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         Philipot, Thomas, d. 1682.
      
       
         
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             A phylosophical essay treating of the most probable cause of that grand mystery of nature, the flux & reflux, or flowing and ebbing of the sea
             Philipot, Thomas, d. 1682.
          
           [4], 14 p.
           
             Printed by T.M. for T. Passinger ...,
             London :
             1673.
          
           
             Dedication signed: Thomas Philipot.
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           A
           Phylosophical
           ESSAY
           ,
           Treating
           Of
           The
           most
           Probable
           Cause
           of
           that
           Grand
           Mystery
           of
           Nature
           ,
           THE
           Flux
           &
           Reflux
           :
           OR
           ,
           Flowing
           and
           Ebbing
           of
           the
           SEA.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             T.
             M.
          
           for
           
             L.
             Passinger
             ,
          
           at
           the
           
             Three
             Bibles
          
           on
           the
           Middle
           of
           
             London-Bridge
             ,
          
           1673.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Learned
           and
           Judicious
           ,
           Sir
           
             JOHN
             MARSHAM
             ,
          
           OF
           
             Whoornes-Place
          
           in
           
             Kent
             ,
          
           Knight
           and
           Baronet
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Six
           Clerks
           of
           His
           Majesties
           High
           Court
           of
           
             Chancery
             .
          
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           WHen
           the
           Sun
           opens
           the
           Curtains
           of
           the
           
             East
             ,
          
           and
           Guilds
           and
           Enamels
           the
           Fringes
           of
           the
           
             Firmament
             ,
          
           with
           his
           early
           Beams
           ,
           the
           lesser
           Lights
           resigne
           themselves
           up
           to
           his
           ,
           and
           Muffle
           
           themselves
           up
           in
           their
           own
           Obscurity
           ,
           as
           being
           vanquisht
           with
           an
           excess
           of
           Splendor
           ;
           so
           the
           meaner
           and
           pettier
           Censures
           shall
           look
           faint
           and
           dim
           ,
           if
           You
           ,
           that
           are
           the
           great
           Luminary
           in
           the
           Orb
           of
           Learning
           ,
           shall
           shed
           a
           propitious
           Beam
           and
           Influence
           upon
           this
           Crude
           Essay
           ,
           which
           will
           not
           only
           rescue
           it
           from
           the
           Virulency
           of
           Detraction
           ,
           but
           so
           foment
           and
           improve
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           Bourgeon
           and
           Flourish
           under
           your
           Protection
           ;
           So
           that
           though
           it
           owe
           its
           Birth
           to
           my
           Pen
           ,
           it
           will
           Entitle
           its
           Verdure
           and
           Perfection
           to
           your
           Candid
           Acceptance
           of
           it
           ;
           Now
           it
           is
           offer'd
           up
           to
           Yours
           ,
           from
           the
           hands
           of
           him
           ,
           who
           is
           ,
        
         
           
             
               SIR
               ,
               Your
               most
               Affectionate
               Servant
               ,
            
             Thomas
             Philipot
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Brief
           DISCOURSE
           OF
           THE
           Most
           Probable
           Cause
           of
           that
           Grand
           
             Mystery
          
           of
           
             Nature
             ,
          
           The
           
             Flux
          
           &
           
             Reflux
          
           of
           the
           
             SEA.
             
          
        
         
           THere
           is
           a
           huge
           Variety
           of
           Opinions
           ,
           that
           Entitle
           themselves
           to
           have
           unwound
           the
           cause
           of
           this
           Grand
           Mistery
           of
           Nature
           ,
           
             The
             Flux
             and
             Reflux
             of
             the
             Sea
          
           ;
           But
           they
           are
           erected
           upon
           untenable
           Principles
           ,
           and
           so
           entwin'd
           and
           Complicated
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           say
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           
             Florus
          
           did
           of
           the
           Mountainous
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           
             Alpes
             ,
             Pluris
             erat
             Invenire
             quam
             Vincere
          
           ;
           It
           is
           a
           greater
           Difficulty
           to
           trace
           out
           ,
           and
           unravell
           them
           ,
           than
           to
           Subvert
           ,
           or
           Dismantle
           them
           .
        
         
           
           
             The
             First
             Opinion
             ,
             Is
             ,
          
           
             OF
             
               Leonardus
               Lessius
               ,
            
             who
             affirmes
             ,
             That
             the
             Motion
             of
             Reciprocation
             or
             Replication
             ,
             commonly
             styl'd
             ,
             
               The
               Flux
               and
               Reflux
               of
               the
               Sea
               ,
            
             Entitles
             its
             Primitive
             and
             Original
             Causality
             ,
             to
             the
             Supernaturall
             Guidance
             and
             Managery
             of
             an
             Angel
             ;
             But
             if
             the
             strength
             of
             Man
             be
             seen
             in
             his
             Reason
             ,
             and
             the
             strength
             of
             Reason
             evidenced
             in
             his
             Judgment
             ,
             and
             the
             strength
             of
             Judgment
             manifested
             in
             his
             Knowledg
             ,
             all
             these
             Three
             by
             this
             frail
             Opinion
             must
             be
             destroyed
             ;
             for
             ,
             who
             will
             ever
             Attempt
             by
             a
             noble
             winnowing
             and
             Industrious
             Pursuit
             and
             Inquest
             after
             the
             more
             eminent
             ,
             but
             Cloudy
             and
             Abstruse
             Causes
             of
             Nature
             ,
             to
             unlock
             the
             Mysteries
             of
             them
             ,
             which
             are
             laid
             up
             in
             her
             Gloomy
             Cabinet
             ,
             when
             he
             can
             affirm
             ,
             that
             their
             Operation
             owes
             its
             Original
             Emanation
             ,
             or
             Efflux
             ,
             to
             the
             Supernatural
             Conduct
             of
             an
             Angel
             ,
             and
             this
             at
             last
             will
             become
             the
             Common
             Sanctuary
             to
             Shelter
             a
             Universal
             Ignorance
             ?
             Indeed
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             Deny
             ,
             but
             the
             Hand
             of
             Gods
             speciall
             Providence
             is
             sometimes
             stretched
             out
             and
             extended
             to
             support
             Nature
             when
             she
             is
             feeble
             and
             faint
             in
             her
             Operations
             ,
             or
             else
             to
             Knit
             and
             Twist
             Extraordinary
             Causes
             with
             Extraordinary
             Effects
             ,
             when
             she
             is
             not
             able
             to
             perfect
             and
             perform
             this
             union
             ,
             and
             then
             only
             when
             she
             is
             Defective
             either
             in
             her
             Strength
             or
             in
             her
             Light
             ;
             But
             to
             do
             it
             always
             ,
             and
             Assert
             that
             these
             Extraordinary
             
             Efforts
             of
             Gods
             ,
             special
             Providence●
             are
             visibly
             manifested
             at
             all
             Times
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             seasons
             ,
             is
             to
             Ravel
             and
             Discompose
             the
             Chain
             of
             Second
             Causes
             ,
             whose
             Operations
             are
             still
             Interwoven
             with
             the
             Concourse
             and
             Concomitance
             of
             the
             First
             .
             But
             the
             Irregularity
             of
             this
             Opinion
             will
             further
             appear
             by
             this
             Question
             ,
             Why
             have
             not
             the
             
               Baltick
               ,
               Euxine
               ,
            
             and
             
               Caspian
               ,
            
             Seas
             this
             Flux
             and
             Reflux
             of
             waters
             ,
             by
             this
             Angelical
             Motion
             ;
             since
             they
             are
             as
             Capable
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             other
             parts
             of
             the
             Ocean
             abroad
             ,
             that
             daily
             Receive
             it
             ?
             Besides
             ,
             it
             is
             Absurd
             to
             imagine
             that
             Seas
             divided
             by
             such
             vast
             Intervals
             ,
             should
             at
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Instant
             swell
             into
             Tides
             ,
             and
             fall
             into
             Ebbings
             ,
             by
             the
             Transport
             and
             Managery
             of
             one
             single
             Angel
             ,
             and
             yet
             these
             waters
             being
             equally
             mov'd
             ,
             should
             produce
             such
             different
             Fluxes
             and
             Refluxes
             .
             And
             now
             I
             hope
             by
             this
             time
             Wise
             Men
             will
             laugh
             at
             this
             Opinion
             ,
             not
             in
             Applause
             ,
             but
             Contempt
             ,
             of
             the
             Vanity
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Second
             Opinion
             ,
             Is
             ,
          
           
             THat
             of
             our
             Country
             man
             
               Lidiat
            
             who
             avers
             ,
             
               that
               the
               Rlux
               and
               Reflux
               of
               the
               Sea
               ,
            
             owes
             its
             Primitive
             Efficiency
             to
             Subterraneous
             Fires
             ,
             Fed
             and
             Fomented
             by
             a
             stock
             either
             of
             Sulphurous
             or
             else
             of
             Bituminous
             Matter
             ;
             But
             this
             Position
             of
             his
             meets
             with
             so
             many
             Ruinous
             and
             Destructive
             Difficulties
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             almost
             impossible
             to
             Reconcile
             it
             to
             Truth
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             by
             
             all
             Agreed
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Flux
               and
               Reflux
               of
               the
               Sea
               ,
            
             is
             Periodical
             in
             its
             Revolution
             ,
             and
             so
             determined
             ,
             fix'd
             and
             certain
             :
             But
             if
             this
             Opinion
             of
             his
             should
             be
             Assented
             to
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             not
             this
             Collection
             of
             Sulphurous
             and
             Bituminous
             Matter
             (
             as
             on
             the
             Coast
             of
             
               Norway
               ,
            
             and
             other
             places
             )
             there
             would
             be
             no
             Tydes
             at
             all
             .
             Besides
             ,
             where
             this
             Stock
             of
             Combustible
             Matter
             is
             wholly
             wasted
             and
             empair'd
             ,
             
               The
               Flux
               and
               Reflux
               of
               the
               Sea
               ,
            
             must
             wholly
             cease
             :
             But
             then
             2
             
               dly
               .
            
             Why
             should
             not
             the
             
               Dead-Sea
            
             in
             
               Palestine
               ,
            
             or
             the
             
               Lake
               AsPhaltites
               ,
            
             that
             has
             such
             an
             eminent
             congestion
             of
             
               Bitumen
            
             transfus'd
             through
             the
             Bowels
             of
             it
             ,
             be
             Capable
             of
             Prodigious
             Tides
             ?
             but
             this
             we
             know
             is
             Contradicted
             by
             all
             Experience
             .
             3
             
               dly
               .
            
             Why
             should
             not
             the
             
               Baltick
               Sea
            
             that
             is
             replenish'd
             with
             many
             
               Bituminous
            
             particles
             (
             as
             appears
             from
             the
             Generation
             of
             
               Amber
               ,
            
             which
             most
             do
             Conclude
             to
             be
             a
             Coagulum
             or
             Concretion
             of
             Salt
             ,
             Sulphur
             and
             Bitumen
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             frequently
             found
             upon
             the
             Coast
             of
             
               Liesland
               ,
               Curland
               ,
            
             and
             
               Prussia
            
             )
             have
             these
             Tides
             and
             Ebbings
             which
             every
             one
             knows
             to
             be
             contrary
             to
             all
             Observation
             ?
             4
             
               thly
               .
            
             Why
             do
             not
             the
             Tides
             upon
             the
             Coasts
             of
             
               Sicily
            
             and
             
               Naples
               ,
            
             Swell
             to
             a
             very
             Important
             Height
             ,
             since
             both
             their
             Circumambient
             Shores
             ,
             abound
             with
             such
             a
             Copious
             Quantity
             of
             Sulphur
             ?
             But
             this
             we
             know
             is
             evidently
             false
             ,
             the
             
               Sea
            
             not
             Swelling
             upon
             those
             Coasts
             to
             a
             Diameter
             of
             above
             three
             or
             four
             Foot
             when
             it
             is
             
             at
             the
             Highest
             .
             But
             last
             of
             all
             ,
             if
             you
             ask
             
               Lidiat
               ,
            
             what
             Superior
             cause
             Produces
             these
             Subterraneous
             Fires
             ,
             he
             will
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             Reflexion
             of
             the
             Beams
             of
             the
             Sun
             upon
             the
             Convex
             Superficies
             of
             the
             Sea
             ?
             To
             this
             I
             Answer
             ,
             That
             by
             the
             Consent
             of
             many
             eminent
             Philosophers
             ,
             the
             Rays
             of
             the
             Sun
             never
             operate
             by
             penetration
             upon
             that
             watery
             Body
             above
             Fifteen
             Cubits
             ,
             and
             so
             Impossible
             ,
             where
             the
             Sea
             is
             of
             any
             considerable
             Depth
             ,
             to
             produce
             these
             Subterraneous
             Fires
             .
             And
             thus
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             I
             have
             Sufficiently
             disarm'd
             his
             Opinion
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Third
             Opinion
             Is
             ,
          
           
             THat
             
               The
               Flux
               and
               Reflux
               of
               the
               Sea
               ,
            
             is
             caus'd
             by
             some
             prodigious
             Eddies
             and
             Whirlepools
             ,
             that
             suck
             and
             transport
             the
             Sea
             from
             the
             North
             to
             the
             South
             ;
             and
             from
             the
             South
             to
             the
             North
             ;
             That
             there
             is
             such
             a
             vast
             whirl-pool
             upon
             the
             coast
             of
             
               Norway
               ,
            
             is
             most
             certain
             ,
             which
             is
             by
             Mariners
             Stiled
             ,
             
               The
               Navel
               of
               the
               Sea
            
             :
             But
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             such
             an
             one
             in
             the
             Southern
             Hemisphere
             to
             refund
             back
             the
             Sea
             by
             a
             motion
             of
             replication
             ,
             no
             Observations
             either
             of
             
               Ramusius
               ,
               Linschoten
               ,
            
             or
             the
             more
             curious
             
               De-Leat
            
             have
             ever
             discovered
             to
             us
             ,
             whose
             Searches
             and
             Inquisitions
             into
             the
             Mysteries
             of
             the
             
               East-Indian
            
             and
             
               West-Indian
            
             Seas
             ,
             were
             never
             yet
             cavil'd
             or
             quarrel'd
             at
             :
             Besides
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             any
             such
             in
             those
             parts
             ,
             upon
             the
             
             reciprocal
             return
             of
             the
             Southern
             waters
             towards
             the
             North
             ,
             that
             multitude
             of
             angry
             Circles
             ,
             which
             discompose
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             that
             Voluminous
             Whirlpoole
             ,
             the
             face
             of
             the
             
               Norwegian
            
             Sea
             ,
             would
             every
             24
             hours
             disband
             ,
             and
             be
             smooth
             ,
             as
             the
             aspect
             of
             peace
             ,
             and
             even
             as
             the
             margent
             of
             a
             Poole
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             not
             disordered
             into
             wrinkles
             by
             the
             rough
             breath
             of
             a
             ruder
             Tempest
             .
             But
             this
             is
             Contradictory
             to
             the
             daily
             Observation
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             that
             confined
             upon
             the
             Fringes
             of
             this
             stupendous
             Whirlepoole
             .
          
           
             Thus
             ,
             I
             think
             likewise
             ,
             this
             opinion
             ,
             that
             is
             Supported
             by
             such
             feeble
             Crutches
             ,
             is
             at
             last
             overturned
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Fourth
             Opinion
             .
          
           
             BUt
             as
             some
             have
             found
             out
             a
             Navel
             ,
             so
             
               Kepler
            
             hath
             found
             out
             the
             Lungs
             of
             the
             Sea
             :
             for
             he
             asseveres
             the
             Terrestrial
             Globe
             to
             be
             but
             one
             great
             Animal
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             
               Flux
               and
               Reflux
               of
               the
               Sea
            
             does
             proceed
             from
             the
             
               Sistole
            
             and
             
               Diastole
               ,
            
             or
             the
             Contraction
             and
             Expansion
             of
             dits
             Spatious
             Lungs
             :
             But
             then
             I
             ask
             ;
             First
             ,
             Whether
             does
             this
             Motion
             Result
             ,
             either
             from
             Air
             ,
             or
             some
             Spirit
             ?
             or
             Secondly
             ,
             Does
             it
             Issue
             either
             from
             a
             Sensitive
             or
             Rational
             Soul
             ?
             And
             Thirdly
             ,
             I
             enquire
             upon
             what
             Coast
             these
             prodigious
             Lungs
             are
             Situated
             ?
             And
             until
             the
             Abettors
             of
             this
             wild
             Opinion
             (
             if
             there
             be
             any
             such
             )
             do
             give
             some
             Satisfactory
             Answers
             to
             
             these
             Queries
             ,
             this
             Opinion
             is
             Demolished
             by
             a
             bare
             Negation
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Fifth
             Opinion
             ,
             Is
             ,
          
           
             OF
             
               Picus
               Mirandula
               ,
            
             that
             this
             Increase
             and
             Decrease
             of
             waters
             ,
             is
             caused
             
               per
               Mutuas
               &
               Benevolas
               Aquarnmd
               Allicientias
            
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             by
             a
             motion
             of
             Aggregation
             or
             Simpathetical
             Connexion
             ,
             by
             which
             water
             does
             vigorously
             endeavour
             to
             unite
             and
             Conbince
             with
             water
             .
             But
             if
             this
             were
             granted
             ,
             Streams
             would
             seek
             to
             entwine
             with
             Streams
             and
             Lakes
             twist
             with
             Lakes
             ,
             till
             at
             last
             ,
             long
             before
             this
             the
             world
             must
             have
             Suffered
             under
             the
             angry
             Baptisme
             of
             a
             publique
             Deluge
             .
             Secondly
             ;
             where
             there
             is
             this
             Motion
             of
             Aggregation
             or
             Connexion
             ,
             the
             Tides
             would
             swell
             to
             an
             Important
             Height
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             
               Caspian
               ,
               Euxine
            
             and
             
               Baltick
            
             Seas
             ,
             where
             all
             Geographers
             that
             have
             display'd
             to
             us
             the
             Topography
             of
             those
             places
             ,
             have
             discover'd
             to
             us
             that
             a
             multitude
             of
             huge
             Rivers
             do
             daily
             disembogue
             themselves
             :
             And
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             those
             Seas
             that
             do
             not
             swell
             with
             the
             Additional
             Supplies
             of
             very
             few
             or
             no
             Rivers
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Norwegian
            
             Ocean
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             would
             have
             very
             little
             or
             no
             Tides
             at
             all
             ;
             Both
             which
             are
             evidently
             false
             ,
             and
             repugnant
             to
             daily
             Observation
             :
             Therefore
             this
             Opinion
             of
             His
             ,
             establish'd
             upon
             such
             fraile
             principles
             ,
             does
             easily
             shrink
             and
             languish
             into
             its
             own
             Ruine
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Sixth
             Opinion
          
           
             DOes
             aver
             ,
             that
             the
             Sea
             does
             entitle
             the
             Causality
             of
             its
             
               Flux
               and
               Reflux
            
             to
             some
             Currents
             that
             either
             set
             from
             East
             to
             West
             ,
             or
             from
             North
             to
             South
             :
             But
             if
             this
             were
             assented
             to
             ,
             the
             
               Red-Sea
               ,
            
             the
             
               Euxin-Sea
            
             and
             the
             
             Baltick-Sea
             ,
             would
             improve
             themselves
             to
             a
             huge
             Increase
             of
             Tides
             ,
             considering
             all
             three
             are
             fed
             by
             a
             Communication
             of
             perpetual
             Currents
             :
             but
             this
             is
             manifestly
             false
             ,
             for
             the
             
               Red-Sea
            
             and
             
               Euxine
            
             have
             little
             or
             no
             Tides
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Baltick-Sea
            
             none
             at
             all
             ;
             Therefore
             I
             wave
             this
             Opinion
             as
             altogether
             Erroneous
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Seventh
             Opinion
          
           
             ENtitles
             the
             Motion
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             Cause
             of
             the
             Motion
             of
             the
             Sea
             ;
             Those
             who
             abet
             this
             Opinion
             ,
             affirm
             Three
             things
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             That
             the
             Earth
             and
             Sea
             have
             but
             one
             Center
             to
             render
             the
             whole
             Globe
             more
             regularly
             and
             Uniformly
             Orbicular
             ,
             and
             so
             more
             apt
             for
             that
             Motion
             they
             are
             designed
             to
             receive
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             They
             assert
             ,
             that
             every
             part
             and
             particle
             of
             this
             Spherical
             body
             is
             so
             tyed
             and
             threaded
             together
             by
             a
             magneticall
             union
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             Impossible
             that
             the
             least
             Atome
             should
             start
             out
             of
             its
             natural
             situation
             ,
             being
             fastened
             and
             fettered
             to
             its
             station
             by
             so
             inexpugnable
             a
             Magnetism
             .
          
           
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             that
             its
             motion
             is
             circular
             ;
             now
             the
             
               Flux
               and
               Reflux
               of
               the
               Sea
               ,
            
             is
             
               motus
               Transversus
               ,
            
             or
             a
             motion
             of
             reciprocation
             and
             rejection
             ,
             like
             water
             that
             is
             justled
             and
             thrown
             from
             side
             to
             side
             in
             a
             Paile
             or
             Bowl
             :
             now
             ,
             if
             it
             should
             move
             circularly
             ,
             every
             part
             would
             move
             so
             evenly
             &
             Magnetically
             ,
             that
             there
             would
             be
             no
             
               Flux
               or
               Reflux
               of
               the
               Sea
            
             at
             all
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             since
             the
             
               Euxine
               ,
               Baltick
            
             and
             
               Caspian
            
             Seas
             are
             such
             Considerable
             parts
             of
             this
             Globous
             body
             ,
             they
             must
             move
             equally
             with
             it
             if
             it
             move
             at
             all
             ;
             and
             then
             why
             have
             they
             not
             the
             same
             
               Flux
               and
               Reflux
            
             as
             other
             Seas
             have
             ,
             since
             they
             have
             the
             same
             Aptitude
             ,
             or
             natural
             intrinsique
             Capacity
             ,
             to
             receive
             this
             Motion
             as
             other
             Seas
             have
             ?
             But
             that
             they
             have
             not
             
               Flux
               or
               Reflux
            
             at
             all
             is
             Demonstratively
             true
             .
             But
             whether
             this
             Opinion
             be
             so
             or
             no
             I
             refer
             to
             the
             Scrutiny
             of
             the
             Judicious
             Reader
             :
             Indeed
             ,
             I
             could
             wish
             that
             those
             who
             defend
             the
             Motion
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             would
             produce
             more
             vigorous
             Arguments
             to
             fortify
             and
             secure
             their
             Thesis
             ,
             meerly
             to
             Subvert
             the
             Popes
             Infallibility
             ;
             one
             of
             whom
             ,
             not
             many
             years
             since
             ,
             by
             a
             Signal
             Determination
             and
             Definition
             
               ex
               Cathedra
               ,
            
             blasted
             it
             for
             Impious
             ,
             and
             Heretical
             ,
             and
             Condemned
             the
             obstinate
             Assertors
             of
             it
             ,
             to
             his
             truest
             Purgatory
             ,
             the
             Inquisition
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Eight
             Opinion
             ,
             Is
             ,
          
           
             THat
             the
             Sun
             is
             the
             Sole
             ,
             Primary
             and
             Efficient
             cause
             of
             this
             
               Flux
               and
               Reflux
            
             ;
             that
             the
             
             
             
             
             
             Sun
             is
             a
             partiall
             ,
             Concurrent
             or
             Concomitant
             cause
             ,
             I
             Affirme
             ;
             But
             that
             it
             is
             the
             sole
             and
             principal
             ,
             I
             deny
             ,
             and
             that
             upon
             these
             Foundations
             ;
             for
             ,
             if
             it
             should
             be
             ,
             the
             tides
             in
             the
             vast
             Wilderness
             of
             the
             Northern
             Seas
             ,
             would
             upon
             the
             
               Apogaeum
               ,
            
             or
             Recesse
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             shrink
             and
             Contract
             themselves
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             his
             Vigorous
             Excitation
             to
             a
             Considerable
             Decrease
             ;
             and
             again
             ,
             upon
             his
             
               Perigaeum
               ,
            
             or
             nearest
             Approach
             ,
             swell
             to
             an
             Important
             Magnitude
             ;
             Both
             which
             are
             evidently
             false
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             Generally
             observ'd
             ,
             that
             about
             the
             
               Autumnall
               Aequinox
               ,
            
             and
             sometimes
             after
             ,
             the
             Tides
             in
             those
             Seas
             abovesaid
             ,
             are
             Improv'd
             and
             Increast
             to
             an
             Extraordinary
             Height
             ;
             &
             on
             the
             Contrary
             ,
             about
             the
             
               Summer
               Solstice
               ,
            
             they
             suffer
             a
             sensible
             and
             visible
             Diminution
             and
             Decrease
             ,
             rather
             than
             any
             Augmentation
             :
             both
             which
             were
             absurd
             to
             Imagine
             ,
             if
             the
             Sun
             was
             the
             Sole
             Efficient
             cause
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             why
             should
             not
             the
             
               Caspian
               ,
               Euxine
               ,
            
             &
             
               Baltick
            
             Seas
             ,
             be
             Capable
             of
             this
             Motion
             ,
             since
             they
             are
             also
             expos'd
             to
             the
             Impressions
             of
             the
             Sun
             either
             perpendicular
             ,
             or
             by
             Vibration
             ,
             when
             he
             is
             in
             or
             near
             his
             
               ●●irgaeum
            
             ;
             But
             this
             they
             have
             not
             ,
             is
             Evident
             ;
             and
             therefore
             the
             Sun
             is
             not
             the
             Prime
             ,
             Sole
             and
             Efficient
             cause
             of
             the
             
               Flux
               and
               Reflux
               of
               the
               Sea.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Nineth
             Opinion
             ,
             Is
             ,
          
           
             THat
             the
             Moon
             is
             the
             principal
             cause
             of
             this
             Marine
             Motion
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             a
             Subservient
             ,
             Concurrent
             
             and
             Concomitant
             cause
             I
             shall
             Grant
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             is
             the
             sole
             Efficient
             I
             shall
             never
             affirme
             ,
             for
             if
             it
             were
             it
             would
             universally
             and
             equally
             move
             all
             Seas
             ,
             especially
             when
             they
             are
             under
             its
             Perigaeum
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             
               Baltick
               ,
               Euxine
            
             and
             
               Caspian
            
             Seas
             would
             be
             Capable
             of
             this
             
               Flux
               &
               Reflux
            
             likewise
             ,
             But
             that
             they
             are
             not
             is
             apparently
             Evident
             ;
             I
             know
             it
             is
             objected
             that
             the
             Moon
             hath
             a
             principal
             efficiency
             in
             the
             Flowings
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             observ'd
             ,
             that
             when
             she
             is
             in
             her
             Sextile
             &
             in
             her
             full
             ,
             Shell-fish
             do
             swell
             and
             Increase
             to
             an
             unusual
             Bull●
             and
             Corpulency
             :
             But
             to
             this
             I
             answer
             ,
             that
             this
             is
             produc'd
             not
             by
             any
             direct
             Causality
             of
             the
             Moon
             ,
             but
             only
             by
             accident
             ;
             for
             those
             great
             Tides
             ,
             which
             Intervene
             at
             those
             Times
             transport
             with
             them
             a
             large
             Quantity
             of
             Mud
             &
             Sullage
             ,
             which
             treasure
             up
             a
             fat
             slimie
             unctuous
             juice
             which
             shellfish
             greedily
             sucking
             in
             ,
             by
             the
             supply
             of
             so
             luscious
             an
             Aliment
             ,
             inlarge
             themselves
             to
             that
             Dimension
             they
             arrive
             at
             at
             those
             seasons
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Tenth
             Opinion
             .
          
           
             WHich
             I
             adhere
             to
             is
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             Vitriolated
             ,
             Volatile
             or
             Armoniack
             Salt
             or
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             is
             wrap'd
             up
             in
             the
             Bowels
             of
             the
             Sea
             and
             lies
             there
             clasped
             up
             and
             Imprison'd
             in
             the
             Embraces
             of
             the
             fixed
             and
             Nitrous
             Sa●●
             ,
             which
             upon
             its
             Excitation
             ,
             by
             the
             Agitation
             of
             the
             Superficies
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             the
             opening
             of
             it
             by
             the
             combined
             and
             complicated
             Impressions
             of
             the
             Sun
             and
             Moon
             ,
             dislodges
             from
             its
             Inclosure
             ,
             and
             ●●●ors
             it-self
             up
             to
             the
             watry
             Margent
             ,
             
             and
             drags
             along
             with
             it
             ,
             that
             Heap
             of
             waters
             we
             stile
             the
             
               Flux
               ,
            
             (
             though
             I
             do
             not
             Deny
             but
             that
             it
             is
             something
             aided
             and
             assisted
             in
             this
             Operation
             by
             an
             Elater
             or
             Spring
             of
             Air
             ,
             that
             being
             rescued
             from
             its
             Compression
             and
             confinement
             ,
             ascends
             up
             with
             it
             ,
             )
             and
             upon
             closing
             and
             Contracting
             its
             Face
             upon
             the
             Recess
             of
             those
             two
             great
             Luminaries
             ,
             shrinks
             back
             again
             ,
             and
             with
             it
             pulls
             along
             ,
             that
             mass
             of
             waters
             it
             before
             had
             eleuated
             ,
             and
             this
             produces
             the
             
               Reflux
               .
            
             And
             this
             Opinion
             is
             Supported
             by
             three
             Experiments
             :
             The
             First
             is
             that
             of
             
               Zuingerus
            
             a
             modern
             Chymist
             cited
             by
             
               Fremondus
            
             in
             his
             Book
             of
             Meteors
             ,
             who
             observ'd
             that
             some
             sort
             of
             Chymicall
             oile
             of
             vitriol
             did
             ascend
             and
             descend
             in
             Times
             proportionate
             and
             adaequate
             to
             the
             
               Flux
               and
               Reflux
               of
               the
               Sea.
            
             The
             Second
             is
             that
             of
             
               Athanasius
               Kircherus
            
             in
             his
             
               Mundus
               Subterraneus
               ,
            
             who
             there
             discovers
             to
             us
             ,
             that
             an
             Infusion
             of
             
               Sal
               Armonick
            
             lodg'd
             in
             an
             open
             Vessel
             and
             plac'd
             obliquely
             to
             receive
             the
             Influence
             of
             the
             Moon
             ,
             when
             she
             was
             in
             her
             Sextile
             ,
             did
             Increase
             and
             Decrease
             as
             if
             it
             held
             an
             equal
             Correspondence
             ,
             by
             an
             uninterrupted
             Chain
             of
             Atoms
             ,
             with
             the
             Flowings
             and
             Ebbings
             of
             the
             Marine
             waters
             .
             The
             Third
             is
             that
             of
             
               Gre
               atricks
               ,
            
             Glasses
             ,
             upon
             whose
             sides
             if
             you
             beat
             with
             Important
             onsets
             ,
             they
             resist
             their
             Impression
             ,
             but
             break
             it
             at
             the
             Top
             ,
             and
             it
             flies
             in
             pieces
             with
             much
             violence
             and
             tumult
             ;
             And
             the
             Reason
             is
             ,
             because
             the
             
               Armoniack
            
             or
             volatile
             Salt
             ,
             that
             lay
             impriso●d
             ,
             and
             cloister'd
             up
             ,
             in
             the
             claspings
             ,
             and
             Circumscription
             of
             the
             Nitrous
             or
             fixed
             Salt
             ,
             finding
             it self
             ,
             enfranchis'd
             and
             redeem'd
             from
             the
             strict
             Enclosures
             of
             those
             two
             rigid
             Adversaries
             ,
             
             sallies
             out
             ,
             with
             an
             impetuous
             Eagerness
             ,
             and
             that
             Eruption
             occasions
             that
             disorder
             and
             concussion
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             know
             it
             will
             be
             objected
             ,
             why
             have
             not
             the
             
               Euxine
               ,
               Baltick
            
             and
             
               Caspian
            
             Seas
             their
             
               Flux
               and
               Reflux
            
             likewise
             ,
             since
             it
             is
             probable
             their
             waters
             imprison
             as
             great
             a
             stock
             of
             vitriolated
             ,
             volatile
             ,
             or
             
               Armonick
            
             Salt
             as
             other
             Seas
             are
             entrusted
             with
             that
             have
             the
             same
             Vicissitudes
             ;
             To
             this
             I
             answer
             that
             it
             is
             as
             probable
             they
             have
             not
             ;
             But
             suppose
             they
             had
             ,
             yet
             its
             volatile
             Spirit
             is
             check'd
             &
             depres'd
             by
             that
             multitude
             of
             vast
             and
             deep
             Rivers
             ,
             that
             perpetually
             disgorge
             themselves
             into
             those
             Seas
             above
             said
             ;
             And
             it
             is
             likewise
             possible
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             Considerable
             Quantity
             of
             
               Sulphur
               ,
               Bitumen
               ,
            
             fixed
             &
             Nitrous
             Salt
             ,
             conducted
             along
             with
             there
             Currents
             ,
             whose
             fixing
             Quality
             may
             improve
             the
             Depression
             of
             the
             Vitriolated
             and
             
               Armoniack
            
             particles
             ,
             and
             so
             benum
             their
             Volatility
             that
             it
             is
             almost
             impossible
             for
             the
             united
             Influences
             of
             the
             Sun
             &
             Moon
             ,
             to
             excite
             their
             so
             stupified
             Vigour
             .
             But
             if
             it
             be
             enquir'd
             how
             it
             happens
             ,
             since
             so
             many
             capacious
             streams
             disembogue
             themselves
             into
             those
             Seas
             ,
             that
             the
             neighbouring
             Territories
             ,
             doe
             not
             suffer
             under
             a
             constant
             Inundation
             ?
             I
             answer
             ,
             that
             the
             water
             that
             is
             treasur'd
             up
             in
             the
             Cells
             and
             Caverns
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             which
             it
             is
             probable
             here
             are
             more
             than
             ordinary
             copious
             ,
             entice
             and
             allure
             back
             the
             Marine
             waters
             ,
             
               Per
               Motum
               Nexus
            
             by
             a
             Motion
             of
             Adherence
             ,
             Aggregation
             ,
             union
             and
             Connexion
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             a
             continual
             Circulation
             ,
             reimburse
             ,
             and
             new
             Stock
             the
             Rivers
             ,
             with
             Additional
             streams
             which
             are
             daily
             paid
             in
             so
             profuse
             a
             Tribute
             ,
             to
             the
             vast
             Exchecquer
             of
             their
             watry
             Soveraign
             .
          
           
           
             And
             thus
             have
             I
             as
             compendiously
             as
             might
             be
             wound
             up
             this
             Essay
             ,
             yet
             I
             am
             not
             so
             confident
             to
             believe
             but
             that
             posterity
             may
             by
             new
             Discoveries
             ,
             &
             Scrutinies
             for
             arts
             are
             not
             yet
             
               Solstice
               ,
            
             nor
             knowledg
             in
             its
             
               Zenith
            
             )
             improve
             it
             to
             greater
             Advantage
             of
             the
             publique
             ,
             than
             could
             be
             expected
             from
             this
             faint
             Result
             of
             my
             Pen
             ;
             In
             the
             Interim
             I
             shall
             desire
             the
             Reader
             ,
             to
             acquiesce
             in
             that
             Amicable
             and
             Ingenuous
             Determination
             of
             the
             Poet
             ,
             —
             
               Si
               quid
               novisti●ectius
               istis
               ,
               Candidus
               Imperti
               ,
               Si
               non
               hic
               utere
               mecum
               .
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
           
        
      
    
     
  

