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liarculi ^ omnium herbarum fuccos De- 
mocritus exprejjit 5 &^ ne Lapidum Vif 
gnltOYumqm vis laiersf^ £tatem inter Ex- 
pcflmenta confumpfit. Eudoxus qmdem 
in cammine exceljt^mi montis confenuify 
ntAfirorumCsliqi motm deprekenderet: 
ChryfippuSj ntadlnventionem fyfficet 
retf ier helleboro animum deterjtL Verum^ 
fit ad Plajias convertar^ Lyfippum iiatH<e 
nnius lineamentis inh^rentem inopia ex- 
tinxit i MyroD 5 qui fere hominum 
mimas ferarumque, ,£re comprehenderat^ 
non invenit hceredem. At nosvino fcortifque demerfi^ jsre para- 
tas quidem Aries audcmus cognofcere ^ fed^accnfatores Antiquita- 
tis.mtia tantum docemus & difcimys, Vbi efi DialeSica > VM 
Afironomia } Vbi Sapienti£ vonjultiffima via } ^is mquam ve^ 
mt in Templum^ & mtum fecit , / ad Eloquentiam pervenijfet } 
§His^ fi Philofophi(efoniem inveni£et ? Ac ne bonam quidem mem 
tem^ ant bonam valetudinem petunt 3 fed flatim^antequam limen 
Capitolii tangant^ alius donum promittit^ fi propinquam divitem 
extulerir-i alius^fi thefanrum effoderit y alim^ji adtrecBntaH 
films pervenerit.-^^ ' — Nolite ergo mirari^ fi Piffura defecit^ 
cum omnibm Diis Uominibufque formofior videatur majja Auri^ 
qulm quicquid Apelles Phidiarvej Gr£culi delir antes yfecerunt. 
By comparing thia collapfed ftate of the nobleft Scienccs^we 
may fee the peculiar happinefs of this prefent Age, in which 
there are in all parts of the Learned World fo tnaoy excellent 
perfons of Luftre and Honour, of eminent Authority, great 
Power, and ample Fortunesj who do generoufly contribute 
the influence ot their Countenance, many their own Perfoaal 
Affiftance, and (ome their Treafures^to recover and adorn the 
AntientArts^ andtofupply Extraordinary Aids and Accom- 
modations* 
And this Glory is principally to be afcribed to our Moft Gra«' 
cious King, the VonndtvoUh^ ^oyal Society yV^hok propitious 
Patronage doth cherifh fo many learned Votaries and curious 
Artificers in all his Kingdoms, and as far as his Dominions do 
extend j and whofe gfeat Example doth invite and encourage 
Yyyy y % 
^ Erhai'dAegt arcfiM.NemQ 
fuic, qui daret fi§mfica„ 
turn ignQtiori VQcabiilo. 
Fuere qui emendarent. 
At ego ex Vitruvio often- 
darn, Arcam elTe Machi- 
tiam, qua marinusfludus 
a porta reprimitur j 8c 
inde diniiutc, Arcuia^ ma- 
china qya humor aliunde 
exprimitur. Idem St:hick^ 
em^, in ep. Grit. 8c Barifii^ 
us, yid. VitrHv,l$. c. i2v 
Quibufdamde^ftha^c vox: 
Caeterum nullum exemplar 
habent. 
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