These latter two are mentioned together, probably for the first time, by Salusbury. The passage is curious in an historical point of view, and worth extracting:—"In imitation of these societies, Paris and London have erected theirs of _Les Beaux Esprits_, and of the _Virtuosi_: the one by the countenance of the most eminent Cardinal Richelieu, the other by the royal encouragement of his sacred Majesty that now is. The _Beaux Esprits_ have published sundry volumes of their moral and physiological conferences, with the laws and history of their fellowship; and I hope the like in due time from our Royal Society; that so such as envie their fame and felicity, and such as suspect their ability and candor, may be silenced and disappointed in their detractions and expectations."[66] FOOTNOTES: [61] Salusbury, Math. Coll. [62] Perhaps it was to deprecate the hostility of the Jesuits that, at the close of these Regulations, the Lynceans are directed to address their prayers, among other Saints, especially to Ignatius Loyola, as to one who greatly favoured the interests of learning. Odescalchi, Memorie dell'Acad. de' Lincei, Roma. 1806. [63] Polyhistor Literarius, &c.—Storia della Letterat. Ital. The still existing society of Chaff, more generally known by its Italian title, Della Crusca, belongs to the same period. [64] F. Colonnæ Phytobasanus Jano Planco Auctore. Florent, 1744. [65] Nelli Saggio di Storia Literaria Fiorentina, Lucca, 1759. [66] Salusbury's Math. Coll. vol. ii. London, 1664. CHAPTER X. _Spots on the Sun—Essay on Floating Bodies—Scheiner—Change in Saturn._