558 CORRESPONDANCE. 1665. 



gcnioLis and worchy to bc profeciued and of ye author, concerningwhom I forgoc 

 to tell you tbrmerly, that I was not a little proud to recciue in his lettcr^) to Sir R. 

 Moray , from fo compétent a Judgc fo favorable a Charafter of niy Trèfles about 

 colors'*). And as for what he mentions of ye Iris producible betwixt i pièces of flat 

 GlafTe without ye afliflance of a liquor, I am much obliged to him for ye mentio- 

 ning it. But though I had feverall times obferved it, before my Book came ont; 

 yet by reafon of certain fcruples, I had about ye caufe of it, I purpofely forbore 

 to take notice of that and another Phaenomenon fomewhatt of kin vnto it. And 

 as for ye Quelb'on, He délires to haue of Sir J Finch concerning the Blind man Q, 

 as I think myfelfe obliged to Miller Zulichem for ye occafion of it, fo by ye 

 Circumllances of Sir John ^), related to me of ye Extraordinary Care, he tooke 

 not to be impofed upon, I am invited to exfpeét, that He will be able to giue a 

 fati ffaétor y an fwe r to it "^ . 



") C'eft ici l'extraiét d'un endroit d'une lettre que Monfieur Boile a efcritte a 

 Monfieur Oldenburg. [R. Moray]. 



N2 1308''. 



N. Heinsius à St. Lubienietzki. 

 7 janvier 1665. 



La lettre a été publiée par St. Luh'icnietzki dans son Tlicatrum Comet'icum. 



Holmiâ Hamburgum die 28 Decembris Juliani 1664. 



Dies oétavus nunc , ni fallor , agitur , qu6d tabellarium fine meis ad Te literis 

 hinc abire in Germaniam fum pafTus. Erat quippe jam tum Regni Suecici Sena- 

 tus in rébus proferendis totus: & mihi incumbebat negotiorum nonnihil haud 

 minimi momenti apud illos urgendum, quod ante ferlas folemnes expediri opor- 

 teret. Quapropter ignofcas aequum eft, fi Tibi non vacavi illo tempore, quo nec 

 meus eram. 



3) Consultez la Lettre N°. 1 253. 



•^) Voir l'ouvrage cité dans la Lettre N°. 1236, note 16*. 



5) Sur J. Vermaasen , voir la Lettre N°. 1253, note 4. 



**) Sir John F'inch. Consultez la Lettre N°. 1253, note 5. 



