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< with- them ; apreeablv 

 ' to obfervation the mean 

 c motions and equations 

 ' were eftablilhed. He 



* found the calculation to 

 \ agree perfectly with the 

 c obfervation ; and al- 

 ' though even to this day 

 c the bufinefs of the ob- 

 c fervatory is carried on, 

 ' a table under the name 

 ' of his Majefty, the fha- 

 ' dow of God, compre- 

 ' hending the moft accu- 



* rate rules, and moitper- 

 c feci methods of com- 



5 putation was conftrudt.- 

 f ed ; that fo, when the 

 c places of the itars, and 

 ' the appearance of the 

 f new moons, and the 

 ( eclipfes of the fun and 

 1 moon, and the con- 

 ' ) unctions of the heaven- 

 f \y bodies, are comput- 

 1 ed by it, they may ar- 

 ' rive as near as pollible 

 ' to the truth, which, in 

 ' facl, is every day feen 

 c and confirmed in the 

 ' ob fervatory. 



c Ittherefore behoveth 

 c thofe who excel in this 



6 art, in return for fo great 

 * a benefit, to offer up 

 "' their prayers for long 





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