To the READER.
ced for the Proof of any one Problem or Theorem, the former don't always depend of the latter, yet it don't readily enough appear either from the order of each, or by any other manner, when they agree together, and when not; wherefore for want of the Conjunctions and Adjectives, ergo, rurſus, &c. many difficulties and occaſions of doubt do often ariſe in reading, eſpecially to thoſe that are Novices. Beſides it frequently happens, that the ſaid Method cannot avoid ſuperflous Repetitions, by which the Demonſtrations are oftentimes render'd tedious, and ſometimes alſo more intricate; which Faults my Method doth eaſily remedy by the arbitrary mixture of both Words and Signs. Therefore let what has been ſaid, touching the Intention and Method of this little Work, ſuffice. As to the reſt, whoever covets to pleaſe himſelf with what may be ſaid, either in Praiſe of the Mathematicks in general, or of Geometry in particular, or touching the Hiſtory of theſe Sciences, and conſequently of Euclide himſelf (who digeſted thoſe Elements) and others ἐξωτερικὰ of that kind, may conſult other Interpreters. Neither will I (as if I were afraid leaſt theſe my Endeavors may fall ſhort of being ſatisfactory to all Perſons) alledge as an Excuſe (tho' I may very lawfully do it) the want of due time which ought to be employ'd in this Work, nor the Interruption occaſion'd by other Affairs, nor yet the want of requiſite help for theſe Studies nor ſeveral other things of the like nature. But what I have here employ'd my Labour and Study in for the Uſe of the ingenuous Reader, I wholly ſubmit to his Cenſure and Judgment, to approve if uſeful or reject if otherwiſe.
