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yet_o this_o hindrance_n and_o opposition_n do_v not_o take_v away_o self-motion_n but_o i_o perceive_v your_o author_n be_v much_o for_o necessitation_n and_o against_o freewill_n which_o i_o leave_v to_o moral_a philosopher_n and_o divine_n and_o as_o for_o the_o ascend_n of_o light_n and_o descend_v of_o heavy_a body_n there_o may_v be_v many_o cause_n but_o these_o four_o be_v perceivable_a by_o our_o sense_n as_o bulk_n or_o quantity_n of_o body_n grossness_n of_o substance_n density_n and_o shape_n or_o figure_n which_o make_v heavy_a body_n descend_v but_o little_a quantity_n purity_n of_o substance_n rarity_n and_o figure_n or_o shape_n make_v light_a body_n ascend_v wherefore_o i_o can_v believe_v that_o there_o be_v certain_a little_a body_n as_o atom_n and_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o smallness_n invisible_a differ_v 3._o from_o one_o another_o in_o consistence_n figure_n motion_n and_o magnitude_n intermingle_v with_o the_o air_n which_o shall_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o 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as_o aforementioned_a be_v all_o one_o thing_n and_o then_o all_o body_n that_o receive_v motion_n from_o other_o body_n must_v needs_o increase_v in_o their_o substance_n and_o quantity_n and_o those_o body_n which_o impart_v or_o transferr_v motion_n must_v decrease_v as_o much_o as_o they_o increase_v true_o madam_n that_o neither_o motion_n nor_o figure_n shall_v subsist_v by_o themselves_o and_o yet_o be_v transferrable_a into_o other_o body_n be_v very_o strange_a and_o as_o much_o as_o to_o prove_v they_o to_o be_v nothing_o and_o yet_o to_o say_v they_o be_v something_o the_o like_a may_v be_v say_v of_o all_o other_o which_o they_o call_v accident_n as_o skill_n learning_n knowledge_n etc._n etc._n say_v they_o be_v no_o body_n because_o they_o have_v no_o extension_n but_o inherent_a in_o body_n or_o substance_n as_o in_o their_o subject_n for_o although_o the_o body_n may_v subsist_v without_o they_o yet_o they_o be_v always_o with_o the_o body_n body_n and_o they_o be_v 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the_o very_a nature_n of_o animate_v matter_n and_o be_v as_o much_o in_o hard_a as_o in_o fluid_a body_n although_o your_o author_n deny_v it_o say_v the_o nature_n of_o fluid_a body_n consist_v in_o the_o motion_n of_o those_o little_a insensible_a part_n into_o which_o 54._o they_o be_v divide_v and_o the_o nature_n of_o bard_n body_n when_o those_o little_a particle_n join_v close_o together_o do_v rest_n for_o there_o be_v no_o rest_n in_o nature_n wherefore_o if_o there_o be_v a_o world_n of_o gold_n and_o a_o world_n of_o air_n i_o do_v very_o believe_v that_o the_o world_n of_o gold_n will_v be_v as_o much_o interious_o active_a as_o the_o world_n of_o air_n exterious_o for_o nature_n motion_n be_v not_o all_o external_a or_o perceptible_a by_o our_o sense_n neither_o be_v they_o all_o circular_a or_o only_o of_o one_o sort_n but_o there_o be_v a_o infinite_a change_n and_o variety_n of_o motion_n for_o though_o i_o say_v in_o my_o philosophical_a opinion_n 5._o as_o there_o 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