnely, lt 3 tiil<ie were .contjmued in a Grotte or caue;vn· tier tile Eatth , vntill matu~itie of age, and came fuddainely ab~oade, ·bee would bane firange and .abfur:d Imaginations ; So in like manner, although our perfons liue ·n t~view of Heauen, yet our fpiriteS arc int!litded in the cau.es of. o_ur own~ ~omplexion ~ and .Cuftome.s : w~tc.h mt~tfier ~nt \IS infinite Errours arid vatne optntons> tf ~hey bee · tlM rcC~Uetl 'to examination. But heereof wee • h hau~ . . ·1be flcond 'Boo~. 57 en many examples in one of the Errors, .. ... ~, .... ..,. humours, \vhich wee ranne briefely ourfirfi Booke .. I•flly ;. ~~tte vs confider the falfe appearan- ··u.. ... - are tmpofed vpon vs by \Vords) which· ~and applyed according to the conceit,· *•""· .. ~···c:s of the VuJgar forte : And although . we gouerne our wordes, and pr.elt'. Well. Lqquendtl1n t •t· Vu{gu1, flntiendttmtot : Yet cerraine it is, that wordes, as a Tar-e, doe n~ ootc backe vppon the vnder ·ofthe wireft, ~nd tnighti!y ~nt~ngle)and the Indg,...rnent So as it is almoftnecef.. . all controuerrtes ~and di!putations to imi .. · Wifedome of the MarhemttticiAn.f; in fet· e in the verie oeginning~ ·the definitions ..... ,;.. ....... es and termes., that others may knovv,e accfpt and vnderfiand thetn, and wheconcurrewith vs or no. · For it commeth want of this, that we are litre to ena ·~ .. ....,r ...... - ~ee o~ghr to 1aue begun, \'Vhich is in & difference:; about words. To conclude it mufi e confeifed, that iris not pofd ble ourfelues fre1n thefe fallacies and falfe ..,.. ... ,,. ..... s, becaufethey are in{eparable fronl our J: / h. and Con ition of life · So yet neuerthe! L .. OJ( : 1 • ' ~ me[11J.t, !it.tt Cauuon ·of them (for a'l .Eltnche.r asd, c,,J ,.!~~ are b C: • d h t.. lao:~s a- :~..~ tr. llt atdltl~n .· ) f 2tt .. extreamely nlmi hll- "'~ ue con u~...-le o r_.umane Judge- · · · particulap E.l~Mchts or CAt~tio»JagainR "'_ttn:,na~- . . P . . Ut!'-~ aa- - P the[elfent~tjJ; / |
