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“ But if you wave this conceit, as infufficient, atid fly 
“ to your former, That the fwifcer Movers in the 
“ lower Orbes, overtaking the flower in the higher 
“ Orbes, caufe an appearance. To this I anfwer. 
“ i. The thing you fuppofe feems to me neither ne- 
«* ceflary nor probable, nor do I conceive why they 
« fhould not be feen, being themfelves alone, as well as 
« conjoined, feeing all other Stars and Planets are fo. 
« 2. . If it be becaufe they are of a thin, tranfparent 
« Subftance, till many, being one behind another, make 
■« them to feem grofler ^ Then they are not of the 
« nature of other Planets, as is proved in 5 and ?, 
“ who of themfelves appear dark Bodies, when .they 
« come between us and the Sun ^ nay, they muft be 
‘C more thin than our Clouds, which will eafily be feen 
« between us and the Sun, and hides it from us. 3. If 
■u it be becaufe they are fo little, that the Imperfe&ion 
it of our Glaffes cannot difcover one alone, there muft 
« be, without doubf, many Millions cf them 5 which 
a how they can be included within the compafs of 
tt of the © Semidiameter, we fhall confider anon. I 
tc have (een one of an ordinary darknefs, (yea darker 
“ than many greater) yet not above 5" Diameter. Tf 
“ this confift of two, or many, cf themfelves invifible, 
(l how many were in thofe which Gaffcndns faw of i' £ 
« Diameter? 4. The Figure of thefe great ones (being 
“ neceffarily compofed of Stars of fucb d iff rent Orbes 
« and Motions) would quickly vary, by reafon of the 
« diversity of their Motions 5 like ^rs we fee. in a Flock 
“ of fmall Bjfds. But 5thly, you. fay the furtheft of 
« thefe Orbes is not above to of the Suns Semidiam£ter 
< £ from its Circumference. But there would not, in that 
“ fmall /pace, be room enough for . fo many Orbes of 
« Planets, as have been feen at once. Which l prove 
“ thus. 1. Gajfendus affirms there are fbmecimes fome 
* of about the t part of the © .Semidiameter $ which 
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