It is often easier [ 'for a naturalist' deleted] to know what <one>[replacing 'he'] ought to believe, than what Aristot did beleeve. For Nature never contradicts herself, but he may in one place contradict what he teaches in an other. And if we have any doubts we can aske nature new questions by purposely devisd experiments, but so we cannot Aristotle. [ 'I remember that in hot' deleted]

<Remember that in hot>[insertion in margin ] Regions by the ordinary concurs of the [ 'Eart' deleted] Aire & the sun Ostridges eggs are hatched into birds.

Rr for the 19th essay the Comparison that makes mention of growing rich by meerly finding Pearls & of gathering shells upon the Indian shores, without skill or design, which being applyed to Philoponus or Philaretus shews that &c.

Rr on the same occasion how the Author there mention'd imitates the order or progress of nature in her productions in his ranking of his writeings.

Rr. in the same essay to shew how God that is said in the Script. to bring Light out of darknesse makes the vain & [ 'proud' deleted] curious folly of men a great Instrument of manifesting his wisedom in the Creation, and makes mens Luxurious abuses of his Goodnesse a great discoverer of it [ 'v' deleted] and the vices & consequent diseases of the great & the rich &c

Rrthe double Hypothetic about motion, which ascribes the epicurean Mobility['M' altered from 'p'] to some parts only of matter &c.

The opinions of men alter not the Conditions of things nor will nature ever violate her own Laws to obey the Dictates of Aristotle, and therefore let a Philosopher in his study speculate and decree what he pleases if he write of things otherwise than nature acts twill[altered from 'pr'] be found that she acts otherwise than he had writt and <that she>[in pencil ] will as little consult his opinions as he consulted [ 'her Lawes' deleted] the Course of her Proceedings.

shew in the 15th Essay that things obvious enough may in some cases be ascribed to [ 'th' deleted] some['s' altered from 'n'] proposers as new since thô they were not new things they were new Mediums and a known [ 'Truth' deleted] Proposition or Experiment may then be acknowledg'd for a Truth without being by any thought important & comprehensive enough to be made a foundation.

Shew in the same place that I might well spare my self the Labour of being prolix since I was solicitous only to satisfy Rational & equitable Readers but not to tire such and my self to prevent the [ 'quarrells of' deleted] cavills of quarrellsom or unreasonable men.