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that_o worthy_a columbus_n use_v while_o he_o tender_v the_o discovery_n of_o the_o west_n indies_n before_o he_o have_v yet_o discover_v the_o same_o as_o you_o may_v read_v in_o our_o english_a voiag_n vol._n 3._o pag._n 167._o in_o which_o notwithstanding_o he_o full_o satisfy_v the_o world_n and_o so_o have_v i_o in_o time_n past_a be_v use_v for_o a_o learned_a gentleman_n demand_v of_o i_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o diverse_a other_o whether_o i_o think_v it_o possible_a to_o find_v out_o the_o longitude_n of_o place_n by_o celestial_a observation_n without_o the_o help_n of_o any_o eclipse_n and_o i_o plain_o answer_v that_o i_o think_v it_o possible_a take_v hereupon_o occasion_n to_o reproove_v open_o the_o vanity_n of_o they_o that_o will_v rash_o affirm_v thing_n mere_o impossible_a such_o as_o he_o say_v he_o take_v that_o to_o be_v by_o the_o general_a confession_n of_o all_o learned_a man_n etc._n etc._n and_o i_o now_o for_o my_o part_n desirous_a to_o clear_v myself_o from_o that_o imputation_n and_o to_o give_v you_o some_o hope_n of_o the_o certainty_n of_o this_o my_o promise_a complement_n