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Qu. of Remooves and Expulsions in case wthin a tyme
some Invention woorthy be not produced. And likewise
qu. of the honors and Rewards for Inventions.

Vaults, fornaces, Tarraces for Insolacion; woork houses
of all sorts.

Endevor to abase the price of professory sciences and to
bring in æstimation Philosophy or Universality-name
and thing.

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INQUISITIO LEGITIMA.

1. Carta electionis et præoptionis.
2. Sylva sive Carta Mater.

3. Meta posita sive Carta terminans.

4. Loci sive Carta Articuloru.

5. Vena exterior sive Carta divisionis

primæ.

6. Carta assignationis vel collocationis.

1. Carta Historiæ ordinatæ ad divisiones [f. 17.] primas, et reliquos articulos.

2. Carta Amanuensis sive super Instantias.

1. Carta Analysis motus compositi, vel de

spelling.

2. Vena interior, sive Carta divisionis se-
cundæ.

3. Carta observationis, sive axiomatis.
4. Carta humana optativa.

5. Carta humana activa, sive practica.
6. Carta Anticipationis, sive Interpreta-
tionis sylvestris.

7. Carta Indicationis, sive ad cartas no-
vellas.

Nota Interpretationem legitimā non
fieri, nec clavem Interpretationis ad-

Universality. Compare the eighth chapter of Valerius Terminus, Phil. Works, iii. p. 228.

Inquisitio legitima. He had written first Inquisitio legitima de Motu. Then he struck out de Motu; confining himself in the first instance to a scheme of legitimate inquiry in general.

ap. sa. Probably apparentia secunda. primæ, sive ad apparentiam primam.”

Compare p. 70.

"Carta divisionis

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qu.

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operari, usque ad reordinationes et cartas novellas finitas, ut duæ sint Machinæ Intellectus, una Inferior qua descripsimus, altera Superior quæ est Novellaru.

Inquisitio Legitima de Motu.

Cart. Electionis.

Quieta rere principia sermones spectant; moventia autem et motus ipse, Opera.

Motuum genera bene discreta et descripta, Protei vincula.

Meta posita.

Quod animo metimur; Motus; Exactè inspicienti no alius quam localis; sensibilis scilicet et minutus;

Etiam quies comprehenditur; ex natura propria aut per accidens, ex libratione vel cohibitione motus.

3 motuum genera, inperceptibilia; ob tarditatem, ut in digito horologii, ob minutias, ut liquor seu aqua corrumpitur aut congelat &c.; ob tenuitatem corporis, ut omnifariæ aëris, venti, spiritus, quæ nō cernunt' ac subtiliores eorf motus nullo sensu immediate comprehendunt', sed tantu per pensa et effectus.

Motus et naturas per globos no destinguimus ut alia sit ratio coelestiu, alia sublunariu: popularis ratio ista videt et infirma; Nam etiam coelestia mutantur in magnis, ut patet in cometis coordinatis situ suo cu stellis fixis: In parvis si moventur tamen sensum nostru latent; Nam quæ etiam in superficie terræ fiunt mutationes de circulo Lunæ, si oculus ibi positus esset, discerni nequirent; Rursus eadem æternitas et motus regularitas terræ competit; Nam in profunditate terræ par æternitas ac in Coelo, et vident variationes et mutationes et turbæ tantu in confiniis regnore istoru fieri; scilicet in superficie et crusta terræ, et superficie et confiniis coeli ut in aëris regione media qua vocant; Etiam fluxus maris tam regularis fere est quam motus lunæ.

De motu autem animali, et de eo motu qui ad sensum per

Novellaru. This appears to have been the conclusion of the second day's work. The next page is headed Transportat. Jul. 27, 1608: in which he begins an inquiry, according to the scheme just set down, concerning the particular subject of motion. For his motive in beginning with this subject, and what the attempt ended in, see my preface to the fragment entitled Filum Labyrinthi sive Inquisitio legitima de Motu (Phil. Works, iii. 623), and to the De Interpretatione Nature Promium (ib. p. 514).

agendū requiritur, non inquirimus, sed eu sui juris facimus et emancipamus ut seorsim et principaliter inquiratur.

Motus tamen animales quatenus ad cohibitionem, aut participationem manifestam motuu coeterorum comprehendimus, ut saltum, sanguinis per venas ascensionem, etc.

Motus autem impressionis sive signaturæ quæ incorporeæ sunt tamen ob spatioru sive locore Mutationes comprehendimus, ut in sonis, visibilibus, attractionibus sive coitionibus; Calorem tamen et frigus omnino emancipamus ob dignitatem et multiplicem usum, et de illis seorsim et principaliter inquiri volumus. Nec motu generationis vitalis expedimus, sive assimilationem magna, sed et hunc emancipamus.

Carta Articulore.

First to inquire the severall kyndes or diversities of mocion. Then what bodyes or subjects are susceptible of every kynd and what not, and what have them in strength and what more obscurely, and what have them more familiarly and what more rarely.

Then the comparisons of the forces of every mocion, and wch is prædominant one over the other, and wch is absolute and never falsified, yf any such be; And how they evade and shift ech nature of mocion to doe his part.

Nodi et globi motuu, and how they concurre and how they succeed and interchaung in things most frequent.

The tymes and moments wherein mocions woork, and which is the more swift and wch the more slowe, and whear they take their beginninges and where they leave.

The convenience or disconvenience wch mocion hath wth heat

and tenuity, and how these three meete, sever, or vary.

The power in mocions corporall, of agitation, fier, tyme.
The effects of mocion, and wt qualities it induceth respectivè to
every mocion.

The force of union in mocions, and the Analogy thereof.3

And how they evade, etc. The last clause added in the margin.

nodi et globi. In the margin of the MS., opposite this and the three next paragraphs, are the following notes; written apparently at another time, and without any special reference to the particular paragraphs against which they happen to stand. They are written consecutively, one under the other, with strokes of the pen between to separate them. "The Instrum's and efficients. Subjectu quasi efficiens generale, Efficiens tanquã subjectū proximu.-Periodi et processus motuum.-Spatia, orbis virtutis."

The power, etc. This paragraph appears to have been added at another time.

[f. 19.]

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[f. 20.]

[f. 20, b.]

Isti 3 mo

tus pertin ad conservationem in statu.

Cart. divisionis primæ, sive ad apparientia primam. Agitatio, sive motus absque termino, sive Motus se exercens. Latio, sive Motus ad terminu, sive Motus Itinerans.

Agitationis species duæ: Agitatio placida; Agitatio inquieta.

Agitatio placida est Motus Conversionis, sive curulis.

Agitatio inquieta duplex: Agitatio relevationis et tentationis; Agitatio trepidationis.

Lationis species duæ: Latio manifesta, sive Motus localis; latio occulta sive Motus corporalis.

Motus localis tres sunt species: Motus respectu spatiore; Motus respectu situs partiu; Motus respectu alterius. Motus respectu spatiore habet 4 species.

Motus Nexus, sive ne detur vacuū.

Motus plagæ, sive Mechanicus, sive ne fiat penetratio dimensionu.

Motus libertatis, sive ad sphæra veterem, sive ad convenientia; qui est duplex. Motus a violenta condensatione ad convenientiam raritatis; et Motus a violenta rarefactione ad convenientia densitatis.

Motus Hyles migrantis, sive ad sphæra nova; qui etiā est duplex. Motus Hyles migrantis ad sphærā novā majorem; Motus hyles migrantis ad sphæram novā

minorem.

Motus respectu situs partiu, est simplex, et est Motus Congruitatis sive disponens.

Motus respectu alterius habet 4 species.

Motus ad Massa, sive Congregationis Major, sive Panegyricus sive foederis generalis.

Motus Amicitiæ, sive Congregationis minor; sive sympathiæ, sive foederis sanctioris.

Motus disgregationis Major, sive fugæ.

Motus disgregationis Minor, sive Antipathiæ.

Motus Corporalis habet species sequentes, numero 17.
Motus Subsistentiæ, sive ne detur nihilu.

Motus Integritatis, sive ne admittatur corpus exteru;
sive amplexus veteris.

Motus Cohibitionis, sive Regius, sive ne admittatur nova forma.

Motus maturationis sive exaltationis et perfectionis na- Iste moturæ suæ, sive in potius.

tus tendit ad perfectionem.

t' p'sup

Motus contractionis, sive hyles minorans interius, sive Isti 4 mo-
restrictionis (A l'Italienne.
Motus relaxationis sive hyles majorans exterius, sive fu- manentia
sionis.

Motus separationis in se, sive factionis, sive congregans
homogenea et disgregans heterogenea, sive unionis
partes.

per

ponunt

corporis in
toto,
tura et
absque jac-

emissione,
licet mix-
tura et or-
dinatio

partiu mu

Motus separationis in aliud, sive exilii, sive exituræ aut tetur.
emissionis,

Isti 3 mot' pertint ad

Motus separationis altæ et magnæ, sive Anarchiæ, sive separatioputrefactionis, sive separationis in pure, vel radicalis.

nem.

Isti 3 mot' pertinent

Motus applicationis et resistentiæ secundu fibras, sive [f. 21.]
textura et ordinem earu.
Motus tenacitatis, sive adhærentiæ, sive primi tactus aut ad cor-
amplexus novi.

Motus receptionis in se, sive Mistionis, sive incorporatio-
nis, sive Indentatus, sive unionis per totu.

porú applicationes.

motus p'tinent ad

Motus generationis Jovialis, sive assimilationis, sive gene- Isti tres
rationis similis sui fixæ et manentis.
Motus generationis Saturniæ, sive signaturæ aut impres- propaga-
sionis, sive generationis similis sui momentaneæ vel
transcuntis.

Motus generationis fictæ, sive excitationis et imitationis.

tionem speciei.

Motus metamorphoseos placidæ, sive novæ formæ proce- Isti 2
dentis absque dissolutione.

motus sunt mu

Motus metamorphoseos destruentis, sive novæ formæ a tationis corruptione, sive reordinationis et triumviratus, sive ru- majoris. dimenti generationis vitalis.

A l'Italienne. This is what the letters look likest; but can hardly be what they were meant for.

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