The discovery of a world in the moone . ts bignefTcalfOjand ot what capacity it is. Fran-cii Rihra in his Comment on theRevelations^ fpeaking of thofe woids. words, wheretis faidj that theblood went out of the Wine-prefTe ^ even unto the horfcs bri-dles by the fpaceof one thoii-f-uid and lixc hundred furlongs^interprets them to bee meant ofHell 5 and that that number ex-prefles the diameter of its conca-vity ^ which is 200 Italian miles;but LejfiHS thinkes that this opi-on pives them too much roomein hell^ and therefore hee gucflcsthat tis net (o wide ; for (faithhee) the diameter of one leagu
The discovery of a world in the moone . ts bignefTcalfOjand ot what capacity it is. Fran-cii Rihra in his Comment on theRevelations^ fpeaking of thofe woids. words, wheretis faidj that theblood went out of the Wine-prefTe ^ even unto the horfcs bri-dles by the fpaceof one thoii-f-uid and lixc hundred furlongs^interprets them to bee meant ofHell 5 and that that number ex-prefles the diameter of its conca-vity ^ which is 200 Italian miles;but LejfiHS thinkes that this opi-on pives them too much roomein hell^ and therefore hee gucflcsthat tis net (o wide ; for (faithhee) the diameter of one leaguebeing cubically muliiplied^willmake a fphcare capable ofScoooo millions of damned bo-dies, following to each fixe footein the (quarajV/hercas (iaies hee)tis ccrtaine that there (hall notbe one hundred thoufand milli-ons in all that flwll bee Ice the bold hfuit was caie-full that every on: fliould haveI but roome enough in hell ^ andby the lh\angenefle of the cojije-fture^you may gucffe that he had rather «»o« 1*14*. lot-
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