THE FIRST TREATISE 



DECLARING 



THE WJTWHE AWJ) 



OTE^TION OF 

 BODIES. 



CHAP. I. 



A Prcamblt tt the /W<? difcourfe : Concerning 

 gtntrall. 



on of a Body. 



N delivering any Science, die cleareft ajdd ; 

 irnootheit n^thodcj a lid rnoft agreeable to na- is the 

 ture, is to beg }n with tla* confidential of shofe 

 things that are weft cowmoe and obvious; 

 by the difle&ion of theaa to defcead by orderly 

 <icgres.and ftcps fas they lie in the way ) unto 

 the examination of the moft particular and remote ones. Now 

 in our preterit intended furvey of a Bodie^ thciirft thing which 

 occurred) to ou-r fen(e indie peruiall of k, \s\tsQMstntitif, 

 bulk,-or inapnitufticiand this tecrceth by all mankind to i>e coa- 

 ccived foinicparnihle from a body, flswjfafjja man would di- 

 {iinguifli a corpor-eall fubftance from a fpirituali/ooe ( whjch ii 

 accounted indivisible} he naturally pitcbtdh upon anapprehen- 

 fion of its havjf>g buj4c, and (being folid, tangible, 'and apt to 

 make imprefsion upon ot>r outward fenfej; according to tibot 

 exprcffion of Lucrecius, w-ho Ihidying Nature in a familiar and 

 rationall manner telleth us, Tangere e nim & tangi, nifccarbtu 

 null* pot eft res : Aod therefore in oar-inquiry of Buxdrts , we 

 will obferve tiwt plain methode which Nature reacherh us, and 

 will begin with examining, -Wh^t Quant it* it, as being riieb 



A firft 



