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The Preface.
moſt part ſuch, that beſides thoſe who are well acquainted with the Theoriques of the Planets (abſit dicto invidia) few or none, either know, mark, or can underſtand them, as I might inſtance in Particulars: but that is no part of my task. For that which follows, the moderate Reader will finde it to be Sphæra plumbea, thoguh dully penned, yet of more weight then length: Had ſome Mercuries had ſo much News to have told the world, three or four quire of Paper would have been too ſtrait a gardle for their Tympany; which diſeaſe is grown ſo much into faſhion, that the ſmalneſs of my Book tells me, I muſt expect no other welcome for it into the world but Tuſh, and no other name but a Trifle.
Indago
