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Mifcelaneorum cap^«^/ &^ quk rat tone fiexns cdmrarii mrfarumex 
Tangentihus inveniantur , ofiendi. Eadem ratiohe referitur (^rnqne 
fMVAX^i ho^ij fffi^ocat 'Pippus, & mult A alia', qna [i explicare vel- 
lem^ liher mihi fcribendus ejfet. Nam & in Phyfico- mathematicis Vfus 
quoque hH]n.s ReguU efinione major efl : Li(^et enim falfum fit Axicmay 
Nat'uram agere per lineam breviflimann ; veriffirnurn tarnmeft .Viam 
fe^ui determinatam^ &^ M nulUrn invsnit^ Agere Atofi^f. De qm 
ahas flura, fitanti Tibi vifum f Merit :jam 'enim efifloU modptm excejji^ 
AC vereor^ ne^ dnm ohJcHritattm vitare fatago^ in pr dixit at em inciderim^ 
Addo tantumj me ReguU me a Demonftrationem * habere facilem, & 
qudi foUs confiet Lemmatibus * quod mirum Tibi forta^e videUtur, Vak, 
DabamLcodiid. 17. Jsitrnm CIDJDCLX^IIL , 
-^Non dubitamus/^uin rogatu 
noftro Illuftris & Candidus hie 
Author DeroonftrationeHi hic in- 
digitatam Nobis etiam brevi fit 
commuii4caturi3s» 
Aft Acconfpt of fim^ B^okS 
f . A Bifcourfe CQncernlng th Origin and Properties ofPFlND^&c. By 
R. Bohuh Felloyp of N, CaiL in Oxm, Primed at Oxford J671. 
T He Induftrious Author of this Difcourfe, having confider'd 
with himfclf, how little Progrcfs had been fn^de, as in ge- 
neral, in the Hifio/y 0^ Nature, fo, in particular, concerning 
the Hiftory of ^/W/,till our Voyages to the £aft^ and fTefi- Indies^ 
and the great advancement of Navigation in this and the prece- 
dent Age, furniQft us with fo ~maiiy new Difcoveries andlm- 
proveaients in all Natural knowledge, efpecially in the Motions 
oithtJVinds and Sm^ that weniuft acknowledgethe Infufficien» 
,1 ^cy of the Theories received from the Schools of the Antients ^ 
having, I fay, confidered this, and withail met with frequent 
opportunities of converQrvg^ with the raoft Experienced of om- 
Sea- Captains, giving l^im good information of the Courfe of the 
; Trade- winds , thQ Indiaj^Monzoons, the fever al forts of Brifes in 
\L the African and American Climates, H^rricans, and other tern- 
' \ peftuous Winds i Endeavoureth in this Difcourfe to give a fuller 
t Accompt of this Subje^ than former Writers have done ; pro« 
ceeding therein, as he aflureth the Reader, with great caution, 
in feldom making ufe of aiiy. Account of Voyagers, but when fe- 
vera! Relatiosss did agree in the fame Particulars, Or when he 
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