Remember [ 'in the 16th Essay' deleted] to justify that, [among worthy men['e' altered from 'a'], <a>[replacing 'the'] sophister, [ 'there mention'd,' deleted] that for vaine glory persists to maintaine a manifest errour, can not get so much credit by shewing in it a specimen of the subtilty of his wit, as he must loose by so visibly misuseing it, to the prejudice of the Truth.

Prosecute that passage <in> the account of our Island, where 'tis said that [there is scarse anything more ignominious among <true>[replacing 'our'] philosophers, than out of pride or Vanity to defend a detected Error, because one has once embrac'd it. For <we ought to>[replacing 'they'] thinke that <to be>[replacing 'being'] subject to erre <is> a frailty so incident to humane nature, and the persisting in an Error a disingenuity so blemishing to it that <candid men>[replacing 'they'] are highly offended, with any, who, to avoide confessing [ ', that he is but a man an m' deleted] an innocent error, that only shews he is but a man, < [ 'but' deleted]> declares by a culpable obstinacy that he is a bad man.

Rr [ 'in the 19th Essay' deleted] to [consider [ 'how far' deleted] whether some of the particulars['ulars' altered from 'les'] there mention'd may be allow'd an internal Principle of motion, whilst others have but an external.

Rr to shew how, [ 'in the 17th Essay' deleted], <that> all the differing bodys mention'd <&c>[replacing 'in the long Parenthesis'] are but difering Dresses of their common matter, or rather the same matter in variety of dresses

[ 'Remember About the beg. of the same Ess to' deleted] shew the difference between [ 'or' deleted] essential or Hypostatical {mercury}, & that which is really to be found imbodyed with other Terrestrial Substances.

Rr [ 'also' deleted] to shew that the nature of this consists not in any substantial form, or any such like imaginary entity, but only that 'tis made up (or chiefly abounds with) small parts [ 'so' deleted]& so condition'd as to size, shape, & Contexture & (in most cases also) as to motion.

Rr the differing channells of pores['r' altered from 'l'], to be met with according to several aspects & positions, as [ 'those of' deleted] the Allyes made by <Trees>[replacing 'trises', Greg hand] dispos'd to quinqunces &c.

Rr to shew that the difference betwixt the specific gravity of gold & {spirit of wine} is reducible to Porology