ting againft particular conclufions, that at the 

 firft encounter of them fingle,may feem harfh 

 unto them, (which is the ordinary courfe of 

 flafhy wits, w r ho cannot fadome the whole 

 extent of a large difcourfe)it is impofsible but 

 that they fhould be very much unfatisfyed of 

 me j and goe away with a perfwafion , that 

 fbme iuch truths as upon the whole matter 

 are moft evident (one ftone in the arch fup- 

 porting another, and the whole) are meere 

 chymeras and wild paradoxes. 



But (Sonne) it is time my Booke fhould 

 fpeake it felfe, rather then I fpeak any longer 

 of it here.Read it carefully over,and let me lee 

 by the effects of your governing your felf,that 

 you make fuch right ufe of it, as I may be 

 comforted in having chofen you to bequeath 

 it unto. God in heaven bleffe you. <Paris the 

 , 1644. 



Your Loving Father, 

 KENELME DIGBY. 



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