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the_o opinion_n of_o some_o in_o this_o point_n among_o which_o in_o my_o opinion_n the_o arab_n moor_n and_o with_o they_o the_o jew_n as_o particular_o albumazar_n a_o cabalist_n have_v by_o all_o likelihood_n conjecture_v best_o the_o time_n of_o its_o dissolution_n that_o any_o before_o either_o chaldean_a or_o egyptian_a have_v do_v for_o within_o these_o few_o hundred_o year_n they_o have_v discover_v the_o cabal_n and_o secret_a of_o the_o tremble_a motion_n of_o the_o eight_o orb_n that_o it_o do_v not_o accomplish_v its_o course_n but_o in_o seven_o thousand_o year_n which_o in_o analogy_n and_o relation_n be_v some_o way_n answerable_a to_o the_o seven_o year_n rest_v of_o the_o earth_n the_o seven_o day_n rest_n from_o labour_n so_o that_o indeed_o by_o leo_n hebreus_n his_o opinion_n end_n the_o world_n shall_v last_v but_o 6000_o year_n &_o rest_v the_o seven_o which_o opinion_n be_v found_v upon_o the_o c._n helck_n in_o the_o jewish_a sanhedrim_n where_o it_o be_v write_v 6000_o year_n the_o world_n shall_v last_v &_o then_o it_o shall_v decay_v which_o lactanctius_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 14._o illustrate_v compare_v the_o six_o thousand_o year_n to_o the_o six_o day_n of_o the_o week_n labour_n the_o seven_o to_o the_o saboath_n rest_n our_o ancient_n both_o poet_n and_o orator_n have_v all_o give_v after_o age_n to_o understand_v that_o they_o all_o i_o say_v almost_o know_v general_o that_o its_o destruction_n be_v to_o come_v in_o the_o appoint_a time_n by_o the_o fate_n although_o as_o wise_a than_o we_o their_o successor_n do_v not_o touch_v the_o question_n as_o plato_n in_o his_o timeo_fw-la cicero_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr natura_fw-la deorum_fw-la macrobius_n c._n 10._o de_fw-la somno_fw-la scipionis_fw-la and_o for_o they_o all_o ovid_n u_fw-mi lib._n 1._o metamorph._n esse_fw-la quoque_fw-la in_o fatis_fw-la reminiscitur_fw-la affore_o tempus_fw-la quo_fw-la mare_fw-la quo_fw-la tell_v we_o corruptaque_fw-la regio_fw-la coeli_fw-la ardeat_fw-la &_o mundi_fw-la mole_n operosa_fw-la laboret_fw-la sect_n 16._o copernicus_n his_o opinion_n of_o the_o earth_n move_v confute_v archimedes_n opinion_n of_o the_o world_n a_o induction_n to_o the_o follow_a section_n next_o unto_o this_o i_o subjoyne_v the_o frantic_a and_o strange_a opinion_n of_o copernicus_n who_o take_v on_o he_o to_o demonstrate_v speak_v of_o the_o world_n frame_n that_o the_o sun_n be_v immovable_a and_o place_v in_o the_o centre_n of_o the_o world_n and_o that_o the_o globe_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v movable_a reject_v roll_a and_o wheel_v about_o admit_v the_o change_n of_o state_n to_o depend_v upon_o the_o eccentrick_a of_o the_o earth_n so_o that_o he_o give_v not_o only_o to_o the_o say_a earth_n a_o daily_o run_v about_o the_o sun_n in_o 24_o hour_n in_o the_o space_n of_o the_o day_n and_o night_n but_o likewise_o a_o annual_a revolution_n which_o opinion_n how_o absurd_a it_o be_v as_o nature_n convince_v it_o of_o error_n so_o authority_n of_o the_o learned_a shall_v confound_v it_o for_o beside_o that_o in_o scripture_n we_o have_v warrant_n that_o the_o earth_n be_v establish_v sure_o stat_n nullo_n mobilis_fw-la aevo_fw-la terra_fw-la super_fw-la solidae_fw-la nitens_fw-la fundaminae_fw-la molis_fw-la pollenti_fw-la stabilita_fw-la manu_fw-la moreover_o archimedes_n the_o rare_a mathematician_n that_o erst_o be_v or_o since_o have_v be_v and_o who_o cause_v to_o be_v engrave_v upon_o his_o tomb_n in_o sicily_n the_o sphere_n with_o this_o admirable_a position_n datunâ—_n pondus_fw-la movere_fw-la grant_v to_o king_n hieron_n of_o siracusa_n that_o there_o be_v no_o weight_n which_o he_o can_v not_o move_v and_o that_o if_o there_o be_v any_o other_o earth_n beside_o this_o whereon_o he_o may_v establish_v his_o machine_n and_o mathematical_a instrument_n he_o dare_v undertake_v to_o move_v this_o out_o of_o its_o place_n whereon_o we_o dwell_v by_o which_o he_o will_v have_v we_o know_v that_o the_o earth_n bodge_v 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