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THE
Ancient and Modern
DOCTRINE
OF
Holy Fathers,
AND
Iudicious Divines,
CONCERNING
The rash citation of the Testimony of SACRED SCRIPTURE, in Conclusions meerly Natural, and that may be proved by Sensible Experiments, and Necessary Demonstrations.
Written, some years since, to Gratifie The most SERENE CHRISTINA LOTHARINGA, Arch-Dutchess of TVSCANY;
By GALILAEO GALILAEI, A Gentleman of Florence, and Chief Philosopher and Mathematician to His most Serene Highness the Grand DVKE.
And now rendred into English from the Italian,
BY
THOMAS SALUSBURY.
Naturam Rerum invenire, difficile; & ubi inveneris, indicare in vulgus, nefas. Plato.
LONDON,
Printed by WILLIAM LEYBOURN,
1661.
