Galilei, Galileo, The systems of the world, 1661

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              Gulph, leſſe by far than the reſt of the Mediterrane, and placed in
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              ſo different an inclination, that whereas that hath its bounds that
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              incloſeth it on the Eaſtern part, as are the Coaſts of
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              Syria,
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              this is
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              ſhut up in its more Weſterly part: and becauſe the ebbings and
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              flowings are much greater towards the extremities, yea, becauſe
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              the Seas riſings and fallings are there onely greateſt, it may
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              bably happen that the times of Flood at
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              Venice
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              may be the time of
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              low Water in the other Sea, which, as being much greater, and
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              diſtended more directly from Weſt to Eaſt, cometh in a certain
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              ſort to have dominion over the
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              Adriatick:
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              and therefore it
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              would be no wonder, in caſe the effects depending on the
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              mary cauſes, ſhould not hold true in the times that they ought,
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              and that correſpond to the periods in the
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              Adriatick,
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              as it doth
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              in the reſt of the Mediterrane. </s>
              <s>But theſe Particularities require
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              long Obſervations, which I neither have made as yet, nor ſhall I
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              ever be able to make the ſame for the future.</s>
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              <s>SAGR. </s>
              <s>You have, in my opinion, done enough in opening us
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              the way to ſo lofty a ſpeculation, of which, if you had given us
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              no more than that firſt general Propoſition that ſeemeth to me to
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              admit of no reply, where you declare very rationally, that the
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              Veſſels containing the Sea-waters continuing ſtedfaſt, it would
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              be impoſſible, according to the common courſe of Nature, that
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              thoſe motions ſhould follow in them which we ſee do follow;
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              and that, on the other ſide, granting the motions aſcribed, for
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              ther reſpects, by
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              Copernicus
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              to the Terreſtrial Globe, theſe ſame
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              alterations ought to enſue in the Seas, if I ſay you had told us no
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              more, this alone in my judgment, ſo far exceeds the vanities
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              troduced by ſo many others, that my meer looking on them
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              makes me nauſeate them, and I very much admire, that among
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              men of ſublime wit, of which nevertheleſs there are not a few,
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              not one hath ever conſidered the incompatibility that is between
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              the reciprocal motion of the Water contained, and the
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              lity of the Veſſel containing, which contradiction ſeemeth to me
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              now ſo manifeſt.</s>
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>It is more to be admired, that it having come into the
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              thoughts of ſome to refer the cauſe of the Tide to the motion of
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              the Earth, therein ſhewing a more than common apprehenſion,
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              they ſhould, in afterwards driving home the motion cloſe with
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              no ſide; and all, becauſe they did not ſee that one ſimple and
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              uniform motion, as
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              v. </s>
              <s>gr.
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              the ſole diurnal motion of the
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              ſtrial Globe, doth not ſuffice, but that there is required an
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              ven motion, one while accelerated, and another while retarded:
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              for when the motion of the Veſſels are uniforme, the waters
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              contained will habituate themſelves thereto, without ever
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              king any alteration. </s>
              <s>To ſay alſo (as it is related of an ancient </s>
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