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M. First, this is want to be demanded, what is the form of this world, and specially of this body, within the compass whereof all these things are contained: for that some will have it to be spherical or round, as Aristotle: othersome of the fashion and likeness of the figure Icosaidron round compassing with a great many of Angles or Corners here and there in the top, as Plato: Others, plain and flat, like a skin stretched forth abroad, as S. Basil: others give it other forms, and those also diverse, as the Greek writer Cleomides reporteth in his title of the contemplation of circles.
S. Is there any of those opinions true?
M. God he knoweth. We, who in no place of his word doe read these matters plainly determined (unless perhaps some man will allege that which is written in Job the 22. Chapter, and 14. verse: and there is mention also made of the sphere of the earth in Isay the 40. chapter and 22. verse: and in S. James the 3. chapter and 6. verse, to the end he might prove that this world, and also the outmost heaven, are round like a circle or a wheel) do oftentimes fall & are drawn into contrary opinions.
Verily, that the world is round, it seemeth unto me much the more probable, by that which is written, as I have said in Job the 20. chapter, and 14. verse: and in Eccles. the 24. chapter, and 8. verse: both for that it is the most beautiful and widest form of all other, by which it was needful that a compass which should contain in the bosom thereof so many things, should be framed: also for that the principal, and as it were the parts of the whole in respect of this world as are heaven, water, & earth, are by our senses themselves perceived to be spherical and round, unto which it is credible that the compass of the whole world is semblable. ...
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S. Is there any of those opinions true?
M. God he knoweth. We, who in no place of his word doe read these matters plainly determined (unless perhaps some man will allege that which is written in Job the 22. Chapter, and 14. verse: and there is mention also made of the sphere of the earth in Isay the 40. chapter and 22. verse: and in S. James the 3. chapter and 6. verse, to the end he might prove that this world, and also the outmost heaven, are round like a circle or a wheel) do oftentimes fall & are drawn into contrary opinions.
Verily, that the world is round, it seemeth unto me much the more probable, by that which is written, as I have said in Job the 20. chapter, and 14. verse: and in Eccles. the 24. chapter, and 8. verse: both for that it is the most beautiful and widest form of all other, by which it was needful that a compass which should contain in the bosom thereof so many things, should be framed: also for that the principal, and as it were the parts of the whole in respect of this world as are heaven, water, & earth, are by our senses themselves perceived to be spherical and round, unto which it is credible that the compass of the whole world is semblable. ...
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Lambert Daneau: Is the earth spherical?
M. First, this is want to be demanded, what is the form of this world, and specially of this body, within the compass whereof all these things are contained: for that some will have it to be spheri…
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