( ^H^ ) 
there^you muft mnkiply not only lo into lO^but Doufen into Dou- 
jen^to have the Square of \o Doufen ^ fohere lo into lo f which 
makes a lOo) ^v\^ Length into Length (which makes a Square) to 
obtain the Square of lO L^»^Mi", which is therefore loo Squares^ 
and 10 £^^2g^/;/thdRootor fide of it. Butjfayshe, the Root of 
100 Soldiers f{% i o Soldiers^ Anjvoer, No fuch matter : For lOO 
Soldiers is nottheproduft of lo Soldiers into lO Soldiers^ but of 
IQ SoldiersintQ the T^umjJer lo : And therefore neither lo^nor lO 
6'oW^^r/,theRootof ir. So lo Lengths mio thQ Number lo^makcs 
DoSquare^ but loo Len^ths^ but lo Lengths into loLengths 
makes (not i^oLengths^hut) lOOSquares^ 
So in all other proportions : As, if the number of Lengths in 
the Square fide he . 2 > the number of Squares in the Plain will be 
twice ^iPoXbecaufe there will be tn?o rows of trvo in a row : ) If 
the number of Lengths in the fde , be 3 ^ the number of 
^ See T^i^ ^^^^^^^ ^he PlaiMy will be 3 times 3, or the Square 
9j. VI. VII.' of^: If that be 4,this will be 4 times 4: And (o in 
Tin. IX. all other proportions* Ofwhich^ if any one doubt 
he may believe his own eyes 
And this Mr. Hobs might have been taught by the next Car- 
penter ("that knows but how to meafure a Foot of Board) who 
could have told him, that becaufe the^i^ of a Square Foot, is 
12 Inches in Lengthy ihQ^hino( it v/illbe 12 times 12 Inches in 
Squares : Becaule there will be 1 2 Rows of 12 in a Row. 
His third Paper ^ 
WHich came out juft as the Anfwer to the two former wss 
going to the PrelsjContainSjfor fubftancc,the fame with 
his fecond, and the Latter part of the firft; And fo needs no 
farther Anfwer. 
Only I cannot bat take notice of his ufual trade of contra- 
diding himfelf^His fecond Paper hytfThe fide of a Square is not a 
Superficies J)ut a Line : His third fays the quite contrary, (Prop* 
I.) A Square root, {[peaking of S^uantity) is not a Line^ but a 7{e^' 
angle. Other faults^ falfities^ and contradidions, there are a 
great many» 
As for Inftance He tells us firft, In the natural I^ow of Num^ 
bers^ as i, 5, 4, 5, 6, Uc. every one is the Square of feme 
number in the fame J^e?^^ (that is, of fome Integer number^ 
which 
