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A44004
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The life of Mr. Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury written by himself in a Latine poem, and now translated into English.; Thomas Hobbesii Malmesburiensis vita. English
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Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.
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de Cive the new Matter in 't Gratifi'd Learned Men which was the Cause It was Translated and with great Applause By several Nations and great Scholars read So that my Name was Famous and far spread England in her sad Pangs of War and those Commend it too whom I do most oppose But what 's disadvantageous now who wou'd Though it be Just ever esteem it Good Then I four years spent to contrive which way To Pen my Book de Corpore Night and Day Compare together each Corporeal Thing Think whence the known changes of Forms do spring Inquire how I compel this Proteus may His Cheats and Artifices to Display About this time Mersennus was by Name A Friar Minorite yet of Great Fame Learned Wise Good whose single Cell might be Prefer'd before an University To him all Persons brought what e'r they found By Learning if new Principle or Ground In clear and proper Phrase without the Dress Of Gawdy Rhet'rick Pride Deceitfulness Which he imparts to th' Learned who might there Discuss them or at leisure any where Publish'd some Rare Inventions to the Fame Of their own Author with each Authors Name About Mersennus like an Axis here Each Star wheel'd round as in its Orb or Sphere England Scotland and Ireland was the Stage Of Civil War and with its four years Rage Harras'd and wasted was Perfidious Fate Exil'd the Good and Help'd the Profligate Nay Charles the Kingdom 's Heir attended then By a Retinue of Brave Noble Men To Paris came in hope Times might amend And Popular Fury once be at an end My Book de Corpore then I design'd To write all things being ready to my Mind But must desist such Crimes and Sufferings I Will not impute unto the Deity First I resolv'd Divine Laws to fulfil This by Degrees and carefully I will My Prince's studies I then waited on But cou'd not constantly attend my own Then for six Months was sick but yet at length Though very weak I did recover strength And finish'd it in my own Mother-Tongue To be read for the good of old and young The Book at London Printed was and thence Hath visited the Neighbouring Nations since Was Read by many a Great and Learned Man Known by its dreadful Name LEVIATHAN This Book Contended with all Kings and they By any Title who bear Royal sway In the mean time the King 's sold by the Scot Murder'd by th' English an Eternal Blot King Charles at Paris who did then reside Had right to England's Scepter undeny'd A Rebel Rouâ— the Kingdom kept in aw And rul'd the Giddy Rabble without Law Who boldly Parliament themselves did call Though but a poor handful of men in all Blood-thirsty Leeches hating all that 's good Glutted with Innocent and Noble Blood Down go the Miters neither do we see That they Establish the Presbytery Th' Ambition of the stateliest Clergie-Men Did not at all prevail in England then Hence many Scholars to the King did go Expel'd Sad Indigent Burthensome too As yet my Studies undisturbed were And my Grand Climacterick past one year When that Book was perus'd by knowing Men The Gates of Janus Temple opened then And they accus'd me to the King that I Seem'd to approve Cromwel's Impiety And Countenance the worst of Wickedness This was believ'd and I appear'd no less Than a Grand Enemy so that I was for 't Banish'd both the King's Presence and his Court. Then I began on this to Ruminate On Dorislaus and on Ascham's Fate And stood amazed like a poor Exile Encompassed with Terrour all the while Nor cou'd I blame th'young King for his Assent To those Intrusted with his Government Then home I came not sure of safety there Though I cou'd not be safer any where Th'Wind Frost Snow sharp with Age grown gray A plunging Beast and most unpleasant way At London lest I should appear a Spy Unto the State my self I did apply That done I quietly retired to Follow my Study as I us'd to do A Parliament so cal'd did Govern here There was no Prelate then nor Presbyter Nothing but Arms and Souldiers one alone Design'd to Rule and Cromwel was that one What Royalist can there or Man alive Blame my Defence o' th' Kings Prerogative All Men did scribble what they wou'd Content And yielding to the present Government My Book de Corpore through this Liberty I wrote which prov'd a constant War to me The Clergy at Leviathan repines And both of them oppos'd were by Divines For whilst I did inveigh 'gainst Papal Pride These though Prohibited were not deny'd T' appear in Print 'gainst my Leviathan They rail which made it read by many a man And did confirm 't the more 't is hop'd by me That it will last to all Eternity 'T will be the Rule of Justice and severe Reproof of those that Men Ambitious are The King's Defence and Guard the peoples Good And satisfaction read and understood I two years after Print a Book to show How every Reader may himself well know Where I Teach Ethicks the Phantomes of Sense How th'Wise with Spectres fearless may dispense Publish'd my Book de Corpore withal Whose Matter 's wholly Geometrical With great Applause the Algebrists then read Wallis his Algebra now Published A Hundred years that Geometrick Pest Ago began which did that Age Infest. The Art of finding out the Numbers sought Which Diophantus once and Gheber Taught And then Vieta tells you that by this Each Geometrick Problem solved is Savil the Oxford Reader did supply Wallis with Principles Noble and High That Infinite had end and Finite shou'd Have parts but yet those without end allow'd Both which Opinions did Enrage and Scare All those who Geometricasters were This was enough to set me Writing who Was then in years no less than Seaventy two And in Six Dialogues I do Inveigh Against that new and Geometrick way But to no purpose Great Men it doth please And thus the Med'cine yields to the Disease I Printed then two Treatises that stung The Bishop Bramhal in our Mother-Tongue The Question at that Time was and is still Whether at God's or our own Choice We Will. And this was the Result proceeding thence He the Schools follow'd I made use of Sense Six Problems not long after Publish'd I A Tract but small yet pure Philosophy Wherein I Teach how Nature does cast down All weighty Bodies and huge massy Stone How Vapors are exhaled by the Sun How Winds engender Cold when that is done The Reason of their Levity and how The Barren Clouds do hang on Heaven's Brow How move and when that they are pregnant grown With Moisture do in violent Showers pour down By what Cement hard Matter is conjoyn'd And how Hard Things grow Soft the Cause do find Whence Lightning Snow Ice do proceed and Thunder Breaking through wat'ry Clouds even to wonder How Loadstones Iron attract how and which way They th' Arctick and Antarctick Poles obey Why from the Sea