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A61885 Legends no histories, or, A specimen of some animadversions upon The history of the Royal Society wherein, besides the several errors against common literature, sundry mistakes about the making of salt-petre and gun-powder are detected and rectified : whereunto are added two discourses, one of Pietro Sardi and another of Nicolas Tartaglia relating to that subject, translated out of Italian : with a brief account of those passages of the authors life ... : together with the Plus ultra of Mr. Joseph Glanvill reduced to a non-plus, &c. / by Henry Stubbe ... Stubbe, Henry, 1632-1676.; Tartaglia, Niccolò, d. 1557. Quesiti et inventioni diverse. Libro 3. English.; Sardi, Pietro, b. 1559? Artiglieria. English. Selections.; Stubbe, Henry, 1632-1676. Plus ultra reduced to a non plus.; Henshaw, Thomas, 1618-1700. 1670 (1670) Wing S6053; Wing S6063_PARTIAL; ESTC R21316 289,570 380

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adversary_n they_o repeat_v nothing_o but_o old_a lie_n such_o as_o apellicon_n refu●ed_v and_o arist●cles_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v ca●au●on_n upon_o diog._n l●rt_n i_o d●si●e_v that_o the_o virtuoso_n will_v inquire_v a●●er_o the_o peripatetic_a philosophy_n at_o alexandria_n after_o the_o ptolemy_n and_o not_o at_o athens_n and_o when_o they_o have_v do_v that_o and_o study_v the_o condition_n of_o christianity_n during_o the_o time_n of_o the_o arrian_n and_o inquire_v into_o the_o rise_n of_o mahom●●_n the_o circumstance_n that_o advance_v he_o and_o contribute_v to_o the_o spread_a of_o his_o doctrine_n and_o increase_v of_o that_o empire_n under_o the_o caliphs_n than_o they_o will_v be_v able_a to_o judge_v of_o the_o truth_n of_o what_o their_o historian_n and_o mr_n glanvill_n write_v in_o the_o book_n animadvert_v on_o and_o in_o his_o letter_n concern_v a●isto●le_n a●ist_v eth._n l._n 6._o c._n 8._o hist._n of_o the_o r.s._n p._n 319._o vide_fw-la ricciolum_fw-la in_o almage_a no●_n l._n 4._o p_o 178._o see_v mr._n parker_n cen●ure_n of_o the_o platonic_a philosophy_n vide_fw-la blancanum_fw-la in_o loca_fw-la mathematica_fw-la aristotelis_fw-la epicurus_n mathesin_n insuper_fw-la habuit_fw-la unde_fw-la ut_fw-la plutarch_n ait_fw-fr libro_fw-la contra_fw-la epicurum_n philosophum_fw-la quendam_fw-la nomine_fw-la apellem_fw-la eo_fw-la nomine_fw-la la●dabat_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la adolescentia_fw-la nunquam_fw-la esset_fw-la con●amina●us_fw-la disciplinis_fw-la mathematicis_fw-la vossius_fw-la de_fw-la p●ilos_fw-la s●ct_n c_o 8_o sect_n 7._o diog._n laert._n l._n 8._o in_o vit_fw-mi archy●ae_fw-la ●●llius_fw-la x._o 12._o hist._n of_o the_o r.s._n pag._n 412._o f●llers_n holy_a war_n l._n 3_o c●_n 27._o prosper_n alpi●d●_n m_n dic_fw-la egypt_n l_o 1._o c._n 8_o i_o know_v not_o what_o logic_n mr_n glanvill_n read_v at_o o●●ord_n but_o it_o be_v ignoratio_fw-la elenchi_fw-la in_o he_o t●_n oppo●e_v what_o mr._n cross_n may_v say_v about_o asia_n as_o it_o be_v of_o old_a name_v and_o bound_v and_o 〈◊〉_d over●_n with_o the_o new_a discovery_n 〈◊〉_d china_n japan_n &c_n &c_n which_o rather_o constitute_v a_o five_o part_n of_o the_o world_n then_o be_v include_v in_o asia_n tha_z be_v asia_n which_o they_o import_v that_o give_v it_o the_o name_n not_o what_o other_o 〈◊〉_d to_o it_o 〈◊〉_d the_o same_o sophistry_n it_o may_v be_v 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o fo●mer_a king_n be_v not_o king_n of_o france_n because_o late_a conquest_n have_v enlarge_v the_o border_n no●_n be_v aristotle_n implicit_o guide_v by_o the_o relation_n of_o those_o hunter_n etc._n etc._n he_o diligent_o inq●●●ed_v into_o their_o report_n and_o oftentimes_o r●f●tes_v the_o vulgar_a story_n see_v this_o particular_o alter_v by_o federicus_n bonaventura_n de_fw-fr pa●tu_fw-la octomestri_fw-la l._n 5._o c._n 6._o mr._n sprat_n p._n 257._o 〈◊〉_d d●_n p●st_v ●●ct_v ●_o c._n 7._o ni●_n 〈◊〉_d phi●o●_n 〈◊〉_d par●_n 2._o ●_o 3._o c._n 〈◊〉_d 4._o p._n 348._o see_v mr●_n gardiner_n in_o his_o d●●c●●ption_n of_o ame●i●●_n c_o 25._o 〈◊〉_d h●_n 〈◊〉_d to_o w●ite_v nothing_o out_o w●at_a h●s_v own_o knowledge_n or_o g●od_a intelligence_n persuade_v he_o unto_o he_o have_v live_v ●●ng_o in_o the_o re●●●●●_n pa●ts_v of_o ●merica_fw-la th●_n 〈…〉_z who_o large_a accoun●●hereof_o ●hereof_z we_o may_v deplore●_n judge_v hence_o what_o hope_v ●here_o be_v of_o make_v discovery_n in_o the_o southern_a tracts●_n ●_z mr._n glanvills_n plus_fw-fr ultra_fw-la c._n 9_o p._n 65._o vitrum_fw-la sphaeri●è_fw-la capum_fw-la dilatando_fw-la radios_fw-la per_fw-la ipsum_fw-la transmissos_fw-la ●mplificat_fw-la notabiliter_fw-la imaginem_fw-la si_fw-la in_o debit●_n distantiâ_fw-la constituatur_fw-la post_fw-la sphaery_a convexum_fw-la zucchius_n phil_n ope_v part_n 2._o tr_fw-la ●_o c._n 7_o sect_n 5._o pag._n 360_o 361_o 362._o how_o it_o be_v in_o telescope_n make_v up_o of_o all_o convex-glass_n the_o same_o author_n shew●_n there_o and_o so_o do_v 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universali●er_fw-la verum_fw-la quicquid_fw-la per_fw-la telescopium_fw-la repraesentatur_fw-la ex_fw-la alia_fw-la 〈…〉_z apparen●●as_v ●oe●●stium_fw-la ●ine_o mani●est●_n p●titione_n principii_fw-la cum_fw-la hoc_fw-la ips●m_fw-la sit_fw-la qu●d_fw-la controvertitur_fw-la a_o fallaci_fw-la de_fw-fr se_fw-la instrumento_fw-la o●serva●a_fw-la in_o coelestibus_fw-la pro_fw-la certis_fw-la ha●enda_fw-la sint_fw-la manife_a s●quit●●_fw-la nihi●_fw-la ex_fw-la u●u_fw-la teles_n opii●●n●ti●ui_fw-la ●●n●ti●ui_z posse_fw-la de_fw-fr dispositione_n ●oelestium_fw-la zu●chius_n philos._n ope_v part_n 1._o c._n 17._o sect_n p._n 175._o scipio_n claram●nt_fw-la de_fw-fr unive●so_fw-it l_o 9_o c._n 〈◊〉_d vide_fw-la scip_n claram_fw-la de_fw-fr uniu●r●●_n l_o ●_o c._n 17.18.19_o ●●_o z●cchius_n ph●●_n op●_n par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 1●●ect_n 6_o p._n 111._o id._n ib_o p._n 216._o zuc●hius_n p●il_n op_v part_n 1._o c._n 17._o sect_n ●_o p_o 199_o 200._o ricciol_n almug_v nou●_n l._n 3._o c_o 3_o zucchius_n 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neque_fw-la numero_fw-la n●que_fw-la conformatione_fw-la sibi_fw-la correspondent_a qu●m_fw-la multae_fw-la par●es_fw-la vel_fw-la prae_fw-la aliis_fw-la circumpositis_fw-la illust●iores_fw-la interj●ctae_fw-la &_o sua_fw-la multo_fw-la mino●i_fw-la illustrationis_fw-la ex●i●itione_n illas_fw-la interrumpentes_fw-la aliquos_fw-la latuerunt_fw-la &_o in_o angusti●ibus_fw-la vel_fw-la nin●s_fw-la accuratè_fw-la expressis_fw-la discis_fw-la ●missae_n q●ae_fw-la verè_fw-la internos●ibiles_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o luna_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la a●iis_fw-la consignantur_fw-la quantum_fw-la totius_fw-la dis●i_fw-la lunaris_fw-la termination_n &_o insig●iorum_fw-la in_o e●_n parti●m_fw-la variata_fw-la zucchius_n phil_n ope_v part_n 1._o c._n 17_o sect_n 8._o p_o 2●3_n vide_fw-la scition_n claramont_n de_fw-fr unive●s_fw-fr l._n ●_o c._n 8._o plus_fw-fr ultra_fw-la page_n 414._o but_o this_o practice_n of_o thei●s_n be_v the_o ruin_n of_o their_o religion_n as_o any_o man_n may_v judge_v who_o see_v what_o use_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n and_o lictantius_fw-la make_v of_o it_o against_o paganism_n and_o the_o greek_n think_v so_o whe●_n they_o punish_v one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plus_fw-fr ultra_fw-la page_n ●0_n 11._o 〈◊〉_d nomine_fw-la olim_fw-la haud_fw-la legas_fw-la quid_fw-la arrive_v sig●ificatum●_n quam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vero_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ●●am_fw-la quae_fw-la vil●orum_fw-la metallorum_fw-la l●pdumque_fw-la in_o melius_fw-la co●mutationem_fw-la pallicetur_fw-la ne_fw-la quidem_fw-la l●gere_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la medicamentis_fw-la praeparandis_fw-la operam_fw-la aliquam_fw-la impendisse_fw-la primos_fw-la ch●m●ae_fw-la professores_fw-la conring_n de_fw-fr med●_n herm._n c._n 3._o p._n 15._o vide_fw-la conring_n c._n 3_o p._n 28._o in_o the_o time_n of_o constantine_n a._n d._n 320._o fi●micus_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o first_o that_o be_v record_v to_o have_v name_v alchimia_fw-la he_o say_v that_o saturn_n 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t●ink_v ●hat_n by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v mean_v ●ar_a w●s_n and_o poet_n and●nventors_n ●nventors_z i_o must_v add●_n that_o it_o be_v a_o name_n long_o ago_o fix_v upon_o th●_n chemist_n and_o ch●ysippore●●●ks_n as_o reyne●ius_n declare_v ●e●erus_fw-la qu●m_fw-la u●lunt_fw-la ci●ca_fw-la ●nnum_fw-la p●r●us_fw-la vi●gin●i_fw-la s●x●entissimum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d vivis_fw-la ●uisse_fw-la libav_fw-mi ●xam_fw-la c●rfur_n pa●in●us_fw-la i_o co_z a●er_n hist._n 〈◊〉_d l._n 3._o con●ad_n g●●r_n 〈…〉_z conringius_fw-la c._n 26._o p._n 370._o gesner_n inpraefat_n ad_fw-la euonym_n libav_fw-mi in_o exam_n send_v pa●is_fw-la conring●_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la p_o 374._o vid._n con●ing_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la read_v liba●ius_n more_o ful_o upon_o this_o subject_n in_o e●am_n censur_fw-fr pa●isi●ns_n con●●ng_v ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la c._n 27._o p._n 379_o 80_o etc._n etc._n conring_n ibid._n c_o ●8_o p._n ●87_n erastus_n de_fw-fr metal_n p_o 34._o w●th_v he_o agree_v lib●vi●s_n in_o the_o 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c●ns_fw-fr ch●m_fw-la c._n 3._o visit_v the_o philosoph_n c._n 12._o sect_n 12._o g●ss●_n in_o prae●_n ad_fw-la euonym_n vossius_fw-la de_fw-la philo●_n c_o 13._o c●nring_n de_fw-fr med_n herm_n c._n 26._o p._n 37●_n observate_a &_o paradox_n chym_fw-mi l._n 1._o c._n 2._o p._n 32._o dioscorides_n live_v in_o the_o day_n of_o cleopa●ra_n and_o marc._n anton._n who_o physician_n he_o be_v a_o so_o lower_v of_o herophilus_n and_o consequent_o of_o h●ppocrates_n and_o a●istotle_n vide_fw-la voss_n de_fw-la philos_fw-la c._n 11._o sect_n 40._o &_o i●nsium_n the_o script_n hist._n &_o p●il_n l._n 2._o c._n 6●_n p._n 145._o see_v the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o use_n of_o alcalisate_n and_o other_o salt_n by_o the_o ancient_n large_o prove_v by_o m._n rulandus_n p●ogymn_n alchym_fw-mi qu._n 14_o 15._o vide_fw-la galen_n de_fw-fr theriaca_fw-la sub_fw-la finem_fw-la &_o pharmacop_n augustan_n in_o append_v ad_fw-la antidote_n class_n de_fw-fr salib_n theriacal_a ●_o bellichius_n observat_fw-la &_o paradox_n chym_fw-mi l._n 1._o c._n 2._o p._n 30._o &_o in_o thessalo_n chymicum_fw-la c._n 7._o p._n 90._o g._n bellichius_n observe_v chym_fw-mi l._n 1._o c._n 5._o p_o 49._o g._n bellichius_n ib_n l._n 2._o c._n 5._o p._n 119._o id._n ib._n l._n 1._o c._n 2._o p._n 32._o diosc._n l._n 5._o ●_o 53._o galen_n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr ●uporist_n c._n 17._o hippocr_n de_fw-mi vict_v in_o morb_n acut_fw-la vide_fw-la doring_n de_fw-fr medicina_fw-la p._n 217._o ruland_n progymn_n qu._n 20._o brassavol_n de_fw-fr me●_n pu●g_n p._n 1●7_n ●oteri●s_n pha●macop_n spagir_fw-it l._n 2._o c_o ●_o doring_n de_fw-fr med●c_fw-fr &_o med_n p._n ●19_n vide_fw-la &_o ruland_n progymn_n alch_n qu._n 20._o joan._n langii_n ep._n med_n l._n 1._o ep_n ●3_n de_fw-fr orig_n alchym_n but_o o●●s_n and_o paulus_n diaconus_fw-la be_v credulous_a w●iters_n and_o of_o little_a repuit_n libavius_n in_o exam_n censur_fw-fr parisi●ns_n ro●fincius●hym_n ●hym_z art_n no._n redact_v l_o 1._o c._n ●●_o &_o conring_n de_fw-mi med_n herm._n c_o 3_o p._n 21._o erastus_n de_fw-fr metallis_fw-la p._n 103._o conring_n de_fw-mi med_n herm._n c._n 3_o p._n 23._o id●_n ib_o p._n 22._o de_fw-fr plant_n resuscit_fw-la vide_fw-la bellich_n thessaly_n rediu._n c._n 7._o rolfinc_fw-la art_n chym_fw-mi l._n 6._o c._n 3._o &_o l._n 7._o c._n 19_o see_v this_o large_o dispute_v by_o liba●ius_n in_o exam_fw-la censur_fw-fr parisiens_fw-la vide_fw-la kerger_n de_fw-fr fermentat_fw-la sect_n 1._o c._n 3._o p._n ●0_n &_o rolfinc_n chym_fw-mi in_o a●_n ●_o ed._n l._n 1._o c._n 19_o conring_n de_fw-mi med_n hermit_n c._n 22._o de_fw-fr ferment_n c_o 1._o p._n 4._o plus_fw-fr ultra_fw-la p._n 11._o freictag_n noct_v med_a c._n 75._o p._n 325._o see_v mr._n boyle_n of_o the_o usefulness_n of_o philos._n part_n 2_o p._n 148_o etc._n etc._n see_v this_o point_n full_o debate_v in_o the_o vulgar_a error_n of_o primrose_n l._n 4._o c_o 3._o which_o i_o desire_v mr._n glanvill_n to_o read_v in_o pha●mac●p_n august_n de_fw-fr 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