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But this refolution though it be in part good, yet it doth not 8. 

 evacuate the whole difficulty, fince the fame cafe happeneth be- . TIl re * f(>n w!i r 



. jiij/i i it m the f-rmcr 



twecn a ftronger and a weaker load/tone, as between a load- cafe,aicflcr 

 ftone and iron : for the weaker loadftone, whilcft it is wichin 



the fphcre of aftivity of the greater loadftonc,draweth away an jacent iron from 



iron fct betwixt them, as well as a fecond iron doth. For the tlt B relter - 



rcafbn therefore of the little loadftones drawing away the iron, 



we may confider that the greater load/tone hath two effects up- 



on the iron, which is betwixt it and a leflcr loadftone, and a 



third effcft upon the little loadftone itfclf. The flrft is that it 



impregnated the iron , and giveth it a permanent vcrtue by 



which it worketh like a Weak loadftone. The fecond is, that as 



it maketh the iron work towards the leffer loadftone by its per- 



manent vertue ; fo alfb it accompanieth the fteam that goeth 



from the iron towards the little loadftone with its own fteam, 



which goeth the fame way: fo that both thefe fteams do in com- 



pany climbe up the fteatn of the little loadftone which meeteth 



them;and that fteam climbeth up the enlarged one of both theirs 



together. The third effect which the greater loadftone worketh, 



is that it maketh the fteam of the little loadftone become ftron- 



gcr by augmenting its innate vertue in fomc degree. 



Now then, the going of the iron to cither of the loadftones 

 rouft follow the greater and quicker conjunction of the two 

 meeting fteams, and not the greatnefle of one alone. So that if 

 the conjunction of the two fteams between the iron and the lit- 

 tle loadftone be greater and quicker then the conjunction ofthe 

 two fteams which meet between the greater loadftone and the 

 iron, the iron muft ftick to the IcfTer loadftone. And this nnift 

 happen more often then otherwife : for the fteam which goeth 

 from the iron to the greater loadftone, will for the moft part be 

 lefTe then the fteam which goeth from the lefTer loadftone to the 

 iron. And though the other fteam be never fb great, yet it can- 

 not draw more then according to the proportion of its Antago- 

 nifts coming from the iron. Wherefore feeing the two fteams 

 betwixt the iron and the little loidftonc arc more proportiona- 

 ble to one another, and the fteam coming out of the little load- 

 ftone is notably greater then the fteam going from the iron to 

 the greater loadftone;the conjunction muft be made for the moft 

 part to the little loadftone. And if this difcourfe doth not hold 



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