Wilkins, John, 1614-1672 · London : Printed by E.G. for Michael Sparke and Edward Forrest · leaf 17
heFirft PropoGcion, by way of Preface. That the (fraffgemjfe of this opunhn U no [u^ctmt reafon n>hyit Jbould he reje&edi becaufcether ctrtaitit truths have he»eformerly e/fcemcd ridiculous^andgreat abfurdities enicrtaynedbycommon confent. Here is an earnefl-nefle and hunge-ring after… … -i / II I I mwmfm^^ J Adam perceiving it fclfe altoge-ther emptied of any good dothnow catch after every new thingconceiving that poflibly it mayfinde Huisfaftion among fomeof its fellow creatures. But ourenemy the divell (who (trivcsftill to pervert our gifts ^ andbcate us with our owne wea-pons )…
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