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feen, fignifieth the rod as it is a poflibilitie to be made by divi- 

 fion fuch a thing,as it appeareth to the fight. And thus it is dear 

 how the difficulty of this point, arifeth out of the wrongful! ap- 

 plying the conditions of our notions! and of names, to the ob- 

 1 jecls and things which we kno.v : whereof we gave warning in 

 Chap.t..i.j the beginning. 



8. After which there retnaincth no more to be faid of this fub- 



Anemiirerari- j e &, b.it to enumerate the feverall fpeciefes Of Qliantitie, ae- 

 on ot the leve- .. . .. . r i i T f ~^~" r -i- / 



rolifyeeiefeiof cording to that divihon which Logitians tor more racilme of 

 Ojiantity.which djf cour f e have made of it. Namcly : thefefix,magnitudine, place, 



confirmed! that . j i /-vr i t i r n 



rnotion 3 time, number and weight. Of which, the two firft are 

 permanent, and lie ftill expofcdto thcpleafureof whofocver 

 hath a mind to take a furvcy of them. Which he may do by 

 meafuring what parts they aredivifible into ; how many ells, 

 feet, inches, a thing is long broad or deep ; how great a place 

 is; whether it be not bigger or lefTer then fuch another; 

 and by luch confederations as thefe ; which do all agree 

 in this, that they exprefTe the efTence of thofe two fpeciefes 

 of Quantitie, to confift in a capacity of being divided into 

 parts. 



The two next ; -motion and time; though they be of a fleet- 

 ing propriety, yec it is evident that in regard of their originall 

 and effcntiall nature, they are nothing elfe but a like divifibilitie 

 into parts; which is meafured by pafling over fb great or fo 

 little diltance ; and by years, dayes,hours,minutes, and the like. 

 Number we alfo fee is of the fame nature ; for it is divifiblc in- 

 to fo many determinate parts> and is meafured by unities, or by 

 lefler numbers fo or fo often contained in a propofed greater. 

 And the like is evident of weight, which is divifibJe into 

 pounds, ounces, drammes, or grains ; and by them is meafured. 

 So that looking over all the feverall fpeciefes of Quanni tie ; 

 it is evident, our definition of it is a true one, and expreffeth 

 fully the effence of it, when we fay it is diT*ifibiUtic t oi a ca- 

 pacitie to be divided into parts; and that no other notion what- 

 faevcr, befides this, rcacheth the nature of it. 



