C*7o) 
pftus Riccioli Argument urn a Gravium defccnfu pmtum , cut vim ipfe D e - 
monftrationis iftejfe put at quod examinare hoe kco accuratimoper^praium 
judicavL 
This with other Arguments he refutes • but declared p. 330. That, 
though he knows no Argument, demonftrating the Reftof the Earth and 
Motion of the Sun • yet the Authority of Holy Writ f now feconded by 
that of the Sacred Congregation of the Cardinals, put it out of doubt. 
Concerning the Do&rine of Motion , the Author faith thus , p. 15. 
Jlfotuum Compofitorum Contemplatio digna fane eft , qudt a Geometris exco- 
latur, T>e foto motu Volutionis confcripftTrattatum integrum 3 quern cum 
libris Cylindricorum & Annularium in lucem edidi. De Motu Projecto- 
rum , qui& ipfe Compofitus eft , fubtiliftimiexftant Libri Galilxi c> Tor- 
ricellii : Et pr&ter ha-c , did fuperfunt innumera , de quibus integra Nova 
Sciemia condipojfit. (Which is accordingly done by the Excellent Dr. wal- 
lis in his Book now in the Prefs. ) 
For the eafe of Calculating an Eclipfe of the Sun, we find , that this Au- 
thor p. 177. determines 5 in what part of the Earth fuch an Eclipfe Oiall 
appear, without the Aid of Parallax y and that the Sun's ParalUx , as to 
the determination of Celeftial Motions , may be fafely neglected. And p. 
40. he rejects the Senfible Inequality of the Solar or Tropical years ; as alfo 
p. <5o. the Irregularity of the Obliquity of the Ecliptic^ of the Proccjfion 
of the 'Equinoxes and Excentricity. Pag. 127. he folves that Doubt of Ric- 
ciolus , That it cannot be exactly and evidently known by any Natural Ob- 
fervations made of the Moon or any Star , what the Parallax is , without 
the fore-knowledge of the Parallax , or diftancc from the Earth. And p. 
19$. avoids thefe Inconveniences in aligning the Declinations of the Fix- 
ed Stars. P. 3 38. this Author afTerts, that the Comets and New Stars, that 
have appeared fince 1572, have been far above the Moon ; and that Riccio- 
lu* about thisControverfie feem'd too favourably inclined to Claramontius x 
afferting the contrary. 
Concerning the Caufe of the Secondary light of the Moon before and af- 
ter the New , to wit, the obfeure part of her appearing like kindled glitter- 
ing Afhes, our Author alTigns it to be th. Suns rays reflected from the 
bright Hemifphere of the Earth to the darker portion of the Moon , and 
thence again directly reflected to the Earth deftitute-of the Sun's light. 
This Phenomenon he faith, is learnedly explain^ in Philof. Optica Nic. 
Zucchii from p. 247 to/>. 260. 
The Author hath not framed norannex'd any Tables to his Book, al- 
though he abundantly ftiews , How they may be computed : referring his 
Reader to thofe of Tycho 3 Reinholdns, Longomontanus , Kepler, Lanf- 
berg^ Wendelinus , BuMialdus , Petavius , Reinerius , Ricciolus ; to which 
may be added thofe of Buret, Billy, Street (which laft fixes the Nodes and 
.Aphdions) and Wings, now in the Prefs. 
To the end of thefe 8 Books are annext Proprtkns for the 28 Cafes of 
Spherical 
