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videatur monjlrum , & contra communemsen~tentiam, non diffiteor me poJJ'e evidentijjiniedemonjlrare, & petita priiis venid ojlendertcontraries sententiœ asfertores allucinatos fu~ijje. Demonftrabo enim vere machinas in mo -tionibus animalis adhiberi y et iilas multiplices,& varies ejse - f attamen non parvd virtutsmagna ponder a sublevari,j’ed e contra magndvirtute , & robore facultatis animalis parvdponder a sujhneri ; it a ut multoties virtus mQ~tiva centies millies Juperet pondus o(jium etarticulorum sublevatorwn, & nunquam minorjit tllis-, & hoc erit prœcipuum hujus prime?partis subjecium & materia. Thus far thisexcellent person in his entrance upon this sur-prising affair. And whatever may have beenobjected against his calculation of the forceof the heart, or other particulars (/) ; yet itis obvious that in the main, it is as he asserts

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(/) Dr. James Keil , it is true, hath as good as demon-ftrated thatM. Borelli is wrong in calculating the force ofthe muscle of the heart; and M. Varignon hath discoveredanother mistake of his. Yet it is but justice to set downwhat this last named Author fays of him —Au rejle (fay 5he) si I’on attaque une erreur ou M. Borelli ejl tombe , otlit en ejlpas mains persuade du merite extraordinaire de regrand homme , dont les principaux ouvrages doivent ctr emts au nombre des liures tes plus originaux qui ayent pa rti

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