too? It shall never be, let it be never so silly; I remember what Butler saith:
Of being cheated, as to cheat;
As those receive the most Delight
Who least perceive a Jugler's Slight;
And still the less they understand,
The more admire the Slight of Hand.
but I ha'n't Time to quarrel with you, and to dispute it out with you now; pray, therefore, Sir, go on, about the Sun's Motion, a little farther.
You must know then, Madam, said I, that these venerable Star-Gazers, finding the Sun apparently to run thro' this Zodiac, in twelve Months, or a Year's Time, assigned one part of the Circle to a Day's Motion; and because there are but a few more than 360 Days in a Year, they supposed this Circle of the Sun's Annual Motion, to be divided into 360 equal Parts, which they called Degrees, as I told you before; and hence all Circles on the Globes came to be divided after the same manner.
I thank you, sir, said she, now this Matter begins to clear up to me; haveyou
