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er) The author used a number of forms that were unusual or archaic even in 1646, and might be mistaken for typographical errors: ne (_conjunction_) won (stay, dwell, like German _wohnen_) eath (easy, light; also "uneath") words in -en, especially verbs: aboven, amazen, been (_infinitive_), causen, standen, withouten... Greek diacritics were consistently printed over the first vowel of an initial diphthong. This has been silently regularized. Both occurrences of the name "DesCartes" or "DesChartes" are at line break; the hyphen has been omitted conjecturally. In general, spellings that appear more than once, such as "Psyc-" for "Psych-", were assumed to be intentional. The word "invisible" means that the letter is absent but there is an appropriately sized blank space. Modern Introduction: Immobile . . . Incomprehensible "[6] [_line-initial long space in the original, not explained in the footnote_] with its seque _Democritus Platonissans_ [_l in "sequel" invisible at line-end_] describes the genesis of [_final s in "genesis" illegible at line-end_] Footnote 9: _Ibid._, II. xi. 5 (p. 52). [II.xi. 5] To the Reader: in the neglectfull disguise of a fragment [of of] or which is as harsh one infinite one. [_. missing; text otherwise unchanged_] defending the infinitude of both, [both.] Unum ut attendentes ad infinitam Dei potentiam [_first i in "infinitam" invisible_] Democritus Platonissans 7. Numbers infinite of each would strike our 'stonishd sight; [_er in "Numbers" invisible_] 25. This is the parergon of each noble fire [is is] 27. What mark is left,? what aimed scope or end [_punctuation as printed_] 45. This inf'nite voidnesse as much our mind doth gall [_text cut off; "-all" conjectural_] 47. With their strange vizards. This will follow right [_text cut off; "-ht" conjectural_] 55. Keeping a well-proportionated space [ptoportionated] 81. And immense mounting smoke arose all round about. [mountiug] 99. Snow-limb'd, rose-cheek'd, ruby-lip'd, pearl-ted, star eyn'd Their parts each fair in fit proportion all conbin'd. [_text unchanged: possible hyphen in "star eyn'd"_] 102. Such as no vulgar wit can well believe. [vnlgar] 103. A wider period; turneth still and slow. [tnrneth] Cupids Conflict Had I (but O that envious Destinie, [_mismatched parenthesis in original;
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