ne (_conjunction_)
won (stay, dwell, like German _wohnen_)
eath (easy, light; also “uneath”)
words in -en, especially verbs:
aboven, amazen, been (_infinitive_), causen, standen, withouten...
Greek diacritics were consistently printed over the first vowel of an
initial diphthong. This has been silently regularized.
Both occurrences of the name “DesCartes” or “DesChartes” are at line
break; the hyphen has been omitted conjecturally. In general, spellings
that appear more than once, such as “Psyc-” for “Psych-”, were assumed
to be intentional.
The word “invisible” means that the letter is absent but there is an
appropriately sized blank space.
Modern Introduction:
Immobile . . . Incomprehensible ”[6]
[_line-initial long space in the original, not explained in
the footnote_]
with its seque _Democritus Platonissans_
[_l in “sequel” invisible at line-end_]
describes the genesis of
[_final s in “genesis” illegible at line-end_]
Footnote 9: _Ibid._, II. xi. 5 (p. 52). [II.xi. 5]
To the Reader:
in the neglectfull disguise of a fragment [of of]
or which is as harsh one infinite one.
[_. missing; text otherwise unchanged_]
defending the infinitude of both, [both.]
Unum ut attendentes ad infinitam Dei potentiam
[_first i in “infinitam” invisible_]
Democritus Platonissans
7. Numbers infinite of each would strike our ’stonishd sight;
[_er in “Numbers” invisible_]
25. This is the parergon of each noble fire [is is]
27. What mark is left,? what aimed scope or end
[_punctuation as printed_]
45. This inf’nite voidnesse as much our mind doth gall
[_text cut off; “-all” conjectural_]
47. With their strange vizards. This will follow right
[_text cut off; “-ht” conjectural_]
55. Keeping a well-proportionated space [ptoportionated]
81. And immense mounting smoke arose all round about. [mountiug]
99. Snow-limb’d, rose-cheek’d, ruby-lip’d, pearl-ted, star eyn’d
Their parts each fair in fit proportion all conbin’d.
[_text unchanged: possible hyphen in “star eyn’d”_]
102. Such as no vulgar wit can well believe. [vnlgar]
103. A wider period; turneth still and slow. [tnrneth]
Cupids Conflict
Had I (but O that envious Destinie,
[_mismatched parenthesis in original; closing parenthesis may
belong after “harm!” in 4th line of stanza_]
Who can his passions master and controll, [aud]
For can their carefull ghosts from Limbo take
[_reading uncertain: may be “take” corrected by hand to “Lake”_]
Particular Interpretation
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