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But it were to be wiftied, there had been fomcwhere 
a Kubrick, to direcft how we are to find this (reputed) 
Full Moon 5 and, what is the Ufe of the Golden Num- 
ber. 
The Difference of the Ecclefiaftick Account, in the 
Pafchal Tables, from that of the Heavens, doth arife 
from hence ; Becaufe thoft Tables, when firft made, 
were fitted, not to this Age, but to that of the Nicene 
Council; and did, at that time, agree very near with 
that of the Heavens : But, in this Age, they do confi- 
derably differ, ( both as to the Equinox^ and as to the 
FhU Moons) for thefe Two Reafons : 
L The common Julian Year (by which we reckon) 
of 365- Days and 6 Hours, is fomewhat too long; be- 
ing about 1 1 Minutes of an Hour longer than the true 
Solar Year. 
By reafon whereof, the Equinox (and other Annual 
Seafons) go backwards about 11 Minutes, every Year; 
Which, from the Time of the Nicene Gouncil, till now, 
amounts to about 11 Days. 
So that the Equinox which then happened Har. xi. 
is now come back to our Mar. 11. or rather Mar. 10. 
Which, upon Pope Gregory's reforming the Roman 
Calendar (above 100 Years fmce) cauftth the Difference 
of I o Days, between what wc call the New Stile and the 
Old Stile. Which (Two Years hence) in the Year 
1700 (and thenceforth for 100 Years ) will be n 
Days. 
11. It was then (uppofed, that in 19 Years (which is 
theCompafsof the Golden Number J the Lunations (of 
New Moon and Ful! Moon) did return to the fame Day 
and Hour, as they were 19 Years before. 
Which 
